Topic: Macrophages, Chronic Diseases and Aging
Speaker: Prof. Jianzhu Chen, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Time : May 25, 2026 (Monday), 12:30 – 13:30 p.m.
Venue: The Management Building, 11F, AI Lecture Hall
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About the Speaker:
Jianzhu Chen is a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Professor of Biology at MIT, and an Associate Member of the Broad Institute. He is also a Principal Investigator at Antimicrobial Resistance Interdisciplinary Research Group at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART). He earned his bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University in China and a PhD degree from Stanford University, where he started immunological research in the laboratory of Leonard and Leonore Herzenberg. He was a postdoctoral fellow with Frederick Alt, initially at Columbia University and then at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he was supported by Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship and Arthritis Investigator Award. He was an Instructor at Harvard Medical School before joining the MIT faculty in the Department of Biology in 1994. Dr. Chen has made significant contributions to a broad area of research in immunology, cancer research, infectious diseases, and animal models of human diseases. Recently, Dr. Chen’s research has focused on development of tumorspecific CAR-NK cells and re-programming macrophages for disease intervention, including cancer, metabolic diseases and infectious diseases. His research has been recognized by Cheryl Witlock Memorial Prize, Harcourt General Charitable Foundation New Investigator Award, Latham Family Career Development Award, and AAAS Fellow.
Organizers: College of Intelligent Computing & Office of Research and Development, Chang Gung University
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