Overview
Program Start Year: 2017
Fecci Lab
Fecci Lab
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Postdoctoral Associate
Integrative Immunobiology,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Peptide Vaccines for Pediatric High-Grade Glioma and Diffuse Midline Glioma: Current Progress and Future Perspectives.
Journal Article Vaccines (Basel) · November 30, 2025 High-grade gliomas (HGGs) and diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) in pediatric patients carry a poor prognosis, necessitating the rapid development of novel therapies. Peptide vaccines represent a safe, repeatable, and rational immunotherapeutic modality aimed ... Full text Link to item CiteUpregulation of TNFR2 Precedes TOX Expression by Exhausted T cells and Restricts Antitumor and Antiviral Immunity.
Journal Article Clin Cancer Res · November 21, 2025 PURPOSE: Exhaustion represents a collection of programmed T cell differentiation states and an important mode of T cell dysfunction. T cell progression from progenitor to terminal exhaustion is associated with upregulation of the transcription factor TOX. ... Full text Link to item CiteCD8+ T cells maintain killing of MHC-I-negative tumor cells through the NKG2D-NKG2DL axis.
Journal Article Nat Cancer · September 2023 The accepted paradigm for both cellular and anti-tumor immunity relies upon tumor cell killing by CD8+ T cells recognizing cognate antigens presented in the context of target cell major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I (MHC-I) molecules. Likewise, ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Nervous system control and regulation of the immune system following neurological insults
ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2026Removing Barriers to Immunotherapy Against Tumors Within the Intracranial Compartment
ResearchGraduate Student · Awarded by Cancer Research Institute · 2021 - 2025Development of BARR2 Small Molecule Inhibitors for Brain Cancer Therapy
ResearchGraduate Student · Awarded by Charlie Teo Foundation · 2021 - 2023View All Grants