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Prof @uscbme | Educator | Director Transformative Nanomed | Director SPARK USC | Founder SSTX | Editor @BioactiveMat | Author https://nitter.cf/t.co/8HXzOgb3LH
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Titles unlocked for the 3rd Symposium by the USC Transformative Center for Nanomedicine!
It's going to be an incredible day of sharing progress among experts from industry, academia, foundations, AI, and VCs on therapeutics and gene therapies.
Oct. 8th, 2026!
Register:👇
Lucky the final location of the Lucas Museum is across the street from my office.
Such a magical place, with a lot to be inspired by - including one of my favorite artists KAWS, “Small Lie”.
Join the NIH Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator Program and build your independent research program in a collaborative environment where early-career scientists can think boldly, work across disciplines & tackle biomedical science’s biggest challenges.
“What attracted me most to the Stadtman Program was the ability to develop and lead my own independent research program and to do that in a sustained and intentional way, making use of the research environment and trying to make use of the collaborations that are possible here.” - Dr. Tiarnán Keenan, Stadtman Investigator at the National Eye Institute.
🔗 Learn more and apply by 9/30/26: bit.ly/3V1XNcA
It was fun to make this video, in celebration of our department's 50th anniversary.
50 Years of USC Biomedical Engineering | A Legacy of Innovation youtu.be/HufkZ3sz5vU?si=xVs_… via @YouTube
My co-organizer and I at our Dept 50th Anni this past week.
Michael recruited me to USC over a decade ago and has always been a solid, kind support.
It’s been a busy summer, but lucky to have partnered together.
Thanks to all BTS that made this joyous event happen.
Fight on! ✌️
Our Annual Transformative Center for Nanomedicine Symposium on Oct 8, 2026 will also showcase experts from academia in cell therapy, organ regeneration, and therapeutic development.
Register here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
-John Wooden, late UCLA basketball coach
Moderna/Merck just ran a 1,137-patient Phase 3 trial where every single dose was unique to that patient's tumor. It worked.
The pipeline: surgical resection → whole exome + RNA sequencing → ML neoantigen ranking → mRNA encoding up to 34 patient-specific targets → manufactured and shipped in 8 weeks. One drug, different sequence for every patient.
The ML step is worth to note: the algorithm ingests WES + RNA-seq to identify somatic mutations, then predicts which of those will actually be immunogenic, ie, displayed on tumor cell surface and trigger a T-cell response. It's designed to keep learning from accumulated clinical and immunogenicity data across patients, not just per-patient.
INTerpath-001 (Stage IIB-IV resected melanoma, 2:1 randomized): combination with pembrolizumab beat Keytruda alone on both primary (RFS) and key secondary (DMFS) at interim. Phase 2b at ASCO 2026 showed 49% reduction in recurrence/death, 59% in distant metastasis/death at 5 years. Phase 3 confirmed both.
What this validates:
— tumor-specific neoantigen prediction by ML works in a blinded trial at scale
— 8-week personalized mRNA manufacturing is operationally real
— effect is additive on PD-1 blockade, not redundant
This is first positive Ph3 for individualized neoantigen therapy. First positive Ph3 for any mRNA cancer therapeutic.
What a great time to live in!! This is the best time for AI & biotech!
Moderna and @Merck today announced positive topline results from the Phase 3 INTerpath-001 trial evaluating adjuvant treatment with intismeran autogene, a novel investigational mRNA-based individualized neoantigen therapy jointly developed by Merck and Moderna, in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, in patients with completely resected Stage IIB-IV melanoma.
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This week, we are highlighting our Industry speakers for the Therapeutics, Gene Delivery, and AI Symposium taking place on October 8, 2026.
Looking forward to their discussion!
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Our lab, in conjunction with the Transformative Center for Nanomedicine, has openings for postdocs and research technicians.
Email [email protected] with CV and interests, and for more information.
Eunji Paige Chung retweeted
NSF announced a $47 million investment to expand industry R&D opportunities for Ph.D.s in #STEM. The pilot initiative, led by @teamuidp, in partnership with universities & industry, will support four-year Ph.D. programs with real-world research placements. brnw.ch/21x4woE
An unexpected painting “Research” by Yi Yu-Te, a Korean national living under colonial rule in Seoul, created 1944, a year before Japan’s defeat in World War II and the consequent liberation of colonial Korea. @MMCAKOREA