Prof Misty Jenkins AO | 2023 Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference

At the 2023 Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference, we heard from Prof Misty Jenkins. Misty is a NHMRC fellow and laboratory head of the Immunology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.

December 5, 2023

At the 2023 Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference, we heard from Prof Misty Jenkins. Misty is a NHMRC fellow and laboratory head of the Immunology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.

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Prof Misty Jenkins is a NHMRC fellow and laboratory head of the Immunology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Misty leads the immunotherapy program within the Brain Cancer Centre and is dedicated to discovering novel immunotherapy targets for high grade gliomas in adults and children. Her research focusses on the development of novel chimeric antigen receptor T cells for brain cancer. Her group also uses cutting edge two-photon microscopy combined with mouse models of brain cancer to investigate the tumour microenvironment and uncover unique biology of brain tumours.

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Misty has a PhD in Immunology from The University of Melbourne, followed by postdoctoral positions at The Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

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Prof Jenkins was awarded the L’Oreal for Women in Science Fellowship (2013), was Tall Poppy of the year (2015), was awarded the Top100 Women of Influence award (2016) and was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2020.

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You can watch her presentation below.

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Prof Misty Jenkins is a NHMRC fellow and laboratory head of the Immunology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Misty leads the immunotherapy program within the Brain Cancer Centre and is dedicated to discovering novel immunotherapy targets for high grade gliomas in adults and children. Her research focusses on the development of novel chimeric antigen receptor T cells for brain cancer. Her group also uses cutting edge two-photon microscopy combined with mouse models of brain cancer to investigate the tumour microenvironment and uncover unique biology of brain tumours.

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Misty has a PhD in Immunology from The University of Melbourne, followed by postdoctoral positions at The Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

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Prof Jenkins was awarded the L’Oreal for Women in Science Fellowship (2013), was Tall Poppy of the year (2015), was awarded the Top100 Women of Influence award (2016) and was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2020.

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You can watch her presentation below.

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