Sylvain Simon
sylvainsimon.bsky.social
Sylvain Simon
@sylvainsimon.bsky.social
Translational immunologist using principles of fundamental T cell biology and synthetic biology tools to design T cell therapies -- Assistant Professor @Fred Hutch
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Engineering T cells with a membrane-tethered version of SLP-76 overcomes antigen-low resistance to CAR T cell therapy @natcancer.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Excited to announce that I’ve recently transitioned into an Assistant Professor role in the Division of Translational Science and Therapeutics @Fred Hutch.
October 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Check out one of our latest stories about combining our non viral knock-in strategy with integrases for an efficient, targeted integration of transgenes >8kb in human T cells!

‘One-pot’ PASTA: programmable and site specific transgene addition - all in just one reaction 🫕
September 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Modulating AP-1 enables CAR-T cells to establish an intratumoral PD-1+ Tcf1+ stem-like reservoir and overcomes resistance to PD-1 axis blockade
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Modulating AP-1 enables CAR-T cells to establish an intratumoral PD-1+Tcf1+ stem-like reservoir and overcomes resistance to PD-1 axis blockade https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.10.648245v1
April 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Exciting news! Our latest manuscript is out! Really happy to report on the development of synthetic chimeric TCRs with enhanced antigen sensitivity and capable of bispecificity to successfully overcome tumor heterogeneity in pre-clinical models.

Check it out: rdcu.be/edRwJ
Design of sensitive monospecific and bispecific synthetic chimeric T cell receptors for cancer therapy
Nature Cancer - Simon, Bugos and colleagues report the design and characterization of monospecific and bispecific synthetic chimeric T cell receptors, conferring increased antigen sensitivity and...
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March 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Make sure you, your trainees, and anyone else who might listen to you understands what "indirects" actually are, how they are established, and what Universities contribute. H/T @rodallab.bsky.social

Please share widely!

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Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities
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February 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM