Kate Atkin

Associate Director Immunocore

Kate Atkin, PhD, is Associate Director of Antibody Platform in the Protein Engineering department at Immunocore, leading antibody engineering efforts for innovative T-cell engager platforms. In her 11 years at Immunocore, Kate has led teams through multiple pHLA-targeting preclinical programs in Oncology and Infectious Diseases. At the Summit, she will present on “A TCR and TCR-mimetic discovery platform for targeting diverse peptide-HLA complexes”.

Seminars

Wednesday 10th December 2025
A TCR and TCR-Mimic Platform for Specific Targeting of Any Peptide-HLA Complex
11:00 am
  •  Designing a TCR-based library and optimising the format for stable and robust phage display
  • Generating diverse panels of TCRs to pHLA and monitoring specificity during affinity maturation
  • Discovery and engineering of TCR mimics and the potential benefits of TCRs and TCRm
Kate Atkin