She is a gynecologic oncologist who treats women with ovarian cancer, both surgically and with chemotherapy. Lynne Bemis is an associate professor in the Division of Medical Oncology also at the UCSOM. Her research interest is in circulating microRNAs and their role in the cancer microenvironment. Together, these two scientists want to create a new technology to develop an urgently needed sensitive biomarker for the detection of ovarian cancer.