Wilson Wong is an Assistant Professor for Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He obtained his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Bachelor's in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. His reserach interests are in applying metabolic engineering and immune cell engineering to rapidly and predictably engineer desired properties in human immune cells to treat diseases.
Research
The Wong lab is a DESIGN driven lab where we apply synthetic biology to engineer desired properties in mammalian cells, with application in understanding cellular design principle and to treat diseases. One area that we interested in is engineering genetic circuits to improve the efficacy and safety of adoptive T cell therapy.
Here we are interested in using synthetic biology to design and construct novel signaling, transcription, and metabolic networks in cells for
Application in medicine and
Understanding design principles in living organisms.
Specifically, we are interested in engineering human immune cells for adoptive cancer immunotherapy. Adoptive immunotherapy is a promising therapy for treatment of various cancers (1).
Our goal at the Wong Lab is to engineer immune cells to enhance their disease fighting capability while minimizing adverse side effect. Also, by building novel networks inside immune cells, we can explore design principles by mapping network architecture to phenotype.
For more information, visit his website: http://wilsonwonglab.org/