Coming October 29: SITC releases its late-breaking abstract titles. We’ll add their presenting authors’ institutions to this guide once they’re out.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at SITC 2026

Nov 4–8, 2026 Phoenix, AZ ~6k attendees Website

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill brings 5 presentations to SITC 2026 in Phoenix. Its program centres on how macrophages and neutrophils shape the tumor environment and immunotherapy side effects. One distinctive item finds that alcohol weakens PD-1 blockers by reducing effector T cells and adding macrophages in tumors.

Organization	SITC 2026 Attendance
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
unc.edu Universities & research institutes Public research university with biomedical and cancer research programs.	Poster Fri Nov 6 12:15–1:45pm 5:30–7pm APOBEC3 Mutagenesis Is Associated with Inflammatory Cytokine Signaling and Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling in Bladder Cancer Exhibition Halls 4-6 · Poster 1155 Tumor biology Poster Fri Nov 6 12:15–1:45pm 5:30–7pm Alcohol reduces anti-PD1 efficacy by decreasing effector T cell and increasing macrophages in the tumor microenvironment Exhibition Halls 4-6 · Poster 833 Tumor biology · Clinical Poster Fri Nov 6 12:15–1:45pm 5:30–7pm HLA-agnostic isolation of high-priority T cell receptors by overlapping discovery techniques Exhibition Halls 4-6 · Poster 271 Cell therapy · Biomarkers Poster Fri Nov 6 12:15–1:45pm 5:30–7pm Tumor-mediated Innate Training of Neutrophil Progenitors Involves FOXO1 Activation and Promotes Immunotherapy-associated Colitis Exhibition Halls 4-6 · Poster 981 Tumor biology · Clinical Poster Sat Nov 7 12:30–1:30pm 6:40–8:10pm Targeting the Integrated Stress Response Reverses Macrophage Lipid Metabolic Dysfunction to Fuel Tumor Control Exhibition Halls 4-6 · Poster 754 Tumor biology

Organization

SITC 2026 Attendance

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

unc.edu

Universities & research institutes

Public research university with biomedical and cancer research programs.

Poster

Fri Nov 6
12:15–1:45pm
5:30–7pm

APOBEC3 Mutagenesis Is Associated with Inflammatory Cytokine Signaling and Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling in Bladder Cancer

Exhibition Halls 4-6 · Poster 1155

Tumor biology