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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · 9d

An early review of The Paradox of the Organism by @publisherswkly.bsky.social.

www.publishersweekly.com/9780674296381

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Sandy Anderson @sandyanderson.bsky.social · 15d

If you are interested in learning more about what an IMO Workshop is like check out our dedicated website: imoworkshop.org. Note the workshop this year runs directly after our #MathOnco25 meeting: mathematical-oncology.org/mathonco25.

#MoffittIMO Workshop

imoworkshop.org

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Sandy Anderson @sandyanderson.bsky.social · 15d

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!

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Rob Noble @robjohnnoble.bsky.social · 15d

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...

Abstract: Current definitions of cancer describe what cancer does but not what it is. Furthermore, they derive largely from human cases and may not apply to other multicellular organisms, especially those lacking a basal membrane. Comparative oncology, however, has shown that cancer occurs across a broad diversity of organisms. What definition should be adopted when framing cancer in a comparative and evolutionary perspective? And can an evolution-based definition be applied in clinical oncology? We will show that a universal definition of cancer not only helps provide a basis for progress in comparative oncology, but can also help to explain the diversity of cancer phenomena within humans.

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Amy Boddy @amyboddy.bsky.social · 15d

🧬 Join us for an EvoChat on "How we define cancer matters"

Oct 1: 8am PST/11am EST/5pm CEST

Speakers: Carlo Maley, Lucie Laplane, Joel Brown & Benjamin Spada discuss universal cancer definitions across species and their clinical applications.

Zoom: ucsb.zoom.us/j/8313111375...

All welcome! 🔬

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.

ucsb.zoom.us

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Michael Gurven @mgurven.bsky.social · 22d

Released today!
SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER
Now available at your favorite bookseller.

Leave a review on Goodreads or Amazon if you can.

Please help spread the word!

#sevendecades @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Amy Boddy @amyboddy.bsky.social · Sep 5

The book we have all been waiting for from @mgurven.bsky.social is finally here!! Read it to get a broad perspective on human evolution and aging - stay for the fun titles 😀

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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · Aug 26

Coming December 16!

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Michael Gurven @mgurven.bsky.social · Aug 16

One month before SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER is released!

A prelim copy just arrived. I’m in Bolivia but my son opened the shipment and it appears that he approves.

Preorder now (30% discount code: PUP30): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · May 20

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Jul 8

Enjoyed this @natrevcancer.nature.com article on comparative oncology - how we can learn from other species 🐘🐋🦜🐍 about ways to prevent (& possibly treat) cancer. Both a review and a call to action for the research community. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @atjcagan.bsky.social @cmaley.bsky.social

Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology - Nature Reviews Cancer

Comparative oncology combines evolutionary biology, ecology, veterinary medicine and clinical oncology to better understand cancer, for example, by identifying the molecular and cellular mechanisms un...

www.nature.com

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Alex Cagan @atjcagan.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks @amyboddy.bsky.social for the invitation to run this workshop on where ideas come from in science, barriers to creativity and how to overcome them. Great discussion from the group! I'm a convert to 'night science' @urialonlab.bsky.social

Amy Boddy @amyboddy.bsky.social · Jul 3

Late night session on how to think of good ideas!! #EBECancer25 @atjcagan.bsky.social discusses the creativity in science & helped us practice different ways to think and talk about our science.

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Kit Curtius @yosoykit.bsky.social · Jul 2

Next up at #EBECancer25 summer school - hands-on digital pathology workshop with @mihaelaangelova.bsky.social @chandler-gatenbee.bsky.social

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Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training @eventswcs.bsky.social · Jul 2

🎉 Congratulations to our Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer course bursary winners!

🔍 Interested in future opportunities to join our courses through bursaries and funding? Explore more: bit.ly/3GquFnS

#EBECancer25 #ScientificConferences #Bursaries #FinancialAssistance

Bursary winners of the Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer course smiling proudly on the Hinxton Hall Conference Centre stairs.

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Amy Boddy @amyboddy.bsky.social · Jul 3

Late night session on how to think of good ideas!! #EBECancer25 @atjcagan.bsky.social discusses the creativity in science & helped us practice different ways to think and talk about our science.

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Amy Boddy @amyboddy.bsky.social · Jul 3

Finishing up #EBECancer25 with a comparative genomics tutorial by Daniel Chavez. What an amazing week of evolution, ecology and cancer biology

@trevorgraham.bsky.social @yosoykit.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Jul 3

Closing keynote from the fabulous @atjcagan.bsky.social on "The impossibility of whales" discussing somatic mutagenesis across species. Brilliantly delivered and exceptionally illustrated talk, as anyone who knows Alex's work would expect! #EBECancer25
@eventswcs.bsky.social

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Jul 2

Now medical oncologist and clinician scientist @beckilee.bsky.social leading the first clinical session. Discussing how to bring evolutionary and ecological ideas into molecular tumour boards, and how to design evo clinical trials for better treatment regimens. #EBEcancer25 @eventswcs.bsky.social

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Jul 2

This morning we switch focus to cancer ecology, starting with Marta Luksza @mskcancercenter.bsky.social lecturing on tumour-immune coevolution and immunogenomics. #EBECancer25

@amyboddy.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social @yosoykit.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @icr.ac.uk

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer Summer School #EBECancer2025 in full swing @eventswcs.bsky.social in sunny Hinxton, Cambridge. @florentmouliere.bsky.social giving a deep dive into tracking cancer evolution with cfDNA. @amyboddy.bsky.social @yosoykit.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social

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Kit Curtius @yosoykit.bsky.social · Jul 1

here this week learning with all of our students at #EBECancer25 @eventswcs.bsky.social ! having a lot of Sudoku-type fun at our “grammar of somatic evolution” with tutor @afrankell.bsky.social

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Sandy Anderson @sandyanderson.bsky.social · May 21

Save the date #MathOnco25! October 29th-31st in Tampa, Florida. Directly before the 13th IMO Workshop (November 3rd-7th) - stay the weekend and brainstorm the beaches! More information to follow but @evoltherapy.bsky.social will be a key theme @mathonco.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social

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Zachary Compton @zacharytcompton.bsky.social · May 6

Our reply to Butler et al's recent @pnas.org paper on Peto's Paradox. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Paradoxical indeed | PNAS

Paradoxical indeed

www.pnas.org

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Rob Noble @robjohnnoble.bsky.social · Apr 24

There's still time! Abstract submission deadline extended till Monday 5th May.

Rob Noble @robjohnnoble.bsky.social · Apr 22

Beata Ujvari, Andriy Marusyk and Aurora Nedelcu are organising a symposium on “Cancer in an evolutionary framework: across species and within individuals” at the @eseb2025.bsky.social conference in Barcelona this August. Abstact submission closes on Friday: eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

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Dr. Stefania Kapsetaki @steffikapsetaki.bsky.social · Mar 12

New study on diet, plasma glucose, and cancer prevalence across vertebrates published in Nature communications (@naturecomms.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

www.nature.com

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