David Basanta
@cancerevo.org
Mathematical Oncologist at the Integrated Mathematical Oncology department (@mathonco.bsky.social) at the Moffitt Cancer Center (@moffittnews.bsky.social).
Married to the lovely @parmvir.com.
On mastodon with @david@fediscience.org
Married to the lovely @parmvir.com.
On mastodon with @david@fediscience.org
The moment of truth at the @mathonco.bsky.social #MoffittIMO workshop when the 5 groups deliver their final presentations. Before that @sandyanderson.bsky.social has a few words about the department, @moffittnews.bsky.social and shows our @scientistsinc.org video with last year's edition
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The moment of truth at the @mathonco.bsky.social #MoffittIMO workshop when the 5 groups deliver their final presentations. Before that @sandyanderson.bsky.social has a few words about the department, @moffittnews.bsky.social and shows our @scientistsinc.org video with last year's edition
Only a few hours left of this year's @mathonco.bsky.social #MoffittIMO workshop at @moffittnews.bsky.social and the teams I visited are doing just fine, thank you very much #MathOnco #AI #Cancer
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Only a few hours left of this year's @mathonco.bsky.social #MoffittIMO workshop at @moffittnews.bsky.social and the teams I visited are doing just fine, thank you very much #MathOnco #AI #Cancer
Just going around some of the groups working at the @moffittnews.bsky.social @mathonco.bsky.social #MoffittIMO 2025 and the energy is palpable! I think the judges on Friday morning are going to be blown away by the ideas these guys are working on!
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Just going around some of the groups working at the @moffittnews.bsky.social @mathonco.bsky.social #MoffittIMO 2025 and the energy is palpable! I think the judges on Friday morning are going to be blown away by the ideas these guys are working on!
Day 1 of #MoffittIMO 2025 and we kick it off with a presentation about the workshop with @sandyanderson.bsky.social and last year's winners working on ovarian cancer
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Day 1 of #MoffittIMO 2025 and we kick it off with a presentation about the workshop with @sandyanderson.bsky.social and last year's winners working on ovarian cancer
Opening of this year's #MoffittIMO workshop with an introduction from our very own @sandyanderson.bsky.social describing the history and success of @mathonco.bsky.social and introducing a new @scientistsinc.org video by @parmvir.com about last year's workshop
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Opening of this year's #MoffittIMO workshop with an introduction from our very own @sandyanderson.bsky.social describing the history and success of @mathonco.bsky.social and introducing a new @scientistsinc.org video by @parmvir.com about last year's workshop
Last speaker at #MathOnco25 is our own @mathonco.bsky.social Jeffrey West that provides a study of the #mathonco literature to produce this definition of MathOnco: the use of interpretable models to understand and improve cancer therapy
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Last speaker at #MathOnco25 is our own @mathonco.bsky.social Jeffrey West that provides a study of the #mathonco literature to produce this definition of MathOnco: the use of interpretable models to understand and improve cancer therapy
Great last didactic at #MathOnco25 by @andriy-marusyk.bsky.social describing the complex landscape of evolutionary and ecological mechanisms aiding cancers become treatment-resistant. Andriy and I both share the idea of maps as an example of what models can be
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Great last didactic at #MathOnco25 by @andriy-marusyk.bsky.social describing the complex landscape of evolutionary and ecological mechanisms aiding cancers become treatment-resistant. Andriy and I both share the idea of maps as an example of what models can be
4th (and last) day of #MathOnco25. Excellent work @sandyanderson.bsky.social and @gliomath.bsky.social. Looking forward the next one, hopefully in 2026
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
4th (and last) day of #MathOnco25. Excellent work @sandyanderson.bsky.social and @gliomath.bsky.social. Looking forward the next one, hopefully in 2026
Last keynote at #MathOnco25 by Sarah Bruningk talking about #AI in #Medicine. While generally optimistic about AI in medicine she is aware of the challenge that AI works best when there is a lot of data and that is almost never the case in clinical oncology
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Last keynote at #MathOnco25 by Sarah Bruningk talking about #AI in #Medicine. While generally optimistic about AI in medicine she is aware of the challenge that AI works best when there is a lot of data and that is almost never the case in clinical oncology
Thursday keynote at #MathOnco25 with @robjohnnoble.bsky.social showing a wealth of #MathOnco models of cancer evolution and evolutionary-enlightened therapies. Notice the bingo card: he showed enough different math models to fill up the card!
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thursday keynote at #MathOnco25 with @robjohnnoble.bsky.social showing a wealth of #MathOnco models of cancer evolution and evolutionary-enlightened therapies. Notice the bingo card: he showed enough different math models to fill up the card!
Great talk by collaborator Joon Hyun Song from @ceel-damaghilab.bsky.social working on a simple model of the storage effect to explain the role of temporal fluctuations in intra tumor heterogeneity #MathOnco25
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Great talk by collaborator Joon Hyun Song from @ceel-damaghilab.bsky.social working on a simple model of the storage effect to explain the role of temporal fluctuations in intra tumor heterogeneity #MathOnco25
Great didactic at #MathOnco25 by @rrockne.bsky.social who starts his presentation with a very Freudian slip by thanking organizers @gliomath.bsky.social and #SINDy (meaning @sandyanderson.bsky.social)
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Great didactic at #MathOnco25 by @rrockne.bsky.social who starts his presentation with a very Freudian slip by thanking organizers @gliomath.bsky.social and #SINDy (meaning @sandyanderson.bsky.social)
Great didactic at #MathOnco25 by @dwodarz.bsky.social showing the importance of space...and turnover in #cancerevolution
October 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Great didactic at #MathOnco25 by @dwodarz.bsky.social showing the importance of space...and turnover in #cancerevolution
Our own Tatiana Miti highlighting the importance of data to find out the initial configuration of an ABM describing early stages in metastasis, something which is hard to study with experimental models and clinical data #MathOnco25
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Our own Tatiana Miti highlighting the importance of data to find out the initial configuration of an ABM describing early stages in metastasis, something which is hard to study with experimental models and clinical data #MathOnco25
First didactic of the day at #MathOnco25 is Stony Brook's @ceel-damaghilab.bsky.social about the breast ecosystem. The early breast cancer ecosystem is a tumor incubator
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
First didactic of the day at #MathOnco25 is Stony Brook's @ceel-damaghilab.bsky.social about the breast ecosystem. The early breast cancer ecosystem is a tumor incubator
Well, #IMO retreat is underway now and here is our very own
@sandyanderson.bsky.social
describing some of the changes and accomplishments at
@mathonco.bsky.social
since our last retreat in 2018
@sandyanderson.bsky.social
describing some of the changes and accomplishments at
@mathonco.bsky.social
since our last retreat in 2018
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Well, #IMO retreat is underway now and here is our very own
@sandyanderson.bsky.social
describing some of the changes and accomplishments at
@mathonco.bsky.social
since our last retreat in 2018
@sandyanderson.bsky.social
describing some of the changes and accomplishments at
@mathonco.bsky.social
since our last retreat in 2018
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Probably not standard in many PhD courses (that should change!) but our @moffittnews.bsky.social @mathonco.bsky.social students had a lecture on science communication and outreach by the one and only @parmvir.com @scientistsinc.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Probably not standard in many PhD courses (that should change!) but our @moffittnews.bsky.social @mathonco.bsky.social students had a lecture on science communication and outreach by the one and only @parmvir.com @scientistsinc.org
Ammar Omar did an incredible job this summer, working with our own Dr Tatiana Moto to study the establishment of #metastases in #TNBC (breast cancer). Great job Ammar!
August 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ammar Omar did an incredible job this summer, working with our own Dr Tatiana Moto to study the establishment of #metastases in #TNBC (breast cancer). Great job Ammar!
Yesterday's #mathonco minisymp with @mathonco.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social's chair and friend @sandyanderson.bsky.social presenting models that capture patient data and help us to understand how to improve treatment schedules in a clinically translatable way
July 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yesterday's #mathonco minisymp with @mathonco.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social's chair and friend @sandyanderson.bsky.social presenting models that capture patient data and help us to understand how to improve treatment schedules in a clinically translatable way
Opening remarks at @smbmathbiology.bsky.social 's #SMB2025 and on the slides: @parmvir.com and the society's podcast #BiologyInNumbers
July 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Opening remarks at @smbmathbiology.bsky.social 's #SMB2025 and on the slides: @parmvir.com and the society's podcast #BiologyInNumbers
Excellent seminar by @cancerconnector.bsky.social highlighting the importance of time scales to understand the distinct but interplaying roles of ecology and evolution in cancer. Also for remembering the importance of Дiversity, Еquity and Иnclusion
May 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Excellent seminar by @cancerconnector.bsky.social highlighting the importance of time scales to understand the distinct but interplaying roles of ecology and evolution in cancer. Also for remembering the importance of Дiversity, Еquity and Иnclusion
#ScientificSymposium today @moffittnews.bsky.social with plenty of @mathonco.bsky.social posters including one from our own Matt Froid with our collaborator @lynchcc.bsky.social on #MultipleMyeloma. Liking that 70s style Matt!
May 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#ScientificSymposium today @moffittnews.bsky.social with plenty of @mathonco.bsky.social posters including one from our own Matt Froid with our collaborator @lynchcc.bsky.social on #MultipleMyeloma. Liking that 70s style Matt!
Same but with aims in an NIH R01 application
April 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Same but with aims in an NIH R01 application