Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sophia Guldberg's research focuses on finding ways to cure cancer by restoring a healthy balance in the immune system. She studies how the protein AIRE, also known as the auto immune regulator gene, might inadvertently teach the immune system to tolerate cancer. She recently discovered that removing AIRE from immune cells can promote tumor rejection in mice.
Guldberg was a UCSF Grad Slam 2023 presenter, a competition that challenges PhD students to present a compelling talk on their research in three minutes or less using compelling language that non-specialists can understand.
For students, the contest is an incentive to clarify their ideas and to help others understand and appreciate the significance of their work. For the audience, it's an entertaining glimpse into research graduate students are engaged in. https://graduate.ucsf.edu/grad-slam
View all 10 Grad Slam competition talks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVLbDUiGesPxqpjXZ6PUZOLQ8QPoSQZbk
Sophia Guldberg is part of the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Program,
Matthew Spitzer, PhD, faculty mentor
https://bms.ucsf.edu/
Sophia Guldberg's research focuses on finding ways to cure cancer by restoring a healthy balance in the immune system. She studies how the protein AIRE, also known as the auto immune regulator gene, might inadvertently teach the immune system to tolerate cancer. She recently discovered that removing AIRE from immune cells can promote tumor rejection in mice.
Guldberg was a UCSF Grad Slam 2023 presenter, a competition that challenges PhD students to present a compelling talk on their research in three minutes or less using compelling language that non-specialists can understand.
For students, the contest is an incentive to clarify their ideas and to help others understand and appreciate the significance of their work. For the audience, it's an entertaining glimpse into research graduate students are engaged in. https://graduate.ucsf.edu/grad-slam
View all 10 Grad Slam competition talks: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVLbDUiGesPxqpjXZ6PUZOLQ8QPoSQZbk
Sophia Guldberg is part of the UCSF Biomedical Sciences Program,
Matthew Spitzer, PhD, faculty mentor
https://bms.ucsf.edu/
