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Official Account of the Cell Design Institute @UCSF. Bringing a unique foundational approach to cell therapies. celldesigninstitute.org

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UCSF Cell Design Institute @cdi-ucsf.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
WE ARE HIRING! CDI and the LIm Lab is seeking Junior Specialists (pre-PhD level) for a variety of cell engineering and synthetic biology projects. Our trainees have gone on to PhD/MD/industry positions at UCSF, Harvard, Sonoma, Genentech, ArsenalBio, UCSD, +++! Apply: aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05893
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Junior or Assistant Specialist
University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!
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UCSF Cell Design Institute @cdi-ucsf.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
WE ARE HIRING! CDI and Lim Lab at UCSF are looking for technicians (pre-PhD level) for a variety of cell engineering and synthetic biology projects. Past trainees have gone on to PhD/MD/careers at great places including UCSF, Harvard, Genentech, UCSD, etc! Apply here: aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05588
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Junior or Assistant Specialist
University of California, San Francisco is hiring. Apply now!
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Adam Stevens @ajstevens.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I am excited to announce that in March, I will start my lab in the Department of Cancer Biology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine @pennmedicine.bsky.social @penncancer.bsky.social stevens.bio
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UCSF Cell Design Institute @cdi-ucsf.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The latest from Lim Lab at CDI out today in Cell! "Synthetic organizer cells guide development via spatial and biochemical instructions" led by star postdocs Toshi Yamada and Coralie Trentesaux www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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Synthetic organizer cells guide development via spatial and biochemical instructions
Synthetic organizer cells, engineered to spatially self-assemble around stem cells, can be used to create specific morphogen gradients and systematically guide in vitro development.
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John De Vos @jdevos.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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UCSF Neurosurgery @neurosurgucsf.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
UCSF scientists have developed a “molecular GPS” system that makes it so that T cells can target and attack brain tumor cells without harming healthy tissue: buff.ly/41gMxu0 buff.ly/4fSD40p @cdi-ucsf.bsky.social @ucsfcancer.bsky.social @science.org #CART #immunotherapy #glioblastoma
Graphic showing photos of the Science study's co-senior authors Scott Zamvil, MD, PhD, Hideho Okada, MD, PhD, and Wendell Lim, PhD in front of a background illustration depicting a genetically engineered T cell. Text below their photos has the publication's citation: Programming tissue-sensing T cells that deliver therapies to the brain. Simic MS, Watchmaker PB et al (2024) Science 386(6726):eadl4237. Illustration reprinted with permission from AAAS.
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UCSF Diabetes Center @ucsfdc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Press about recent paper on UCSF main page, in which @aparentlab.bsky.social chimes in
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Engineered Immune Cells May Be Able to Tame Inflammation
A new technology uses engineered T cells that act as immune “referees” to soothe overreacting immune responses. They also can mop up inflammatory molecules without lowering the entire body’s immune sh...
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
In @science.org this week, Reddy, Lim, & colleagues engineer engineer custom #synthetic #suppressor #TCells that produce locally targeted immune suppression. Such cells could be used to protect specific tissues from #CARTCell cross-reactivity without compromising on-target, antitumor activity!
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Engineering synthetic suppressor T cells that execute locally targeted immunoprotective programs
Immune homeostasis requires a balance of inflammatory and suppressive activities. To design cells potentially useful for local immune suppression, we engineered conventional CD4+ T cells with syntheti...
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Seth Thomas Scanlon @immunoeditor.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
In @science.org this week, Simic, Watchmaker, Zamvil, Okada, and Lim engineer #TCells specific for #CNS #ECM antigens to deliver payloads selectively to the #brain!
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Programming tissue-sensing T cells that deliver therapies to the brain
To engineer cells that can specifically target the central nervous system (CNS), we identified extracellular CNS-specific antigens, including components of the CNS extracellular matrix and surface mol...
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Zoltan Nagy @zoltannagyphd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Finally here: #CellSignaling by Wendell A. Lim and Bruce J. Mayer - an excellent and comprehensive resource for researchers, lecturers, and students interested in #SignalTransduction. A perfect Christmas present for self?
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UCSF Cell Design Institute @cdi-ucsf.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
For our inaugural @bsky.app post – 2 papers and the cover of Science @science.org!! Dr. Nish Reddy et al. built T cells that suppress inflammation in specific tissues bit.ly/4fX8JxN Dr. Milos Simic, Dr. Payal Watchmaker et al. built T cells that deliver therapies to the brain bit.ly/4g0I5Ej
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