Research Topics

Immunotherapy and Big Data

Antibody Engineering

Single Cell Multiomics

Cell Therapy

Protein Design

Events

Seminar

Twist in the plot: Rapid functional production of immunotherapy antibodies

Date: March 30, 2023
Hour: 9:30
Speaker:
Aaron Sato
Read more about Twist in the plot: Rapid functional production of immunotherapy antibodies
  • Seminar

    Ultra-high sensitivity proteomics applied to single cells and digital pathology

    Date: May 21, 2023
    Hour: 10:00
    Speaker:
    Matthias Mann
    Read more about Ultra-high sensitivity proteomics applied to single cells and digital pathology
  • Seminar

    Joint meeting to advance neuroimmunology

    Date: May 28-1, 2023
    9:00 - 20:00
    Speaker:
    Weizmann Institute and Washington University in St. Louis
    Read more about Joint meeting to advance neuroimmunology
  • Leading the immunotherapeutic revolution

    Weizmann Center for Immunotherapy is bringing together world-leading research and clinical teams in single-cell genomics, AI and antibody engineering in order to reveal the full potential of immunotherapy in dealing with autoimmune, cancer, neurodegeneration and inflammatory diseases.

    Highlights

    Highlights

    Immunotherapy and big data
    Single cell multiomics
    Cell therapy

    Engineering an expanded range of possibilities for immunotherapy

    Author:
    Immunotherapy Research Center
    Date: December 15, 2022

    The boundaries of clinical immunotherapy for cancer have been pushed by the development of cancer-killing T cells that target tumors, therapies that block immune checkpoints to rearm cytotoxic T cells, and the optimization of engineered chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. But there remain limitations when immune functions that have evolved to clear fast-invading pathogens are repurposed to eradicate slow-growing tumors. In the latest Science issue, Allen et al. and Li et al. present synthetic biology-based strategies that are not limited by “natural” immunology and expand the scope of immune responses elicited by CAR T cells against diseased tissues. Li et al. describe synthetic gene circuits in which cell functions (including cytokine production and CAR expression) can be activated on demand with the timed administration of a drug. Allen et al. introduce synthetic gene circuits that trigger the production of the cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2), a specific growth factor for T cells, only at the time that CAR T cells are in direct contact with tumor cells.