AACR is just around the corner and the team at Indica Labs is looking forward to attending.
Stop by our booth #4414 to see live demonstrations of HALO®, HALO AI, and HALO Link on April 19-22 or prebook a meeting at our booth. 

Date: 19 – 22 April 2026
Location: San Diego Convention Center

What's happening at AACR 2026

Poster section 32 | April 19, 2026 | 2:00 PM-5:00 PM Title: Integrated Spatial Multiomics Pipeline For Visualizing Protein Interactions In The Tumor Microenvironment
Poster section 3 | April 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Title: All-In-One Digital Pathology Compares and Contrasts the Tumor Microenvironment of Renal Cell Carcinoma Tissue with Paired Patient Derived Tumoroids
Poster section 31 | April 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM-12:00PM Title: Chromogenic triplex characterization of breast and gastrointestinal cancers for biomarker discovery and spatial image analysis
Poster section 38 | April 22, 2026 | 9:00 AM-12:00PM Title: Automated, Flexible Multiplex Immunofluorescence for Tumor Microenvironment Profiling Using HCR™ Gold IF and Clinically-Relevant Antibody Clones

Check out these exciting AACR 2026 customer posters using HALO® and HALO AI

April 19, 2026, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Session PO.TB07.01 – Stem Cell Plasticity and Lineage Reprogramming in Cancer
Abstract 834/13
Unveiling the association of cancer stem cell markers with survival in follicular lymphoma patients
Presenter/Authors
Xin Zhang, Olivia White, Daniel Ashley, Betty Chung, Li Li

Session LBPO.IM01 – Late-Breaking Research: Immunology 1
Abstract LB079/5
Prostatic luminal epithelial cells in proliferative inflammatory atrophy display proinflammatory innate immune signaling activation that is absent in prostatic adenocarcinoma
Presenter/Authors
Thomas M. Steele, Jessica Hicks, Qizhi Zheng, Alan K. Meeker, Mindy K. Graham, Abhishek Shetty, Rulin Wang, Carolina Gomes-Alexandre, Fernanda Caramella Pereira, William G. Nelson, Sushant Kachhap, Srinivasan Yegnasubramanian, Angelo M. De Marzo

Session PO.TB10.06 – Spatial Protein Profiling and Multi-Modal Mapping of Tumor and Circulating Ecosystems
Abstract 799/11
Integrated spatial multiomics pipeline for visualizing protein interactions in the tumor microenvironment
Presenter/Authors
Anushka Dikshit, Josh Brownlee, Ge-Ah Kim, Sonali Deshpande, Diane Robirds, Anne Hellebust

Session PO.CL01.01 – Biomarkers Predictive of Therapeutic Benefit 1
Abstract 1015/9
Quantitative c-MET immunohistochemistry reveals prognostic subgroups in papillary renal cell carcinoma
Presenter/Authors
Yong Il Lee, Jamin Park, Sun Young Yoon, Yong Mee Cho, Inkeun Park, Bokyung Ahn

Session PO.EN01.01 – Hormone Receptor Signaling and Therapeutic Targeting
Abstract 2298/20
Spatial immune profiling reveals varying tumor microenvironments in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
Presenter/Authors
Rhitajit Sarkar, Shilpa Thakur, Gus Fridell, Elijah Edmondson, Sonam Kumari, Joanna KLUBO-GWIEZDZINSKA

Session PO.CL01.13 – Spatial Proteomics and Transcriptomics 2
Abstract 3972/23
Comprehensive immune landscape analysis of solid tumors using a 17-Plex immunofluorescence assay in clinical trials
Presenter/Authors
Jaspreet Kaur, Richard Van Krieken, Xun Li, Ying Huang, Lisa Kattenhorn, Naveen Dakappagari, Margaret E. McLaughlin, Jennifer Bordeaux

Session PO.TB10.08 – Spatial Niches and Functional Boundaries within the Tumor Microenvironment
Abstract 4944/1
Chromogenic triplex characterization of breast and gastrointestinal cancers for biomarker discovery and spatial image analysis
Presenter/Authors
Andrew Fuller, Stacey Margerrison, Scott J. Anderson, Anne Hellebust

Session PO.BCS01.08 – Digital Pathology 3
Abstract 4159/9
Automated robust normalization and context-aware rescue of TReg cells from multiplex immunofluorescence
Presenter/Authors
Joao Paulo Oliveira da Costa, Alina Ainbinder, Kenneth Trieu, Henry Reinhart, Yury Sheikin

Session PO.BCS01.08 – Digital Pathology 3
Abstract 4157/7
Spatial immune profiling of solid tumors by complementing H&E with a novel 17-plex immunofluorescence approach
Presenter/Authors
Richard Van Krieken, Jaspreet Kaur, Xun Li, Naveen Dakappagari, Jennifer Bordeaux

Session PO.BCS01.08 – Digital Pathology 3
Abstract 4168/18
All-in-one digital pathology compares and contrasts the tumor microenvironment of renal cell carcinoma tissue with paired, patient derived tumoroids
Presenter/Authors
Levi Maston, Amber L. Ortiz

Session PO.CL01.05 – Biomarkers Predictive of Therapeutic Benefit 5
Abstract 5246/12
Immune profiling and targetable biomarkers in NSCLC: Toward rational design of CKI-based combinations
Presenter/Authors
Rania Gaspo, Alexandra Jean, Renaud Burrer, Jérôme Sallette, Amanda Finan-Marchi, Marie Gérus-Durand

Session PO.IM02.04 – Adaptive Immunity in Cancer
Abstract 4237/5
Immunofluorescence-based adaptive immune subtypes in an association with long-term disease-free interval in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study Phase III
Presenter/Authors
Qichen Wang, Timothy Patrick Sheahan, Alyssa Joy Cozzo, Sarah Christine Van Alsten, Eboneé Nicole Butler, James Stephen Marron, Katherine A. Hoadley, Melissa A. Troester

Session PO.BCS02.03 – Machine Learning for Image Analysis
Abstract 5495/8
AI-assisted Ki67 evaluation in solid tumors: Consistency and reliability compared to expert pathologists
Presenter/Authors
Rania Gaspo, Xavier Pichon, Maroua Tliba, Sabine Iglesias, Darshan Kumar, Renaud Burrer, Amanda Finan-Marchi, Marie Gérus-Durand Cerba Research, Laval, QC, Canada, Cerba Research, Montpellier, France, Aiforia, Helsinki, Finland, Cerba Research Histalim, Montpellier, France

Session PO.BCS02.03 – Machine Learning for Image Analysis
Abstract 5494/7
Multiplex immunohistochemistry for immuno-oncology: A flexible approach to characterize the tumor microenvironment
Presenter/Authors
Elena Baranova1 Sabine Iglesias, Amanda Finan-Marchi, Manon Motte, Renaud Burrer, Rania Gaspo, Marie Gerus-Durand Cerba Research, Montpellier, France, Cerba Research, Laval, QC, Canada, Cerba Research Histalim, Montpellier, France

Session PO.ET09.10 – Tyrosine Kinase, Phosphatase, and Other Inhibitors
Abstract 5885/23
Targeting myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) to restore antitumor immunity in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) via SRC family kinase Inhibition with NXP900
Presenter/Authors
Bobby Kaghazchi, In Hwa Um, Amber Ortiz, Enrique Podarosu, David J. Harrison, Neil Carragher, Asier Unciti-Broceta Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom, Indica Lab, Albuquerque, NM, Nuvectis Pharma Inc., Fort Lee, NJ

Session MS.PS01.02 – Population Sciences at the Forefront 2: Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer Risk and Outcomes
Abstract 6814
Tumor-stroma spatial context of T cell infiltration and exhaustion as determinants of ovarian cancer survival in Black women
Presenter/Authors
B. M. Reid, A. C. Soupir, A. J. Alberg, E. V. Bandera, M. L. Bondy, M. L. Cote, K. Haller, T. Hastert, C. Moran Segura1, J. V. Nguyen, E. S. Peters, P. D. Terry, A. B. Lawson, J. R. Marks, B. L. Fridley, J. M. Schildkraut, L. C. Peres;
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, CA, IUPUI Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indianapolis, IN, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Duke University, Durham, NC, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL

Session PO.BCS01.17 – Mathematical Modeling and Statistical Methods
Abstract 6851/22
Multi-cell type model for analyzing spatial single-cell protein imaging data with application to ovarian cancer
Presenter/Authors
Chase Sakitis, Jose Laborde, Julia Wrobel, Alex C. Soupir, Christelle M. Colin-Leitzinger, Benjamin G. Bitler, Mary K. Townsend, Andrew B. Lawson, Joellen M. Schildkraut, Shelley S. Tworoger, Kathryn L. Terry, Lauren C. Peres, Brooke L. Fridley
Health Services & Outcomes Research, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO,Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL,Biostatistics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics/Genitourinary Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, Division of Oncological Sciences and the Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Asst. Professor, Dept. of OB/GYN, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Session PO.CH02.02 – Multi-Omics, Systems Biology, and Biological Mass Spectrometry
Abstract 7672/26
Automated, flexible multiplex immunofluorescence for tumor microenvironment profiling using HCR™ Gold IF and clinically-relevant antibody clones
Presenter/Authors
Wudy Yang, Randy Chen, Harry Choi, Aneesh Acharya, Anne Hellebust, Will Howat Molecular Instruments, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, Indica Labs, Albuquerque, NM, Abcam, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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