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Email

pdarcy@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Conjoint Professorial Fellow
The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
La Trobe University
ORCID

0000-0002-5303-9561

Prof Phillip Darcy

Honorary Conjoint Professorial Fellow
The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

186 Scholarly works
35 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Flt3L-mediated tumor cDC1 expansion enhances immunotherapy by priming stem-like CD8 T cells in lymph nodes
    DOI: 10.1038/s41590-026-02419-4
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Parity and lactation induce T-cell-mediated breast cancer protection
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09713-5
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Refuel and endure: improving metabolic fitness and efficacy in CAR-T therapy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iotech.2026.101583
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Tumor site-directed A1R expression enhances CAR T cell function and improves efficacy against solid tumors
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59021-9
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Development of New Strategies for Enhancing CAR T Cell Therapy of Cancer
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Immunobiology and Immunotherapy of Cancer
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Exploiting and Defining the Immune Regulatory Activities of Bet Bromodomain Inhibitors
Phillip Darcy

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


1992
Commonwealth Post-graduate Scholarship
1991
Travel grant from Australian Society for Microbiology to attned the 1991 meeting, Brisbane
1990
Poster award, Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell Biology, 8th Annual Meeting, Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Transcriptional regulator SATB1 limits CD8 T cell population expansion and effector differentiation in chronic infection and cancer
    DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02316-2
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A novel switch receptor enhances CAR-T cell fitness in TGF-β-enriched solid tumors 3396
    DOI: 10.1093/jimmun/vkaf283.1207
  • 2025

    Journal article

    3208O Parity and breastfeeding enhance breast resident CD8 T cell immunity and protect against breast cancer
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2025.08.753
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Optimised modular anti-FLAG CAR T cells for solid tumor therapy
    DOI: 10.1002/cti2.70046
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Rewiring endogenous genes in CAR T cells for tumour-restricted payload delivery
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09212-7
  • 2025

    Journal article

    27P CAR-T cells secreting tumour-specific bispecific engagers for solid tumour treatment
    DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2025.105374

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Reprogramming CAR T Cells for Enhancing Persistence and Efficacy Against Solid Cancers
  • 2024

    Research grants (other domestic)

    New Frontiers for CAR T Cell Therapy in Breast Cancer

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