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Kristin Swanson, PhD

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Math Oncologist = Solving 🧠 Brain Cancer with Patient-Specific Predictive Models Founding Director, MOSAIC Center @Cedars-Sinai #MathOnc #AI #glioma #EveryPatientDeservesTheirOwnEquation 🌈

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Areeba Patel @areebap.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
1/n Excited to share our new paper in Nature Cancer 🦀 Meet Hetairos (Greek- “companion”): an AI model that predicts >100 methylation-defined CNS tumour subtypes directly from a routine H&E slide 🧠 State of the art diagnostics- from the slide that’s already on every pathologists’ desk 🧵
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
#anthropic #copyright futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code
Copyright is suddenly very important to Anthropic now that its AI source code leaked. Just don't ask how it trained its AI in the first place.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 24/03/2026
Cortical Labs is building two data centres that will house its neuron-filled chips. The technology is still in the very early stages of development
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Startup is building the first data centre to use human brain cells
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Under Trump, the NIH is giving fewer grants to fewer scientists. The grants awarded are smaller and scientists have less time to spend them. Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
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Lukas Groschner @lukasgroschner.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Come join us in July 2026 for the 14th European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology in Graz, Austria! Registration opens now: ecmtb2026.org #ECMTB’26 @smbmathbiology.bsky.social
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European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology 2026
ECMTB is coming to Graz, Austria in July 2026. Registration and Call for Contributions are open!
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Sitting on a corn flake @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #Biodiversity #Spider🕷️ #NewToScience #NewSpecies #Thailand🇹🇭 #Gynandromorph #Wildlife #Halloween🏮 #SpookySeason😵‍💫 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
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Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science
Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon in this previously unknown species.
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Kristin Swanson, PhD @gliomath.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Our newly launched Mathematical Oncology Systems Analysis of Imaging of Cancer (MOSAIC) Center @cedarssinai.bsky.social is looking for an agile Program Manager to help support our interdisciplinary research efforts! #EveryPatientDeservesTheirOwnEquation careers.cshs.org/job/los-ange...
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Program Manager - Neurosurgery at CEDARS-SINAI
Learn more about applying for Program Manager - Neurosurgery at CEDARS-SINAI
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Sandy Anderson @sandyanderson.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Fab closing presentation by friend and #mathonco agitator @gliomath.bsky.social from @cedarssinaicancer.bsky.social presenting cool new work, Every Patient Deserves Their Own Equation: Towards Digital Twins for Neuro-Oncology.
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Kristin Swanson, PhD @gliomath.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Thankful to receive NOA for next year of our NCI U54 - MOSAIC Center @CedarsSinai We have several openings at the interface of mathematical oncology, AI, data science & oncology, neurosurgery, pathology, and clinical imaging! DM me! #mathonc #EveryPatientDeservesTheirOwnEquation
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 22/09/2025
For nearly a century, mathematicians wondered whether a conjecture about knots was true. In a paper posted in June, researchers found infinitely many counterexamples, revealing a new layer of complexity in this area of math. Leila Sloman reports: www.quantamagazine.org/a-simple-way...
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A Simple Way To Measure Knots Has Come Unraveled | Quanta Magazine
Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question — how hard is it to untie a knot? — has a complicated answer.
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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Here's @calumgabbutt.bsky.social's nice thread on our #EVOFLUx paper in @nature.com that uses fluctuating methylation to track cancer evolution
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EANO @eanoassociation.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🧠 The phase 1/2 N2M2 umbrella trial lead by former EANO president @wickwolfgang.bsky.social has just been published in Nature Medicine 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #NeuroOncology #EANOessentials #BrainTumors #CancerResearch
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Molecularly matched targeted therapies plus radiotherapy in glioblastoma: the phase 1/2a N2M2 umbrella trial - Nature Medicine
In a phase 1/2a umbrella trial in patients with glioblastoma matching targeted therapies according to tumor molecular profiling, temsirolimus plus radiotherapy improved PFS compared to standard of car...
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Kristin Swanson, PhD @gliomath.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Come join us for this exciting meeting to share the latest and greatest in #mathonc ! #EveryPatientDeservesTheirOwnEquation
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Giulia Laura Celora @gcelora.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
📣 Delighted to announce the first edition of the 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 Day, to take place in Oxford on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵, with lots of exciting work at the interface of mathematics and biology. 🔗 For more information: sites.google.com/view/oxwmath...
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Oxford Mathematics @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Three Oxford Mathematicians have won 2025 London Mathematical Society (@londmathsoc.bsky.social) Prizes. Left to right, Nigel Hitchin wins the De Morgan Medal, Helen Byrne the Naylor Prize and Lectureship in Applied Mathematics and Vidit Nanda a Whitehead Prize. www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/72373
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Winkler Laboratory @winklerlab.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
We’re so excited for the Cancer Neuroscience EACR conference! 📍Bilbao, Spain 📅 14-16 Oct 2025 ‼️Upcoming abstract and travelgrant deadline *June 30th* ‼️ Looking forward to seeing many of you there! 🧠🔬 #cancerneuroscience @helloeacr.bsky.social #neuroscience #cancer Submit your abstract here 👇
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Abstracts and posters | Cancer Neuroscience | The European Association for Cancer Research
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Kristin Swanson, PhD @gliomath.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Excited to be making my first presentation as faculty starting a new computational cancer center @cedarssinai.bsky.social today @ascocancer.bsky.social See you at Room E350 at 11:30 for our session on State of the Art in Utilizing Artificial Intelligence in Neuro-Oncology #ASCO2025
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labrubin.bsky.social @labrubin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
We are excited to share our perspective article out in @natrevcancer.nature.com emphasizing the importance of investigating gender-sex interactions in cancer biology to better understand cancer biology and improve patient care! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Gender and sex interactions are intrinsic components of cancer phenotypes - Nature Reviews Cancer
In this Perspective, Joshua Rubin emphasizes the importance of gender–sex interaction (GSI) differences in cancer biology and clinical parameters to enhance precision medicine. He outlines the challen...
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Sworn testimonies from top NIH officials reveal that a DOGE representative directed them to terminate hundreds of specific projects www.nature.com/articles/d41... #NIH
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NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
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Kieran Campbell @kieranrcampbell.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Interested in how to infer tumour microenvironment ecosystems from scRNA-seq atlases? I'll be at #AACR25 presenting in the ED06 session this Friday 3-4.30pm. Otherwise would love to meet to chat science for anyone on here attending Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A pipeline for inferring reproducible tumour microenvironment ecosystems from scRNA-seq atlases
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13/04/2025
They donated their brains to science. Then the Trump administration upended the system funding one of the leading Alzheimer's projects.
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One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy
A pause to NIH funding has researchers scrambling for contingency plans at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The center’s brain bank is preserving more than 4,000 brains for research.
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Meredith Wadman @meredithwadman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Important and under-covered attack on the guts of NIH's intramural program from @science.org NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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Ming Tommy Tang @tommytang.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A minimal gene set characterizes TIL specific for diverse tumor antigens across different cancer types www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Today is the international day of the Woman and Girl in Science. To all badass women, scientists keep doing what you do: discovery, mentorship, and hard work. YOU belong in SCIENE. To others, uplift the Women scientists you know, cite them, promote them, sponsor them, invite them - be an upstander.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The X-chromosome and impact on the brain's structure and functionality between sexes, from >38,000 UK Biobank participants and >1,000 MRI imaging traits, noting extent of X-inactivation (=DC-dosage compensation) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... open-access
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The X chromosome’s influences on the human brain
Exploring the genetic influence of the X chromosome and sex differences in the human brain.
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sina b @sina.bio · 17/01/2025
An often overlooked point in genomics: "Molecular omics resources should require sex annotation: a call for action" by @gliomath.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Molecular omics resources should require sex annotation: a call for action - Nature Methods
The most commonly used omics databases are a compilation of results from primarily male-only and sex-agnostic studies. The pervasive use of these databases critically hinders progress toward fully acc...
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Sex differences in neuron protection could reveal Alzheimer’s target. #Science "Study highlights the critical role of TLR7 in sex-biased Alzheimer’s-related demyelination" News news.cornell.edu/stories/2024... Paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Maria Secrier @mariasecrier.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Delighted to introduce our new spatial transcriptomics tool, SpottedPy, allowing the identification of tumour hotspots at different scales and the exploration of distances and overlap with tumour microenvironment niches: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
2 new studies on brain aging with sex-specific findings —Angiogenesis factors www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... —Loss of gray matter press.psprings.co.uk/jnnp/novembe...
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Mathew Garnett @mgarnett.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Excited to launch a new Gordon Research Conference on synthetic lethality in oncology. Great cutting edge program, superb speakers and lots of networking opportunities. Applications open. www.grc.org/synthetic-le...
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2025 Synthetic Lethality Approaches in Oncology Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Synthetic Lethality Approaches in Oncology will be held in Portland, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
To overcome resistance to allyship, use storytelling which helps to normalize male allyship behaviors. For example a leader can share a story about a male employee speaking up about a biased promotion process. theconversation.com/allyship-eff...
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Allyship efforts can face pushback in the workplace. Here’s why it happens and what leaders can do about it
Allyship is most needed in male-dominated environments, where gender equity efforts are often met with the greatest resistance.
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Andrew Krause @blindmath.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Ever wanted an interactive lightning-fast solver for models in physics, chemistry, or biology? Do you have a web browser? I'm thrilled to share our website visualpde.com, built explicitly to create interactive spatial models on most devices. Follow @visualpde.com for cool updates!
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VisualPDE
VisualPDE brings interactive science and mathematics to the web. Explore topics including waves, viruses and reaction—diffusion patterns, or create your own simulation.
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Alex Best @bestieboy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
As my follower count creeps towards that of the old place, an unashamed plug for the FREE online textbook I wrote for #mathbio students. 'Introducing Mathematical Biology' is FREE, interactive, accessible and FREE. Please feel free to share with students. sheffield.pressbooks.pub/introducingm...
Cover of textbook. Photo of path in a forest. Text overlaid saying 'Introducing Mathematical Biology, An Open Education Resource by Alex Best'
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Many thanks to The Scientist for covering our recent paper on fibrotic scarring and brain tumor recurrence 🙏 Here's the #openaccess link for our original paper in Cancer Cell led by Watson*, Zomer* et al: www.cell.com/cancer-cell/... #scicomm 🧪🔬 www.the-scientist.com/blocking-sca...
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Blocking Scar Formation Prevents Glioblastoma Recurrence
A combination of three therapies prevented scar tissue and stopped glioblastoma in its tracks in mice.
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Jon Lim, FRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#AACRBlog ▶️ Intersting read re: "Peto’s paradox" 🐘...and the recent #CancerDiscovery story from Compton et al. re: cancer prevalence across vertebrates! aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
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Darryl Yong (he/him/his) @dyong.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Ex-Twitter-BlueSky-Migrants: Use this Chrome extension to easily find people that you used to follow here on BlueSky chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
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Sky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web Store
Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform
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Ajit Johnson Nirmal @ajitjohnson.com · 19/11/2024
DeepCellTypes from Van Valen Lab, a new language-informed vision model, leverages the power of AI to accurately identify cell types in spatial proteomics data across diverse datasets and imaging platforms. 🧪https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.02.621624v2.full.pdf+html
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Check out our updated database of 189 PhD fellowships and funding opportunities. For each fellowship, we provide a description, $ amount, deadline, link to funder and eligibility criteria (such as citizenship). Good luck! Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My new study (N=913) finds 30 identity factors as basis for discrimination against women leaders. Women leaders are “never quite right” as almost any facet of their identity can be declared problematic for a specific woman in a specific context. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Human Resource Development Quarterly: Never quite right: Identity Factors experienced by women leaders in the United States by Amy Diehl, Leanne Dzubinski, Amber Stephenson
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Alison Feder @alisonfeder.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Sharing again for new followers - check out this fully-funded postdoc to work with any Fred Hutch comp bio faculty members! Pre-apps due Dec 20 to start next year! www.fredhutch.org/en/research/...
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Mahan Fellowship
Fred Hutch is dedicated to the development and advancement of biomedical research to eliminate cancer and other potentially fatal diseases. As part of that goal, we offer the Mahan postdoctoral fellow...
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