Our recent paper on the efficacy and safety of HER2 CAR-NK cells, led by our PhD student Ana Portillo, has been highlighted on the FHS website! Congratulations to all the co-authors on this new publication!
Read the full release here: https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/natural-killers-researchers-engineer-cells-that-attack-and-destroy-malignant-tumor-cells-but-leave-the-rest-alone/
Congratulations to Ana and other Ashkar lab members for publishing a fascinating review article about strategies for recruiting and activating NK cells in the tumor microenvironment in Frontiers in Im
Our very own Sophie Poznanski has won the Governor General's Gold Medal for her outstanding work during her PhD! We're super proud of her and can't wait to see what other amazing things she does!
The Ashkar Lab welcomes new students Alexa Mansour (MSc candidate), Adnan Moinuddin (MSc candidate), Bashar Alobeid (BHSc), and Arman Pandher (BHSc). We are happy to share that Misaal is staying at th