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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