Department of Ob-Gyn brings research to 2025 American Association for Cancer Research annual conference

Researchers from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Division of Reproductive Sciences and Division of Gynecologic Oncology brought posters to the 2025 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, held in Chicago April 25-30, 2025. The AACR published conference proceedings, including abstracts, in a supplemental issue of Cancer Research. Each abstract is also linked below:

Poster: Loss of GATA2 promotes invasion and predicts cancer recurrence and survival in FIGO stage I uterine serous carcinoma - Usha S. Polaki, Trey E. Gilpin, Apoorva T. Patil, Emily Chiu, Paula M. Manan Mejias, Pei Hui, Maria Virumbrales-Muñoz, Lisa Barroilhet, Stephanie M. McGregor, Emery H. Bresnick, Daniel R. Matson 

Poster:  Atovaquone upregulates PD-L1 expression via activation of the ATM/ATR DNA damage response pathway - Sejal Tarun Sharma, Maria Virumbrales-Munoz, Mayra Betancourt Ponce, Lisa Barroilhet, Manish Patankar 

Poster: Modelling the heterogeneity of high grade serous ovarian tumors in 3D to study its metabolic response to atovaquone - Paula M. Manan-Mejias, Nicha Boonpattrawong, Manish Patankar, Maria Virumbrales-Muñoz 

Poster: IL6/1 fusion cytokine as a novel adjuvant for manufacturing of T cells for the treatment of ovarian cancer - Sejal Tarun Sharma, Rahul Das, Lisa Barroilhet, Manish Patankar, Jacques Galipeau 

Poster: Inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation leads to immunogenic cell death in ovarian cancer - Mayra A. Betancourt Ponce; Nicha Boonpattrawong; Alex J. Fagan; Manish Patankar; Lisa Barroilhet 

Incredible work, all!