Gabe Kwong, PhD

Associate Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

Dr. Kwong is the Director of the Laboratory for Synthetic Immunity and an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory School of Medicine. His research program merges bioengineering with immunology in order to pioneer new technologies that can sense, modulate and control immune cell function. His work impacts broad areas in human health including earlier cancer detection and cell-based immunotherapies. Dr. Kwong has been honored with selective distinctions including the NIH Director’s New Innovator and Pioneer Awards. He co-founded Glympse Bio and Port Therapeutics, and holds 30 issued or pending patents in biotechnology.

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Presentation(s):

• In Vivo T Cell Display of Masked Protease-Activatable Receptors for Deep Profiling of the Substrate Repertoire in Cancer

  Thursday, October 24, 2024
  8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST

• Image-Guided Sonogenetic Control of CAR T Cells to Produce NKG2D Bispecific T Cell Engagers Overcomes Brain Tumor Immunosuppression

  Thursday, October 24, 2024
  4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EST

• Activity-based nanosensors that implement AND-gate logic for programmable detection of antitumor immunity

  Friday, October 25, 2024
  5:45 PM – 6:00 PM EST

• Mathematical model of AND-gated protease sensors identifies strategies to achieve earlier detection of small tumors

  Friday, October 25, 2024
  5:00 PM – 5:15 PM EST