First paper from the Carrot-Zhang lab at The Halvorsen Center for Computational Oncology, in close collaboration with the Gusev lab at DFCI, is out today in Cancer Cell! Please read this thread from Amin Nassar, MD nicely summarizing the work.

Published today! We used targeted #MSKimpact tumor sequencing data to infer genetic ancestry and identify associated somatic features in ~50,000 patients. Lots of interesting methods and findings, but I will focus on one. 🧵 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1/10) aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscover…

.Rachel Feinstein, Hasan Minhaj, Colin Quinn, and Sarah Silverman are teaming up with MSK on April 20. Experience a one-night-only comedy show benefiting blood cancer research. Get your Comedy vs Cancer tickets today at cvc.live/tickets.

Work on Open Source Software for a summer and support Cancer Research! Read more: github.com/cbioportal/gsoc #gsoc #opensourcesoftware #cancerresearch

Excited to share our nature paper on how #airpollution promotes #neversmoker #lungcancer without inducing mutations! So grateful for the opportunity to work with Charles Swanton Will Hill Clare Weeden Claudia Lee Oriol Pich Bjorn Bakker Mark S. Hill @MariamJHanjani The Francis Crick Institute

#Matplotlib is the most famous and commonly used plotting library in #Python. Build your knowledge quickly with these #CheatSheets kdnuggets.com/2023/01/python…

Klay really said: “Job not finished 😐” That’s why he’s my favorite player. 💪🏆🏆🏆🏆

1/ This year's Forbes AI 50 list reflects emerging trends in generative AI infrastructure, predictive infrastructure, generative AI applications, and predictive AI applications 👇

If you rush it, you'll ruin it. Pause, pray & be patient. Greatness takes time.✅

MSK computational oncologist Dr. Francisco Sanchez-Vega (Francisco Sanchez-Vega) has been awarded the Corning-MSK Health Equity Research Fellowship from Corning Incorporated, which will support his research on #colorectalcancer disparities in the Black community. Congratulations, Dr. Sanchez-Vega!

The Cell editorial team is thrilled to bring you this Cancer special issue highlighting the exciting frontiers in fundamental research and therapy that are transforming the ways in which we prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.⁠ Read it all here: cell.com/cell/current

Great review of how Covid (and previous other infectious diseases) can trigger autoimmune disease. This is why asking about a COVID infection is important part of a past medical history. And check antibodies High risk of autoimmune diseases after COVID-19 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Come learn about cBioPortal at #AACR2023: Talks on Saturday by Niki Schultz at 8:30 AM in Room W224 (#NCIITCR session) as well as by Tali Mazor in Room W311 at 8:45 AM (AACR Project GENIE session), a poster on Tuesday morning, and a booth in the exhibitor space (#1943).

Our Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center CRC team, including Walid Chatila and Henry Walch, will be presenting two abstracts today during the poster session between 9am-12:30pm at #AACR23. Please come and check them out if you are in Orlando (1/3).

Online Now: Genomic mapping of metastatic organotropism in lung adenocarcinoma dlvr.it/SmqL7g

The estimated global economic cost of cancers in 2020–2050 is $25.2 trillion, or $2,857 per capita. Global efforts to curb the health and economic burden of cancers are urgently warranted. ja.ma/43T00a7

Genomic mapping of metastatic organotropism in lung adenocarcinoma dlvr.it/Snrj7G

This week on the Nature podcast: ‘Pangenome’ aims to capture the breadth of human diversity go.nature.com/3LNTeKG

Grateful for the opportunity to present our work at Tuesday’s Cancer Disparities poster session #AACR2024