Patricia Graef is a research scientist at Juno Therapeutics GmbH with a main focus on the processing of T-cells for adoptive cellular therapy. Prior to her three years at Juno and former Stage Cell Therapeutics, she received her Ph.D. in experimental medicine and immunology from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for deciphering the stem cell-like properties of T-cells. She graduated in biochemistry with high extinction and was honoured from the TUM with the Jürgen Manchot study award.