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Elana Fertig, PhD

@fertiglab.bsky.social
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Inter-dimensional cancer biologist. Director of the @genomescience.bsky.social at @umbaltimore.bsky.social.

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PhysiCell Project. @physicell.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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
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Paul Macklin @mathcancer.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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
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Paul Macklin @mathcancer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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
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Human interpretable grammar encodes multicellular systems biology models to democratize virtual cell laboratories
We developed a plain text modeling language—a cell behavior hypothesis grammar—to easily build virtual cell models and connect them to data, helping scientists to unlock the hidden dynamics of tissues...
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Edna Cukierman - Tumor Microenvironment @tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
#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
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University of Maryland School of Medicine @medschool.umaryland.edu · 25/04/2025
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.
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2025 News - While AI Could Be the Game Changer in Predicting Health Outcomes It Should Not Be the Only Method | University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Erna Magnúsdóttir @e-rna.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Call it what it is: a race/ gender purge.
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 16/04/2025
Virtual cells for predictive immunotherapy - @fertiglab.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social go.nature.com/4jfqM3Y
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Proud of our new perspective describing the role of mathematical biology for immunotherapy www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natbiotech.nature.com
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Virtual cells for predictive immunotherapy - Nature Biotechnology
Synergizing advances in artificial intelligence with mathematical modeling will improve our ability to computationally predict immunotherapy outcomes.
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Any mamma of a kid with autism knows exactly where a quick claim of its cause / blame will go…..
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Omg!!!! So proud of my baby cousin!!!!!!
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David Basanta @cancerevo.org · 04/04/2025
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
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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...
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Homecoming seminar @ummedschool.bsky.social
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Thank you to the #EACR!
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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 🧪
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EACR Statement on Threats to Cancer Research | The European Association for Cancer Research
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Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.wtf · 01/03/2025
Cleveland on the Ukraine invasion anniversary
Photo of the upper floors of The Terminal Tower in Cleveland, lit in blue and gold on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Jamie Carter @jctheresistance.demcast.com · 28/02/2025
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.
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
My kids thoughts and our hearts to everyone at NOAA @benfertig.bsky.social
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OpenCravat.bsky.social @opencravat.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
🧬 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!): shorturl.at/iOvMt
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Heatbreaking. Absolutely heartbreaking
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Cell Systems @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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
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What is the main bottleneck in deriving biological understanding from spatial transcriptomic profiling?
Image-based approaches to single-cell transcriptomics offer the exciting ability to directly image gene expression at the transcriptome scale within intact tissue slices, defining, discovering, and ma...
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rachelkarchin.bsky.social @rachelkarchin.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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/
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Join us – Karchin Lab
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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
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Frances Yap @ribo1214.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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...
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Federal Court Extends Block on NIH Funding Cuts
NIH’s plan to reduce indirect funds faced immense backlash from researchers. A federal judge ruled to extend the halt to cuts until a final decision is made.
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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...
List of Science impacts: one month of Trump 2.0

20 January: Trump’s Day 1 executive orders
21 January: NIH activities suspended
27 January: Freeze on all federal grants
31 January: CDC databases disappear and papers are censored
2 February: NSF unfreezes funds, scrutinizes grants
6 February: Global health efforts imperiled
7 February: Cuts to NIH research overhead funding announced 
14 February: Layoffs at US science agencies begin
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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: buff.ly/4gRXNB8
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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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/
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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
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AACR Legislative Action Center
Directly contact your elected officials about the importance of cancer research, the need for continued funding and the latest lifesaving breakthroughs. In the United States, you can do so by sending ...
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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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 🫶
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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
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Miguel Reina-Campos @reinacampos.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Press release by the appropriations subcommittee on NIH budget slashing by @delauro.house.gov 🙏
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Trump Team Dismantles Efforts to Find a Cure for Cancer and Other Deadly Disorders and Diseases
President Trump’s Administration is imposing a new policy to cap indirect costs for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants at 15 percent, which would cut billions of dollars in funding fo...
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Vera Pancaldi @verapancaldi.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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!
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ACIR @acir-org.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
www.science.org/content/arti... 💔
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EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Isn’t this the literal plot of Idiocracy???? Dude that was supposed to be fiction.
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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Cynthia Nevil @cynthianevil.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
GO BIRDS
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a mascot for the philadelphia eagles is standing in front of some fireworks boxes
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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?
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Paul Macklin @mathcancer.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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.
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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 😅
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OncoDaily @oncodaily.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
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
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Anirban Maitra: New paper from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center on pancreatic cancer - OncoDaily
Anirban Maitra: New paper from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center on pancreatic cancer / Anirban Maitra, cancer, Elana Fertig, Elizabeth Jaffee, iScience
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
#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 🙏 🙏
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For cancer biologist Johanna Joyce, teaching is essential to being a well-rounded scientist
Advice on finding a supportive academic environment, building inclusivity in science, tackling scientific problems with an open mind, and more from Dr. Joyce.
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Ashlee N. Ford Versypt @fordversyptlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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
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Ashlee N. Ford Versypt @fordversyptlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
@suzannesindi.bsky.social in FLAMING spirits. We miss you!
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
A fun night with my peops at #ICERM @icerm.bsky.social @fordversyptlab.bsky.social @rebseg.bsky.social @suzannesindi.bsky.social (in spirit)
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Howard Crawford @hccvpdac.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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.
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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Best wishes to everyone in LA!
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