Reminder_Tomorrow FRIDAY 4PM Coffee Hour with Dr. Sadik Kasim

[Rozzeta Binti Dolah]

Coffee and Conversation  - Friday July 6th 2018
Hosted by MIT-PDA Human Affairs Committee
 

 
Date and Time: 6th July 2018, Friday @ 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: 76-259 (Koch Institute, 2nd  floor large conference room) 
Special Guest: Dr. Sadik Kasim, Chief Scientfific Officer, Mustang Bio.
 
Meet other postdocs and talk to our special guest; Dr. Sadik Kasim – CSO of Mustang Bio.  Ask questions about work-life balance and life beyond MIT or anything else. Get a different perspective on your life. Enjoy coffee and snacks.
 
Guest Bio: 
 
Dr. Kassim has served as Chief Scientific Officer since March 2018. Dr. Kassim joined Mustang in March 2017 as Vice President of Process and Analytical Development, where he led process development, analytical development and manufacturing strategy for Mustang’s CAR T therapies and oversaw preclinical research and pipeline expansion activities. Prior to Mustang, Dr. Kassim was Head of Analytical Development for Novartis’ Cell and Gene Therapies Unit, where he played a key role in the Biologics License Application filing for Kymriah™ (CD19 CAR T) in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kassim was a research biologist in the Surgery Branch at the National Cancer Institute, where he was involved in early research that led to the development of Kite’s Yescarta™ (CD19 CAR T) for lymphoma, held a senior research position in the Discovery Immunology Group at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson and was a research fellow in the University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) Gene Therapy Program. Dr. Kassim holds a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, and a B.S. in ecology and evolutionary biology, as well as in cell and molecular biology, from Tulane University.


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