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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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Elana Fertig, PhD @fertiglab.bsky.social · Nov 15
Excited to announce my move to a new role as Director of @genomescience.bsky.social at University of Maryland starting in Dec! www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/le...
2024 News - Leading Computational Scientist and Oncology Researcher Elana Fertig, PhD, Appointed as New Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine ...
www.medschool.umaryland.edu
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physicell.bsky.social
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
July 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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mathcancer.bsky.social
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
July 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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mathcancer.bsky.social
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
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...
www.cell.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social
#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
April 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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medschool.umaryland.edu
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.
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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April 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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e-rna.bsky.social
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
April 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Call it what it is: a race/ gender purge.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Apr 16
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Virtual cells for predictive immunotherapy - @fertiglab.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social go.nature.com/4jfqM3Y
April 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
fertiglab.bsky.social
Proud of our new perspective describing the role of mathematical biology for immunotherapy www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natbiotech.nature.com
Virtual cells for predictive immunotherapy - Nature Biotechnology
Synergizing advances in artificial intelligence with mathematical modeling will improve our ability to computationally predict immunotherapy outcomes.
www.nature.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
fertiglab.bsky.social
Any mamma of a kid with autism knows exactly where a quick claim of its cause / blame will go…..
luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Apr 10
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September
April 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
fertiglab.bsky.social
Omg!!!! So proud of my baby cousin!!!!!!
musicaltheatrer.bsky.social Musical Theatre Review @musicaltheatrer.bsky.social · Apr 6
No sinking feeling for Titanique tonight. The show currently running at the Criterion Theatre, has won the award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play! @olivierawards.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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cancerevo.org
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
April 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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needhibhalla.bsky.social
as I tell my Genetics class every year, this breakthrough is based on 70 years of NIH-funded, basic research, commercialized by biotech
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March 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Homecoming seminar @ummedschool.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
fertiglab.bsky.social
Thank you to the #EACR!
March 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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johannajoyce.bsky.social
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 🧪
March 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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scottjohnson.wtf
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
March 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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jctheresistance.demcast.com
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.
February 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
fertiglab.bsky.social
My kids thoughts and our hearts to everyone at NOAA @benfertig.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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opencravat.bsky.social
🧬 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!): https://shorturl.at/iOvMt
February 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
fertiglab.bsky.social
Heatbreaking. Absolutely heartbreaking
rissarwx.bsky.social Dr. Larissa @rissarwx.bsky.social · Feb 27
All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
February 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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cp-cellsystems.bsky.social
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
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...
www.cell.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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rachelkarchin.bsky.social
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/
Join us – Karchin Lab
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February 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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itaiyanai.bsky.social
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
February 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM