The Centre for Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies (CBTCT) brings together the largest allogeneic stem cell transplant units in Australia with a focus on identifying transplant and cell therapy strategies to reduce graft versus host disease and improve patient and disease outcomes after transplant. In this webinar series, investigators from the CBTCT will review major topics in stem cell transplantation and cell therapy, highlighting how the activities of the CBTCT are addressing current challenges in stem cell transplantation. The second webinar of 2021 features Assistant Professor Saar Gill from the University of Pennsylvania, whose research laboratory currently focuses on the interface between adoptive cellular therapy and genetic engineering, and he is currently leading several clinical trials of CAR T cells for chronic and acute leukaemia. In this webinar, A/Prof Gill will provide valuable insights into the developments being made in role of CAR T cells for the treatment of myeloid malignancies.

Speaker:

A/Professor Saar Gill – Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

When: Monday 22 March 2021, 8am AEDT

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