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He then received his MD from the University of Louisville in 2014. In addition he spent a year at the NCI studying immune mediated mechanisms of radiation and monoclonal antibody combination therapy. He then successfully pursued his internship and residency in internal medical at UCSF ending in 2017. He is currently a medical oncology fellow at the University of Pennsylvania with a research focus on systemic immune health in GI cancers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1518812363068-SRB1T22R1W84LP26EY5F/IMG_7010+%281%29.jpg Research Team - Meredith Stone (Postdoctoral Researcher) Meredith completed her BS in Biology at Cornell University in 2012. She then received her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from Johns Hopkins University in 2017, working on the combination of epigenetic and immune therapies in a mouse model of ovarian cancer. Currently, she is studying the impact of a primary pancreatic tumor on the development of a metastatic niche in the liver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1516397285251-1NIPTKH50VYYRNW37QWL/IMG_2106.JPG Research Team - Xiaoqing Pan, MD PhD (Research Specialist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1516397296815-1YUXJG1ALV4P9HZP9T4U/IMG_2110.JPG Research Team - Yan Li, MD PhD (Research Specialist) Yan received her MD and PhD degree in 2009. She worked as a postdoc at Abramson Cancer Research Institute at Penn from 2010-2014, focusing on the immune-based therapy of human leukemia/lymphoma by using the bone marrow transplantation model. Yan currently works on the immunobiology of pancreatic cancer and strategies to develop novel immunotherapies for the treatment of this disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1592021382055-411YMXK2MT15YG8885C6/Devora.JPG Research Team - Devora Delman (Project and Lab Manager) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1592021397007-9LUZ9PEFIXW6KQ7PYCJZ/Heather.JPG Research Team - Heather Coho (Animal Research Specialist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1603416568097-NOUK0I9LK7VIYFRT1BCE/Chang%2BRenee_Photo.jpg Research Team - Renee Chang (Research Specialist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1607736636885-PUTMRCKORKW72XSV766Q/Jackie.jpg Research Team - Jacqueline Plesset (PhD graduate student) Jackie completed her undergraduate studies in biomedical engineering at Cornell University. She is currently a PhD graduate student in Cancer Biology. Jackie is interested in deciphering mechanisms regulating the fate of tumor-specific T cells in pancreatic cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1603417194478-5AOJFQIRW1TB5OLAJ6TL/Stacy.jpg Research Team - Stacy Thomas (MD PhD graduate student) Stacy Thomas completed her undergraduate studies at Providence College. She is currently an MD PhD graduate student in the Immunology Graduate Group at the University of Pennsylvania. For her dissertation, Stacy is studying the role of macrophages in regulating cancer metastasis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1608233403535-RTCB05681K0LHBHVG7O1/Jesse%2BLee.jpg Research Team - Jesse Lee (PhD graduate student) Jesse Lee completed his undergraduate studies at Brandeis University. He is now a PhD graduate student in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. 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Long, PhD (Post-doctoral Researcher) Kristen B. Long is currently an Assistant Professor at Mansfield University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1516405090324-UZBWMCMGTYPO2BKRQ1UJ/IMG_2123.JPG Research Team - Chad Komar (Undergraduate Student) Chad Komar completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently in the MD PhD program at the University of Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1592015897944-KF6CKWLIWU4B9ONB5R06/Jae+Lee.JPG Research Team - Jae W Lee, MD PhD Jae W. Lee, MD PhD graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. He is currently completing a pathology residency at Johns Hopkins University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1592015927391-0UN430LOZXGBOL76UAIM/Jason+Liu.JPG Research Team - Mingen (Jason) Liu, MD PhD Jason Liu, MD PhD earned an MD PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. He is currently completing a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1592016347312-3KV20ECIJ26PRFXNX6ZF/Evan+Tooker.JPG Research Team - Evan Tooker, MS Evan Tooker is currently in medical school at the Philadelphia School of Osteopathic Medicine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1592022832662-4Z6WWAM9QNQPPAOSOM6S/Joey+Li.JPG Research Team - Joey Li Joey completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently an MD PhD student at UCLA Medical School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1592024407076-TDFZSD4YF8XXESUKFKBC/Anusha-Kalbasi.jpg Research Team - Anusha Kalbasi, MD Anusha completed his residency in radiation oncology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the UCLA Medical Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1603418676837-PKTK0WKI8YMZVVSYZVX0/Kat%2BGraham.jpg Research Team - Kathleen Graham Kathleen Graham graduated from Delaware Valley University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Biotechnology and Conservation. She was Director of Animal Operations in the Beatty Lab. She is now working at the MDACC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1603417811568-KW1SX3K0K3G2B8AIF0QG/Empty.jpg Research Team - Michael Giannone Michael completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. 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Beatty MD PhD Associate Professor, Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Director, Clinical and Translational Research Program Abramson Cancer Center Pancreas Program https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/c167007e-d26d-4296-ae1c-1a8d5bc44e2e/2014+GBeatty+Headshot.jpg About the PI - Gregory L. Beatty MD PhD Professor, Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Director, Clinical and Translational Research Program Abramson Cancer Center Pancreas Program https://www.beatty-lab.org/news daily 0.75 2021-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1547750164926-EYI7K658LU08H78ZBHXH/Cell+riding2_2019.jpg News - Bringing cancer immunotherapy to pancreatic cancer JAN 2019 The Abramson Cancer Center to host symposium from April 11-12, 2019 on Immunology and Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1589941449478-STMSZ9EHZXYFZF0R73FY/ewc_ACC%25281%2529AR201800815.jpg News - Webinar: Immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer May 2020 In this webinar, Dr. Beatty describes strategies to harness a person's immune system to fight pancreatic cancer and discusses progress in this area of research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1551901663333-IHG04CXJBNEWCFJYK6D0/Metastasis_2019.jpg News - New insight into why cancer spreads to the liver Mar 2019 New findings from the Beatty Lab show how the liver is altered during cancer and inflammation to support cancer cell spread (metastasis) to the liver. The research team found that IL-6 programs hepatocytes, the chief functional cells of the liver, to establish a niche environment that is supportive of cancer metastasis. Their findings were published in Nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1548088226546-DHEFUET5J4QYBIP1RS68/Macrophage_Nat_Imm_2019.jpg News - Energizing the immune system to eat cancer Jan 2019 New study identifies method of priming macrophages to boost anti-tumor response. The Beatty Lab has found that rewiring macrophage metabolism can overcome immune checkpoint signals mediated by CD47 on tumor cells and rouse macrophages to eat cancer. Their findings were published in Nature Immunology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1546290749425-KD66W64F2SMZTQL6R0P9/AEs.jpg News - Preclinical models for safety assessment of IO drugs SEPT 2018 FDA-AACR Workshop on non-clinical models for safety assessment of immuno-oncology products. Gregory Beatty MD PhD speaks on the role of syngeneic mouse models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1546367114480-AAOBI42PFTLLTL7HHZHC/Macrophage_1.jpg News - Innate immune agonists induce immunity against a “cold” tumor MAR 2018 Combining two innate immune agonists stimulates productive anti-tumor immunity against an immunologically “cold” tumor without requirement for immune checkpoint blockade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1546366389335-DVQOTJ6V6EOW1G05VFV2/Purple+ribbon_2.jpg News - Purplestride Philadelphia 2018 SEPT 2018 Gregory Beatty, MD PhD named honorary co-chair for the 2018 Purplestride Philadelphia held on Nov 3, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1546289910002-TQ0MAVPW6O9GU4Z5GFS8/Metastasis.jpg News - The underpinnings of liver metastasis APR 2017 Through a SU2C Innovation Research Grant the Beatty Laboratory is investigating how cancer spreads to the liver and the impact of the liver on cancer therapy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/ba8b7168-1c70-4f2f-a4d4-c62a150d1de2/pyramid.jpg News - Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announces 2021 Physician-Scientist Training Awardee May 26, 2021. Max M. Wattenberg, MD, with mentors Gregory L. Beatty, MD, PhD, and Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, PhD, at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia was awarded a 2021 Physician-Scientist Training Award. Dr. Wattenberg is studying determinants of dendritic cell biology and how they influence the immune response to cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1551901663333-IHG04CXJBNEWCFJYK6D0/Metastasis_2019.jpg News - New insight into why cancer spreads to the liver Mar 2019 New findings from the Beatty Lab show how the liver is altered during cancer and inflammation to support cancer cell spread (metastasis) to the liver. The research team found that IL-6 programs hepatocytes, the chief functional cells of the liver, to establish a niche environment that is supportive of cancer metastasis. Their findings were published in Nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1546289910002-TQ0MAVPW6O9GU4Z5GFS8/Metastasis.jpg News - The underpinnings of liver metastasis APR 2017 Through a SU2C Innovation Research Grant the Beatty Laboratory is investigating how cancer spreads to the liver and the impact of the liver on cancer therapy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1547750164926-EYI7K658LU08H78ZBHXH/Cell+riding2_2019.jpg News - Bringing cancer immunotherapy to pancreatic cancer JAN 2019 The Abramson Cancer Center to host symposium from April 11-12, 2019 on Immunology and Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1546290749425-KD66W64F2SMZTQL6R0P9/AEs.jpg News - Preclinical models for safety assessment of IO drugs SEPT 2018 FDA-AACR Workshop on non-clinical models for safety assessment of immuno-oncology products. Gregory Beatty MD PhD speaks on the role of syngeneic mouse models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1546367114480-AAOBI42PFTLLTL7HHZHC/Macrophage_1.jpg News - Innate immune agonists induce immunity against a “cold” tumor MAR 2018 Combining two innate immune agonists stimulates productive anti-tumor immunity against an immunologically “cold” tumor without requirement for immune checkpoint blockade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1589941449478-STMSZ9EHZXYFZF0R73FY/ewc_ACC%25281%2529AR201800815.jpg News - Webinar: Immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer May 2020 In this webinar, Dr. Beatty describes strategies to harness a person's immune system to fight pancreatic cancer and discusses progress in this area of research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1548088226546-DHEFUET5J4QYBIP1RS68/Macrophage_Nat_Imm_2019.jpg News - Energizing the immune system to eat cancer Jan 2019 New study identifies method of priming macrophages to boost anti-tumor response. The Beatty Lab has found that rewiring macrophage metabolism can overcome immune checkpoint signals mediated by CD47 on tumor cells and rouse macrophages to eat cancer. Their findings were published in Nature Immunology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/ba8b7168-1c70-4f2f-a4d4-c62a150d1de2/pyramid.jpg News - Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announces 2021 Physician-Scientist Training Awardee May 26, 2021. Max M. Wattenberg, MD, with mentors Gregory L. Beatty, MD, PhD, and Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, PhD, at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia was awarded a 2021 Physician-Scientist Training Award. Dr. Wattenberg is studying determinants of dendritic cell biology and how they influence the immune response to cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1546366389335-DVQOTJ6V6EOW1G05VFV2/Purple+ribbon_2.jpg News - Purplestride Philadelphia 2018 SEPT 2018 Gregory Beatty, MD PhD named honorary co-chair for the 2018 Purplestride Philadelphia held on Nov 3, 2018. https://www.beatty-lab.org/pancreatic-cancer daily 0.75 2025-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1541346611608-MU90AL7ZDRBQMNBYAH11/Advances+in+Pancreatic+Cancer.jpg Pancreatic Cancer A review of significant clinical, translational, and basic science advances in pancreatic cancer. Disclosure: Publications listed are based on independent review by the Beatty Laboratory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1541346611608-MU90AL7ZDRBQMNBYAH11/Advances+in+Pancreatic+Cancer.jpg Pancreatic Cancer A review of significant clinical, translational, and basic science advances in pancreatic cancer. 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Listed below are trials and studies, relevant to patients with pancreatic cancer, that are available at the Penn Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. If you are interested in enrollment into a clinical trial, please contact your medical oncologist at the Abramson Cancer Center or contact our Pancreas Nurse Navigator Patricia Gambino (215-615-0357 or Patricia.Gambino@pennmedicine.upenn.edu). Last updated on Jan 3, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1549808082984-IDVW7BYIHG4X1VI4YSVR/Clinical-Trials.jpg Clinical Trials Clinical trials offer new therapeutic opportunities for patients. Listed below are trials and studies, relevant to patients with pancreatic cancer, that are available at the Penn Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. If you are interested in enrollment into a clinical trial, please contact your medical oncologist at the Abramson Cancer Center or contact our Pancreas Nurse Navigator Patricia Gambino (215-615-0357 or Patricia.Gambino@pennmedicine.upenn.edu). Last updated on Jan 3, 2022. https://www.beatty-lab.org/team-1alt daily 0.75 2021-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1607736607577-4CUVFJUGJ3NLAGFP00IZ/MW_headshot.jpg Research Team - Max Wattenberg, MD (Instructor) Max completed his BA in biology at the University of Louisville in 2009. He then received his MD from the University of Louisville in 2014. In addition he spent a year at the NCI studying immune mediated mechanisms of radiation and monoclonal antibody combination therapy. He then successfully pursued his internship and residency in internal medical at UCSF ending in 2017. He is currently a medical oncology fellow at the University of Pennsylvania with a research focus on systemic immune health in GI cancers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1518812363068-SRB1T22R1W84LP26EY5F/IMG_7010+%281%29.jpg Research Team - Meredith Stone (Postdoctoral Researcher) Meredith completed her BS in Biology at Cornell University in 2012. She then received her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from Johns Hopkins University in 2017, working on the combination of epigenetic and immune therapies in a mouse model of ovarian cancer. Currently, she is studying the impact of a primary pancreatic tumor on the development of a metastatic niche in the liver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1516397285251-1NIPTKH50VYYRNW37QWL/IMG_2106.JPG Research Team - Xiaoqing Pan, MD PhD (Research Specialist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1516397296815-1YUXJG1ALV4P9HZP9T4U/IMG_2110.JPG Research Team - Yan Li, MD PhD (Research Specialist) Yan received her MD and PhD degree in 2009. She worked as a postdoc at Abramson Cancer Research Institute at Penn from 2010-2014, focusing on the immune-based therapy of human leukemia/lymphoma by using the bone marrow transplantation model. Yan currently works on the immunobiology of pancreatic cancer and strategies to develop novel immunotherapies for the treatment of this disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1592021382055-411YMXK2MT15YG8885C6/Devora.JPG Research Team - Devora Delman (Project and Lab Manager) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1592021397007-9LUZ9PEFIXW6KQ7PYCJZ/Heather.JPG Research Team - Heather Coho (Animal Research Specialist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1603416568097-NOUK0I9LK7VIYFRT1BCE/Chang%2BRenee_Photo.jpg Research Team - Renee Chang (Research Specialist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1607736636885-PUTMRCKORKW72XSV766Q/Jackie.jpg Research Team - Jacqueline Plesset (PhD graduate student) Jackie completed her undergraduate studies in biomedical engineering at Cornell University. She is currently a PhD graduate student in Cancer Biology. Jackie is interested in deciphering mechanisms regulating the fate of tumor-specific T cells in pancreatic cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1603417194478-5AOJFQIRW1TB5OLAJ6TL/Stacy.jpg Research Team - Stacy Thomas (MD PhD graduate student) Stacy Thomas completed her undergraduate studies at Providence College. She is currently an MD PhD graduate student in the Immunology Graduate Group at the University of Pennsylvania. For her dissertation, Stacy is studying the role of macrophages in regulating cancer metastasis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1608233403535-RTCB05681K0LHBHVG7O1/Jesse%2BLee.jpg Research Team - Jesse Lee (PhD graduate student) Jesse Lee completed his undergraduate studies at Brandeis University. He is now a PhD graduate student in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Pennsylvania. 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She is now working at the MDACC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1603417811568-KW1SX3K0K3G2B8AIF0QG/Empty.jpg Research Team - Michael Giannone (Copy) Michael completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently a student at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/1515267174262-TTMJM8EVE1IM494ARSGF/TeamMacrophages2016-02.jpg Research Team https://www.beatty-lab.org/team daily 0.75 2023-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/cd2d4485-d705-4a66-b301-0ce8764094ac/Yan+Li.jpg Research Team - Yan Li, MD PhD RESEARCH SPECIALIST. Yan completed her medical training at Wuhan University and graduate training at Sun Yat-sen University. 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Kelly completed her undergraduate training at Oberlin College in Biology and then received a Masters in Biology at Hofstra University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/d16710b9-9b9a-4c9b-a0f4-f4b946401ae0/Heather+Coho.jpg Research Team - Heather Coho ANIMAL RESEARCH SPECIALIST. Heather completed her undergraduate training at the University of Delaware in Pre-Veterinary Medicine and Animal Biosciences. She directs the Animal Research Program in the Beatty Laboratory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/76130215-a694-416c-85cf-c12dccf04797/Rebecca+Yelton.jpg Research Team - Rebecca Yelton RESEARCH AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. Rebecca completed her undergraduate training in Linguistics at Temple University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/9517d895-32fe-4179-8828-6e20a70f521f/Hana+Choi.jpg Research Team - Hana Choi RESEARCH SPECIALIST. 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Max completed his BA in biology at the University of Louisville in 2009. He then received his MD from the University of Louisville in 2014. In addition he spent a year at the NCI studying immune mediated mechanisms of radiation and monoclonal antibody combination therapy. He then successfully pursued his internship and residency in internal medical at UCSF ending in 2017. He is currently a medical oncology fellow at the University of Pennsylvania with a research focus on systemic immune health in GI cancers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5120dda9db097c5f82ca1c/f810c129-4605-4f14-9ba9-3561fe529284/IMG_7010+%281%29.jpg Research Team - Meredith Stone, PhD POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER. Meredith completed her BS in Biology at Cornell University in 2012. She then received her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from Johns Hopkins University in 2017, working on the combination of epigenetic and immune therapies in a mouse model of ovarian cancer. 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