NCI/NIBIB SynBio & Cancer Series: Advances and Aspirations (Past Webinars)

Thursday, June 11, 2026 | 3 PM ET

AND-gated protease nanosensors for programmable detection of anti-tumor immunity.
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Introductory Remarks

James Gulley, MD, PhD Co-Director, Center for Immuno-Oncology; Clinical Director
National Cancer Institute

Speaker(s)

Gabriel Kwong, PhD Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

Peng Qiu, PhD Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

Thursday, July 9, 2026 | 3 PM ET

Immunotherapy via engineered therapeutic programs in tumors using RNA
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Introductory Remarks

Suzanne L. Topalian, MD Bloomberg Kimmel Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy; Professor, Surgery and Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Speaker(s)

Ron Weiss, PhD Professor of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Darrell Irvine, PhD Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Immunology & Microbiology
Scripps Research Institute

Yizhou Dong, PhD Mount Sinai Endowed Professor in Nanomedicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Thursday, August 13, 2026 | 3 PM ET

Engineering Native E. coli to Detect, Report, and Treat Colorectal Cancer
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Introductory Remarks

Cynthia L. Sears, MD Bloomberg-Kimmel Professorship of Cancer Immunotherapy; Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Speaker(s)

Amir Zarrinpar, MD, PhD Professor, Medicine,
University of California San Diego