Meet the speaker #1 | Perturb 2027

With a career that includes directing the Icahn Genomics Institute and vice-chairing the Department of Immunology & Immunotherapy at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, get to know more about Dr. Brian Brown's career.

thumbnail depicting Brian Brown from the Icahn School of Medicine, speaker for Perturb 2027

With registrations open, it is time to start announcing the phenomenal line up of speakers that will take the stage at Perturb 2027!

Get to know the speaker: Brian Brown

Dr. Brian Brown is the Director of the Icahn Genomics Institute and Vice Chair of the Department of Immunology & Immunotherapy at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He is also the Endowed Chair of Genetic Engineering. His research spans immune oncology, functional genomics, and gene and cell therapy. His lab focuses on uncovering the molecular and cellular programming of tissue and tumor immunity; using Perturb-map spatial functional genomics to identifying mechanisms of tumor microenvironment control and immunotherapy resistance. His group is also developing cell and tissue targeting technologies, based on spatial biology insights, for enhancing mRNA and nanoparticle drugs and CAR T cell therapeutics.

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Meet the speaker #3 | Perturb 2027

Associate Professor at Stanford University, get to know Dr. Anshul Kundaje and learn about his research with machine learning models of gene regulation.

Meet the speaker #2 | Perturb 2027

Earning his PhD from the University of Washington, Dr. Junyue Cao went on to lead the Laboratory of Single-Cell Genomics and Population Dynamics at The Rockefeller University. Learn more about his career path.

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