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Alexandra Beckett

Stanford MedicineORCID 0000-0001-9396-9504Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1

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Antonio Salcido-AlcántariD· 2 shared Jenny Y LiuiD· 2 shared Judith C. LungeriD· 2 shared Kyle G. DanielsiD· 2 shared Lucas E. Sant’AnnaiD· 2 shared Wansang ChoiD· 2 shared Alun Vaughan-JacksoniD· 1 shared Crystal Lee MackalliD· 1 shared

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Programmable synthetic cytokine receptors polarize macrophages to user-defined functional states

Judith C. Lunger, Lucas E. Sant’Anna, Antonio Salcido-Alcántar, Rebeca Arroyo Hornero, Wansang Cho, Alun Vaughan-Jackson, Mingxin Gu, Jenny Y Liu, Alexandra Beckett, Joaquin Parrilla-Garcia, Sneha Ramakrishna, Michael Cory Bassik, Kyle G. Daniels

This paper introduces a synthetic cytokine receptor platform that programmably polarizes macrophages to defined functional states, showing enhanced phagocytosis and tumor reduction in mice.

bioRxiv · May 14, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

A continuous landscape of signaling encodes a corresponding landscape of CAR T cell phenotype

Wansang Cho, Jenny Y Liu, Alexandra Beckett, Judith C. Lunger, Peng Xu, Katie Ho, Ethan E. Chen, Antonio Salcido-Alcántar, Lucas E. Sant’Anna, Kamal Obbad, Nakoa Po, Elena Sotillo, Crystal Lee Mackall, Kyle G. Daniels

This paper shows how recombining signaling motifs creates a continuous spectrum of CAR T cell phenotypes, revealing trade-offs between memory, cytotoxicity, and safety.

bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2025 · PreprintSynthetic Biology