From Bench to Fireside

From Bench to Fireside

Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

Episodes 15
Avg. Duration 33m
Activity Dormant
Since Nov 2023
Latest Episode Apr 2025

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About This Podcast

From Bench to Fireside™ is a podcast from the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI) that takes you from behind the lab bench to the frontiers of cancer research. Each episode features an interview with members of the PICI Network, pioneers in cancer immunotherapy and leaders at world-renowned cancer research institutions. Throughout the conversations, these experts weigh in on the potential of the human immune system to target and eradicate cancer cells, from the latest breakthroughs in immuno-oncology to their impact on patients.

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S2E5 From Biological Limits to Intelligent Immunity with Kole Roybal, PhD

Apr 17, 2025 48m

What if our immune cells could be reprogrammed to sense, decide and act—outsmarting even the most elusive tumors?In this episode of From Bench to Fireside Kole Roybal, PhD, Director of the Parker…

S2E4 From Cancer’s Hidden Metabolic Tricks to Breakthrough Discoveries That Overcome Them with Roberta Zappasodi, PhD

Mar 10, 2025 39m

In this episode of From Bench to Fireside, host John Connolly, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI), interviews Roberta Zappasodi, PhD, Assistant…

S2E3 From Metastatic Melanoma to Immune Engineering with Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD

Feb 24, 2025 38m

In this episode of From Bench to Fireside, host John Connolly, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI), interviews Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, Director of the…

S2E2 From the Front Lines to the Frontiers of Defeating Breast Cancer with Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD

Feb 10, 2025 40m

In this episode of From Bench to Fireside, host John Connolly, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI), interviews Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD, MHCM,…

S2E1 From CAR T-Cell Therapy to the Impact of Mentorship with Carl June, MD

Jan 27, 2025 43m

In this episode of From Bench to Fireside, host John Connolly, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI), interviews Carl June, MD, Director of the PICI…

S1E9 From Personalized Medicine to Cancer Informatics with Katie Campbell, PhD

Apr 24, 2024 39m

2022 Parker Bridge Fellow at UCLA, Katie Campbell, PhD, is a rising star in cancer informatics. In this episode, Katie talks with PICI Chief Scientific Officer John Connolly, PhD, about her journey…

S1E8 From Pediatric Cancer Challenges to CAR T Cell Signaling with Robbie Majzner, MD

Mar 27, 2024 34m

In this episode, Robbie Majzner, MD, a PICI Investigator at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, sits down with PICI Chief Scientific Officer John Connolly, PhD, to discuss efforts to engineer…

S1E7 From Cellular Metabolism to the Tumor Microenvironment with Evanna Mills, PhD

Mar 06, 2024 24m

In this episode, PICI Member Researcher Evanna Mills, PhD, a distinguished professor at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, joins PICI Chief Scientific Officer John Connolly,…

S1E6 From Synthetic Biology to Emerging Technologies with Justin Eyquem, PhD

Feb 22, 2024 28m

In this episode, Justin Eyquem, PhD, Parker Senior Fellow and PICI Member Researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, talks about his visionary work pioneering CAR-T cell therapies and…

S1E5 From Cell Biology to Creating Cancer Vaccines with Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD

Feb 08, 2024 22m

In this episode, Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, a PICI Network Investigator and the Director of Immunotherapy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, sits down with PICI Chief Scientific Officer…

S1E4 From T-Cell Research to Clinical Impact with Christopher A. Klebanoff, MD

Jan 24, 2024 21m

In this episode, physician-scientist Christopher A. Klebanoff, MD, a PICI Network Investigator at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, provides an inside look at his groundbreaking research on…

S1E3 From the Origins of Immunotherapy to Curing Pediatric Cancers with Crystal Mackall, MD

Jan 10, 2024 32m

In this episode, pioneering researcher Crystal Mackall, MD, Center Director for the PICI Center at Stanford Medicine, talks through what led to her contributions to cancer immunotherapy, including…

S1E2 From Cancer Care in New York City to Next-Gen Immunotherapies with Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD

Dec 12, 2023 29m

This episode of “From Bench to Fireside” is a special one for PICI that marks a network expansion with Weill Cornell Medicine joining as our newest PICI Center. The partnership will build upon PICI’s…

S1E1 From NK Cell Biology to a Career in Breakthrough Science with Lewis Lanier, PhD

Dec 06, 2023 26m

For more than three decades, Dr. Lewis Lanier has researched natural killer (NK) cells and their innate and adaptive responses to pathogens and cancer. The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy’s…

S1 Introducing: From Bench to Fireside

Nov 28, 2023 1m Trailer

Introducing From Bench to Fireside™, a new podcast from the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI) that takes you from behind the lab bench to the frontiers of cancer research. Hosted by…

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How many episodes does From Bench to Fireside have?

From Bench to Fireside has published 15 episodes since November 2023, covering topics in Science.

Is From Bench to Fireside still active?

From Bench to Fireside is currently dormant with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 33m.

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