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About
Michael Bethune is VP of Discovery Research and co-founder at a stealth cell therapy company, with a background in immunology, cancer biology, immunotherapy, protein engineering, and biochemistry. His work focuses on T cell-mediated responses to cancer, including T cell ligand discovery, T cell receptor cloning and repertoire analysis, T cell engineering, and allogeneic CAR-T technologies. He previously led early research at PACT Pharma, developed technologies to improve CAR sensitivity and allogeneic CAR-T persistence at Allogene, and worked on CAR-T therapies addressing cancer resistance at CARGO.
Head of Discovery Research at Stork Therapeutics
Co-founders at Stork Therapeutics
Experience
- Stealth cell therapyVP Discovery Research and co-foundercurrent2025 — presentSF bay area
- CARGO TherapeuticsSenior Director, Discovery Research2021 — 2024SF Bay Area
- Allogene TherapeuticsSenior Principal Scientist2019 — 2021
- PACT PharmaConsultant2018 — 2020
- PACT PharmaCo-founder and Principal Investigator, Early Product Development2017 — 2018Hayward, CA
- PACT PharmaConsulting co-founder2017Pasadena, CA
- California Institute of TechnologyPostdoctoral Scholar2009 — 2017
- Stanford University School of MedicineGraduate student, Biochemistry2004 — 2009
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Bethune?
- Michael Bethune is VP of Discovery Research and co-founder at a stealth cell therapy company, with a background in immunology, cancer biology, immunotherapy, protein engineering, and biochemistry. His work focuses on T cell-mediated responses to cancer, including T cell ligand discovery, T cell receptor cloning and repertoire analysis, T cell engineering, and allogeneic CAR-T technologies. He previously led early research at PACT Pharma, developed technologies to improve CAR sensitivity and allogeneic CAR-T persistence at Allogene, and worked on CAR-T therapies addressing cancer resistance at CARGO.
- Where does Michael Bethune work?
- Michael Bethune is Head of Discovery Research at Stork Therapeutics.
Shared employers
Also worked at CARGO Therapeutics3
Also worked at Allogene Therapeutics2
Also worked at PACT Pharma4
Also worked at California Institute of Technology145
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