Emily Chen & Helen Huynh

Emily Chen (student)

"Subcutaneous Scaffolds: Giving CAR-T cells a Second Wind"

 Zhang, D.K.Y., Brockman, J.M., Adu-Berchie, K. et al. Subcutaneous biodegradable scaffolds for restimulating the antitumour activity of pre-administered CAR-T cells. Nat. Biomed. Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-024-01216-4

Coaches: Greg Allen, MD, PhD and Arun Wiita, MD, PhD

Helen Huynh (student)

"FNDC4 to the Rescue: Enhancing Cardiomyocyte Survival and Angiogenesis in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury"

Zhang, X., Gao, YP., Dong, WS. et al. FNDC4 alleviates cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury through facilitating HIF1α-dependent cardiomyocyte survival and angiogenesis in male mice. Nat Commun 15, 9667 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53564-z

Coaches: Isha Jain, PhD and Michael Alexanian, PhD

Moderators: Karla DeLucas and Cassandra Martinez

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay