Dr. Daniel W. McVicar Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, USA

Dr. McVicar is a Senior Investigator within the Cancer and Inflammation Program of the National Cancer Institute. He did his undergraduate training within the State University of New York and earned his PhD from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond Virginia where he studied immunotherapy for glioblastoma. His laboratory... read moreis currently focused on the biology and signaling of DAP12-coupled receptors including the Killer Cell Immunoglobulin like receptors (KIR) and the Triggering Receptors expressed on myeloid cells (TREM) with an emphasis on their regulation of inflammation associated with the development and progression of cancer.