Leonardo Ferreira
@enhancerleo
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Molecular immunologist. Human genome engineer. Deconstructing the immune system to eradicate autoimmune disease and cancer.
Joined April 2017
EIGHTY MILES!!! Only possible thanks to the many volunteers, generous donors, and this year’s special, pickle juice! #tooinspiredtobetired #lowvelo25 #immunologymatters #changingwhatspossible
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Torpedo Bio is one of 10 finalists (out of 285) pitching at Catalyst by Beemok on November 8th!!! #immunologymatters
#CARTregs
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Looking forward to speaking at the next faculty fireside chat by the Human Islet Research Network on career journey, key decisions and challenges, and lessons learned. Come in with questions! #immunologymatters
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The diamond standard of CAR Tregs! Read our latest paper, led by Francesco Hamilton, and find out which movie we reference! #immunologymatters #CARTregs
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Super proud of my mom Cremilda Raimunda Ramos Ferreira for starting her PhD in Medicinal Chemistry!!
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Thrilled to speak to @RegMedNet about the hurdles and promise of adoptive cell therapies for solid tumors! #immunologymatters
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
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Deeply honored to speak at the Tregs as Medicine Symposium in Tokyo celebrating Prof. Sakaguchi’s description of regulatory T cell (Tregs). A special meeting made even more timely by this morning’s news that Prof. Sakaguchi is a recipient of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine!
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BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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Repurposing cancer immunotherapies for use in autoimmunity and transplantation! Check out our special issue @FrontImmunol with articles by Aref, Biswas, Bonini, Bluestone, Brusko, Ferreira, Fousteri, Marshall, Skartsis, and Sugitani! #immunologymatters
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The age of immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes is upon us! Thrilled by the opportunity to contribute to this review led by Remi Creusot @Columbia! #immunologymatters #endt1d
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🔟 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭𝟬 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁-𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗼-𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 This Week’s Spotlight by OncoDaily Immuno-Oncology. From new engineered T cells transplant rejection treatments to the rapid response of next-gen CAR-T therapies in
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Can we reengineer the transplant environment for beta-cell survival? Dr. @enhancerleo (Medical University of South Carolina) explores immune-suppressive microenvironments to enhance success in T1D cell therapy. #ADA2025 🎥 Watch now on #VuMedi:
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Click here to learn more about research at Ferreira Lab: https://www.ferreiralab.com/
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MUSC researchers have engineered a new type of genetically modified immune cell that can precisely target and neutralize antibody-producing cells complicit in organ rejection. Learn More: https://t.co/UNIMN6QQYD
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A new engineered regulatory T cell is born. Chimeric anti-HLA receptor regulatory T cells (CHAR Tregs) inhibit antibody production by B cells from HLA sensitized transplant patients, offering a precise approach to tackle antibody-mediated organ rejection. https://t.co/aNbmOQy7ou
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Happy 100th birthday to my PhD advisor Jack Leonard Strominger!!! 100 years of life. 74 years of running a lab. Words cannot describe how much of an inspiration you are to me and so many others. Carpe diem!
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I AM AN AMERICAN! Beyond thrilled to become an integral part of this great experiment that is the United States of America!!! #zerothgenerationamerican
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