Ben Raphael @braphael.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Was a pleasure to chair this session at an outstanding #AACRevol25 meeting 040
Reposted by Ben RaphaelAmerican Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Ben Raphael, Niko Beerenwinkel, Chris Venditti, and George Butler will discuss "Computational Approaches to Cancer Evolution" in a plenary session at the AACR Special Conference on Cancer Evolution (December 4-6; Albuquerque). Learn more: buff.ly/5kEQyE8 #AACRevol25 @braphael.bsky.socialbuff.lyProgramProgram details for AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research Cancer Evolution 012
Reposted by Ben RaphaelIrving Institute for Cancer Dynamics @cancerdynamics.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Check out this new publication by IICD member @braphael.bsky.social and team in @natcomms.nature.com: Graph Homomorphism Approach for Unraveling Histories of Metastatic Cancers and Viral Outbreaks under Evolutionary Constraints www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA graph homomorphism approach for unraveling histories of metastatic cancers and viral outbreaks under evolutionary constraints - Nature CommunicationsHuman diseases may evolve by migration or spread, but understanding these complex processes is challenging. Here, the authors leverage graph homomorphisms to reconstruct trees describing histories of ... 021
Reposted by Ben RaphaelJingyi Jessica Li @jsb-ucla.bsky.social · 05/02/2025How do we detect spatially variable genes (SVGs) in spatial transcriptomics? In our Nature Communications review, we categorize 34 computational methods into three categories: ✅ Overall SVGs ✅ Cell-type-specific SVGs ✅ Spatial-domain-marker SVGs www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCategorization of 34 computational methods to detect spatially variable genes from spatially resolved transcriptomics data - Nature CommunicationsIn spatial transcriptomics data analysis, identifying spatially variable genes (SVGs) is crucial for understanding tissue organization and function. The authors categorize 34 computational methods for... 041
Reposted by Ben RaphaelStephanie Hicks @stephaniehicks.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Friends, I am at a loss of words for how devastating it would be to lose the entire intramural #NIH program. Some of the biggest medical and scientific breakthroughs have come from scientists in the NIH Intramural program. #SaveTheNIH 🧬🧪 🖥️ 🧠 www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house researchPolicy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs 301095332
Ben Raphael @braphael.bsky.social · 22/01/2025RECOMB-CCB workshop is combing to Seoul, chaired by @shenhui1986.bsky.social and Andrew Roth! Submissions are open for papers and abstracts 031
Reposted by Ben RaphaelWolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 09/09/2024Impressions from Ascona Workshop: Spatial and temporal statistical modeling in molecular biology www.huber.embl.de/group/events... 0101
Reposted by Ben RaphaelMichael Hoffman @michaelhoffman.bsky.social · 27/04/2024Now: Keynote by Peter Park: A new mechanism for oncogene amplification. #RECOMB2024 💻🧬🧪recomb.orgRECOMB-CCB: Computational Cancer Biology 031
