Happy to see the circadian-temperature CAR-T work Adam leads is getting attention.
The core idea came from combining the circadian biology framework my lab had been pioneering with his T-cell expertise.
When he joined my lab in early 2025, there was no dedicated funding for the project. I somehow covered his salary and the full cost of the in vitro, in vivo, and omics experiments in both mouse and human T cells so the work could move forward.
Lab members helped him get up to speed on all experiments, logistics, regulatory issues, and he had priority access to multiple tissue-culture incubators to accelerate the timeline. He also worked evenings and weekends.
The key results and supporting data that open this new direction came within 18 months. Repeating a couple of experiments and publishing the data will let him move into the next phase of his career with a solid foundation.
The core idea came from combining the circadian biology framework my lab had been pioneering with his T-cell expertise.
When he joined my lab in early 2025, there was no dedicated funding for the project. I somehow covered his salary and the full cost of the in vitro, in vivo, and omics experiments in both mouse and human T cells so the work could move forward.
Lab members helped him get up to speed on all experiments, logistics, regulatory issues, and he had priority access to multiple tissue-culture incubators to accelerate the timeline. He also worked evenings and weekends.
The key results and supporting data that open this new direction came within 18 months. Repeating a couple of experiments and publishing the data will let him move into the next phase of his career with a solid foundation.
Three minutes, one slide, and a winning pitch! Congratulations to Salk postdoctoral researcher Adam Rochussen for taking first place in the Torrey Pines Training Consortium Postdoc Pitch competition.
Cancer immunotherapy rarely takes into account the fact that the cellular environment inside the body is not constant, but rhythmic. Adam found a way to integrate circadian rhythms into next-generation cancer immunotherapies that leads to more effective treatment of multiple cancer types.
The competition challenges postdoctoral researchers from Salk, Sanford Burnham Prebys, Scripps Research, and UC San Diego to explain their research and why it matters in just 180 seconds.
Congratulations, Adam!
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