Leesa Lertsumitkul
@leesa_lerts
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📍PhD student in the Jenkins Lab at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute | CAR-T cell therapy in glioblastoma
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined August 2019
@MerlinCrossley Thank you Merlin! It’s been a very exciting project to work on. Enjoy the rest of the conference.
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@sarahbooth_14 @theheraldsun @WEHI_research @DrMistyJenkins @BrainCancerCtr Thank you Sarah for sharing our story!
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RT @jitcancer: Here’s a closer look at “EphA3-targeted chimeric antigen receptor T cells are effective in glioma and generate curative memo…
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RT @BrainCancerCtr: Awesome to see our Research Rockstar Prof @DrMistyJenkins work in the Herald Sun today. Misty and her @WEHI_research t…
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Front page on the herald sun today! Super cool to see our latest research shared nationally today across news outlets. Proud to be part of this incredible work, a good news day for brain cancer patients and their families. ❤️
A new cancer therapy that melts tumours from within could be a breakthrough for incurable brain cancer, if it is successful in clinical trials. >
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RT @jitcancer: New #JITC article: EphA3-targeted chimeric antigen receptor T cells are effective in glioma and generate curative memory T c…
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Very excited to share that my first first-author publication is officially live! 🤩 A massive shoutout to my supervisors @DrMistyJenkins and Ryan Cross for their guidance with this project, and support from the rest of the team.
Our study, "EphA3-targeted chimeric antigen receptor T cells are effective in glioma and generate curative memory T cell responses" was published. I thank @leesa_lerts, & Dr Ryan Cross, w Melinda, Stacie, Sarah, @lisamebert @dralexdav @drendersby @auscancadoc & Prof Kate D A 🧵
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Really grateful for the Frank Montague Scholarship kindly donated by Dine for Cure, allowing me to do cutting edge research to develop novel cellular therapies for brain cancer. I’m 2 years into my PhD and really proud of the success I’ve had so far. Final year here we come!
Leesa is the recipient of the Frank Montague Scholarship supported by Dine For A Cure, working with The Brain Cancer Centre and in the @DrMistyJenkins Lab at @WEHI_research @leesa_lerts is part of a team of the brightest young minds dedicated to finding new patient treatments.
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@KateGQuinlan @AnnalisePsaila @AlessandraGurt1 @lab_arnold @EosinophilSoc @UNSWBABS Incredible! Congratulations Annalise 🤩
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Check out this little interview I did with the BCC! An amazing opportunity to work in a community of brain cancer researchers.
@leesa_lerts is excited to undertake her PhD journey at @WEHI_research with another research rockstar @DrMistyJenkins focused on exploring how our immune system can distinguish between healthy tissues & brain tumours to design targeted therapies:
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RT @tahneesaunders: Excited to judge the 2023 @WEHI_research 3 Minute Thesis Competition! I am sure we are going to be in for a treat. #WEH…
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@tahneesaunders Thank you Tahnee for such kind words! Was so great to work with you as a judge in this comp, always so open to helping with student events. 🫶
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Weeds and brain cancer might have more in common than you’d think! 🌱 🧠 Stoked to have come runner up in this years WEHI 3MT competition. A real challenge but a great way to think about communicating our science. #WEHI3MT @WEHI_research #scicomm
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Such an incredible group of people doing inspiring research in all different fields. Here’s the link to the broadcast if you missed it live on air:
Today we had an amazing group of 21 PhD students in the studio as part of #20phds20mins on @einstein_agogo on @3RRRFM - Fantastic communicators! If you missed the broadcast you can hear them here:
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Such a fun experience live on radio today with @DrShaneRRR for his annual #20phds20mins program on @einstein_agogo. A great chat about the complexities of brain cancer and how I’m developing novel CAR-T cell therapies that can migrate into the brain.
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My first radio gig 🤩 Excited to join Dr Shane’s program talking about my PhD project researching novel immunotherapies in brain cancer. Tune in tomorrow 11am-12pm to have a listen!
Time to prepare for tomorrow's episode of @einstein_agogo on @3RRRFM - The 8th Episode (part 1) of #20phds20mins. So excited to meet so many amazing PhD students in studio. Feeling nervous (can I do this?) and excited (love RRR and science).
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It’s official! Very proud to have passed this important milestone in my PhD. It was great to present and share my work. Couldn’t have done it without the support of the amazing people in my group and beyond. Now on to the celebrations! 🎉 @WEHI_research
Proud as punch of @leesa_lerts for being confirmed today in her PhD @WEHI_research where she is developing new #immunotherapy for #glioblastoma #WomenInSTEM
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Was an honour to help organise our first student-led #WEHIstudent symposium after 4 years. Incredible effort by everyone and amazing talks/posters all round. Success!
Career Panel on now for the #WEHIstudents symposium. Including my very good friend @DrUroozaSarma, as well as James McCoy @Sciencish, Lisa Lindqvist, and @markrdowling.
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