Arnaud Bonnaffoux
abonnaffoux.bsky.social
Arnaud Bonnaffoux
@abonnaffoux.bsky.social
Systems biologist
New preprint out on probabilistic control of cell fate in DMD 🔬🎲
Using our insilico framework, we infer dynamic GRN and identify targets to steer differentiation decisions. A nice example of how sys.bio can turn stochasticity into actionable insight.
Preprint 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Reposted by Arnaud Bonnaffoux
🚀 Our new Science paper is out (w/ B DeMeo, D Burkhardt, A Shalek, M Cortes): www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We show that active learning + transcriptomic perturbations can guide which exps to run next, boosting phenotypic hit rates >13x. AI not just predicting bio, but designing it. 🔁
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Reposted by Arnaud Bonnaffoux
'At the Scripps Research Institute, (...) we created the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB) affinity group, a trainee-led community for the discussion of computational biology/bioinformatics with the goal of facilitating knowledge exchange.'
Catalyzing computational biology research at an academic institute through an interest network
Author summary Scientists have widely adopted computing in their research, and the relative importance of computational methods in biology continues to increase. However, a persistent gap exists betwe...
journals.plos.org
September 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Reposted by Arnaud Bonnaffoux
RNA velocities provide powerful insights into cell dynamics.
To address current limitations, Jianhua Xing and his lab created GraphVelo, a machine learning framework that extends RNA velocity to multimodal data.

Read the full paper in Nature Communications: tinyurl.com/GraphVelo
GraphVelo allows for accurate inference of multimodal velocities and molecular mechanisms for single cells - Nature Communications
RNA velocity offers insight into cell dynamics but faces key limitations across modalities. Here, authors present GraphVelo, a machine learning framework that refines and extends RNA velocity to multi...
tinyurl.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reposted by Arnaud Bonnaffoux
Latest on Waddington Landscapes: Computational methods to fit dynamical landscapes directly to single cell data

Applied to neural tube patterning shows morphogen-signalling landscapes can be linearly interpolated

Connects interpretable landscape models with data

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reconstructing Waddington's Landscape from Data
The development of a zygote into a functional organism requires that this single progenitor cell gives rise to numerous distinct cell types. Attempts to exhaustively tabulate the interactions within d...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Reposted by Arnaud Bonnaffoux
In the complex world inside our bodies, timing can be everything.

A new study from Steven Smeal and Robin E.C. Lee reveals the timing of molecular signals can change how cells respond to their environment, with implications for cancer treatment and drug discovery.

Read more: rdcu.be/ezTxF
Time-varying stimuli that prolong IKK activation promote nuclear remodeling and mechanistic switching of NF-κB dynamics
Nature Communications - Cells rely on limited numbers of transmembrane receptors to process signals from dynamic microenvironments. Using microfluidics and endogenous reporters, the authors track...
rdcu.be
August 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
How to build the virtual cell with artificial intelligence: Priorities and opportunities: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
How to build the virtual cell with artificial intelligence: Priorities and opportunities
Advances in AI and omics enable the creation of AI virtual cells (AIVCs)—multi-scale, multimodal neural network models that simulate molecules, cells, and tissues across diverse states. This vision ou...
www.cell.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM