Cancer Immunotherapy Data Science Grand Challenge

While T cells, our immune system's fighter cells, should, in theory, recognize and kill growing tumors, cancer cells send signals to T cells that cause these fighter cells to malfunction. But what if we could modify individual genes in T cells to stop this process — and transform T cells into more effective tumor destroyers? To that end, the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center and collaborators are calling on machine learning enthusiasts to identify genetic modifications to make T cells better at killing cancer cells. Top submissions will be tested out in a lab at the Broad.