MSE Student
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Tristan Marchena is a master’s student from Aruba studying Bioengineering and Engineering Entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania. He conducts immune engineering research in the lab of Prof. Dennis Discher. His work centers on antibody-dependent phagocytosis or ‘cell eating’ of solid tumors for the purpose of advancing engineered macrophage immunotherapies. In addition, he has been working with 3D tumoroids of mouse melanoma cells to better understand macrophage 'cell eating' in solid tumor microenvironments. Outside of the lab, Tristan remains dedicated to mentoring international undergraduate students as well as developing new outreach programs to increase STEM education in underrepresented communities in the Caribbean.
Antibody-Dependent Phagocytosis by SIRPα-Knockout Macrophages for Cancer Immunotherapy
Thursday, October 12, 2023
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT