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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · 2d

Both are solid pieces of advice 😂 you're doing a great job @parmvir.com!!

Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · 5d

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".

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Sandy Anderson @sandyanderson.bsky.social · 14d

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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Dr Emma Swai @emmajoyswai.bsky.social · Aug 8

I am genuinely excited to be helping students ask innovative questions which challenge perspectives in our field.

Westcott House Cambridge @westcotthousecam.bsky.social · Aug 8

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

Photo of Dr Emma Swai, Associate Supervisor at Westcott House.
Text: 'Disability, as embodied experience, is a lens not often factored into academic study. I believe that it should be and, therefore, I offer students the opportunity to consider research from a perspective that specifically aims to recognise potential embedded prejudice in the issues or area they are examining. I see my job as a supervisor as supporting my students to find confidence in their own voice. I will never tell students what to think, but I might challenge them: not necessarily because I disagree, but because I want them to strengthen their own position.'

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Jun 23

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!

Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · May 7

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!

MathOnco @mathonco.bsky.social · May 7

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....

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Feb 11

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.

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Feb 4

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!!

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Jan 13

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.

The participants of the Mechanistic Learning workshop held at BIRS, standing in front of a snowy mountain.

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hmm the experiment tip is a good one! I wonder how that could translate to in silico settings 🤔 thanks!!

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 27

Glad to know I'm not alone! Do you have a specific checklist / method you follow in doing reviews?

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 27

5. I also often start with the color schemes listed here: personal.sron.nl/~pault/.

Note: of course this is not an extensive list, just five resources I've found useful! Please let me know if you have any other recommendations!

Paul Tol's Notes

Clear colour schemes that also work for colour-blind readers.

personal.sron.nl

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 27

4. Color palette / gradient generator: coolors.co
Nice feature: you can "lock" colors in a palette, and randomly generate others. Includes color blind simulator.

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 27

3. New to me tool: www.learnui.design/tools/access... This page suggests alternative colors that may be more accessible. Give it two hex codes & it'll generate a color similar to the first that contrasts well against the second.

The Accessible Color Generator

Create accessible color pairings using your brand colors.

www.learnui.design

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 27

2. My personal favourite: projects.susielu.com/viz-palette Give viz palette a list of hex codes and it'll generate different graphs (box plots, line graphs, scatter plots etc) using the colors. Includes a color blind simulator w greyscale. Reports difficult to distinguish colors.

projects.susielu.com

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 27

Sorry for the delay! Here are some tools I use to select / generate color palettes when creating figures (in no particular order).

1. The classic: Colorbrewer2.org. Generates color schemes for sequential, diverging or qualitative data, with colorblind friendly options too.

ColorBrewer: Color Advice for Maps

Colorbrewer2.org

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 27

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

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 25

Its so important! There are so many great tools for visualizing & selecting color schemes, including generating color blind friendly palettes! Happy to share my list!

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · Nov 13

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*.

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 12

Ah, fantastic! Thank you!!

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Nov 12

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!!

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Oct 7

If you're interested in a #mathonco journal club, please fill out this survey. It'll help me plan! forms.gle/xi5Q3sDsLNh1...

Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Sep 30

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!

Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Sep 30

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!

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Rebecca Bekker @rebeccabekker.bsky.social · Sep 23

#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!

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