9^th European Immunology Conference associated with Antibody Engineering Meeting

Hongtao Zhang is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine. Currently his research focus is in the receptor- targeted therapies using antibodies, antibody-like proteins, and small molecules. The research projects in his lab are relevant to understand the functions of cytokines in the regulation of immune cells in tumor microenvironments, including the polarization of tumor associated  acrophagesm. He is also devoted to the identification of serum biomarkers that can help the diagnosis and therapeutic guidance for breast cancer and melanoma. He has published more than 70 articles in journals including Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology. He is listed as inventors in 17 approved patents and some other pending patents. He serves as an Editorial Board Member for several journals.