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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

New preprint 🧫🧬 Spatial transcriptomics (~550,000 cells, 2,432 patient-derived organoids): we map gene expression, shape, and function in space to understand cancer biology and drug response. w/ @marianna-raps.bsky.social @khomicsko.bsky.social and Maxim Norkin www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Huge congrats to Teofila, Jeremy & Antoine on the 2026 Pfizer Research Prize 👏 #PrecisionDermatolology driven by translational #DataScience at #CHUV & @unil.bsky.social. More to come with #AI & #SpatialBiology. Hats off to Michel Gilliet for this vision. 🔗 www.pfizerresearchprize.ch/awardees-202...

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Loosing connection breaks the heart

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Helena Lucia Crowell @helucro.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Shout out and thanks to everyone who was a part of this; one couldn’t have done it alone. @rgottardo.bsky.social @markrobinsonca.bsky.social @stephaniehicks.bsky.social @lmweber.bsky.social and many more.

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fbm-unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

📄 Study published in @natcomms.nature.com and led by Laurence de Leval, @rgottardo.bsky.social @khomicsko.bsky.social & Elo Madissoon. @unil.bsky.social #chuv @owkin.bsky.social

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Big shoutout to our own Jieran Sun onesinglecell.bsky.social for leading this team effort! 🧠📍 Benchmarking clustering in spatial transcriptomics isn’t easy — but here is SACCELERATOR Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... With markrobinsonca.bsky.social, Naveed Ishaque, Ahmed Mahfouz, Brian Long

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Beyond benchmarking: an expert-guided consensus approach to spatially aware clustering

Spatial omics technologies have revolutionized the study of tissue architecture and cellular heterogeneity by integrating molecular profiles with spatial localization. In spatially resolved transcript...

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Are you interested in #Xenium panel comparisons: 5K vs targeted? Want to increase cell-type resolution with Xenium? Read our paper and check out our SPLIT method. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Collaboration with @khomicsko.bsky.social cc: @10xgenomics.bsky.social #SpatialTranscriptomics

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

🚀 First MOSAIC consortium paper and MOSAIC Window: a rich 60-patient public (multimodal) dataset accessible via EGA. 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #CancerResearch #SpatialTranscriptomics #SingleCell #PrecisionOncology #AI cc: @owkin.bsky.social @10xgenomics.bsky.social

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Thanks #Spotify for letting me know that #Vulfpeck was my #1 artist for 2024. Top 0.05% of listeners worldwide. Almost significant! Of course, not surprised.

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

By popular demand, I have updated our starter pack in Stats, ML & Omics. Let me know if you'd like to be added. #ML #AI #singlecell #spatial #omics #statistics go.bsky.app/73rcuJn

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Interesting work from @deep-mind.bsky.social on probabilistic weather forecasting (aka GenCast) www.nature.com/articles/s41... BUT why didn't they cite previous work in this space by Raftery and colleagues: www.science.org/doi/full/10.... journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal... and many other papers!

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Probabilistic weather forecasting with machine learning - Nature

GenCast, a probabilistic weather model using artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, has greater skill and speed than the top operational medium-range weather forecast in the world and provid...

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Here is a starter pack for the #NIH Human #Immunology Project Consortium (@hipcproject.bsky.social). #HIPC members, please reach out if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/AozZWPx

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Ok, as requested, here’s an updated list with additional people: go.bsky.app/73rcuJn Reach out if you want to be added! #AI #ML #DataScience #Omics #SingleCell #SpatialBiology

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

@lpachter.bsky.social Interesting! Also, Louvain/Leiden determine the number of clusters automatically (through the resolution), often leading users to assume the default is optimal! However, identifying the correct number of clusters is a complex statistical problem, which shouldn't be ignored.

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Ok, I’ve added a few more people to the list: go.bsky.app/73rcuJn Please reach out if you want to be added! The more the better. #AI #ML #DataScience #Omics #SingleCell #SpatialBiology

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Ok, I tried to create my own list of people working on developing statistical or machine learning models applied to omics data. I am sure I missed a lot of cool people. If you'd like to be added, let me know. #Stats #ML #Omics go.bsky.app/73rcuJn

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Jacques Fellay (EPFL) and I (UNIL/CHUV) will be discussing applications of #AI in #Health at 10:30 AM. This is one of the areas where #AI is poised to make the biggest impact in the coming decade. Join us, ask your questions, and be part of the conversation. Don’t miss it—be there or be square! 💡🌍

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Raphael Gottardo @rgottardo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

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unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

🧭 Faites connaissance avec l’UNIL et ses bachelors! Les Journées Découverte des 4 et 5 décembre sont ouvertes aux personnes intéressées à entreprendre un bachelor à l’UNIL. Infos et inscriptions : wp.unil.ch/decouverte/

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unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

🧠Le 23 novembre aura lieu la Journée de l’intelligence artificielle organisée par l’UNIL et l’EPFL. L’occasion de parcourir ses bénéfices et risques dans les sciences biomédicales, glaciologiques et criminelles. À lire dans l'uniscope 👉 go.unil.ch/sMZUc

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