Emily
MD/PhD Doctor of Medicine and of Philosophy candidate
Expertise
Oncology, immunology, medicine, neuroscience
Project ideas
Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.
Identifying tumor antigens targets for CAR-T cell cancer therapies
CAR-T cells (chimeric antigen receptor) therapies are an exciting new tool engineering patients' own immune cells to target and kill tumor cells. CAR-T cells rely on the identification of specific tumor antigens to allow for recognition of cancer cells. This project would involve first selecting a specific tumor type to study, then identifying possible antigen targets for use in a novel CAR-T cell construct.