Tom Wickham

Chief Scientific Officer GentiBio

Tom Wickham is Chief Scientific Officer at GentiBio, bringing over 25 years of experience advancing cellular, gene, immuno-biologic, and liposomal therapies from discovery through registration-directed clinical trials. He joined GentiBio from Rubius Therapeutics, where as SVP of R&D he pioneered engineered red-cell platforms and built discovery and preclinical organizations leading to multiple programs and two INDs. Previously, he held senior R&D roles at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, EMD Lexigen (Merck-Serono), and GenVec. Tom holds a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University, a Ph.D. from Cornell University, and completed postdoctoral training at Scripps Research Institute.

Seminars

Thursday 17th September 2026
Engineering Cellular Shielding to Reduce Allogeneic Rejection
11:25 am
  • Targeting genes that drive immune mediated rejection to protect therapeutic cells
  • Applying multi gene knockout approaches to combat complex immune responses and reduce rejection risk
  • Evaluating the impact of cellular shielding on long term persistence to demonstrate sustained efficacy and improved patient outcomes
Tom Wickham - Gentibio - Expert Speaker at the 11th CAR-TCR Summit 2026