Major PhysiCell paper in Cell using a new, intuitive model grammar to create complex multicellular systems models with "plain language" cell hypotheses! 🧪 @cellpress.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social @mathcancer.bsky.social @fertiglab.bsky.social #mathonco #mathbio #abm #opensource

Excited for this @cp-cell.bsky.social article co-led by @fertiglab.bsky.social and Genevieve Stein-O'Brien, on creating a plain language "grammar" to easily write simulation models as virtual laboratories for complex systems like cancer. Fully open access and open source! 🧪 #mathonco #mathbio

Really excited to share our new @cellpress.bsky.social Cell paper with @fertiglab.bsky.social and colleagues. 1/n www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @jktgfoundation.bsky.social @itcrtraining.bsky.social @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #mathbio #mathonco @mathonco.bsky.social @deniswirtz.bsky.social

#AACR25 #AACR2025 @theaacr.bsky.social following the plenary session, at 10:15 in S105, we will showcase possible means to preventing cancer onset by intercepting its #TME @fertiglab.bsky.social #BarbaraVanderhyden and yours truly

Researchers at UMSOM are pioneering a new approach to precision medicine by combining AI with mathematical modeling.🌟🔬 @fertiglab.bsky.social and @genomescience.bsky.social colleagues share the importance of ethically sharing health data to ensure reproducible and trustworthy scientific outcomes.

Join our lab to study transcriptional regulation in mouse germ cells and embryonic stem cells at @haskoliislands.bsky.social in beautiful Reykjavík! Apply here: tinyurl.com/34y6jcrd #epigenetics #TranscriptionFactors #transcriptomics #stemCells #pluripotency

Call it what it is: a race/ gender purge.

Virtual cells for predictive immunotherapy - @fertiglab.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social go.nature.com/4jfqM3Y

Proud of our new perspective describing the role of mathematical biology for immunotherapy www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natbiotech.nature.com

Any mamma of a kid with autism knows exactly where a quick claim of its cause / blame will go…..

Omg!!!! So proud of my baby cousin!!!!!!

Unexpected treat today @moffittnews.bsky.social Innovator's of Tomorrow symposium with Jeanette Johnson, working with @fertiglab.bsky.social and developing on @physicell.bsky.social to create an #ABM for #pancreatic #cancer forecasting

as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech bsky.app/profile/need...

Homecoming seminar @ummedschool.bsky.social

Thank you to the #EACR!

Cancer knows no borders, and setbacks in one part of the world can have lasting consequences for #patients everywhere The #EACR, and all co-signing national #cancer societies & foundations, stand in solidarity and offer our full support to our friends and colleagues in the US #StandUpForScience 🧪

Cleveland on the Ukraine invasion anniversary

I am ashamed to be an American today. I stand with Ukraine. I stand with Canada. I stand with Panama. I stand with Greenland. I stand with Europe.

My kids thoughts and our hearts to everyone at NOAA @benfertig.bsky.social

🧬 We Want Your Feedback! 🧬\ Do you use variant annotation software? We’re gathering insights from the genomics community to improve OpenCRAVAT and understand what features matter most to you.💡 Take this quick survey (it takes less than 2 minutes!): https://shorturl.at/iOvMt

Heatbreaking. Absolutely heartbreaking

We asked J. Moffitt, M. Li, Q., K. Kanemaru, S. Teichmann, D. Dar, S. Itzkovitz, R. Vento-Tormo, @ltkagohara.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social @fertiglab.bsky.social @fabiantheis.bsky.social about bottlenecks facing Spatial Transcriptomics www.cell.com/cell-systems/abstract/S2405-4712(25)00033-X

Karchin Lab at Johns Hopkins is excited to announce a postdoctoral position focused on developing innovative methods in computational immuno-oncology. Great opportunity if you are passionate about advancing cancer immunotherapy and bioinformatics. Learn more/apply: karchinlab.org/join-us/

Contributions from: Jeffrey Moffitt, @drmingyaoli.bsky.social, Qing Nie, Kazumasa Kanemaru, Sarah Teichmann, Daniel Dar, @ltkagohara.bsky.social, Shalev Itzkovitz, Roser Vento-Tormo, @fertiglab.bsky.social, @fabiantheis.bsky.social

Today Federal Court Extends block on NIH Indirect cost cuts but final decision date unknown. The bigger problem is the Federal Register blackout, no scientific review/council meetings means no new research awards can be released from now on. 🧪 #AcademicSky www.the-scientist.com/federal-cour...

A truly depressing article in #Nature listing of all the damage done to #science in the US by the Trump administration in just one month 💔 for so many friends and colleagues there #solidarityforscience 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The AACR is deeply concerned that the Administration’s recent actions are threatening NIH and its mission to accelerate progress for patients with cancer and other diseases that afflict millions of Americans. Read our statement: https://buff.ly/4gRXNB8

Do you want to do something about the chaos happening at the federal level? Have you considered calling but are unsure what to say? Have you never called and find it intimidating? I'm going to write a short HOW-TO to help! The more of us that call, the more effect we have! A short thread! 1/

AACR urges Congress to reaffirm its long history of steadfast and bipartisan support for medical research by ensuring that NIH has all of the resources needed to advance its lifesaving mission to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer and other diseases: AACR.org/NIH

Special shout out this AM to NIH 🧪 grant mgmt specialists, POs, and SROs during this chaotic time - THANK YOU for caring for our grants and uploading scores/summary statements despite the unprecedented challenges you may be facing. You are science warriors and we APPRECIATE & SUPPORT YOU 🫶

We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should come! @standupforscience.bsky.social

Press release by the appropriations subcommittee on NIH budget slashing by @delauro.house.gov 🙏

The #ToulouseOncoWeek has started, one day is sadly not enough to think about #cancer! First the #ToulouseOncoRun and now all the other events! Tomorrow some amazing science, starting with #AI in cancer featuring @fertiglab.bsky.social, @alfonsovalencia.bsky.social, Andrei Zinovyev and many more!

Montagne, Mitchell, and Tandurella et al. analyzed scRNAseq of tumor-infiltrating leukocytes from patients receiving an allogeneic PDAC vaccine with anti-PD-1 or with anti-PD-1 plus CD137 agonist. bit.ly/3EcjkHh  @fertiglab.bsky.social #PDAC #PancreaticCancer

www.science.org/content/arti... 💔

Isn’t this the literal plot of Idiocracy???? Dude that was supposed to be fiction.

GO BIRDS

I'm remembering a study where there was a classifier trained to predict patient outcomes, but in the end it turned out that the dominant features were mostly the labels on the slides that distinguished hospitals. Can someone remind me of the reference?

PhysiCell 1.14.2 will release later this afternoon. Mostly bugfixes and minor refinements, but also exciting new work by Elmar Bucher prepping for a future "PhysiGym" addon for RL etc. Major thanks to @danielrbergman.bsky.social for numerous PRs! Watch @physicell.bsky.social for the release.

Re-upping these two #CancerResearch 🧪 starter packs for any new arrivals go.bsky.app/FEoaJMc go.bsky.app/6EcjWNA Together they include PIs, oncologists, students, postdocs, journals, patient advocates, and organizations supporting cancer research 🧪🔬⚕️ Both are full - sorry I can't add any more 😅

New paper from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center on pancreatic cancer - Anirban Maitra @anirbanmaitra.bsky.social oncodaily.com/insight/anir... #OncoDaily #Oncology #PancreaticCancer #Medicine #Health #Cancer

#50ScientistsThatInspire 🧪 A collection created by @cellpress.bsky.social for #Cell50 🎉 Including inspiring #scientists and committed #advocates in their communities 🙌 In this 🧵 I'll share some of the interviews - including this Q&A we did 👇 Its an honor to be part of this incredible list 🙏 🙏

Flaming cocktails celebrating math bio during Women in Mathematical Computational Biology workshop at #ICERM. Fun evening with faculty friends Elana Fertig, Rebecca Segal, Shayn Peirce-Cottler, and Jasmine Foo

@suzannesindi.bsky.social in FLAMING spirits. We miss you!

A fun night with my peops at #ICERM @icerm.bsky.social @fordversyptlab.bsky.social @rebseg.bsky.social @suzannesindi.bsky.social (in spirit)

When we value scientists being selfish assholes instead of generous collaborators, I can honestly say we’re doing it wrong. The stress of young scientists resisting collaboration because they are afraid of losing credit is a well-earned conditioned behavior.

Best wishes to everyone in LA!