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GTI & IOS Joint Event: A mitochondrial-targeted gene therapy (mLumiOpto) for cancer treatment

Mitochondria in an osteocarcinoma cell
October 22, 2025
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Rightmire Hall, Room 102 & Zoom

Joint Speaker: Gene Therapy Institute and Inst for Optical Science

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A mitochondrial-targeted gene therapy (mLumiOpto) for cancer treatment

 

DATE: October 22, 2025

TIME: 2:30pm

LOCATION: Rightmire Hall, Room 102

1060 Carmack Rd Columbus, Ohio 43210-1002

 

We will hear from Profs. Lufang Zhou & X. Margaret Liu on their work with light-induced gene therapy for cancer treatment.

 

  • Lufang Zhou, PhD

    Professor, Surgery
    Professor, Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Professor, Biomedical Engineering 

     

  • X. Margaret Liu, PhD

    Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Professor, Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology

     

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 962 3698 3367

Password: 205174

 

Refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open the public.

 

Additional Information

Mitochondria in an osteocarcinoma cell

Light-induced gene therapy disables cancer cells’ energy center

"Researchers are shining a light on cancer cells’ energy centers – literally – to damage these power sources and trigger widespread cancer cell death."

 

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PARKING:

Rightmire Hall, Room 102

1060 Carmack Rd Columbus, Ohio 43210-1002

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Parking is available at Carmack Lots C1, C2, C3, C4, and C5. (The closest lots are C1 and C2.)

 

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The Institute for Optical Science is a community of multidisciplinary researchers studying the fundamental properties of light and harnessing these properties in practical applications for significant benefit to society.

 

 

 

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