Event Information

Event Topic:
Allogeneic Natural Killer Cells Engineered to Beat Cancer

Event Description:
James Trager on the science behind Nkarta’s novel cell therapy platform.

Date/Time:
Date(s) - 02/18/20
8:30 am - 10:30 am

Event Location:
NOVA - 505 West Olive Ave, Sunnyvale- Suite 799:

Speaker Information

Event Speaker:
James Trager

Event Speaker Title:
CSO

Event Speaker Company:
Nkarta Therapeutics

Event Speaker Bio:

James Trager joined Nkarta in 2016 and leads all new product discovery efforts. James is deeply versed in the development and application of cellular therapies for cancer. He previously served as Vice President of Research and Development at Dendreon, where he was responsible for product development, clinical immunology, analytical development, and process automation, supporting the late stage development of sipuleucel-T through clinical study, approval, and commercialization. Prior to Dendreon, James was a Senior Scientist at Geron, where he was part of the team that cloned human telomerase, and later established a Quality Control function to enable the manufacture and clinical development of a telomerase inhibitor. James is a graduate of St. John’s College in Santa Fe New Mexico; and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republic. He received his doctorate in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley, where he performed mechanistic studies on the src oncogene.

Event Details

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