Single cell view of tumor microenvironment gradients in pleural mesothelioma
Giotti, B., Dolasia, K., Zhao, W., Cai, P., Sweeney, R., Merritt, E., Kiner, E., Kim, G. S., Bhagwat, A., Nguyen, T., Hegde, S., Fitzgerald, B. G., Shroff, S., Dawson, T., Garcia-Barros, M., Abdul-Ghafar, J., Chen, R., Gnjatic, S., Soto, A., . . . Tsankov, A. M. (2024). Cancer Discovery, 14(11), 2262–2278. https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-23-0017 Immunotherapies have shown […]
Automated Characterization Method for Validation of Epigenomic Editors in T Cells
Now Watchinghttps://youtu.be/-oRv-U2VMHg To view the transcript click here. Robust characterization methods are important analytical tools for phenotypic characterization in cell and gene therapy. For high-parameter flow cytometry methods, sample preparation is a highly complex and mostly manual procedure. Traditional flow cytometry methods are limited in throughput and resource intensive, which make them suboptimal for discovery screening […]
Disruption of SUV39H1-mediated H3K9 methylation sustains CAR T cell function
Jain, N., Zhao, Z., Koche, R. P., Antelope, C., Gozlan, Y., Montalbano, A., Brocks, D., Lopez, M., Dobrin, A., Shi, Y., Gunset, G., Giavridis, T., & Sadelain, M. (2023). Cancer Discovery, 14(1), 142–157. https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.cd-22-1319 Suboptimal functional persistence limits the efficacy of adoptive T cell therapies. CD28-based chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) impart potent effector function to […]
Nanomedicine-based co-delivery of a calcium channel inhibitor and a small molecule targeting CD47 for lung cancer immunotherapy
Guo, Y., Bao, Q., Hu, P., & Shi, J. (2023). Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42972-2 Pro-tumoral macrophages in lung tumors present a significant challenge in immunotherapy. Here, we introduce a pH-responsive nanomedicine approach for activating anti-tumoral macrophages and dendritic cells. Using a layered double hydroxide nanosheet carrier, we co-deliver a T-type calcium channel inhibitor (TTA-Q6) and […]
Reinvigoration of Progenitor-Exhausted CD8 T Cells by anti-CTLA-4 Contributes to the Sustained Activity of Combination Checkpoint Blockade
Wang, Kevin and Coutifaris, Paulina and Brocks, David and Solis, Sabrina and Han, Nicholas and Manne, Sasikanth and Kiner, Evgeny and Sachar, Chirag and George, Sangeeth and Yan, Patrick and Kier, Melanie W. and Laughlin, Amy I. and Kothari, Shawn and Giles, Josephine R. and Mathew, Divij and Ghinnagow, Rheem and Alanio, Cecile and Flowers, […]
Future-Proofing Single Cell Applications
Now Watchinghttps://youtu.be/wL2tsRsL9TA Technology has evolved from those early days of batching thousands of cells together to decrypt the millions of base pairs that make up genetic information. Cellular Indexing of Transcriptomes and Epitopes by sequencing (CITE-seq), brings together surface protein phenotyping (similar to flow cytometry) and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). This is achieved by using […]
The Direct Reading Grid – How it Works
Now Watchinghttps://youtu.be/_wdesbdI5ZkIn this video provides walk-throughs on pairing the Direct Reading Grid (DRG) with the Laminar Wash™ (LW) Plate to create the DRG & LW Plate Unit as well as pipetting, handling, transferring, and Big Bear Vortexing with the DRG and LW Plate Unit.
High-throughput workflow leveraging spectral flow cytometry and CITE-seq to characterize human bone marrow across race and gender
Song, B., Zhang, X., Bennett, S., Ma, S., Ferchen, K., Salomonis, N., & Grimes, H. L. (2023). The Journal of Immunology, 210(1_Supplement), 250.13. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.210.supp.250.13 Characterizing human bone marrow is challenging due to heterogeneity of cell types, and the rarity of some populations. To address this, we developed a workflow that bridges CITE seq and flow […]
Critical Quality Metrics in Cell Sample Prep for Cell & Gene Therapy Bioanalytics
Now Watchinghttps://youtu.be/vEgp_FSQHF8 In this panel discussion, Virginia Litwin, Ph.D. (CRL), Christoph Eberle, MICR, FRSPH (CRL), Mahwish Natalia, MA, Ph.D. (Takeda Oncology), and Melvin Lye, MBA (Curiox Biosystems) discuss the role of partnerships between early- and late-stream analytical assay developers. While tackling unique challenges in validating flow cytometric methods for Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells, […]
Could Debris Be Masking Your True Results
Now Watchinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlQaihGArto Sample preparation is the stage that can make or break an assay’s performance. Preserving the natural state of samples without having to sacrifice population size can be the difference between innovation and stagnation. Now more than ever, we need dependable, reproducible results that don’t require a lab magician. With Laminar Wash, we can […]