BEACON ASIA TOUR |
Join us in Daejeon at Daejeon Convention Center, Room 207โ208
Overview
Speakers

Dr. Patrick Schmidt
Group Leader Transgenic T Cell Therapy, DKFZ
Dr. rer. nat. Patrick Schmidt is a senior scientist with 20 years of experience in CAR-T research. He completed his undergraduate studies in Developmental Biology and Genetics at the University of Cologne, earning his diploma in 2005. He conducted his Ph.D. research in Hinrich Abken's lab, developing anti-melanoma CARs, and finished in 2008. This was followed by a three-year DFG fellowship-sponsored postdoctoral position at the รcole Polytechnique Fรฉdรฉrale de Lausanne in Switzerland. In 2014, Patrick joined the Department of Medical Oncology at the National Center of Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, led by Dirk Jรคger. He is currently a research group leader and head of ATMP manufacturing, affiliated with the University Hospital Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center.

Dr. Kyoungeun Park
Field Application Scientist, MDxK
Dr. Kyoungeun Park studied biochemistry and pharmacology. After completing her studies, she moved to the industry to share her technical expertise as a Field Application Scientist at MDxK. For over six years, she has been focusing on NGS, single-cell sequencing, and cell dispensing systems. Currently, she is supporting all Beacon users in Korea as an FAS for a distributor in Korea. She is looking forward to sharing real experimental cases and technology with scientists.