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Rob Noble
@robjohnnoble.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer (≡ associate professor) in applied maths, investigating the evolution and ecology of cancer. Dad of two small kids. On sabbatical @isemevol.bsky.social‬ 🇫🇷 (otherwise @citystgeorges.bsky.social 🇬🇧)
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In her #MathOnco25 plenary, Sarah Brüningk motivates mechanistic learning in mathematical oncology, drawing on her recent review paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Bob Gatenby finishes his phenomenal #MathOnco25 talk with this stunning figure and conclusion: "Cycles within cycles may allow metastatic prostate cancer to be converted to a chronic disease". The results are from a new paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Joel Brown at #MathOnco25 draws parallels between the evolution and ecology of cancer and of dogs, elephant shrews and (of course) squirrels. Cancer redefined as "a disease of uncontrolled proliferation by transformed cells subject to evolution by natural selection". aacrjournals.org/mcr/article/...
October 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Now @kitcgallagher.bsky.social at #MathOnco25 presents his recent research on predicting treatment outcomes to identify which patients will benefit the most from adaptive therapy. Preprints and papers at scholar.google.com/citations?us...
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Franco Pradelli presents one of the most beautiful slides so far at #MathOnco25, on the topic of exploiting the cost of addiction in anaplastic large cell lymphoma
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Fantastic to have adaptive therapy pioneer Jingsong Zhang here at #MathOnco25 talking about a third-generation adaptive therapy trial for metastatic prostate cancer underway at the Moffitt Cancer Center, informed by Jill Gallagher's mathematical modelling. Preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Better colour scheme
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
At #MathOnco25, @rrockne.bsky.social explains why he so loves SINDy (sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics).
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A man after my own heart! @dwodarz.bsky.social on the importance of spatial structure in tumour evolution #MathOnco25
October 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
At #MathOnco25, @cancerevo.org talks about how to model the role of the tumor microenvironment in cancer initiation, progression, and treatment resistance. He finishes by advertising the Moffitt IMO PhD program www.moffitt.org/education/re...
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Now at #MathOnco25, @ceel-damaghilab.bsky.social advocates "3D spheroids as a simplest model of tumor ecosystem". His beautiful data make a strong case.
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Setting the tone for #MathOnco25, @stroblmar.bsky.social (now based in London) outlines the benefits of theory-experiment integration
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Excited to be in Florida for #MathOnco25 starting today. Nice place for it.
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations @kitcgallagher.bsky.social! It was a pleasure to be your DPhil examiner today.

I've also been enjoying catching up with friends and colleagues here in Oxford, including in the beautiful new Life and Mind Building.
October 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
No matter how much time I spend in Montpellier I will never get over how lovely it is
September 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Join @cmaley.bsky.social, @lucielaplane.bsky.social, Joel Brown and Benjamin Spada for a live EvoChat discussion about "How we define cancer matters", hosted by the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer (ISEEC).

Oct 1st at 8am PST, 11am EST, 5pm CEST

ucsb.zoom.us/j/8313111375...
September 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thanks, @cancerevo.org! Facebook tells me the previous race was 11 years ago today.
September 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The first race I even won was the Semi des Vendanges, a half marathon on rocky trails north of Montpellier. I never thought I'd get a chance to run it again so was delighted to finish fourth today, having gone up two age categories. This being France, every finisher got a bottle of local wine.
September 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
September 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My three months in France have begun! Living in the wonderful, scrubby countryside to the north of Montpellier. A paradise for runners
August 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Len Nunney identifies human cancers that are most common than expected from an evolutionary point of view #ESEB2025
August 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Aurora Nedelcu presents diverse experimental evidence of phenotypic convergence in cancer #ESEB2025
August 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Great closing slide by @andriy-marusyk.bsky.social on the necessity of questioning dogma and understanding biological complexities when designing evolutionary therapies #ESEB2025
August 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Now @sophiabelkhir.bsky.social presents her latest data on transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils, including evidence of mitochondrial DNA transfer from the host to the tumour lineage #ESEB2025
August 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Now Fred Thomas presents a novel Group Phenotypic Composition perspective on cancer evolution #ESEB2025
August 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM