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Christopher E. Rudd

Academic title(s): 

Full time professor (accredited) at Université de Montréal

Full member of the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Centre for Translational Research

Christopher E. Rudd
Contact Information
Address: 

Centre de recherche
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
5345, Boulevard de l’Assomption
Montréal (Québec) H1T 4B3
Room: Laboratoire Antoine Turmel, Salle 305

Phone: 
514-252-3400, ext. 5878
Email address: 
christopher.e.rudd [at] umontreal.ca
Group: 
Immunotherapy
Current research: 

Dr. Rudd’s research focuses on receptors and signalling pathways of T-cells of the immune system that control reactivity and the rejection of tumors. His lab discovered the CD4 and CD8-p56lck complexes and adaptor proteins that initiate the protein tyrosine phosphorylation and activation cascade in T lymphocytes, as well as pathways that account for CD28, CTLA-4 and ICOS co-receptor function. His lab’s work helped to lay the foundation for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cancer therapy which employs immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) (targets of p56lck) as well as CD28 signaling PI 3K binding motifs that were identified by Rudd's lab. More recently, his lab has identified the serine-threonine kinase, glycogen synthase kinase (GSK-3), as the central regulator of the expression of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) on T cells and has demonstrated the therapeutic feasibility of small molecules inhibitors (SMIs) of GSK-3 in anti-tumor immunity. The lab also has additional SMIs in the pipeline against other key mediators of T-cell function for translation into clinical trials for the treatment of melanoma and leukemias.

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