Investigation of NK cell-driven tumor immunity using novel image cytometry detection method

Lucas received in 2014 his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology by Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil. During his PhD he trained for one year in NK cells and Cancer in the lab of Mark Smyth at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. In the Fall of 2014, Lucas joined the lab of Kai Wucherpfennig at Dana-Farber to develop an antibody-based therapy for cancer. Now, Lucas is joining as a faculty member the Department of Oncological Sciences and Precision Immunology Institute in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, where he will characterize the NK cell-driven immunity and develop novel NK cell-based therapies for cancer.

Leo Chan currently serves as the Advanced Technology R&D Manager at Nexcelom Bioscience LLC, Lawrence, MA. His research involves in the development of instrument and applications for the Celigo and Cellometer image cytometry system for detection and analysis of cells for oncology and immunology research. He is a member of the American Association of Cancer Research and the American Association of Immunologists. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2000-2008).