Xiao Fu
@xiaofu90.bsky.social
We develop diverse computational approaches to study tumour organisation and dynamics at the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute @cruk-si.bsky.social
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📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📣Announcing the 4th edition of the EMBL‑IBEC Conference on “Engineering Multicellular Systems”, taking place 11–13 March 2026 in Barcelona. Exploring organoids, mechanobiology, embryo models, organ-on-chip systems, multiomics and more. Abstracts open now!
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
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We hiring! Please share this post with your talented ECRs
We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome
Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London
Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome
Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London
Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We hiring! Please share this post with your talented ECRs
We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome
Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London
Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
We're looking for a postdoc interested in the formation and function of tertiary lymphoid structures - project funded by Wellcome
Based at @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social at University College London
Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD418/r...
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We are excited to announce that our #PhD Student Recruitment is open for applications!
For full details of all projects and information on how to apply, visit: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/phd-student-...
📅 Applications close 28th November & we look forward to hearing from you!
For full details of all projects and information on how to apply, visit: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/phd-student-...
📅 Applications close 28th November & we look forward to hearing from you!
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We are excited to announce that our #PhD Student Recruitment is open for applications!
For full details of all projects and information on how to apply, visit: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/phd-student-...
📅 Applications close 28th November & we look forward to hearing from you!
For full details of all projects and information on how to apply, visit: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/phd-student-...
📅 Applications close 28th November & we look forward to hearing from you!
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Honoured the IGC invited me to write for Ada Lovelace Day. I talk about what makes creativity possible—and how often it’s withheld, especially from women—and share practical ways to open up space and time for each other. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it😊
#ALD25 marks the life & work of Ada Lovelace and highlights the achievements of women in #STEM. IGC's @lmluque.bsky.social honours her contribution and calls for space to be given to all female scientists to build the greenhouse their ideas deserve: 👉 edin.ac/47oCc1B
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Honoured the IGC invited me to write for Ada Lovelace Day. I talk about what makes creativity possible—and how often it’s withheld, especially from women—and share practical ways to open up space and time for each other. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it😊
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Looking forward to a busy week of spatial biology at EMBL. If you’re at #ESSB2025 and interested spatial analysis and/or its use for identifying drug response, come find me at p151 (helix b)
October 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Looking forward to a busy week of spatial biology at EMBL. If you’re at #ESSB2025 and interested spatial analysis and/or its use for identifying drug response, come find me at p151 (helix b)
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Just pulling into Heidelberg for #EMBLSpatialBiology #ESSB2025... Really looking forward to meeting more of the #SpatialBiology community this week!
If you want to chat with a friendly mathematician, do say hi if you see me wandering around, or drop me a message on here and we can coordinate :)
If you want to chat with a friendly mathematician, do say hi if you see me wandering around, or drop me a message on here and we can coordinate :)
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Just pulling into Heidelberg for #EMBLSpatialBiology #ESSB2025... Really looking forward to meeting more of the #SpatialBiology community this week!
If you want to chat with a friendly mathematician, do say hi if you see me wandering around, or drop me a message on here and we can coordinate :)
If you want to chat with a friendly mathematician, do say hi if you see me wandering around, or drop me a message on here and we can coordinate :)
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We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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How do tissues organise, adapt, or collapse? 🧬
We’re looking for a postdoc with strong quantitative skills to tackle these questions in a highly interdisciplinary project bridging spatial omics, ecology & mathematical modelling (expertise required in at least one topic).
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/3d37d3st
We’re looking for a postdoc with strong quantitative skills to tackle these questions in a highly interdisciplinary project bridging spatial omics, ecology & mathematical modelling (expertise required in at least one topic).
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/3d37d3st
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
How do tissues organise, adapt, or collapse? 🧬
We’re looking for a postdoc with strong quantitative skills to tackle these questions in a highly interdisciplinary project bridging spatial omics, ecology & mathematical modelling (expertise required in at least one topic).
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/3d37d3st
We’re looking for a postdoc with strong quantitative skills to tackle these questions in a highly interdisciplinary project bridging spatial omics, ecology & mathematical modelling (expertise required in at least one topic).
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/3d37d3st
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🌊 Signals intertwine,
🔬 cells tell hidden stories,
🤖✨ SciML maps their future.
Come do a PhD with us www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
🔬 cells tell hidden stories,
🤖✨ SciML maps their future.
Come do a PhD with us www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Fröhlich Lab | Scientific Machine Learning for Signal Transduction
www.crick.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌊 Signals intertwine,
🔬 cells tell hidden stories,
🤖✨ SciML maps their future.
Come do a PhD with us www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
🔬 cells tell hidden stories,
🤖✨ SciML maps their future.
Come do a PhD with us www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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We're hiring several tenure-track biomedical engineering faculty (at open rank) at IU Bloomington! Come join me in a very multidisciplinary, forward-focused culture that integrates cutting-edge engineering, computing, and artificial intelligence. 🧪
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30517
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30517
Multiple, Open Rank, Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Positions in Biomedical Engineering
Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) is engaged in a multi-year initiative to increase the breadth and scope of its faculty in biomedical engineering. We are inviting applications for multiple tenure-...
indiana.peopleadmin.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We're hiring several tenure-track biomedical engineering faculty (at open rank) at IU Bloomington! Come join me in a very multidisciplinary, forward-focused culture that integrates cutting-edge engineering, computing, and artificial intelligence. 🧪
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30517
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30517
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We encourage applicants from disciplines including #MolecularBiology, #mathematics, #physics, #ComputationalBiology, #DataScience & #Engineering to bring fresh perspectives & disruptive approaches to #CancerResearch to transform our understanding of cancer biology & drive translational impact
New Group Leader Recruitment Now Open (MI/25/54) | Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
We are seeking to appoint exceptional early-career scientists, including clinician scientists, as Group Leaders to develop bold, innovative, and high-impact research programmes.
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We encourage applicants from disciplines including #MolecularBiology, #mathematics, #physics, #ComputationalBiology, #DataScience & #Engineering to bring fresh perspectives & disruptive approaches to #CancerResearch to transform our understanding of cancer biology & drive translational impact
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Exciting news - we are recruiting new Group Leaders! 🥼
We are seeking to appoint exceptional early-career scientists & clinician scientists as #GroupLeaders to develop bold, innovative, high-impact #CancerResearch programmes
Full details on our website: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
We are seeking to appoint exceptional early-career scientists & clinician scientists as #GroupLeaders to develop bold, innovative, high-impact #CancerResearch programmes
Full details on our website: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
Group Leader Recruitment at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
YouTube video by CRUK Manchester Institute
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Exciting news - we are recruiting new Group Leaders! 🥼
We are seeking to appoint exceptional early-career scientists & clinician scientists as #GroupLeaders to develop bold, innovative, high-impact #CancerResearch programmes
Full details on our website: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
We are seeking to appoint exceptional early-career scientists & clinician scientists as #GroupLeaders to develop bold, innovative, high-impact #CancerResearch programmes
Full details on our website: www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/new-g...
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Interested in host-microbe interactions and how we can apply findings to develop immunotherapies? The come join us for an exciting workshop in October @cruk-si.bsky.social
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/events/125-s...
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/events/125-s...
September 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Interested in host-microbe interactions and how we can apply findings to develop immunotherapies? The come join us for an exciting workshop in October @cruk-si.bsky.social
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/events/125-s...
www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/events/125-s...
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Announcing Cell Symposia: Multifaceted Mitochondria, June 21–23, 2026, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
@CellSymposia #CSMito2026 Save the date!
Keynote speakers: Judy Hirst (University of Cambridge) & Jared Rutter (University of Utah)
Find out more: http://dlvr.it/TN9ZsN
@CellSymposia #CSMito2026 Save the date!
Keynote speakers: Judy Hirst (University of Cambridge) & Jared Rutter (University of Utah)
Find out more: http://dlvr.it/TN9ZsN
September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Announcing Cell Symposia: Multifaceted Mitochondria, June 21–23, 2026, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
@CellSymposia #CSMito2026 Save the date!
Keynote speakers: Judy Hirst (University of Cambridge) & Jared Rutter (University of Utah)
Find out more: http://dlvr.it/TN9ZsN
@CellSymposia #CSMito2026 Save the date!
Keynote speakers: Judy Hirst (University of Cambridge) & Jared Rutter (University of Utah)
Find out more: http://dlvr.it/TN9ZsN
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@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Description
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
www.imperial.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy.
mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org
mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy.
mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org
mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org
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Join us in our plenary #seminar tomorrow, with Dr. Laura Greaves (@mitocancerlab.bsky.social), from @newcastleuni.bsky.social.
Hosted by Dr. @analechugavieco.bsky.social (@mitotherapx-lab.bsky.social).
Register here: shorturl.at/lVMLR
#CancerResearch #ColonCancer #ColorectalCancer
🧪
Hosted by Dr. @analechugavieco.bsky.social (@mitotherapx-lab.bsky.social).
Register here: shorturl.at/lVMLR
#CancerResearch #ColonCancer #ColorectalCancer
🧪
September 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Join us in our plenary #seminar tomorrow, with Dr. Laura Greaves (@mitocancerlab.bsky.social), from @newcastleuni.bsky.social.
Hosted by Dr. @analechugavieco.bsky.social (@mitotherapx-lab.bsky.social).
Register here: shorturl.at/lVMLR
#CancerResearch #ColonCancer #ColorectalCancer
🧪
Hosted by Dr. @analechugavieco.bsky.social (@mitotherapx-lab.bsky.social).
Register here: shorturl.at/lVMLR
#CancerResearch #ColonCancer #ColorectalCancer
🧪
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PREDICT-Meso International Conference 2026
📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN
Abstract categories
CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE
TARGETS
MODELS & THERAPIES
RISK & RESPONSE
Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025
#Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference
📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN
Abstract categories
CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE
TARGETS
MODELS & THERAPIES
RISK & RESPONSE
Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025
#Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
PREDICT-Meso International Conference 2026
📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN
Abstract categories
CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE
TARGETS
MODELS & THERAPIES
RISK & RESPONSE
Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025
#Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference
📢ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN
Abstract categories
CLINICAL STUDIES & PATIENT CARE
TARGETS
MODELS & THERAPIES
RISK & RESPONSE
Submit your abstracts online at www.eventsforce.net/predict_meso... by 30 Nov 2025
#Mesothelioma #MesotheliomaConference
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🧬 Glasgow researcher Dr Alexander Raven has been awarded a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to advance understanding of how liver cancer develops, with the aim of improving detection and treatment
📍 University of Glasgow
👇 Learn more
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-canc...
📍 University of Glasgow
👇 Learn more
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-canc...
Glasgow Cancer Scientist Awarded Prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation
Alexander Raven, an early career researcher from the School of Cancer Sciences, has been awarded one of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) flagship Future Leaders Fellowships.
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🧬 Glasgow researcher Dr Alexander Raven has been awarded a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to advance understanding of how liver cancer develops, with the aim of improving detection and treatment
📍 University of Glasgow
👇 Learn more
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-canc...
📍 University of Glasgow
👇 Learn more
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/glasgow-canc...
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Come join us next year at the @embo.org meeting "The Many Faces of #Cancer evolution"! Organised by @ciriellolab.bsky.social @magnanilab.bsky.social @turajliclab.bsky.social & Céline Vaillot! In beautiful Rimini 🇮🇹
More information in the poster below ⬇️ and at
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cancer-evo
More information in the poster below ⬇️ and at
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cancer-evo
September 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Come join us next year at the @embo.org meeting "The Many Faces of #Cancer evolution"! Organised by @ciriellolab.bsky.social @magnanilab.bsky.social @turajliclab.bsky.social & Céline Vaillot! In beautiful Rimini 🇮🇹
More information in the poster below ⬇️ and at
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cancer-evo
More information in the poster below ⬇️ and at
meetings.embo.org/event/26-cancer-evo
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🔬Join us for our upcoming Cancer Immunology Workshop: 'Lessons from the Microbes Within Us; Developing Next Generation Immunotherapeutics'
📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October
crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...
📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October
crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...
September 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🔬Join us for our upcoming Cancer Immunology Workshop: 'Lessons from the Microbes Within Us; Developing Next Generation Immunotherapeutics'
📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October
crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...
📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow
Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October
crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...
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📢Are you a talented #ECR looking to start your independent lab in state-of-the-art cancer research facilities?
Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social as a Junior Group Leader!
👉Apply here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/grou...
📅Closing date: 10 October 2025
Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social as a Junior Group Leader!
👉Apply here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/grou...
📅Closing date: 10 October 2025
September 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
📢Are you a talented #ECR looking to start your independent lab in state-of-the-art cancer research facilities?
Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social as a Junior Group Leader!
👉Apply here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/grou...
📅Closing date: 10 October 2025
Join the CRUK Scotland Institute & @uofgcancersciences.bsky.social as a Junior Group Leader!
👉Apply here: www.crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/careers/grou...
📅Closing date: 10 October 2025
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My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
Computational image analyst (m/f/d)
The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster, Germany, has an opening for a
jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de
September 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...
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Don't miss our next webinar by Zoi Diamantopoulou on "Timing the perfect strike: Using circadian rhythms to target metastasis" - September 22, 2025 - more details and register here: metastasis-research.org/2025/09/11/z...
September 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Don't miss our next webinar by Zoi Diamantopoulou on "Timing the perfect strike: Using circadian rhythms to target metastasis" - September 22, 2025 - more details and register here: metastasis-research.org/2025/09/11/z...
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Studying cancer evolution needs multi-region or single cell seq for phylogenetics, right? Amazingly (I think!) we found single-sample bulk methylation suffices, via analysis of "fluctuating methylation". In @nature.com today led by brilliant @calumgabbutt.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fluctuating DNA methylation tracks cancer evolution at clinical scale - Nature
Cancer evolutionary dynamics are quantitatively inferred using a method, EVOFLUx, applied to fluctuating DNA methylation.
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Studying cancer evolution needs multi-region or single cell seq for phylogenetics, right? Amazingly (I think!) we found single-sample bulk methylation suffices, via analysis of "fluctuating methylation". In @nature.com today led by brilliant @calumgabbutt.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...