The Dimitroff Lab is working to enhance CAR-T cell therapy by engineering the sugar coating on immune cells. The goal is to help these cells withstand the tumor environment, remain active longer, and fight cancer more effectively. Read about our research in the Miami Herald!

Congratulations to Dr. Dimitroff and Dr. Lau on this excellent feature in The Conversation highlighting how glycoengineering can help CAR-T cells overcome the tumor microenvironment. Special shoutout to Lulu Perez for the incredible graphics that bring the science to life!

FIU News highlights our lab’s work on glycoengineered CAR-T cells: a “sugar-coated” shield designed to help cancer-fighting immune cells survive longer and attack tumors more effectively. Read more: news.fiu.edu/2026/cancer-fig…

Congratulations to the Dimitroff Lab for participating in the Fifth Annual South Florida Translational Research Symposium at The FIU CTS! Special congratulations to our PhD candidate, Joseph Souchak, for winning first place in presenting his graduate student poster.

Proud to share that our recent PhD graduate, Dr. Lee Seng Lau, has published in Frontiers in Immunology! Our team identified galectin-3 as a suppressor of CAR-T cells, and by removing key sugar structures, restored anti-tumor activity. Read more: frontiersin.org/journals/imm…

Tricks, Treats, and Translational glycobiology 🍬🧫 Dr. Dimitroff keeping it frightfully fascinating for HWCOM medical students with a fang-tastic Halloween lecture 🧪

Happy Halloween from the Dimitroff Lab 🧪🧪🎃🎃🎃

Congratulations to our Ph.D. candidate, Rajib K. Shil M.S, for receiving the Dean's Scholarship Award! The Dean's Scholarship awards students these scholarships based on their performance and capability to become leaders in Biomedical Science Research and Translational Medicine.

Congratulations to Maria Suarez for successfully participating in FIU HWCOM’s Summer Research Fellowship Program! In this program, M1, M2, and pre-matriculants presented research they conducted over the summer and reflected on their experiences during a final presentation.

We are happy to share that Lee Seng Lau successfully defended her doctoral dissertation! 💙🎓 Lee's research focuses on improving CAR-T cell therapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, opening the door to smarter and stronger glycoengineered CAR-T cells. Congratulations!!!

🧬Our latest study is now published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences! 📖 Read here: mdpi.com/1422-0067/26/10/488… Congrats to Dr. Norhan B. B. Mohammed, Ph.D student Rajib K. Shil, and Dr. Dimitroff! #CancerResearch #FIUMedicine #Glycobiology