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Jess Ewald

@ewaldlab.org
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Computational biologist using omics data (imaging, gene expression) to investigate the impacts of environmental contaminants on biological systems Group Leader @EMBL-EBI (www.ewaldlab.org)

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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 03/09/2025
It's been a great first few months at the EBI!
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Niranj Chandrasekaran @niranjchandrasekaran.com · 07/08/2025
Morph Map is now published in Nature Methods. Excited to see what the community discovers with this resource mapping ~15,000 human genes! rdcu.be/ezGre
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Morphological map of under- and overexpression of genes in human cells
Nature Methods - This Resource presents the genetic subset of the 136,000 chemical and genetic perturbations tested by the Joint Undertaking for Morphological Profiling (JUMP) Cell Painting...
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 07/08/2025
The visa is easy to obtain, for you and for any immediate family members. It allows a spouse to work in the UK. Please reach out with any questions!
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 07/08/2025
Project 7: Predict cellular phenotypes induced by environmental contaminants based on compound structure and cellular images using generative AI, in collaboration with Mo Lotfollahi (www.sanger.ac.uk/group/lotfol...)
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 07/08/2025
Project 3: Decode morphological programmes of T cell activation through multimodal imaging and machine learning, in collaboration with @gosiatrynka.bsky.social (www.sanger.ac.uk/group/trynka...)
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 07/08/2025
Two of the projects are co-hosted by my lab (ewaldlab.org)
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Ewald Lab
@ EMBL-EBI. We identify and characterize chemical hazards to both humans and ecosystems with cell profiling data, machine learning, and integrative data analysis.
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 07/08/2025
Check out this opportunity to join my lab as a postdoc! www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos... Every year, faculty from EMBL-EBI and the Wellcome Sanger Institute co-develop projects that allow fellows to be part of ✨both✨ of these amazing research institutes.
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EMBL-EBI-Sanger postdoctoral fellowships (ESPOD)
The ESPOD fellowship builds on the collaborative relationship between EMBL-EBI and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, offering projects that combine experimental (wet-lab) and computational (dry-lab) appr...
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 31/03/2025
Two days left before the application closes!
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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We're once again hiring a summer (+?) #bioimage #bioimageanalysis #software intern! Due to requirements of the funding program, you must be a current student, as well as work onsite in MA (+ have US work permission). Details at the link below. Spend your summer making great tools with fun people!
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Software engineering intern - summer/fall 2025 - Cambridge, MA USA
If you are a current student (undergraduate/masters/PhD) with permission to work in the US and ability to work in-person in Cambridge, MA, US, consider a summer internship in the Broad Institute Imagi...
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 06/03/2025
Two EMBL-specific quirks: - EMBL salaries are "after tax", so the stated salary is roughly equivalent to $70k USD - Employees qualify for a quick & inexpensive visa exemption that allows them and their spouse/children to work in the UK (my visa was processed in 2 days and cost me $50USD)
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 05/03/2025
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 The Ewald Lab at EMBL-EBI is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in multi-omics, machine learning, and predictive toxicology to analyze a groundbreaking toxicology dataset as part of the OASIS Consortium. More details & application here: lnkd.in/eHD7DMdX
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Patrick MacDonald🇨🇦 @bcellorg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We link molecular and functional phenotypes of islet cells from donors with type 1 diabetes to understand impaired insulin and glucagon secretion. Immune signalling, nuclear exclusion, mTOR and lysosomes in alpha cell dysfunction. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 03/02/2025
6/ Huge thank you to my co-authors at Axiom who were wonderful to work with, as well as to the entire OASIS Consortium.
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 03/02/2025
5/ These findings demonstrate the potential of image-based profiling as a sensitive, animal-free, early-stage screening tool for compound toxicity.
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 03/02/2025
4/ We found that the morphological profiles detect compound bioactivity at lower concentrations than standard cytotoxicity assays. In supervised analyses, they predict cytotoxicity and targeted cell-based assay readouts, but not cell-free assay readouts.
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 03/02/2025
3/ We then use supervised machine learning to predict diverse in vitro assay readouts relevant to mode-of-action and cell state using image-based profiles. We also investigate optimal strategies for extracting information from images to make mode-of-action predictions.
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 03/02/2025
2/ High-throughput, human-relevant approaches for predicting chemical toxicity are urgently needed. In our new preprint, we use Cell Painting and cytotoxicity assays to profile >1000 compounds in primary human hepatocytes, including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals.
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 03/02/2025
First large-scale analysis of chemical toxicity in primary human hepatocytes! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Cell Painting for cytotoxicity and mode-of-action analysis in primary human hepatocytes
High-throughput, human-relevant approaches for predicting chemical toxicity are urgently needed for better decision-making in human health. Here, we apply image-based profiling (the Cell Painting assa...
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Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
We've a postdoc opening for our lab at the Broad: Cambridge MA! Must have experience in toxicology + data science Work on the wonderful OASIS dataset we are producing... Cell Painting, transcriptomics, proteomics in various liver cell and tissue models! broad.io/mlcbpostdoc
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Beth Cimini 🔬💻📊 @bethcimini.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
New Year, new job? Delighted to announce two early-career-level (post-BA/BS or MA) positions in my lab, and an open call for computational postdocs at the Broad! First, an image analysis associate - work on high content screens for all kinds of cells and dimensionalities! See more at link (1/4)
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Image analysis associate job description
Image Analysis Associate Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA Impact the discovery of new disease therapies in the Cimini laboratory at the Imaging Platform Join our vibrant, world-clas...
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 15/12/2024
Thanks, I'll try make it out! This is right after I move.
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 13/12/2024
I think about macromolecules a lot, but mainly as either targets of small molecules that cause target-mediated toxicity, or as something that we can measure at scale (omics data) to detect toxicity.
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 13/12/2024
Thanks! Looking forward to starting!
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 13/12/2024
🎉 I'm starting my own lab at EMBL-EBI (Cambridge, UK; June 2025) 🎉 We will focus on identifying and characterizing chemical hazards to humans and ecosystems using computational biology methods. I am beginning the search for two postdocs now - stay tuned for more details! ewaldlab.org
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Ewald Lab
@ EMBL-EBI. We identify and characterize chemical hazards to both humans and ecosystems with cell profiling data, machine learning, and integrative data analysis.
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John Arevalo @johnarevalo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Excited to present our spotlight paper at #NeurIPS! MOTIVE is a new dataset + benchmark for predicting drug-target interactions, using Cell Painting data Location: Fri 13 Dec 4:30 p.m. PST @ East Exhibit Hall A-C #4208 Poster: neurips.cc/virtual/2024... Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2406.08649
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 04/12/2024
A new paper from the Carpenter-Singh Lab - such a cool project and I'm really excited about the possibilities that these data will unlock for future projects!
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Jess Ewald @ewaldlab.org · 16/11/2024
Really loved the concept of distinguishing between 'fun challenge stress' and 'threat stress' on this Ologies podcast on burnout: open.spotify.com/episode/0ccV... Reflecting on my own work patterns as I mentally prepare to start my own lab. Any tips out there?
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Ergopathology (BURNOUT) with Kandi Wiens
Ologies with Alie Ward · Episode
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Suganya @sugansivaguru.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The 2024 biennial survey by COBA, @bioimagingna.bsky.social, @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and @globias.bsky.social is here to connect imaging users with image analysis. Check this out @biologists.bsky.social for more details - focalplane.biologists.com/2024/11/13/b...
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Bridging Imaging Users to Imaging Analysis - 2024 - FocalPlane
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