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Marcus Center for Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility

Our unique head-to-toe approach aims to provide a variety of novel cell therapy treatments to address unmet medical needs for pediatric diseases. Our state-of-the-art GMP manufacturing lab provides services to facilitate translation all the way to Phase 2 of cellular therapy manufacturing for clinical trials.

Meet Our Investigators

Our Services:

•New Protocol/Product Development

•Pre-Clinical Scale-up/IND enabling engineering and validation runs

•Quality Control testing and Quality Assurance Review

•Manufacturing of Master Cell Banks and Working Cell Banks

•Manufacturing of:

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Dendritic Cells
Engineered TCR
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells
Gamma-Delta T cells
Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes

Meet the Team

Luis Solchaga, Ph.D.

Director Cellular Therapies

Luis.Solchaga@choa.org

Upcoming Events

Mon Oct 1910:00AM-11:00AM

CENTER FOR VIROSCIENCE AND CURE SEMINAR

Mon Oct 191:00PM-2:00PM

CCIV Weekly Seminar Series Featuring Louis B. Hopkins

Tue Oct 2012:30PM-1:30PM

Aflac Advances in Research (AiR) Seminar - Elaissa Hardy, PhD 10/20/2026

Wed Oct 2112:00PM-1:00PM

Children's Pediatric Research Ground Rounds Featuring CF-AIR Sponsored Speaker, Rishikesan Kamaleswaran, PhD, MS

Thu Oct 221:00PM-2:00PM

CF-AIR Science Huddle: Sohail Khoshnevis, PhD (Research Highlight)

Fri Oct 238:00AM-5:00PM

Emory Physician Scientist Symposium

Mon Oct 261:00PM-2:00PM

CCIV Weekly Seminar Series

Tue Oct 2712:30PM-1:30PM

Aflac Research Conference (ARC) Seminar - Brooke Cherven, PhD, MPH, RN, CPON and Tamara Miller, MD, MSCE 10/27/2026

Fri Oct 3012:00PM-1:00PM

REACH Seminar & Farewell Reception Honoring Shasha Bai, PhD

Mon Nov 21:00PM-2:00PM

CCIV Weekly Seminar Series

Tue Nov 312:30PM-1:30PM

Aflac Advances in Research (AiR) Seminar - Ashwin Patel, MBBS, PhD, MPH and Seema Patel, PhD 11/3/2026

Thu Nov 51:00PM-2:00PM

CF-AIR Science Huddle: Patrick Harrison, PhD (Cincinnati Children's)

Mon Nov 91:00PM-2:00PM

CCIV Weekly Seminar Series

Tue Nov 1012:30PM-1:30PM

Aflac Visiting Professor Seminar (virtual) - Julie R. Boiko, MD, PhD 11/10/2026

Thu Nov 128:30AM-4:30PM

10th Annual Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines (CCIV) Symposium

Thu Nov 1212:00PM-1:00PM

Marcus Autism Center / Behavioral Mental Health Grand Rounds 11/12/26

Thu Nov 121:00PM-2:00PM

CF-AIR Science Huddle: Erica Browne (Journal Club)

Mon Nov 161:00PM-2:00PM

CCIV Weekly Seminar Series

Wed Nov 1812:00PM-1:30PM

Children's Pediatric Research Ground Rounds Featuring CCTR Sponsored Speaker Mark T. Gladwin, MD

Wed Nov 181:00PM-2:00PM

MAC and REACH Seminar: Lisa Croen, PhD 11/18/26

Thu Nov 191:00PM-2:00PM

CF-AIR Science Huddle: Malinda Wu, MD, MSCR (Johns Hopkins)

Thu Nov 192:00PM-3:00PM

GENI Seminar - Christine Pfeiffer, PhD 11/19/2026

Mon Nov 301:00PM-2:00PM

CCIV Weekly Seminar Series

Thu Dec 31:00PM-2:00PM

CF-AIR Science Huddle: Finn Hawkins, M.B., B.Ch. (Boston University)

Mon Dec 75:00PM-6:00PM

CCIV Weekly Seminar Series

Thu Dec 1012:00PM-1:00PM

Marcus Autism Center / Behavioral Mental Health Grand Rounds 12/10/26

Wed Dec 1612:00PM-1:00PM

Children's Pediatric Grand Rounds featuring Aflac-sponsored speaker Kelly Goldsmith, MD 12/16/2026

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