Dendritic cells and macrophages in cancer therapy: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Immunology Interest Group Dr. Karolina Palucka is an internationally recognized clinical oncologist and cancer immunologist. She joined The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX) as professor and associate director of cancer immunology in 2014. Prior to joining JAX, Karolina was the Michael A.E. Ramsay Chair for Cancer Immunology Research and director of the Ralph M. Steinman Center for Cancer Vaccines at the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research in Dallas, where she was principal investigator of a large research award from the Human Immunology Project Consortium. She is also professor of oncological sciences and clinical immunology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Karolina is a leader in the field of cancer immunotherapy. Her research exploits dendritic cells, which control the body’s immune response to tumors, as the basis for new vaccines against melanomas and other human cancers. By combining outstanding cutting-edge immunology and experimental models, including humanized mice, with human trials, she is advancing the field of cancer immunotherapy and her talks bring together basic and translational work into an exciting whole.For more information go to http://sigs.nih.gov/immunology/Pages/default.aspxAir date: 5/27/2015 4:15:00 PM
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