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Heidi Creighton

@heidi.bsky.social
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Founder & CEO Creighton HealthTech | Life Sciences | Spatial Biology | AI | Former News Reporter, MediaNews Group | Alum, IDG/NetworkWorld | @usouthernmaine.bsky.social | www.creightonhealthtech.com | signal: creighton.92

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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fierce 50 of 2026 Now in its fourth year, the Fierce 50 recognizes people and organizations across healthcare, pharma and biotech www.fiercepharma.com/collection/f...
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Fierce 50 of 2026
Healthcare has never lacked ambition.A genome can be sequenced in days. Medicines are being built around molecular targets the industry wrote off as unreachable a decade ago. Software finds patterns i...
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
AGBT 2026 Recap: NGS Big Bets and Spatial’s Rising Momentum @jlemieux.bsky.social www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
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AGBT 2026 Recap: NGS Big Bets and Spatial’s Rising Momentum
The annual go-to meeting for the genomics community did not disappoint this year.
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
‘Milestone’ research method measures gene activity across whole mice. According to @rongfan8.bsky.social “exactly what this platform uniquely enables—capturing coordinated, whole-body–wide responses across multiple organs and cell types in a single experiment.” www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘Milestone’ research method measures gene activity across whole mice
New way to analyze frozen tissue slices could reveal bodywide effects of drugs, diseases
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Spatial Biology & AI www.selectscience.net/spatial-biol... @selectscience.bsky.social #spatialbiology
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How to reveal hidden patterns in biology with AI
Explore how spatial biology technologies, including spatial transcriptomics, multiplexed imaging, and AI-driven analysis, are enabling researchers to map cellular activity within tissues and advance d...
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
First ever spatial biology stage at #FOGBoston Around 90% of attendees qualify for a free ticket! June 3rd - 4th 2026 | MCEC Boston @flgenomics.bsky.social #spatialbiology #genomics festivalofgenomics.com/boston/explo...
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Spatial Stage
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Sanderson Center for Optical Experimentation @scope-umasschan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Promotional event flyer with a colorful fluorescence microscopy background showing purple and green cell-like structures on a dark field. Large text reads: “Join us — June 24, 2026, 10–11:30 am, UMass Chan Medical School.” The main title is “Advanced Imaging and Spatial ‘Omics Methods,” labeled as a SCOPE Imaging Applications and Technology Workshop. The event is part of RNATx, “RNA Therapeutics From Concept to Clinic,” taking place June 24–26, 2026. A QR code labeled “Event Registration” appears on the right. At the bottom are two keynote speaker headshots: Xiaowei Zhuang of Harvard University, Frederic S. Fay Awardee, and John Maraganore of JMM Innovations and founding CEO of Alnylam. Image credit: Boulting Lab.
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Register now for March 2nd @agbt.bsky.social Recap! Inside AGBT: Big Announcements and Bigger Implications www.genengnews.com/multimedia/i... Featuring @jlemieux.bsky.social @biomath.bsky.social @jasmineplummer.bsky.social @nebanovich.bsky.social Catherine Aquino
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Inside AGBT: Big Announcements and Bigger Implications
On this episode of GEN Live, we deliver a full debrief on the news from AGBT—critical to understanding where NGS, spatial, single-cell, and multiomics are headed.
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Omics in Orlando Day 2: A Video Report from AGBT with @jlemieux.bsky.social @kevinadavies.bsky.social www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
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Omics in Orlando Day 2: A Video Report from AGBT
At AGBT’s close, Julianna LeMieux and Kevin Davies review key announcements from the meeting.
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Janelia Conferences @janeliaconf.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
📢 Apply by June 4 for Spatial Multi-Omics! This meeting explores new methods to map molecular & cellular organization in intact tissue, from genome architecture to proteins, metabolites & ultrastructure. #SpatialBiology #MultiOmics #Genomics 🛏️ Lodging + meals covered Apply ➡️ janelia.news/SMO26
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Next week is @agbt.bsky.social GM and #spatialbiology will be featured by over two dozen speakers! Here is a speaker snapshot featuring Miranda Orr, PhD @orrlaboratory.bsky.social and Nicolas Fernandez, PhD @cornhundred.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org #agbt26 @wendyvlieks.bsky.social
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Di Jiang @dijiang319.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🧬Appearing today @science.org a Review - From sequence to function: Bridging single-molecule kinetics and molecular diversity | Science 🔬https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv4503
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From sequence to function: Bridging single-molecule kinetics and molecular diversity
Biological function is fundamentally determined by nucleic acid and protein sequence. Beyond encoding genetic information, nucleic acids also display complex physicochemical parameters that shape stru...
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Spatial Biology Update - DeciBio is developing a new report focused on the real-world perspectives of end users of spatial omics technologies. For more information, contact Rebecca Burnham, PhD #spatialbiology #spatialomics #singlecell #multiomics
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The new cover and feature @nature.com www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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JCI insight @insight.jci.org · 19/01/2026
Presenting data from the largest integrated thyroid cancer single-cell sequencing atlas @vivianweiss.bsky.social et al. highlight stromal tumor-dynamics occurring across the spatial evolution of thyroid cancer from indolent to lethal disease: doi.org/10.1172/jci....
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Moffitt Lab @moffittlab.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Interested in cutting-edge work in both the development and application of techniques to better understand gene regulation from a systems perspective? Abstract submissions are still open for this CSHL meeting: meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...
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Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene Expression
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Join the LinkedIn Group "Spatial Biology Pioneers" if you are in the spatial multiomics field #spatialomics #singlecell #multiomics linkedin.com/groups/13906...
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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Spatial Multi-omics DBiTplus DBiT-seq + CODEX Mesmer segmentation MaxFus multiomic integration CODEX-informed spatial deconvolution (TACCO vs Cell2location vs RCTD) Work on FFPE >1000 genes/25 μm spot @zongmingma.bsky.social @rongfan8.bsky.social #NatMethods 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Epigenetics Podcast @epigeneticspod.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we talked with Will Wang from @sbpdiscovery.bsky.social about his work on muscle stem cell repair, regeneration, and aging, exploring spatial-omics and machine learning. #podcast #epigenetics Listen here: activemotif.com/podcasts-wil...
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Nature @nature.com · 15/01/2026
Nature Health, the newest journal in the Nature Portfolio, aims to bridge the ‘implementation gap’ from research to policy and practice go.nature.com/49Jmm1J
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Making progress on global health will need high-quality evidence
Nature Health, the newest journal in the Nature Portfolio, aims to bridge the ‘implementation gap’ from research to policy and practice.
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com
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Integration of imaging-based and sequencing-based spatial omics mapping on the same tissue section via DBiTplus - Nature Methods
DBiTplus represents an integrated experimental and computational workflow that unifies sequencing-based and imaging-based spatial omics, demonstrated by combining transcriptomic profiling and multiple...
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 14/01/2026
Single-cell and spatial profiling highlights #TB-induced myofibroblasts as drivers of lung pathology. From Ian Mbano, Nuo Liu, Paul Elkington @unisouthampton.bsky.social, Alex Shalek @mit.edu, Alasdair Leslie (Africa Health Research Institute) et al: rupress.org/jem/article/... #Tuberculosis
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Science Magazine @science.org · 14/01/2026
A large patient study suggests that testing for tau protein in blood can predict post-stroke outcomes, an antibody cocktail shields rodents from RSV while preventing viral escape, and more this week in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. scim.ag/3YHiUQ2
The cover shows in situ spatial transcriptomics on brain and tumor tissues from a diffuse midline glioma (DMG) xenograft mouse to identify tumor and infiltrating immune cells.
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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A single cell and spatial profile of visceral and colonic adipose tissue www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
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Cytoarchitectural multi-depot profiling reveals immune-metabolic crosstalk in human colon-associated adipose tissue
Jalkanen et al. generate spatial and single-nucleus transcriptomic maps of human subcutaneous and visceral white adipose depots, revealing distinct cytoarchitectural and immunologic features. Epiploic...
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Broad Institute @broadinstitute.org · 07/01/2026
Newly uncovered pathway behind tissue scarring, or fibrosis, in inflammatory bowel disease suggests new treatment strategies for the dangerous condition.
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Researchers uncover molecular roots of fibrosis or tissue scarring in inflammatory bowel disease
New study finds a biological pathway responsible for dangerous scarring, which could possibly be targeted by new treatments.
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“We’re at a point,” Sarah Teichmann continued, “where we can start to assemble the data sets and provide reference atlases for different tissues, different organs, different systems around the body.” www.genengnews.com/topics/omics...
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The Single-Cell Club Is Rapidly Expanding
As single-cell RNA-Seq meets AI, and DNA sequencing prices drop, projects are becoming much (much) larger.
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Nature @nature.com · 10/04/2025
This project is an unprecedented dataset of high resolution anatomical images of individual cells in mouse visual cortex, mapped on to their responses go.nature.com/3YnGotC
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The MICrONS Project
An unprecedented dataset of high resolution anatomical images of individual cells in mouse visual cortex, mapped on to their responses. This integrated view of function and structure lays a foundation for discovering the computational bases of cortical circuits.
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Thanks so much to @ddiamond.bsky.social for his excellent, detailed coverage of how medical research is being harmed by federal instability. We need to keep talking about this and help the public understand the scope of damage that is happening and how this will impact future medicine and technology
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Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics @cancerdynamics.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🔔 Save the date! Join us for the next IICD Seminar on April 9 at 2 PM ET with Jean Fan @jef.works from @jhu.edu 🔬 Multi-Sample Comparative Spatial Omics Data Analysis 📍 In person: Schermerhorn 603 💻 Remote: Register 👉 bit.ly/4j0RwEM
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
graph of NIH basisfor new drugs
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Perturb-FISH, a method that combines high-throughput imaging spatial transcriptomics with in situ guide RNA detection, allows for the analysis of molecular and functional states, with spatial resolution at the single-cell level @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Cancer recurrence predicted by spatial biology of the immune response nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/s41...
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Liver cancer recurrence predicted by immune-cell location and gene expression
Immune cells called natural killer cells can target and eliminate tumours. The gene expression and spatial distribution of the immune cells in the tumour microenvironment indicates whether liver cance...
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Join @jlemieux.bsky.social and expert panelists -- Catharine Aquino @biomath.bsky.social @jasmineplummer.bsky.social @jessie-no.bsky.social -- as they cover the latest research and novel technologies. #genomics #NGS #spatial #singlecell #AGBTGM #AGBT25 REGISTER: hubs.li/Q036f_3x0
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Heidi Creighton @heidi.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
Celebrating All Women in Science this weekend! 🎉🔬🧬#WomeninScience #February11 #WomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM #IDWGS #IDWGS2024 #WomenInScienceDay @bsky.app Learn more at www.un.org/en/observanc...
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