Periodic Report Summary 2 - PASCAL (Pax8 as a marker of Ovarian cancer Originating in the Fallopian tube)
The work described in this proposal is the corner stone of the work done in the Perets lab in the last four years. Since the acceptance of this grant our lab has grown significantly. We now have 4 graduate students, two undergraduate students, a post-doctoral fellow, a technician and a research associate overseeing the research in the lab. The findings supported by this grant lay the foundation for the many other sources of funding we received since. Many of the results derived from this grant would be the foundation of the research papers published by our lab in the coming years, and I expect them to have a significant impact on our understanding of ovarian cancer biology, as a cornerstone to drive new and specific ovarian cancer therapies.