Cellular immunotherapy of cancer

The field of immunotherapy is currently one of the most promising developments in medical science now helping thousands of patients with cancer or autoimmune diseases. At KIA we have established a group engaging in the development of new ways to make the patient’s T cells capable of killing cancer cells and curing the patient using the chimeric antigen-receptor T cells (CAR T cells) method. The group works in close collaboration with professors Thomas Stauffer Larsen and Charlotte Nyvold at the Dept. of Hematology, OUH and with other national groups headed by Inge-Marie Svane  (CCIT-DK), Lars Rønn Olsen (DTU), Rasmus O. Bak (Aarhus University) and Bjarne Kuno Møller (Skejby Hospital).  Locally at SDU, we collaborate closely with colleges at Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Medicine.

Principal investigators

Professor Torben Barington, MD, DMSc
Research Unit of Clinical Immunology, SDU
Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital
J. B. Winsløws Vej 4, DK-5000 Odense C

Mike Bogetofte Barnkob, MD, PhD, external associate professor
Research Unit of Clinical Immunology,, SDU
Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital
J. B. Winsløws Vej 4, DK-5000 Odense C

Mette Stæhr, cand.scient., PhD
Research Unit of Clinical Immunology,  SDU
Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital
J. B. Winsløws Vej 4, DK-5000 Odense C

Kimmie Bjerre Christensen, cand.scient., PhD
Research Unit of Clinical Immunology,  SDU
Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital
J. B. Winsløws Vej 4, DK-5000 Odense C

Members of the team

Christian Nielsen, cand.scient., PhD
Jakub Krejcik, MD, PhD, guest researcher
Emil Birch Christensen, cand.scient., PhD student
Kimmie Bjerre Christensen, cand.scient., research assistent
Moritz Schaefer, cand.scient., research assistent
Zelvera Ismetova Usheva, master of science, research assistant 
Julia Heiselberg, MD, research assistant
Sofia Langæble Bangsø, master student
Stephanie C. Saouma-Pedersen, master student

Ongoing projects

Development of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells (CAR T cells)  Targeting the B-cell  cancers
    

Project options for students

CAR T-cells to combat cancer