Yujie Shi, PhD
Doctoral Dissertation: Sweetening the Fight in Adoptive Transfer Therapy: Sugar-Inspired Strategies for Interaction-Dependent Isolation and Stemness-Sustaining Expansion of Tumor Reactive T cells
Research Focus: Shi focused on developing chemical immunology tools for enhancing cancer adoptive transfer therapy, by improving the specificity and functionality of therapeutic T cells.
Undergraduate Institution: Peking University
Noteworthy Publications: Chemical immunology: Recent advances in tool development and applications, Cell Chemical Biology (2024)
Looking Back: "What I cherished most about Scripps is its open, inclusive, collaborative, and supportive culture - an atmosphere that not only sparks scientific innovations, but brings light and hope during the current challenging times as well. I am so grateful for having the privilege to work with Dr. Peng Wu and so many inspiring collaborators and labmates, who have led me into the facinating field of cancer immunology and immunotherapy."
What's Next: "I am excited to continue my research in cancer immunotherapy and neuroimmunology as a postdoc within the remarkable community of Scripps Research."
Join us at 10 a.m. PDT on Friday, May 16, 2025 for our Commencement Ceremony Livestream! Shi will be introduced by her advisor, Prof. Peng Wu, who will deliver a few words about her graduate experience. Viewers will also learn about our many other 2025 graduates, who are now setting out to build careers that will profoundly impact the future of biomedical research.
