A 🆕 episode of Genetics in Your World is live! @ecoevogal.bsky.social interviewed @srishtipatil.bsky.social & @robjohnnoble.bsky.social about their work testing a new approach to cancer treatment rooted in theory from evolutionary & conservation biology. Listen now: buff.ly/B2YyByg

🧬 Museums + zoos = a rapid ID pipeline. Using a local network in Ecuador, we genetically identified trafficked olingos (Bassaricyon), revealed a likely new country record, and shared a recipe for accessing high-quality samples from the wild. url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...

Join Us in Graz for the first "International Conference on Microchimerism" in May 2026! Meet researchers from around the world exploring how exchanged cells shape human biology and become part of the growing microchimerism community. Sign up here: www.microchimerism.info

Are you fascinated by cancer biology and also ❤️ 💻 ? Feel like this ->😻<- at the thought of exploring oodles of cancer genomes, single cells and spatial multiomics data? Then our core Data Science Team at @icr.ac.uk might be the place for you. Vacancy here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/14...

Sunny Crete for a great meeting about #cancer #ecology and #evolution

Testing Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat url: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov... Thanks @elizsmckenna.bsky.social and @aacrjournals.bsky.social for featuring our report!

Last few hours to submit an abstract to the ISEEC (International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer) meeting to take place in Crete May 21-23 #Cancer #Evolution #Ecology #AI www.evocancer.com

Abstract submission closes tomorrow!! Come join us in Graz to talk about pregnancy, transplantation, and rare cells that wander!!

Submit your abstract (deadline January 10th) for this meeting organized by the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer. In beautiful Crete!

Join me Tuesday with authors J. Arvid Agren and Manus M. Patten for the launch of their book The Paradox of the Organism: Adaptation and Internal Conflict.

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

Registration and abstract submissions is now open for the first ever Microchimerism Conference! May 27-28, 2026 in Graz. Please reshare! www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...

Research week for Book 2! Visiting UC Santa Barbara: @emilyjacobs.bsky.social studying female brains across the lifespan, @mgurven.bsky.social and @amyboddy.bsky.social thinking carefully about how culture intersects with female bodily change… gonna be amazing

Ohhh. Check out this new book review on Hidden Guests by Lise Barnéoud! undark.org/2025/11/28/b...

*SAVE THE DATE* On Tuesday December 16 at 11am Eastern we will have virtual book launch of The Paradox of the Organism. It will be hosted by the great @athenaaktipis.bsky.social. Please join! Zoom link here: internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/

We held the first #CANPOP symposium today (cancer population genetics club) @icr.ac.uk. 6 excellent & didactic talks, all applying mathematical #popgen theory to dissect somatic evolutionary dynamics: spanning the full range of pre-cancer, metastasis through to 6000 year old transmissible cancer...

Thrilled to announce that I'm on Curious Cases tomorrow at 10am on BBC Radio 4! The episode - Immortal Jellies - looks at some remarkably long-lived species and what they can teach us about ageing. This is a key area of focus for our lab. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer #ISEEC has now a #YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCrC...

First copy of The Paradox of the Organism in the wild!

Microchimerism is one of the most fascinating biological phenomena I've ever studied. But what do we actually know & what do we not know? Our new paper brings together microchimerism researchers to ask the key questions driving the field forward 🧬 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

Some of us carry cells from past and future generations. Check out Lise Barnéoud's book on microchimerism to learn how we're all cellular mosaics. Not all cells that wander are lost 😉

An early review of The Paradox of the Organism by @publisherswkly.bsky.social. www.publishersweekly.com/9780674296381

If you are interested in learning more about what an IMO Workshop is like check out our dedicated website: imoworkshop.org. Note the workshop this year runs directly after our #MathOnco25 meeting: mathematical-oncology.org/mathonco25.

Excited to announce that registration for the 13th @mathonco.bsky.social workshop on Treatment Revolution is now open. Held onsite @moffittnews.bsky.social Nov 2-Nov 7 #MoffittIMO more details: imo13.eventbrite.com. Deluxe travel awards are available on a competitive basis, apply by 10/03!

Join @cmaley.bsky.social, @lucielaplane.bsky.social, Joel Brown and Benjamin Spada for a live EvoChat discussion about "How we define cancer matters", hosted by the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer (ISEEC). Oct 1st at 8am PST, 11am EST, 5pm CEST ucsb.zoom.us/j/8313111375...

🧬 Join us for an EvoChat on "How we define cancer matters" Oct 1: 8am PST/11am EST/5pm CEST Speakers: Carlo Maley, Lucie Laplane, Joel Brown & Benjamin Spada discuss universal cancer definitions across species and their clinical applications. Zoom: ucsb.zoom.us/j/8313111375... All welcome! 🔬

Released today! SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER Now available at your favorite bookseller. Leave a review on Goodreads or Amazon if you can. Please help spread the word! #sevendecades @princetonupress.bsky.social

The book we have all been waiting for from @mgurven.bsky.social is finally here!! Read it to get a broad perspective on human evolution and aging - stay for the fun titles 😀

Coming December 16!

One month before SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER is released! A prelim copy just arrived. I’m in Bolivia but my son opened the shipment and it appears that he approves. Preorder now (30% discount code: PUP30): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Enjoyed this @natrevcancer.nature.com article on comparative oncology - how we can learn from other species 🐘🐋🦜🐍 about ways to prevent (& possibly treat) cancer. Both a review and a call to action for the research community. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @atjcagan.bsky.social @cmaley.bsky.social

Thanks @amyboddy.bsky.social for the invitation to run this workshop on where ideas come from in science, barriers to creativity and how to overcome them. Great discussion from the group! I'm a convert to 'night science' @urialonlab.bsky.social

Next up at #EBECancer25 summer school - hands-on digital pathology workshop with @mihaelaangelova.bsky.social @chandler-gatenbee.bsky.social

🎉 Congratulations to our Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer course bursary winners! 🔍 Interested in future opportunities to join our courses through bursaries and funding? Explore more: bit.ly/3GquFnS #EBECancer25 #ScientificConferences #Bursaries #FinancialAssistance

Late night session on how to think of good ideas!! #EBECancer25 @atjcagan.bsky.social discusses the creativity in science & helped us practice different ways to think and talk about our science.

Finishing up #EBECancer25 with a comparative genomics tutorial by Daniel Chavez. What an amazing week of evolution, ecology and cancer biology @trevorgraham.bsky.social @yosoykit.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social

Closing keynote from the fabulous @atjcagan.bsky.social on "The impossibility of whales" discussing somatic mutagenesis across species. Brilliantly delivered and exceptionally illustrated talk, as anyone who knows Alex's work would expect! #EBECancer25 @eventswcs.bsky.social

Now medical oncologist and clinician scientist @beckilee.bsky.social leading the first clinical session. Discussing how to bring evolutionary and ecological ideas into molecular tumour boards, and how to design evo clinical trials for better treatment regimens. #EBEcancer25 @eventswcs.bsky.social

This morning we switch focus to cancer ecology, starting with Marta Luksza @mskcancercenter.bsky.social lecturing on tumour-immune coevolution and immunogenomics. #EBECancer25 @amyboddy.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social @yosoykit.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @icr.ac.uk

Our Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer Summer School #EBECancer2025 in full swing @eventswcs.bsky.social in sunny Hinxton, Cambridge. @florentmouliere.bsky.social giving a deep dive into tracking cancer evolution with cfDNA. @amyboddy.bsky.social @yosoykit.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social

here this week learning with all of our students at #EBECancer25 @eventswcs.bsky.social ! having a lot of Sudoku-type fun at our “grammar of somatic evolution” with tutor @afrankell.bsky.social

Save the date #MathOnco25! October 29th-31st in Tampa, Florida. Directly before the 13th IMO Workshop (November 3rd-7th) - stay the weekend and brainstorm the beaches! More information to follow but @evoltherapy.bsky.social will be a key theme @mathonco.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social

Our reply to Butler et al's recent @pnas.org paper on Peto's Paradox. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

There's still time! Abstract submission deadline extended till Monday 5th May.

New study on diet, plasma glucose, and cancer prevalence across vertebrates published in Nature communications (@naturecomms.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our #Cancer #Evolution summer school runs again 30 June-3 July at the beautiful Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK sponsored by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Ideal for starters in the field; this year's focus is on using genomic data for cancer evo research. Brilliant & inspiring faculty! bit.ly/40nLdDD

One more day to submit abstracts for ISEMPH talks! I am looking forward to hosting a symposium "The Future of Comparative Oncology" that will be paired with @evo-eco-onco.bsky.social's cancer evolution session.

Applications are open for our Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer summer course at the Wellcome Genome Campus, UK! This is a great opportunity for early career scientists/trainees to get plugged into this field #mathonco @amyboddy.bsky.social @trevorgraham.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social