David Basanta
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
- Reposted by David BasantaBhattacharya tries to worm his way out of *gasp* telling the truth. RFK Jr.'s HHS is allergic to evidence: it shouldn't take a Senate hearing under oath for Americans to get accurate public health information — especially when lives are on the line.
- Reposted by David BasantaTime to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology url: academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
- Reposted by David BasantaI had intended to post something about this new Google DeepMind paper that appeared yesterday in Nature, but the press coverage has added to what there is to say. So this is a long 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Two governors trying to figure out who can shoot themselves in the foot faster
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- Reposted by David BasantaAnd if you'd like to know more about my path to London, check out the story here! www.moffitt.org/education/re...
- Reposted by David BasantaFor more on our lab's philosophy and approach to science, check out our @mathonco.bsky.social blog post here: mathematical-oncology.org/blog/bukkuri...
- Reposted by David BasantaWhile one may complain about methodology, the latest ranking of international universities shows that China's investments over the last 10 years have made Chinese universities dominant in research. See today's NYT article on this: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
- The deadline to submit your abstract(s) for the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer conference via www.evocancer.com has been extended to Monday 19th January at 09:00 GMT. The conference will take place on 21st-24th May in Hersonissos, Crete.
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- Reposted by David BasantaReminder that abstract submissions for EvoCancer close tomorrow. If you’re working at the intersection of cancer, evolution, and ecology, this is a great community to plug into. Details here: www.evocancer.com
- Last few hours to submit an abstract to the ISEEC (International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer) meeting to take place in Crete May 21-23 #Cancer #Evolution #Ecology #AI www.evocancer.com
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- That is about 24C for those of you that use normal units to measure temperature
- Reposted by David BasantaHere's a figure from the lead author of the new study that lays out the rules of the game.
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- I am working on my 'recap of 2025' post for the @mathonco.bsky.social blog and found that many of last year's posts had to do with #AI in one form or the other. In this #BiologyInNumbers podcast, @smbmathbiology.bsky.social president Laubenbacher talks about the promises and challenges for us
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- Submit your abstract (deadline January 10th) for this meeting organized by the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer. In beautiful Crete!
- Abstract submission is now open for the 2026 ISEEC Conference (21st-24th May in Crete). The theme is human-tech cooperation for the evolutionary management of cancer but we welcome submissions on all topics related to evolution, ecology and cancer. Submit abstracts by 10th Jan via www.evocancer.com
- PhD students from @moffittnews.bsky.social @mathonco.bsky.social presenting their rotation projects and I am amazed about how much a smart person can do in such a short period of time! Featuring Julia Pelesko, Andree Kolliegbo and Cole Saborio
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- Reposted by David Basanta"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website." --epidemiologist @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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- Reposted by David BasantaThere is no good technical reason for this—which presumably means Meta just wants constant access to your camera and microphone for…reasons? Just another reason to ditch WhatsApp and install @signal.org! I’ve added this to my article at steele.link/whatsapp
- Reposted by David BasantaSave the date! On behalf of the Society, I’m delighted to announce that the next International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer conference will be taking place in Hersonissos, Crete, on May 21-24, 2026. Abstract submissions will open soon. More details: www.evocancer.com
- The International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer #ISEEC has now a #YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCrC...
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- Reposted by David Basanta📢ATTENTION BSKY COMMUNITY - We are expanding!! If you are interested in studying metabolic drivers of cancer progression and therapy resistance using bioengineered models consider joining our group at the Moffitt! Pl. repost, tks moffitt-cancer-center-careers.hctsportals.com/jobs/2115134...
- A PhD in #MathBio at an NCI designated cancer center and hospital? If you are interested in that there's no other place to be
- Great work Dr Amy Milne, and congratulations as well to the mentor, the one and only @noemipicco.bsky.social . The viva was just a great conversation about Amy's science
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- Reposted by David BasantaJacob Scott, a founding bioRxiv and medRxiv Affiliate with 73 preprints posted, loves the community of open science advocates around the preprint servers. Thanks to Affiliates like him, preprints are posted ~48 hours after submission. #bioRxiv #openRxiv #OpenScience #preprints #CommunityVoices
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- Reposted by David BasantaIt always seems a little unfair to boil a week long workshop into 5 minutes or less, but these videos are always a fun way to capture the spirit of #MoffittIMO.
- And to get a feel of how participating on these workshops is like then @parmvir.com is the person behind these @scientistsinc.org's videos, expect this year's to come at some point in 2026; imoworkshop.org/videos.html
- 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
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- 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!
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- 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
- Reposted by David BasantaHad a fantastic time presenting my research at MathOnco25. Looking forward to IMO workshop! @mathonco.bsky.social
- 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
- While I might not agree with the definition necessarily this was a thoroughly enjoyable and thought provoking presentation, great way to cap this #MathOnco25
- 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
- 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
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- 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
- 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)
- First plenary talk at #MathOnco25 today is Harvard's Galit Lahav about the temporal dynamics of p53 and how it lends itself to #MathModeling
- Great talk, lots of cool dynamics in Galit's talk and great call to arms from her at #MathOnco25. While @harvard.edu's federal grants have been suspended the research is still great and worth doing
- Day 2 of #MathOnco in St Pete Beach, FL
- 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
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- 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
- Reposted by David BasantaSetting the tone for #MathOnco25, @stroblmar.bsky.social (now based in London) outlines the benefits of theory-experiment integration
- Reposted by David BasantaExcited to be in Florida for #MathOnco25 starting today. Nice place for it.
- 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
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- With all this talk about gerrymandering in the US at the moment and yet @parmvir.com had to remind me that we do have a @2scientists.org podcast with Thomas Weighill that uses #MathModeling to study precisely that
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- Reposted by David BasantaYou can take the girl out of the lab... Despite leaving the lab more than 2 years ago, last week saw the publication of a study I was co-author on: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/... An intricate piece of work tracking nerve fibers in the lungs, and a reminder of how long science takes!
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- Reposted by David BasantaNo Kings Day #2 protest is October 18th…👇 There are over 2,000 events across the USA. Participate, spread the word!
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- Reposted by David BasantaRandomly 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".
