
Ovarian Cancer Academy
@ovcaacademy
An interactive ovarian cancer virtual academy providing intensive mentoring, national networking, and a peer group for junior faculty funded by the CDMRP/DOD.
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https://www.med.upenn.edu/dodovariancanceracademy/ 25-06-2024 14:25:02
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The 1st manuscript from ECI priyanka verma 's lab reveals that targeting abasic site cleavage offers a novel strategy to boost PARP inhibitor sensitivity.

Erin George presenting amazing, and novel 3D #ovariancancer models developed in collaboration with Moffitt Cancer Center Bioengineering W. Gregory Sawyer for drug discovery! #ocrs @RivkinCenter AACR #collaboration




Patient Advocates share their stories at the DOD OCA Annual Workshop Powell-Drescher Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation





Amazing representation by @cdmrp Ovarian Cancer Academy ECIs, alumni, mentors, and deans at 15th #HHMT meeting in Surrey, UK! Buckanovich Lab Kate Chiappinelli @chiappinellilab.bsky.social Dmitriy Zamarin MD PhD Denarda Dangaj Sophia George, PhD



It was a real pleasure to serve on Kat Wardrup's thesis committee UMBC. ZNF217 is a great story in ovarian cancer. Congratulations to Kat and her mentor and CDMRP Ovarian Cancer Academy ECI Achuth Padmanabhan on Dr. Wardrup's successful defense! Kate Chiappinelli @chiappinellilab.bsky.social Denarda Dangaj priyanka verma


We are excited to award the 2024 Basser Global Prize to Patrick Sung, DPhil, of @UTHealthSAMDA for his cutting-edge work in the field of DNA damage repair. He will give the keynote address at our Scientific Symposium in April 2025: spr.ly/6019qQeTU The Sung Lab at UTHSCSA β©

Thank you to priyanka verma from @WUSTL WashU Medicine OBGYN for giving an outstanding, clear, and insightful Syndicate talk about the role of ALC1 in DNA repair. @DKhabeleMD Maggie Mullen Roger Greenberg BasserBRCA Penn Center for Genome Integrity


Casino night at the OCMF in Sioux Falls. What a blast! Burdette Lab Sanford Research Tanjina Kader ποΈ Penn Ovarian Cancer Research Center Martina Bazzaro PhD Ovarian Cancer Academy Powell-Drescher Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation




Hear from OCRP leaders in this video series on how the Ovarian Cancer Academy supports researchers in making ovarian cancer the focus of their scientific careers and accelerating progress in the field: youtube.com/watch?v=rC2GhPβ¦ youtube.com/watch?v=ogO4fqβ¦ youtube.com/watch?v=DwWVcPβ¦

Congratulations to DOD OCA alum J. Tushir-Singh, Ph.D. on recent publication showing how a human-specific mutation in FasL makes us more susceptible to cancer. nature.com/articles/s4146β¦

Congratulations to DOD OCA ECI Denarda Dangaj's lab on publication uncovering TIL:myeloid crosstalk as a key driver and therapeutic target in BRCA-dependent immune rewiring of recurrent ovarian cancer.