SITC 2025
November 2025
40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC 2025) National Harbor, MD
- “ATF6 activation promotes ICB response in melanoma”, Brian Koss
- “Proteome turnover dynamics analysis uncovers E3 ligases that enhance T cell persistence during exhaustion”, Sydnye Shuttleworth
- "Engineering EZH2-Inhibitor Resistant CAR-T Cells to Preserve Function for Combination Therapy”, Daniel Fil
- "Donor-intrinsic Proteomic Programs Shape CAR-T Cell Persistence Across a Longitudinal Killing Assay”, Katie Cruse
- "Manipulating the DNA damage response to combat T cell exhaustion and improve immunotherapy response”, Jessica Kelliher
- CD28 Co-stimulation Induces PCK2 to Support T Cell Effector Function in Metabolically Hostile Environments”, Thomas Williams

Research Induction Ceremony
September 2025
Grant and Sydnye participated in the UAMS Graduate School Research Induction Ceremony
Sydnye Shuttleworth Receives Award
August 2025
Sydnye receivee prestigious fellowship award from the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute.
Grant Dawson Joins the Koss Lab
August 2025
Grant is enrolled in the MD/PhD program and will study the role of DNA damage in T cell exhaustion.
Sydnye Attends ASMS
June 2025
“Comprehensive Analysis of proteome turnoverdynamics during T cell exhaustion”
Sydnye's Predoctoral Fellowship
July 2025
Sydnye receives NIH/NCI M.D./Ph.D. predoctoral Fellowship
Anna Bolding Presentation
July 2025
Arkansas Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
“Defining the Role of RNF166: An E3 Ligase Driving T cell Persistence”
Jessica presents at Portugal conference
July 2025
Targeting the DNA damage response in cancer therapeutics.
“Modulation of 53BP1 phosphorylation enhances DNA repair and cytotoxicity of T cells in a solid tumor model”
Jake Edmondson Dissertation Defense
May 6, 2025

