Phong Le

Company: Loyola University Chicago

Job title: Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Cancer Biology

Bio:

Phong Le is a Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology at Loyola University Chicago, whose group focuses on the biology of human thymic epithelial cells (TECs) in the developmental process of T-cells from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Particularly, they are developing a cell-free system established with exosomes from TEC lines as an off-the-shelf “drug” to promote HSCs to develop into T-cells. Professor Le received his PhD from The Ohio State University and a Postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University.

Seminars:

Membrane Characterization of EVs from Genetic-Engineered Human Thymic Epithelial Cells: Implications in T Lymphopoiesis 2:00 pm

Generate and characterize genetic-engineered human thymic epithelial cells expressing the Notch ligand DLL4 and the derived EVs/exosomes Analysis of EVs by multi-color flow cytometry and cluster analysis of EV heterogeneity Characterization of EV ligand-receptor interaction with hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) NEW DATA!Read more

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