Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

University Health Network @uhn.ca · 1d

Flu season is in full swing!

From now until October 31, TeamUHN members can help keep patients, colleagues, and themselves protected during respiratory virus season by getting their vaccination at any of the vaccine booths across UHN!

1 3

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Benjamin Haibe-Kains @bhaibeka.bsky.social · 3d

Our new method GraphComm uses graph neural networks to decode cell–cell communication from single-cell RNA-seq @uhnresearch.ca‬
🔍 Predicts novel ligand–receptor interactions
🧠 Handles spatial data & drug perturbations
🌐 Open-source: github.com/bhklab/GraphComm

Full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

1 4

Benjamin Haibe-Kains @bhaibeka.bsky.social · 3d

Our new method GraphComm uses graph neural networks to decode cell–cell communication from single-cell RNA-seq @uhnresearch.ca‬
🔍 Predicts novel ligand–receptor interactions
🧠 Handles spatial data & drug perturbations
🌐 Open-source: github.com/bhklab/GraphComm

Full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

1 4

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Research at UHN @uhnresearch.ca · Aug 28

Congratulations to Drs. Cheryl Arrowsmith and John Dick on receiving the Canadian Cancer Society's Robert L. Noble Prize and Lifetime Contribution Prize, respectively! 🎉

These awards honour outstanding contributions and lasting impact in #CancerResearch.

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congratulations to our Senior Scientists Dr. Cheryl Arrowsmith and Dr. John Dick for receiving the Awards for Excellence in Cancer Research from Canadian Cancer Society!
@uhnresearch.ca @uhn.ca
cancer.ca/en/research/...

3 10

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Cancer Digital Intelligence @pmcdi.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you to everyone at @pmcdi.bsky.social and across @uhn.ca for bringing compassion, excellence, and heart into everything we do 💙

Together we are advancing discoveries and transforming the future of #CancerCare

#TeamUHN #UHNGratitude
@pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social @uhnresearch.ca

University Health Network @uhn.ca · Sep 22

We’re celebrating UHN’s 3rd annual Week of Gratitude by thanking the incredible people who make up TeamUHN! On behalf of UHN’s leadership, thank you for all you do!

📣 Share your own message of appreciation at: https://uhn.network/SayThanks

1 1

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Cancer Digital Intelligence @pmcdi.bsky.social · 18d

🔬 Can AI predict cancer-related symptoms before they happen?

A new study between our team @pmcdi.bsky.social and Dr. Robert Grants team @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social used ML on routine EHR data to forecast symptom deterioration in aerodigestive cancer patients. 👇

ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

1 1

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Cancer Grand Challenges @cancergrand.bsky.social · 3d

A new @nature.com Reviews Drug Discovery article highlights the first candidate drug to combat #cachexia — a major step toward treating cachexia, a devastating condition affecting many people with cancer.

🔗 Read the full article: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#CancerResearch

3 3

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 16d

My take: Engineering *is* important. Ideas are cheap. Novelty is overrated. "Hyperparameter tuning" is a cynically dismissive term for something that is in fact the real, difficult problem.

Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 16d

Sometimes I’ll see a paper that implements an idea I’ve had but implements it poorly for engineering reasons. But then it’s hard to write a follow up paper because it’s not “novel” anymore

1 6 30

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 16d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

88 790 3.5K

Benjamin Haibe-Kains @bhaibeka.bsky.social · 16d

How AI + open data can accelerate drug discovery?

New paper from @thesgc.bsky.social and led by UNC presents the first fully open AI framework for DNA-Encoded Library hit discovery, scanning billions of molecules and confirming novel binders.

👉 Data & models available on AIRCHECK aircheck.ai

2

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

University Health Network @uhn.ca · 16d

Great news for cancer patients. Ministry of Health's announcement to make available new treatments in cancer care earlier will save and extend lives.

Patients at UHN's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and across Ontario now have faster access to breakthrough cancer therapies.

1 3

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

EU Interdisciplinary Society of AI for Cancer Research @esac-cancerai.bsky.social · Feb 28

We are very proud to announce the creation of the EU Interdisciplinary Society for AI in Cancer Research (ESAC) - a newly formed scientific society dedicated to advancing the integration of AI in oncology.
Read the press release -
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

@arselaprelaj.bsky.social

ESAC - European Interdisciplinary Society of AI for Cancer Research on LinkedIn: ESAC launch - press release

Hello world ! https://lnkd.in/ewA5cGqW

www.linkedin.com

2 4

Benjamin Haibe-Kains @bhaibeka.bsky.social · 17d

Excited to join the Multi-AI for Omics Working Group of European Interdisciplinary Society for Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Research (ESAC) @esac-cancerai.bsky.social !
Today marks our inaugural meeting, bringing together global experts to shape the future of AI-driven cancer research.

1

Benjamin Haibe-Kains @bhaibeka.bsky.social · 17d

Honoured to be featured in Open Access Government!
I shared how AI and biomarker discovery are transforming precision oncology, and why rethinking therapy response evaluation is essential to deliver truly personalized cancer care.
Read more 👉 edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...

1

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 18d

Early morning flight to Ottawa on Air Canada. Must be the Raptors plane.

1 3

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 22d

Ah, okay. This was never about traffic congestion: this is all so some Friends of Doug can park on the street just in front of the buildings they own.

Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 22d

These are the bike lanes Doug Ford’s government wants to take out first, according to internal documents

Documents obtained by the Star via a freedom of information request describe “priority removal sections” for the Bloor and Yonge street bike lanes.

www.thestar.com

2 13 21

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 24d

6 5.7K 20K

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · 26d

At a recent workshop cohosted by the AACR and FDA.gov, cancer researchers discussed metrics that could give early insights into a treatment's efficacy. Learn more on the #AACRBlog: buff.ly/v1tMl2I

1 4

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 26d

A useful analogy.

One can say that much of the progress in computer programming is aligned with ever increasing levels abstraction.
LLM-based coding tools are "just" a next level.

The choice of objective, and the measure of success, still remains something external to the tool.

Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 26d

The new trend of #AI #LLM tools that help people achieve their tasks faster isn't too different to the shift in Computer Programming between the pre-compilers world and the world were compilers allowed scientists to define computer languages in a more natural way:

1 3 11

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Dominik Hrebik @dhrebik.bsky.social · 26d

This comic is becoming increasingly realistic.
m.xkcd.com/3056/

2 52 140

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

University Health Network @uhn.ca · Sep 25

In this month's UHN Honour Roll:

🏆 Dr. David Kirsch wins Nobility in Science Award from Sarcoma Foundation of Amereica
🏆 Dr. John Dick named 2025 Clarivate Citation Laureate
🏆 Dr. Milos R. Popovic receives inaugural Dejan Popovic Award

Read about this month's awardees: https://bit.ly/3Ik6Mjw

2 5

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Sep 23

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

180 3.2K 7.6K

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · Sep 24

Reminder that healthcare is fundamentally incompatible with for-profit motives.

Avis Favaro @avisfavaro.bsky.social · Sep 24

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Sep 24

After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals, according to research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

1 1 6

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · Sep 19

The first full day of the AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities begins soon, featuring sessions on sustaining research advances, obesity and cancer, hematological malignancies, and more. #AACRdisp25

2 1

Reposted by Benjamin Haibe-Kains

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · Sep 18

Resurgence of Noninvasive Colorectal Cancer Screening for Mitigating Disparities: #AACRFellows Dr. John M. Carethers of @UCSanDiego delivers the AACR Distinguished Lecture on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities at #AACRdisp25.

1 4