Yitzhar

Yitzhar Goretsky

Junior Specialist

Research Interests

My experience in Dr. Martha Zúñiga's immunology lab at UCSC inspired my ambitions in medicine - to join the race to develop new treatments, and to pioneer their application in clinical and translational settings. As I prepare for a career in medicine, I am particularly interested in working with and learning from the leading medical researchers in the field of immunotherapy. At the Okada lab, I’m looking forward to exploring novel TCR- and CAR-T cell therapies for gliomas.

Email: yitzhar.goretsky@ucsf.edu

Education

2019        B.S; Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California - Santa Cruz

Selected Awards

2015     Regent’s Scholar, University of California - Santa Cruz

2018     Phi Beta Kappa

2018     Young Investigator Travel Award - Midwinter Conference of Immunologists at Asilomar