
Vince Luca
@vcluca1
Principal Investigator | Moffitt Cancer Center Department of Immunology | Scientific Director - Center for Antibody & Protein Engineering
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http://www.thelucalab.org 16-02-2011 20:17:08
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Extremely excited to share this new paper from my graduate work in the Overbaugh lab! nature.com/articles/s4156⦠Nature Microbiology @FredHutch Seattle MCB Program




Very cool paper from Marta Borowska in the Garcia lab StanfordMCP. They drew inspiration from adenoviral immune evasion to engineer CD45-targeting proteins that suppress T cell activation.

Wonderful study from Omer Dushek lab that is a real breakthrough. I think they've solved 1/2 the problem of TCR cross-reactivity. They can make the (in)famous A3A TCR (that resulted in lethal cardiac toxicity) completely safe! Go read it to understand how!



Really proud of our newest study with Jen A-Brett , led by Jess Greven with major contributions from Josh Wydra Cynthia Zhi, Jordyn Svoboda, and others. Published in Molecular Neurodegeneration . Thanks to Alzheimer's Association and BrightFocus Foundation and NIH for support!






At todayās ribbon cutting for the Nikon Center of Excellence, long-time Moffitt Cancer Center supporter Mr. Ted Couch shared inspiring words about #bioengineering and the future of cancer research. We wouldnāt be where we are today without your continued support of Moffittās missionāthank

My first PhD student, Elliot Medina, defended his thesis today! And as an added bonus, he got a job offer during his Q&A session! Elliot is an absolute wizard of a protein engineer. I could not have been more fortunate to have him as employee #1 in my lab Moffitt Research


š š· Congratulations to Elliot Medina, PhD @ElliotMedina31 on the successful defense of his doctoral dissertation entitled,Ā āStructure and Engineering pf Cancer-Associated Developmental Receptorsā. Elliot was mentored by Vince Luca during his PhD. Well done Elliot! šš¼


What if TCRs didnāt need to see peptides to bind MHC? A newly identified human TCR docks sideways onto HLA-DQ2.5ālike an antibody. This could reshape how we think about antigen recognition š§š§ Monash University Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Rossjohn lab Nature Communications Congrats!



Iām not sure where the right place to report this is (City of Tampa City of Tampa Traffic Management Center). The traffic light timing is malfunctioning at the left turn from Fowler to Bruce B Downs. There is a massivebackup and itās only turning green for ~5 seconds at a time.
