Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology Seminar
Chris Garcia, PhD
K. Christopher Garcia, Ph.D is a Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and of Structural Biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He received his B.S. in Biochemistry from Tulane University, and his Ph.D. in Biophysics from Johns Hopkins University. After two years of post-doctoral work at Genentech, Inc. under Dr. David Goeddel in the Dept. of Molecular Biology, Dr. Garcia moved to a second post-doctoral fellowship at The Scripps Research Institute where he succeeded in determining the first crystal structures of the T cell receptor and its complex with peptide-MHC. Dr. Garcia’s interests reside at the cell surface, and his laboratory investigates structural and functional aspects of cell surface receptor recognition and activation, focusing on therapeutic applications.
The Garcia Laboratory is broadly interested in cell surface receptors and their ligands. Their principal goal is to exploit mechanistic and structural information on receptor-ligand interactions to interrogate and therapeutically impact human disease. They ask how ligand recognition and signaling coordinate with the physiology of the cell using protein engineering to manipulate signaling pathways in order to control cell function and fate. The receptor systems the lab studies play key roles in immunology, stem cell, and neurobiology, and have translational relevance to immunotherapy and regenerative medicine.
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The Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology Seminar Series showcases speakers at the intersection of genomic technology and immunology research with an aim to engineer the human immune system for therapeutic benefit. Speakers span technology development, synthetic biology, bioengineering, and the development and clinical application of immunotherapy. These talks are open to the Gladstone and UCSF communities.
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