Spencer S Watson
@drspencerwatson.bsky.social
Cancer researcher at UNIL - CHUV in Lausanne Switzerland. Studying brain cancers with spatial-omics and computational oncology.
The last paddle board of the season. 🍁🇨🇭
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The last paddle board of the season. 🍁🇨🇭
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Phil and Penny Knight announced today a record-breaking $2 billion gift to the Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute to transform the future of cancer care and set a new standard globally.
Thank you to Phil and Penny Knight for their incredible generosity.
#GiveCancerHell
Thank you to Phil and Penny Knight for their incredible generosity.
#GiveCancerHell
August 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Phil and Penny Knight announced today a record-breaking $2 billion gift to the Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute to transform the future of cancer care and set a new standard globally.
Thank you to Phil and Penny Knight for their incredible generosity.
#GiveCancerHell
Thank you to Phil and Penny Knight for their incredible generosity.
#GiveCancerHell
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🎉 New paper alert. We benchmarked Visium, GeoMx, and Chromium for FFPE tumor analysis. Thanks @estellayixingdong.bsky.social for pushing this forward, & MOSAIC collaborators!
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch cc: @owkin.bsky.social @10xgenomics.bsky.social
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch cc: @owkin.bsky.social @10xgenomics.bsky.social
Transcriptome analysis of archived tumors by Visium, GeoMx DSP, and Chromium reveals patient heterogeneity - Nature Communications
Currently, there is an urgent need to evaluate the strengths and limitations of various probe-based full transcriptome methods for formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor tissues. Here, the authors ana...
www.nature.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
🎉 New paper alert. We benchmarked Visium, GeoMx, and Chromium for FFPE tumor analysis. Thanks @estellayixingdong.bsky.social for pushing this forward, & MOSAIC collaborators!
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch cc: @owkin.bsky.social @10xgenomics.bsky.social
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch cc: @owkin.bsky.social @10xgenomics.bsky.social
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And wonderful photos by our in-house photographers/ drone specialists 📷👏 @drspencerwatson.bsky.social @dolfibastien.bsky.social 🙏
This group photo was captured by drone - a J for Joyce lab 😉
My thanks again to ~50 alumni & current lab members who joined over the 3 days of this truly unique event!!
This group photo was captured by drone - a J for Joyce lab 😉
My thanks again to ~50 alumni & current lab members who joined over the 3 days of this truly unique event!!
June 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
And wonderful photos by our in-house photographers/ drone specialists 📷👏 @drspencerwatson.bsky.social @dolfibastien.bsky.social 🙏
This group photo was captured by drone - a J for Joyce lab 😉
My thanks again to ~50 alumni & current lab members who joined over the 3 days of this truly unique event!!
This group photo was captured by drone - a J for Joyce lab 😉
My thanks again to ~50 alumni & current lab members who joined over the 3 days of this truly unique event!!
Great to see this paper finally out. We've been using it for a while, a really great resource for omics in glioblastoma!
doi.org/10.1093/neuo...
doi.org/10.1093/neuo...
Charting the Single-Cell and Spatial Landscape of IDH-Wildtype Glioblastoma with GBmap
AbstractBackground. Glioblastoma (GB), particularly IDH-wildtype, is the most aggressive brain malignancy with a dismal prognosis. Despite advances in mole
doi.org
May 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Great to see this paper finally out. We've been using it for a while, a really great resource for omics in glioblastoma!
doi.org/10.1093/neuo...
doi.org/10.1093/neuo...
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Thank you @naturemethods.bsky.social for highlighting our recent paper on "Spatial Mechano-Transcriptomics" in your April Issue:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thank you @naturemethods.bsky.social for highlighting our recent paper on "Spatial Mechano-Transcriptomics" in your April Issue:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thrilled to announce our doctoral network for spatial oncology as been funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions! This combines some of the best immuno-oncology and computational labs across Europe to create a multi-disciplinary PhD program for spatial-omics cancer research. More details soon!
April 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thrilled to announce our doctoral network for spatial oncology as been funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions! This combines some of the best immuno-oncology and computational labs across Europe to create a multi-disciplinary PhD program for spatial-omics cancer research. More details soon!
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March 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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What's better than spatial metabolomics? Spatial metabolomics in 3D! New from Ramon Sun and colleagues, a 3D map of the brain metabolome using AI, with an interactive database to explore. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
AI-driven framework to map the brain metabolome in three dimensions - Nature Metabolism
This study presents MetaVision3D, a pipeline to integrate mass spectrometry imaging sections into 3D reconstructions of metabolomic maps. The authors also provide a comprehensive 3D metabolome atlas o...
www.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What's better than spatial metabolomics? Spatial metabolomics in 3D! New from Ramon Sun and colleagues, a 3D map of the brain metabolome using AI, with an interactive database to explore. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Morning in Haute-Nendaz 🇨🇭
March 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Morning in Haute-Nendaz 🇨🇭
OMG, I feel so seen!
born too late to get a two Western blot Nature paper, born too early to be a science TikTokker, born just in time to start a postdoc during a global pandemic and look for faculty positions during a historic hiring freeze
March 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
OMG, I feel so seen!
Also, what’s this big orange thing in the sky over London? Never seen that here before.
March 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Also, what’s this big orange thing in the sky over London? Never seen that here before.
Fantastic scientific advisory board meeting for @braintumourcharity.bsky.social Some great applications I’m excited to see funded. Thanks again for everything the Charity does to support cutting edge brain cancer research!
March 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Fantastic scientific advisory board meeting for @braintumourcharity.bsky.social Some great applications I’m excited to see funded. Thanks again for everything the Charity does to support cutting edge brain cancer research!
Check out this amazing visualization of SNSF funding by Colas Droin! Really highlights how Switzerland has become such a scientific leader through intelligent investments in research.
colasdroin.github.io/snsf-dataviz/
colasdroin.github.io/snsf-dataviz/
SNSF Data Visualization
colasdroin.github.io
March 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Check out this amazing visualization of SNSF funding by Colas Droin! Really highlights how Switzerland has become such a scientific leader through intelligent investments in research.
colasdroin.github.io/snsf-dataviz/
colasdroin.github.io/snsf-dataviz/
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Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evening in Lutry Switzerland
February 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Evening in Lutry Switzerland
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After a long journey, Segment Anything for Microscopy is now published in Nature Methods! We significantly improve SAM for interactive and automatic segmentation in light and electron microscopy and build a user-friendly tool.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
After a long journey, Segment Anything for Microscopy is now published in Nature Methods! We significantly improve SAM for interactive and automatic segmentation in light and electron microscopy and build a user-friendly tool.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Exciting to see these approaches reach clinical trials.
An AI-generated small-molecule inhibitor treats fibrosis in vivo and in phase I clinical trials go.nature.com/3IvPOuI
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rdcu.be/d8EOQ
A small-molecule TNIK inhibitor targets fibrosis in preclinical and clinical models - Nature Biotechnology
An AI-generated small-molecule inhibitor treats fibrosis in vivo and in phase I clinical trials.
go.nature.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Exciting to see these approaches reach clinical trials.
It’s great to see these progressive changes by @ethzurich.bsky.social. It’s hard enough getting and starting an assistant professorship, removing barriers will be a huge gain for early career scientists and academic research in Switzerland.
#EduSky #AcademicSky
#EduSky #AcademicSky
February 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It’s great to see these progressive changes by @ethzurich.bsky.social. It’s hard enough getting and starting an assistant professorship, removing barriers will be a huge gain for early career scientists and academic research in Switzerland.
#EduSky #AcademicSky
#EduSky #AcademicSky
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RUNX2 promotes fibrosis via an alveolar-to-pathological fibroblast transition @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
RUNX2 promotes fibrosis via an alveolar-to-pathological fibroblast transition - Nature
The use of two mouse models of pulmonary fibrosis helped the identification of the transcription factor RUNX2 as a regulator of the transition of alveolar fibroblasts to pathological fibroblasts.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
RUNX2 promotes fibrosis via an alveolar-to-pathological fibroblast transition @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I’m at the AI Moonshot Hackathon for glioblastoma in Paris, put on by Owkin and Servier. We have 15 teams working with spatial transcriptimics to develop new analyses for GBM. Excited to see what they come up with.
#ScienceSky #CanSky #MedSky
#ScienceSky #CanSky #MedSky
February 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’m at the AI Moonshot Hackathon for glioblastoma in Paris, put on by Owkin and Servier. We have 15 teams working with spatial transcriptimics to develop new analyses for GBM. Excited to see what they come up with.
#ScienceSky #CanSky #MedSky
#ScienceSky #CanSky #MedSky
In Paris today speaking at the Brain Tumor Microenvironment Symposium. It’s a very impressive lineup, really looking forward to it. It’s also my first time in Paris so would love some recommendations on what to do after the symposium.
#CanSky #ScienceSky #MedSky
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#CanSky #ScienceSky #MedSky
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January 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
In Paris today speaking at the Brain Tumor Microenvironment Symposium. It’s a very impressive lineup, really looking forward to it. It’s also my first time in Paris so would love some recommendations on what to do after the symposium.
#CanSky #ScienceSky #MedSky
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#CanSky #ScienceSky #MedSky
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Spatial multi-omics has just gone to the next level!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
—Integration of 5 omic modalities w/ spatial resolution at 20 -50 μm
—"a new era for characterizing tissue & cellular heterogeneity that single-modality studies alone could not reveal"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
—Integration of 5 omic modalities w/ spatial resolution at 20 -50 μm
—"a new era for characterizing tissue & cellular heterogeneity that single-modality studies alone could not reveal"
January 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Spatial multi-omics has just gone to the next level!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
—Integration of 5 omic modalities w/ spatial resolution at 20 -50 μm
—"a new era for characterizing tissue & cellular heterogeneity that single-modality studies alone could not reveal"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
—Integration of 5 omic modalities w/ spatial resolution at 20 -50 μm
—"a new era for characterizing tissue & cellular heterogeneity that single-modality studies alone could not reveal"
In London to speak at the British Neuropathological Society symposium. We'll be discussing how we can apply spatial-omics approaches to improve immunotherapies for glioblastoma patients.
#CanSky #ScienceSky #MedSky
www.bns.org.uk/126th-bns-me...
#CanSky #ScienceSky #MedSky
www.bns.org.uk/126th-bns-me...
126th BNS meeting 2025 - BNS
118th Meeting of the British Neuropathological Society MARCH 2017 Symposium: 'Small Vessel Disease'
www.bns.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
In London to speak at the British Neuropathological Society symposium. We'll be discussing how we can apply spatial-omics approaches to improve immunotherapies for glioblastoma patients.
#CanSky #ScienceSky #MedSky
www.bns.org.uk/126th-bns-me...
#CanSky #ScienceSky #MedSky
www.bns.org.uk/126th-bns-me...
Deleted all FB/Insta/Meta accounts. Now I don’t have anywhere else to post cute pet pics. So for now on I’ll be posting about cutting edge cancer research, and random stuff my dog does.
#ScienceSky #CanSky #AcademicSky
#ScienceSky #CanSky #AcademicSky
January 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Deleted all FB/Insta/Meta accounts. Now I don’t have anywhere else to post cute pet pics. So for now on I’ll be posting about cutting edge cancer research, and random stuff my dog does.
#ScienceSky #CanSky #AcademicSky
#ScienceSky #CanSky #AcademicSky