Kendra Avery

Director Xencor

Dr. Kendra Avery is Director of Protein Sciences & Technology at Xencor, where she leads early‑stage biologics discovery and therapeutic protein characterization. Her career spans roles at City of Hope and Texas A&M University, and she holds a PhD in Chemistry from Penn State University. Dr. Avery’s work includes contributions to bispecific antibody platforms and NK‑cell engager engineering.

Seminars

Thursday 25th June 2026
XmAb819: Avidity-Driven Selectivity in T-Cell Engagers Using Xencor’s 2+1 Platform
1:30 pm
  • Discussing different T-Cell Engager configurations such as 1+1 and 2+1 as strategies for selectivity
  • Examining how dual-antigen engagement enables simultaneously binding that increases functional avidity and exploring factors that impact avidity
  • Presentation of pre-clinical and clinical data in RCC 
Kendra Avery - Expert Speaker at 8th T-Cell Engager Therapeutics Summit