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Rebecca Bekker
@rebeccabekker.bsky.social
Mathematical Oncologist.
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Discover how cutting-edge computational modelling and AI techniques are transforming the way we understand and treat neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) from @jmetzcar.bsky.social, @rebeccabekker.bsky.social , Vinay M. Pai and Jun Park in the #Endocrinologist. 🗞️

👉 www.endocrinology.org/endocrinolog...
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Really excited to announce that I joined MD Anderson Cancer Center as a CPRIT TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellow this week, currently based in the Dept. of Experimental Radiation Oncology!
October 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Randomly listening to #BiologyInNumbers episodes (by @parmvir.com for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social) and really enjoyed @suzannesindi.bsky.social's! I wish I'd heard it during my Ph.D. - esp: "most of the time what you try does not work... it feels like you're always solving a puzzle".
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Excited to announce that registration for the 13th
@mathonco.bsky.social workshop on Treatment Revolution is now open. Held onsite @moffittnews.bsky.social Nov 2-Nov 7 #MoffittIMO more details: imo13.eventbrite.com. Deluxe travel awards are available on a competitive basis, apply by 10/03!
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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I am genuinely excited to be helping students ask innovative questions which challenge perspectives in our field.
Dr Emma Swai is up next in our intro series. An educator for over two decades, her research interests look at the portrayal of disability in New Testament writings, linguistic analysis of ecclesiastical texts and positionality & interpretation. More info about Emma’s research in bio: buff.ly/kNk2CXB
August 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Recently read a paper that looked at effects of diff ICI's on CD8+ T cells in the TME. IIRC: one ICI helped prevent exhaustion in newly recruited cells & one rescued CD8's that were already present. Think authors also looked at Lag-3 or TIM-3. Sound familiar? Pls drop a link!
June 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So happy to see this is out! If you're interested in ML + mechanistic models for in silico clinical trials, please read our #mathonco blog post! As always, happy to discuss and open to feedback!
In Silico Trials using Simulation and Artificial Intelligence for Therapy Evaluation by @rebeccabekker.bsky.social in collaboration with other BIRS attendees: Renee Brady, Jana Gevertz and Harsh Jain:
mathematical-oncology.org/blog/insite....
May 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! It's a great day to present my postdoc work in Improving Response to Immunotherapies in Advanced HER2+ Breast Cancer at #SACB2025.
February 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hi #mathonco! I'm submitting a grant this year! Super exciting! Super scary. Does anyone have a #mathonco or computational bio K99/R00, K22 (or similar) that they'd be willing to share with me? Specifically looking for input / examples of scope and the mentoring plan. Thank you!!
February 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I spent the last week at BIRS discussing mechanistic learning (ML + mechanistic modeling) in #mathonco. Being surrounded by friends & colleagues who love chatting science reminded me that science is a community, and mine is pretty cool.
January 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As a brand new postdoc, I'm getting more invites to review for journals. The last one took me a whole day! Does anyone have any tips / advice on how to be more efficient or a system to follow? Thanks!! #Science #STEM #mathonco
November 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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PSA for anxious grad students: unless the evaluation rubric explicitly calls out 'has won prizes' (and I haven't worked with one that does) I am skipping the prizes section of CVs. So if you don't have any, *don't stress and don't undersell yourself*.
November 13, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Hi all! I'm slowly migrating from the Other Place to here. Any tips / tricks / features I need to know about? One thing I haven't found is a way to bookmark posts. Am I missing something? Thank you!!
November 12, 2024 at 4:57 PM
If you're interested in a #mathonco journal club, please fill out this survey. It'll help me plan! forms.gle/xi5Q3sDsLNh1...
Is anyone in #mathonco interested in starting a monthly journal club? I'm mostly focused on the impact of therapy on tumor-immune interactions but I'd be happy to discuss almost anything!
October 7, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Is anyone in #mathonco interested in starting a monthly journal club? I'm mostly focused on the impact of therapy on tumor-immune interactions but I'd be happy to discuss almost anything!
September 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM
#HiSciSky! I'm in the 5th year of my PhD looking at the immunological consequences of radiotherapy using mathematical oncology 👩‍💻☢️ Starting to look for #postdocs in #mathonco if you know anyone who's hiring!
September 23, 2023 at 6:01 PM