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Yahaya Yabo

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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A great start to #EANO26! 🧠 Glad to have presented our work in the very first session. Looking forward to the next few days of great talks and catching up with colleagues! #NeuroOncology @milolab.bsky.social
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Maximilian Mastall @maxmastall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#EANO2026 has started with an informative educational day and the main meeting is ongoing now with an exciting session on novel immunotherapeutic approaches being presented. #CART
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Joachim Hornegger @hornegger.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just 50 more votes could put Q.ANT on top! Co-founder and CEO Dr. Michael Förtsch is an FAU alumnus. Let’s support one of our own. Vote now: cmk.handelsblatt.com/cms/articles...
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Wer gewinnt den Spark-Award 2026? Stimmen Sie ab!
Ob Industrielle KI, Quantentechnologien oder resiliente Energiesysteme – beim Technologiepreis „The Spark" zählt, wer Deep-Tech-Innovationen unter realen Bedingungen zum Laufen bringt. Unterstützen Si...
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
🧠 NEW PAPER ALERT from the @milolab.bsky.social and the #SonabendLab 🚨 Why do some glioblastomas (GBM) respond to immunotherapy while others don't? Our study reveals a surprising driver of treatment success: the tumor's own MAPK/ERK signaling pathway! 🧵 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Glioma-intrinsic MAPK/ERK signaling promotes immunotherapy efficacy through T cell infiltration and interferon responses - Nature Communications
Activation of the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway is known to influence glioma biology. Here the authors report that MAPK/ERK signaling activation drives interferon responses in glioma cells, enhancing ant...
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Anna Golebiewska @annagolebiewska.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Preclinical modeling of the tumor microenvironment remains a challenge in #glioblastoma! Check out what is possible with #organoids in our new review in Seminars in Cancer Biology: doi.org/10.1016/j.se..., #LIH, #FnrLux , #TELEVIE, #NET4BRAIN,
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MILO Lab @milolab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Brain cancer is one of medicine’s most complex challenges. At the MILO Lab, we are working on decoding this complexity, from cellular interactions to computational patterns, to map the path to a breakthrough. 🧠✨
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MILO Lab @milolab.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A wonderful lab retreat bringing together scientific discussion, new ideas, collaboration, and plenty of laughter. Grateful for the opportunity to step away from the bench, reflect on our research, and strengthen the connections that make science possible! ✨🧬🔬
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EANO @eanoassociation.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
👋 Students, Youngsters, Fellows, Postdocs, Nurses & AHP in #NeuroOncology! EANO invites you to register for the 21st Meeting of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (#EANO2026) taking place from Sept 24-27, 2026 in Rome, IT. 👉 Register today! eano.eu/eano2026/reg... #btsm
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Roel Verhaak @roelverhaak.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
In our new collaborative paper on IDHmutant glioma with the Tirosh, Suva, Iavarone and Lasorella labs, we show how acquired genetic alterations converge with cell state changes and poor treatment responses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Acquired genetic and cell-state changes in IDH-mutant glioma progression - Nature
Longitudinal transcriptomic, chromatin and genomic analyses of the two types of IDH-mutant glioma reveal in detail how disease progression is influenced by interdependent genetic, epigenetic and micro...
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🧵 1/8 Hot off the press! 🔥 link.springer.com/article/10.1... CAR-T cells show promising results in preclinical glioblastoma models, yet clinical benefit in patients has been limited. To understand why, we used a human brain slice model that preserves the native human GBM tumor microenvironment. 🧠
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Anna Golebiewska @annagolebiewska.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
How can brain tumor organoids advance research, drug efficacy studies, and precision medicine? Check out our new review in Nature Reviews Neurology. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @LIH_Luxembourg , @glioresolve.bsky.social, @FnrLux, #NET4BRAIN
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Modelling brain tumours with organoids: towards precision medicine in neuro-oncology - Nature Reviews Neurology
Organoids provide a useful model to capture the heterogeneity of brain tumours. Here, the authors assess current methodologies for generating organoids from various types of brain tumour and discuss h...
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Happy to see this amazing work finally out. We used our NePSTA model to acurately predict the epigenetic subtypes of meningiomas based on cell-type abundance in subgraphs containing gene expression features + spatial adjacency.
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Anna Golebiewska @annagolebiewska.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Can immunotherapy ever work in #glioblastoma? In a new #NatureCancer review, we share our perspective on current limitations and future directions: www.nature.com/articles/s43... #NORLUX, #LIH , @fnr.lu #TELEVIE, @glioresolve.bsky.social, @michael-platten.bsky.social
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Immunosuppressive mechanisms and therapeutic interventions shaping glioblastoma immunity - Nature Cancer
In this Review, Golebiewska and colleagues summarize the main features of the immunosuppressive microenvironment in glioblastoma (GBM) and discuss how different therapeutic approaches reshape GBM immu...
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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Serotonergic neuron-glioma interactions drive high-grade glioma pathophysiology
High-grade gliomas are lethal brain cancers that are powerfully regulated by glutamatergic neurons through activity-dependent paracrine factors and functional neuron-to-glioma synapses. Here, we repor...
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Anna Golebiewska @annagolebiewska.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Happy to share a new #NORLUX study on how humanized patient-derived xenografts of #glioblastoma can be useful in investigating immunosuppression and clinically-relevant immunotherapy testing. See for more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #immunotherapy, #preclinicalmodeling,
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MILO Lab @milolab.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Amazing Keynote talk by @heilandhenrik.bsky.social on "Translational Data Integration and Technological Developments in Neuro-Oncology" at the ongoing #SNO2025 in Hawaii.🧠
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Be sure to check the @milolab.bsky.social talks including our work on "Deciphering spatiotemporal trajectories of tissue adaptation after surgical resection of glioblastoma."
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#EANO2025 was awesome. Great time interacting with mentors and colleagues. Looking forward to another exciting meeting.
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MILO Lab @milolab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Just wrapped up an incredible few days in Prague for the @eanoassociation.bsky.social meeting! Truly inspiring sessions, great discussions, and exciting new collaborations. The MILO Lab shined with engaging talks and eye-catching posters! Ready to keep pushing the boundaries of science together!
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 16/10/2025
📢 @eanoassociation.bsky.social 2025 kicks off today in Prague! Proud to see strong #EORTC representation with six abstracts and a joint session with BTG featuring EORTC-led projects on clinical trial planning. More info 👉 www.eortc.org/blog/2025/10... #EANO2025 #NeuroOncology @qol.eortc.org
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Anna Golebiewska @annagolebiewska.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Precision medicine in high-grade gliomas? Using high-throughput drug screen in #NORLUX patient-derived organoids multi-omics and machine learning, we assessed pharmacogenomics: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @fnr.lu, #precisionmedicine, #organoids, #drugscreen, #pharmacogenomics, #braintumors
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Integrative multi-omics combined with functional pharmacological profiling in patient-derived organoids identifies personalized therapeutic vulnerabilities of adult high-grade gliomas
Background: Precision medicine has transformed cancer treatment by tailoring therapies to specific molecular aberrations. Integrating high-resolution multi-omics with high-throughput functional profil...
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Nature Reviews Cancer @natrevcancer.nature.com · 04/07/2025
NEW content online!
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Combining spatial transcriptomics and AI to enhance brain tumour diagnosis
Nature Reviews Cancer, Published online: 04 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41568-025-00851-6In this Tools of the Trade article, Yahaya A. Yabo describes the development of neuropathology spatial transcriptomic analysis (NePSTA), an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool to identify and map unique spatial patterns within tissues.
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Happy to share a short "tools of the trade" piece on our NeuroPathology Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis (NePSTA) tool. Now available @natrevcancer.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Combining spatial transcriptomics and AI to enhance brain tumour diagnosis - Nature Reviews Cancer
In this Tools of the Trade article, Yahaya A. Yabo describes the development of neuropathology spatial transcriptomic analysis (NePSTA), an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool to identify and map ...
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Roman Sankowski @rsankowski.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
#microglia and other tissue #macrophages are highly plastic. This makes them look differently depending on their respective context. Granular methods like #single-cell sequencing are merely snapshots that may simplify the complexity found in the tissue. In our perspective in @natneuro.nature.com
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Omer Ali Bayraktar @bayraktarlab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
How does tumour heterogeneity arise? How can we predict cancer cell plasticity? In 2 new studies, we trace #glioblastoma heterogeneity to a spatial cancer cell trajectory w. multimodal cell atlassing bit.ly/4mkrWgs & predict plasticity w. snRNA/ATAC+deep learning bit.ly/3FbI6Ic 🧵
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Stein Aerts @steinaerts.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Two massive glioblastoma papers, datasets, trajectories, insights, and.. a very cool new method for GRN inference - scDORI -from @steglelab.bsky.social @oliverstegle.bsky.social @bayraktarlab.bsky.social & Moritz Mall www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Decoding Plasticity Regulators and Transition Trajectories in Glioblastoma with Single-cell Multiomics
Glioblastoma (GB) is one of the most lethal human cancers, marked by profound intratumoral heterogeneity and near-universal treatment resistance. Cellular plasticity, the capacity of cancer cells to t...
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Masashi Nomura @masashi-nomura.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
1/ Thrilled to share our TWO back-to-back papers published in Nature Genetics today! www.nature.com/articles/s41... , www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The multilayered transcriptional architecture of glioblastoma ecosystems - Nature Genetics
Integrated single-cell transcriptomic and genetic characterization of 121 adult glioblastomas identifies heterogeneity at cell type, cell state and baseline expression program levels associated with s...
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Finally, the GBmap paper is out after over 80 citations of the preprint version. Congratulations @ccruizm.bsky.social 🎉
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 22/04/2025
Putting cancer immunotherapy into spatial context in the clinic - @joakimlundeberg.bsky.social @scilifelab.se @ki.se go.nature.com/4jlus4b
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Putting cancer immunotherapy into spatial context in the clinic - Nature Biotechnology
Spatial omics technologies offer insights into the organization of cellular and molecular components and their interactions within the tumor ecosystem. Overcoming the key challenges to integrating the...
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The @milolab.bsky.social retreat was lit 🔥. I am grateful and lucky to be in this amazing group. Great people, great science. #glioblastoma #spatialtranscriptomics #scRNA-seq
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Emre Kocakavuk @ekocakavuk.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
📣 Open computational PhD & Postdoc positions! Excited about the open positions as part of our newly funded Emmy Noether Group are online now under kocakavuklab.vercel.app/joinus 📢 Please RT (what's the bsky equivalent here?) and distribute ! 👇A quick instruction on how to apply
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Nature @nature.com · 20/02/2025
Nature research paper: GABAergic neuron-to-glioma synapses in diffuse midline gliomas go.nature.com/434f4ns
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GABAergic neuron-to-glioma synapses in diffuse midline gliomas - Nature
Functional, tumour-promoting GABAergic neuron-to-glioma synapses in diffuse midline gliomas are identified.
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EANO @eanoassociation.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🎗️ Today is #WorldCancerDay – a reminder of the ongoing fight against cancer and the need for research, collaboration & innovation in all types, including #NeuroOncology. At #EANO, we’re dedicated to advancing science and patient care. Together, we can make a difference! 💙
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Beautiful work from @tobiw2024.bsky.social and @rsankowski.bsky.social
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MILO Lab @milolab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Happy to share our recent investigation of the spatial architecture of benign and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. @10xGenomics 🚨Spoiler Alert: We identified APOD in neurofibroma regions as a novel biomarker in hybrid PNSTs t.co/GmA9MLNKy1
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MILO Lab @milolab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Ever wondered what makes brain tumors tick? Excited by the breakthroughs in spatial transcriptomics and single-cell analysis? Follow @milolab.bsky.social account on Instagram: cutting-edge insights, updates, and engaging content! www.instagram.com/the_milolab/...
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MILO Lab @milolab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Happy to share your latest collaboration with @sahm_lab leveraging spatial transcriptomics @10xGenomics for neuropathology diagnosis #DeepLearning ! 107 patients across 15 CNS tumors! www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Spatially resolved transcriptomics and graph-based deep learning improve accuracy of routine CNS tumor diagnostics - Nature Cancer
Ritter et al. present a spatial transcriptomics and deep learning-based approach named NePSTA (neuropathology spatial transcriptomic analysis) and leverage it to improve neuropathological diagnostics ...
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Happy to be part of this beautiful work from @milolab.bsky.social and Sahm lab. Using deep learning to enhance brain tumor diagnosis. From spatial transcriptomics data you can predict tissue histology, methylation subclass, genotype, immunohistochemistry etc.
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Spatially resolved transcriptomics and graph-based deep learning improve accuracy of routine CNS tumor diagnostics - Nature Cancer
Ritter et al. present a spatial transcriptomics and deep learning-based approach named NePSTA (neuropathology spatial transcriptomic analysis) and leverage it to improve neuropathological diagnostics ...
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Roman Sankowski @rsankowski.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
New insights on #machineLearning #glioblastoma and other brain #tumors by the Heiland and Sahm labs Spatially resolved transcriptomics and graph-based deep learning improve accuracy of routine CNS tumor diagnostics | @naturecancer.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Spatially resolved transcriptomics and graph-based deep learning improve accuracy of routine CNS tumor diagnostics - Nature Cancer
Ritter et al. present a spatial transcriptomics and deep learning-based approach named NePSTA (neuropathology spatial transcriptomic analysis) and leverage it to improve neuropathological diagnostics ...
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Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
new out in Nature: lovely paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Brain-wide neuronal circuit connectome of human glioblastoma - Nature
Nature - Brain-wide neuronal circuit connectome of human glioblastoma
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Roel Verhaak @roelverhaak.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Great story; Gliomagenesis mimics an injury response orchestrated by neural crest-like cells www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Gliomagenesis mimics an injury response orchestrated by neural crest-like cells - Nature
A study using glioblastoma mouse models, serial magnetic resonance imaging and single-cell profiling details changes in the identity and balance of cellular states from initiation of tumorigenesis to ...
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Awesome work.👌
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Varun Venkataramani @venkataramanilab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🧵Just in time for : New research from the Venkataramani lab @CellCellPress maps how brain tumor cells create extensive neural networks in glioblastoma. Check out our paper here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @ekinreyhan.bsky.social @svenjaktetzlaff.bsky.social 1/15
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
It's a wrap #SNO2024! It was a great opportunity to present our work, listen to amazing and inspiring talks, and have fruitful discussions with friends and mentors. Looking forward to #SNO2025 in #Honolulu.
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Truly inspiring talk by Crystal Mackall on their journey in treating brain tumors with #CARTcells. #SNO2024
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Yahaya Yabo @yahayayabo.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Amazing talk by Henrik Heiland on using #spatialtranscriptomics data to model glioblastoma evolution #SNO2024
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