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Shirley Sun

Shirley Sun

CAMB-CB Student

I am currently a Cancer Biology student at the University of Pennsylvania. I completed my undergraduate training in Biochemistry at UC Berkeley in 2020, during which I also worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. After graduating, I worked for two years at PACT Pharma, a startup with a Phase I clinical trial in precision non-viral T cell receptor replacement for personalized adoptive cell therapy. I then worked at Genentech for a year, where I continued to work on TCR T cell therapy. At Penn, I am particularly interested in strategies that would allow CAR T cells to recognize intracellular peptides, combining the benefits of both TCR and CAR T cell therapy.

In my free time, I enjoy painting, rock climbing, cooking, and exploring the city.