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

Upcoming Webinars

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

Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 3 PM ET

Selection Gene Drives for Cancer Therapy
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Introductory Remarks

Trever G. Bivona, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco

Speaker(s)

Justin Pritchard, PhD Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Thursday, October 8, 2026 | 3 PM ET

Precise tumor targeting with logic CAR circuits
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Introductory Remarks

Crystal Mackall, MD Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor and Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine
Stanford University

Speaker(s)

Wilson Wong, PhD Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Boston University

Yolonda Colson, MD, PhD Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital

Mark Grinstaff, PhD William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Boston University

Thursday, November 12, 2026 | 3 PM ET

Synthetic circuits that drive infiltration of therapeutic T cells into immunologically cold tumors
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Introductory Remarks

Antoni Ribas, MD Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology; Director, Tumor Immunology Program
University of California, Los Angeles

Speaker(s)

Wendell Lim, PhD Byers Distinguished Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco

Hana El-Samad, PhD Senior Vice President & Director of the Institute of Computation
Altos Labs