Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
@francescafinotello.bsky.social
Assistant Professor leading the Computational Biomedicine Group at the University of Innsbruck • Data scientist at the Digital Science Center (DiSC) • Precision medicine and cancer immunotherapy • Mother 🧬🖥️
https://computationalbiomedicinegroup.github.io/
https://computationalbiomedicinegroup.github.io/
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🧬 🖥️ If you are looking for more tools, resources, and insights about next-generation #deconvolution, have a look at our #omnideconv website: omnideconv.org
🖥️🧬 New preprint with expanded study is now online ✨
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🖥️🧬 New preprint with expanded study is now online ✨
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
🧬🖥️🧪 Interested in single-cell-informed cell-type #deconvolution? Have a look at our enhanced benchmarking study and #omnideconv ecosystem!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🧬🖥️🧪 Interested in single-cell-informed cell-type #deconvolution? Have a look at our enhanced benchmarking study and #omnideconv ecosystem!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🖥️🧬🧪 Publication Alert!
I’m very excited to share our latest paper: “NovumRNA: Accurate prediction of non-canonical #tumor #antigens from RNA #sequencing data”
I’m very excited to share our latest paper: “NovumRNA: Accurate prediction of non-canonical #tumor #antigens from RNA #sequencing data”
September 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🖥️🧬🧪 Publication Alert!
I’m very excited to share our latest paper: “NovumRNA: Accurate prediction of non-canonical #tumor #antigens from RNA #sequencing data”
I’m very excited to share our latest paper: “NovumRNA: Accurate prediction of non-canonical #tumor #antigens from RNA #sequencing data”
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
🎉 scverse conference 2025 Registration & Call for Abstracts NOW OPEN! 🎉
We're excited to announce that registration and the call for abstracts are officially open for the scverse Conference 2025!
Details in thread!
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We're excited to announce that registration and the call for abstracts are officially open for the scverse Conference 2025!
Details in thread!
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August 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎉 scverse conference 2025 Registration & Call for Abstracts NOW OPEN! 🎉
We're excited to announce that registration and the call for abstracts are officially open for the scverse Conference 2025!
Details in thread!
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We're excited to announce that registration and the call for abstracts are officially open for the scverse Conference 2025!
Details in thread!
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Amazing conference! Don't miss this opportunity! ✨
🎉 scverse conference 2025 Registration & Call for Abstracts NOW OPEN! 🎉
We're excited to announce that registration and the call for abstracts are officially open for the scverse Conference 2025!
Details in thread!
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We're excited to announce that registration and the call for abstracts are officially open for the scverse Conference 2025!
Details in thread!
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August 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Amazing conference! Don't miss this opportunity! ✨
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
🖥️🧬 The University of Innsbruck is offering PostDoc fellowships for women: www.uibk.ac.at/en/research/...
Do you have a strong plan for a bioinformatics project (e.g. spatial/single-cell/multiomic data analysis, AI for oncology, immunogenomics)? I would be happy to support you with your application!
Do you have a strong plan for a bioinformatics project (e.g. spatial/single-cell/multiomic data analysis, AI for oncology, immunogenomics)? I would be happy to support you with your application!
UIBK - FemCareer - Fellowship
Three-year career development programme at the UIBK for external, female early career postdocs
www.uibk.ac.at
July 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🖥️🧬 The University of Innsbruck is offering PostDoc fellowships for women: www.uibk.ac.at/en/research/...
Do you have a strong plan for a bioinformatics project (e.g. spatial/single-cell/multiomic data analysis, AI for oncology, immunogenomics)? I would be happy to support you with your application!
Do you have a strong plan for a bioinformatics project (e.g. spatial/single-cell/multiomic data analysis, AI for oncology, immunogenomics)? I would be happy to support you with your application!
🖥️🧬 The University of Innsbruck is offering PostDoc fellowships for women: www.uibk.ac.at/en/research/...
Do you have a strong plan for a bioinformatics project (e.g. spatial/single-cell/multiomic data analysis, AI for oncology, immunogenomics)? I would be happy to support you with your application!
Do you have a strong plan for a bioinformatics project (e.g. spatial/single-cell/multiomic data analysis, AI for oncology, immunogenomics)? I would be happy to support you with your application!
UIBK - FemCareer - Fellowship
Three-year career development programme at the UIBK for external, female early career postdocs
www.uibk.ac.at
July 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🖥️🧬 The University of Innsbruck is offering PostDoc fellowships for women: www.uibk.ac.at/en/research/...
Do you have a strong plan for a bioinformatics project (e.g. spatial/single-cell/multiomic data analysis, AI for oncology, immunogenomics)? I would be happy to support you with your application!
Do you have a strong plan for a bioinformatics project (e.g. spatial/single-cell/multiomic data analysis, AI for oncology, immunogenomics)? I would be happy to support you with your application!
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
Interested in unraveling specificity in epitope recognition by TCRs and KIRs in the context of graft-versus-host diseases. We have an open post-doc position in the group. Do not hesitate to share the word.
July 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Interested in unraveling specificity in epitope recognition by TCRs and KIRs in the context of graft-versus-host diseases. We have an open post-doc position in the group. Do not hesitate to share the word.
🧬🖥️🧪 Interested in single-cell-informed cell-type #deconvolution? Have a look at our enhanced benchmarking study and #omnideconv ecosystem!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🧬🖥️🧪 Interested in single-cell-informed cell-type #deconvolution? Have a look at our enhanced benchmarking study and #omnideconv ecosystem!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
“Europe’s success depends on treating #science and #research as tools for competitiveness and on recognising them as foundational to Europe’s long-term strategy” erc.europa.eu/news-events/... @erc.europa.eu
Editorial - A stronger Europe starts with science
As leaders from industry, policy and science gathered in Brussels for a lively exchange this spring, o
erc.europa.eu
July 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“Europe’s success depends on treating #science and #research as tools for competitiveness and on recognising them as foundational to Europe’s long-term strategy” erc.europa.eu/news-events/... @erc.europa.eu
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
📢 Announcing the MOPITAS Autumn School on Spatial Transcriptomics Data Analysis – taking place November 12–14, in Munich. Don't miss this excellent opportunity to deepen your expertise in data science and multi-OMICS analysis - especially as a PhD student in the data science community.
July 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
📢 Announcing the MOPITAS Autumn School on Spatial Transcriptomics Data Analysis – taking place November 12–14, in Munich. Don't miss this excellent opportunity to deepen your expertise in data science and multi-OMICS analysis - especially as a PhD student in the data science community.
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
Join us for a series of presentations from leading data science experts, including @francescafinotello.bsky.social, @dominicgrun.bsky.social, Johanna Klughammer, Malte Lücken, @fabiantheis.bsky.social and @jwrth.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy.
July 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Join us for a series of presentations from leading data science experts, including @francescafinotello.bsky.social, @dominicgrun.bsky.social, Johanna Klughammer, Malte Lücken, @fabiantheis.bsky.social and @jwrth.genomic.social.ap.brid.gy.
We are delighted to welcome Prof. @itisalist.bsky.social to the University of Innsbruck.
Looking forward to inspiring discussions and promising ideas for future collaborations!
Looking forward to inspiring discussions and promising ideas for future collaborations!
Today, Prof. Markus List @itisalist.bsky.social will be giving a talk at Universität Innsbruck: "Data leakage is a widespread issue in machine learning in the biomedical domain: How to spot it, avoid it, and fix it"
🎤 Hosted by Prof. Francesca Finotello @francescafinotello.bsky.social See you there!
🎤 Hosted by Prof. Francesca Finotello @francescafinotello.bsky.social See you there!
May 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We are delighted to welcome Prof. @itisalist.bsky.social to the University of Innsbruck.
Looking forward to inspiring discussions and promising ideas for future collaborations!
Looking forward to inspiring discussions and promising ideas for future collaborations!
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
Today, Prof. Markus List @itisalist.bsky.social will be giving a talk at Universität Innsbruck: "Data leakage is a widespread issue in machine learning in the biomedical domain: How to spot it, avoid it, and fix it"
🎤 Hosted by Prof. Francesca Finotello @francescafinotello.bsky.social See you there!
🎤 Hosted by Prof. Francesca Finotello @francescafinotello.bsky.social See you there!
May 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Today, Prof. Markus List @itisalist.bsky.social will be giving a talk at Universität Innsbruck: "Data leakage is a widespread issue in machine learning in the biomedical domain: How to spot it, avoid it, and fix it"
🎤 Hosted by Prof. Francesca Finotello @francescafinotello.bsky.social See you there!
🎤 Hosted by Prof. Francesca Finotello @francescafinotello.bsky.social See you there!
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
Traveling to Innsbruck by invitation of @francescafinotello.bsky.social to talk about data leakage, a widespread issue in biomedical machine learning applications. I'll talk about challenges in protein-protein interaction (doi.org/10.1093/bib/...) and drug response prediction (upcoming preprint!).
May 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Traveling to Innsbruck by invitation of @francescafinotello.bsky.social to talk about data leakage, a widespread issue in biomedical machine learning applications. I'll talk about challenges in protein-protein interaction (doi.org/10.1093/bib/...) and drug response prediction (upcoming preprint!).
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
🧬 🖥️ Thrilled to share our recent work on TME heterogeneity, published on iScience:
t.co/whajXd0SjU
A joint effort with Federica Eduati's lab
Follow the thread for more🧵👇
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t.co/whajXd0SjU
A joint effort with Federica Eduati's lab
Follow the thread for more🧵👇
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November 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM
🧬 🖥️ Thrilled to share our recent work on TME heterogeneity, published on iScience:
t.co/whajXd0SjU
A joint effort with Federica Eduati's lab
Follow the thread for more🧵👇
1/
t.co/whajXd0SjU
A joint effort with Federica Eduati's lab
Follow the thread for more🧵👇
1/
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
Benchmarking second-generation methods for cell-type deconvolution of transcriptomic data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.10.598226v1 🧬🖥️🧪
omnideconv #Rstats pkg https://github.com/omnideconv/deconvBench
Nextflow pipeline https://github.com/omnideconv/deconvBench
omnideconv #Rstats pkg https://github.com/omnideconv/deconvBench
Nextflow pipeline https://github.com/omnideconv/deconvBench
December 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Benchmarking second-generation methods for cell-type deconvolution of transcriptomic data https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.10.598226v1 🧬🖥️🧪
omnideconv #Rstats pkg https://github.com/omnideconv/deconvBench
Nextflow pipeline https://github.com/omnideconv/deconvBench
omnideconv #Rstats pkg https://github.com/omnideconv/deconvBench
Nextflow pipeline https://github.com/omnideconv/deconvBench
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
🧬 🖥️ If you are looking for more tools, resources, and insights about next-generation #deconvolution, have a look at our #omnideconv website: omnideconv.org
November 12, 2024 at 2:21 PM
🧬 🖥️ If you are looking for more tools, resources, and insights about next-generation #deconvolution, have a look at our #omnideconv website: omnideconv.org
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
Great idea! I am an assistant professor in #bioinformatics and group leader at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. I develop and apply computational tools to advance precision medicine and immuno-oncology 🧬🖥️🧪👩🔬
November 13, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Great idea! I am an assistant professor in #bioinformatics and group leader at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. I develop and apply computational tools to advance precision medicine and immuno-oncology 🧬🖥️🧪👩🔬
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Quite an indictment of some of the current single cell "virtual cell" foundation models. Even for the relatively mundane applications, cell labeling, batch correction etc, they are poor compared to much simpler & cheaper methods.
Quite an indictment of some of the current single cell "virtual cell" foundation models. Even for the relatively mundane applications, cell labeling, batch correction etc, they are poor compared to much simpler & cheaper methods.
Zero-shot evaluation reveals limitations of single-cell foundation models - Genome Biology
Foundation models such as scGPT and Geneformer have not been rigorously evaluated in a setting where they are used without any further training (i.e., zero-shot). Understanding the performance of mode...
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Quite an indictment of some of the current single cell "virtual cell" foundation models. Even for the relatively mundane applications, cell labeling, batch correction etc, they are poor compared to much simpler & cheaper methods.
Quite an indictment of some of the current single cell "virtual cell" foundation models. Even for the relatively mundane applications, cell labeling, batch correction etc, they are poor compared to much simpler & cheaper methods.
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
12. Like art, music, philosophy, and literature, science is literally part of humanity's heritage.
My colleagues and I have had the amazing opportunity to be part of something vastly larger than ourselves, with meaning that transcends any state, regime, or generation.
They can't take that away.
My colleagues and I have had the amazing opportunity to be part of something vastly larger than ourselves, with meaning that transcends any state, regime, or generation.
They can't take that away.
March 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
12. Like art, music, philosophy, and literature, science is literally part of humanity's heritage.
My colleagues and I have had the amazing opportunity to be part of something vastly larger than ourselves, with meaning that transcends any state, regime, or generation.
They can't take that away.
My colleagues and I have had the amazing opportunity to be part of something vastly larger than ourselves, with meaning that transcends any state, regime, or generation.
They can't take that away.
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
March 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
Wish that you spent your Friday doing something besides checking if TikTok was banned or not?
Try out @skylight.social — a video app built upon the same open network as Bluesky. You can login with your Bluesky account, and all of your followers seamlessly come with you.
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🎉 150,000+ USERS!! 🎉
Huge thanks to everyone who's supported us as we build this unbannable TikTok!
There's still so much more we want to build— your support makes it possible.
You all are the best 🥰
Join: skylight.social
Follow Skylight Squad:
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Huge thanks to everyone who's supported us as we build this unbannable TikTok!
There's still so much more we want to build— your support makes it possible.
You all are the best 🥰
Join: skylight.social
Follow Skylight Squad:
@reedharmeyer.bsky.social
@buildwithtori.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Wish that you spent your Friday doing something besides checking if TikTok was banned or not?
Try out @skylight.social — a video app built upon the same open network as Bluesky. You can login with your Bluesky account, and all of your followers seamlessly come with you.
Try out @skylight.social — a video app built upon the same open network as Bluesky. You can login with your Bluesky account, and all of your followers seamlessly come with you.
Reposted by Francesca Finotello 🖥️🧬
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
🧬🖥️🧪 Now I can also proudly tag @eduati.bsky.social! Welcome my friend 🤗
🧬 🖥️ Thrilled to share our recent work on TME heterogeneity, published on iScience:
t.co/whajXd0SjU
A joint effort with Federica Eduati's lab
Follow the thread for more🧵👇
1/
t.co/whajXd0SjU
A joint effort with Federica Eduati's lab
Follow the thread for more🧵👇
1/
March 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🧬🖥️🧪 Now I can also proudly tag @eduati.bsky.social! Welcome my friend 🤗