Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezSMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Join us for the next MathBioNexus webinar! Dr. Fred Adler will present “Cells, Bureaucracy and Corruption,” featuring research from the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 📅 September 23 ⏰ 1:00 PM EDT 🔗 Register: buff.ly/yWXSHNa 065
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezSMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Biology in Numbers – Episode 3.9 With Lukas Groschner …where we talk: an induction to MathBio, neuroscience in flies, and optimizing coffee breaks. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/awnr6aL Listen on Apple: buff.ly/pdMBMZi 043
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026Some weeks ago @pbiwan and I were in Crete for this year's ISEEC (International Society for #Evolution, #Ecology and #Cancer) and as one does, we got one of the participants, Julie Dragon, to talk about her work, her career and the latest of her group just recently published in Nature describing […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 020
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezSMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Biology in Numbers – Episode 3.7 With Alicia Dickenstein …where we talk: biochemical reactions, world famous awards, and rainy days making soup by the beach. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/Ig9y0pt Listen on Apple: buff.ly/CQkit9j 065
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 10/07/2026On my way to attend @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #SMB2026 which promises to be a fantastic meeting. Here local organizer Lukas Grossner talks about it with @parmvir.com in the latest episode of #BiologyInNumbers: pca.st/episode/c3d2...pca.stS3 Ep9 Lukas Groshner...where we talk: an induction to MathBio, neuroscience in flies, and optimizing coffee breaks.Lukas did a PhD at the University of Oxford and a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology,… 074
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezSMB - Society for Mathematical Biology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Kicking off #ECMTB2026, Natalia Komarova (UCSD) us giving a plenary talk on mathematical modeling of spatial evolution with applications to biomedical systems. 072
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezMicah Sherr @msherr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026#Faculty, #postdocs, and #PhD students: do you use a university-owned laptop? We’re running a research study on how people in academia experience university-managed devices and remote IT management tools such as #MDM. Fill out this 1-minute prescreener to see if you’re eligible for a follow-up […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 107
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026Ars Technica (@arstechnica ) Editorial: It’s time to step up and have your say for science arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/edi… Your comments on a dangerous rule putting politicals in charge of science can matterarstechnica.com 001
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 01/07/2026Statement by @theaacr.bsky.social about the OMB proposal: www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...aacr.orgAACR Statement and Call to Action Concerning OMB Proposal to Rewrite the Rules for Scientists and Physicians Who Are Improving Public Health and Saving LivesThe American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is deeply concerned that the recent action of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to propose a new set of regulations on how feder... 022
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it: www.theverge.com/science/957630/omb…theverge.comThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“ 001
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026The Atlantic: An Ascendant Constitutional Theory Is a Threat to American Science www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/u…theatlantic.comAn Ascendant Constitutional Theory Is a Threat to American ScienceThe idea of a “unitary executive” is now being extended to America’s scientific establishment, with potentially devastating effects. 001
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026Google locking Android down in 90 days is worse than you can imagine www.xda-developers.com/google-locki…xda-developers.comGoogle locking Android down in 90 days is worse than you can imagineSideloading on Android will soon become a nine-step process that includes a 24-hour wait. 001
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026Why science is becoming less innovative www.economist.com/graphic-detail/20… 001
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026Some great talks today on the first full day of #ISEEC2026 #CancerEvolution, many of them from my Moffitt colleagues talking about cancer ecology and evolution during treatment 073
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026Some shots from #MoffittScientificSymposium 2026 including our CEO Dr. Patrick Hwu and posters from Julia Pelesko and Matt Froid. It was a good day 021
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026For those of us in Tampa. #TasteOfScience is back in the city and the first event is no other than my Moffitt Cancer Center and @math.onco colleague Joel Brown […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 001
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna’s combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/euro…arstechnica.com 920784
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 26/04/2026And now this... www.theverge.com/science/9187...theverge.comTrump fires the entire National Science BoardFederal funding for scientific research was already in turmoil. 042
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026International #Society for #Evolution, #Ecology and #Cancer's (ISEEC) 2026 meeting in Hersonissos, Crete. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-iseec-con…eventbrite.com2026 ISEEC ConferenceLeveraging human-tech cooperation for the evolutionary management of cancer 022
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026Krugman: #MAGA Is Winning Its War Against #US #science: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/maga-is-…paulkrugman.substack.comMAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. ScienceWhen a political movement believes that ignorance is strength 002
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2026#NoKings #rally today in the small town of Temple Terrace just north of Tampa 012
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026Latest from #CancerEvo member Matt Froid: Overcoming vascular niche–mediated TKI resistance in acute myeloid leukemia through miR-126 inhibition #Cancer #JanusEffect #AML #ABM […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 011
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026You can register now to the 2026 ISEEC conference #Cancer #Evolution #AI conference that will take place in Crete in May 21-24th: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-iseec-con…eventbrite.com2026 ISEEC ConferenceLeveraging human-tech cooperation for the evolutionary management of cancer 012
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026National survey of #NIH funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’ www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/nih-fun…statnews.comNational survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many scientists are reeling 001
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026Excellent, if not recent, @nightsciencepod podcast with Akiko Iwasaki. I do appreciate the tension between letting smart people do whatever their instinct tells them to do with the idea of team science where a group of smart and diverse people work together to solve a hard problem […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 001
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 18/03/2026Behind the paper: Mathematical modelling predicts selective sweeps are restricted to early stages of tumour growth mathematical-oncology.org/blog/selecti... by @alexsteinresearch.bsky.social #cancer #evolution #mathoncomathematical-oncology.orgMathematical modelling predicts selective sweeps are restricted to early stages of tumour growthmathematical-oncology.org 032
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026Republicans and Dems are aligned: Don’t mess with #NIH #funding: www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/… 001
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026Some people might think: concerning... "I Wrote Research Funding Announcements for NIH for 22 Years. This Year They’ve Published 14" elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/i-wr… #NIH #NCI #CancerResearch #Funding 012
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026Hard to explain why the number of #tourists in the #USA is going down these days: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/fe…theguardian.com‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeksKaren Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’When Karen Newton left... 001
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 21/02/2026My @mathonco.bsky.social colleague Franco Pradelli with 3 facts we didn't know about #mathonco mathematical-oncology.org/blog/years.h...mathematical-oncology.orgThree facts you did not know about publishing in Mathematical Oncologymathematical-oncology.org 011
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026I love #MatPlotlib and fear that this is just the beginning of what #opensource developers will have to tolerate: theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-publish…theshamblog.com 011
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026Congress defended American science. Its work is not over www.economist.com/leaders/2026/02/0… 011
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2026The latest from @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #BiologyInNumbers: @math.onco's own Ranjini Bhattacharya, working with Joel Brown to study the role of #tumor cell-cell interactions in the context of #metabolism with #TheoreticalBiology #MathOnco […]fediscience.orgOriginal post on fediscience.org 143
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026Science - U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM #Ph.D.s since #Trump took office: www.science.org/content/article/u-s… 023
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezCasey Newton @caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026Wrote about how the Grok scandal upended our notion that platforms would do even the bare minimum to prevent attacks against their own user base www.platformer.news/grock-blocked-u… 014
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026Talking to friends and family in Europe. In the meantime in Florida.... 110
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026RE: fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/11582… Excellent perspective 000
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 04/01/2026I am working on my 'recap of 2025' post for the @mathonco.bsky.social blog and found that many of last year's posts had to do with #AI in one form or the other. In this #BiologyInNumbers podcast, @smbmathbiology.bsky.social president Laubenbacher talks about the promises and challenges for uspodcasts.apple.comS3 Ep3: AI or die - with Reinhard LaubenbacherPodcast Episode · Biology in Numbers · 12/30/2025 · 32m 064
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2025PhD students from @math.onco presenting their rotation projects and I am amazed about how much a smart person can do in such a short period of time! Featuring Julia Pelesko, Andree Kolliegbo and Cole Saborio 000
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezCasey Newton @caseynewton.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/12/2025When X banned the European Commission's ad account in retaliation for a fine, it demonstrated the exact sort of capricious behavior the DSA is designed to stop www.platformer.news/x-eu-fine-accou… 0116
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezKristine Willis @kristine-willis.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025“Nobody believes that a fourth-percentile and a fifth-percentile grant are clearly of different quality,” Dr. Sarah Kobrin said. “It’s just not that precise a measurement.” […]mstdn.scienceOriginal post on mstdn.science 003
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 18/11/2025The International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer #ISEEC has now a #YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCrC...youtube.comISEEC 063
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025RE: fediscience.org/@admin/115508911014… Excellent newsfediscience.org 000
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 07/11/2025The moment of truth at the @mathonco.bsky.social #MoffittIMO workshop when the 5 groups deliver their final presentations. Before that @sandyanderson.bsky.social has a few words about the department, @moffittnews.bsky.social and shows our @scientistsinc.org video with last year's edition 121
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 06/11/2025Only a few hours left of this year's @mathonco.bsky.social #MoffittIMO workshop at @moffittnews.bsky.social and the teams I visited are doing just fine, thank you very much #MathOnco #AI #Cancer 031
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 05/11/2025Just going around some of the groups working at the @moffittnews.bsky.social @mathonco.bsky.social #MoffittIMO 2025 and the energy is palpable! I think the judges on Friday morning are going to be blown away by the ideas these guys are working on! 032
David Basanta Gutierrez @david.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2025Poster session at #MoffittIMO to cap dsy 1 011
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 03/11/2025Opening of this year's #MoffittIMO workshop with an introduction from our very own @sandyanderson.bsky.social describing the history and success of @mathonco.bsky.social and introducing a new @scientistsinc.org video by @parmvir.com about last year's workshop 031
Reposted by David Basanta GutierrezDavid Basanta @cancerevo.org · 31/10/2025Last speaker at #MathOnco25 is our own @mathonco.bsky.social Jeffrey West that provides a study of the #mathonco literature to produce this definition of MathOnco: the use of interpretable models to understand and improve cancer therapy 123