Interested in fast calculations of Shapley values to explain predictions for large datasets? Check out Arne Gevaert 's new paper on PDD-SHAP, where we show how to calculate them orders of magnitude faster using partial dependence compositions. Now at arxiv.org/abs/2208.12595

Check out this job from VIB linkedin.com/jobs/view/3271…

Check out our paper just published in @nature showing that melanoma growth and metastatic dissemination are fuelled by limited and distinct cancer cell populations. nature.com/articles/s4158… work led by AMAZING Panagiotis (Takis) Karras (1/3)

VIB is establishing a new Center for Computational and Quantitative Life Science Research and is looking for a Center Director/Research Professor to provide vision and leadership. Find out more on bit.ly/3EaUQMx. Please RT. #Bioinformatics #Computationalbiology #jobs

(1/4) Our new benchmark on spatial deconvolution methods is now on bioRxiv Bioinfo (biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…)! We compared 11 methods on synthetic and real spatial transcriptomics data. You can run the methods using our containerized Nextflow pipeline at github.com/saeyslab/spotl…

Teamwork makes the dream work! 🤝 Please help us gain some insights in #cytometry collaborations between wet-lab scientists 🧑‍🔬, bioinformaticians 👩‍💻 and SRL members 🧑‍🔧 for our #CYTO2023 workshop! ➡️forms.gle/Gfa7g2A6NnHmyE…⬅️ ISAC

🚨To all macrophage & dendritic cell fans. Last time we organised a VIB Myeloid cell meeting we were completely sold-out within weeks. So just a warning to register in time for the #EMDS23 conference! vibconferences.be/events/emds202…. Speaker list is fantastic 🤩🤩🤩. Please retweet 🙏🏼

(1/12) 🚨 For all DC lovers out there, 📢our paper on homeostatic dendritic cell maturation is finally out! Science Immunology science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… In this paper we're shedding light on the poorly understood process of homeostatic DC maturation🧵

New work by Victor Bosteels Sophie Janssens Lab demonstrates how conventional type 1 dendritic cells mature in mouse spleens in the absence of infection. scim.ag/2Ey

(1/18) We present NicheNet-v2 and MultiNicheNet, two improvements to our NicheNet ecosystem for studying cell communication. NicheNet-v2 is an update of our ligand-receptor-target model. MultiNicheNet is a new tool for differential communication analysis. doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…

Job Opportunities!🧪🔬 As the field of single cell/spatial omics is rapidly evolving, we are hiring experts / lab technicians to grow along with us. Apply now to push the boundaries of single cell omics and contribute to groundbreaking research in Flanders ! #singlecell

Exciting day for the lab today! Check out our new story on secreted cues that promote human astrocyte development during corticogenesis. A 🧵 nature.com/articles/s4159…

Ever looked at your ATAC-seq signal and thought: there must be a better way to model this than peaks or windows? Happy to present ChromatinHD, a method that models scATAC+RNA data using the raw fragments. With @BartDeplancke Olga Pushkarev biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Are you 👉a wetlab scientist secretly wanting to analyze cytometry data in R with no idea where to start? 👉a bioinformatician eager to learn more about cytometry? Save the date! 💻hands-on computational cytometry summer school 📍Ghent (BE) 📅April 29 - May 1, 2024

3... 2... 1... Registration for our Computational Cytometry Summer School is now open! 🎉 Run to 👉training.vib.be/all-trainings/…👈 to find the program and register before November 30th Big 🙏 to our sponsors Dotmatics FlowJo

Interested in dendritic cell biology and/or IRE1 signaling? Ready for a new challenge in the city of Ghent? If the answer is 2x yes, please check the VIB website for open positions for a PhD student jobso.id/har5 and a postdoc jobso.id/har8 in the Sophie Janssens Lab

After four years of user feedback and experience, our NicheNet best practices guideline is now available on arXiv! arxiv.org/abs/2404.16358 Also check out our revamped GitHub repository that incorporates these changes: github.com/saeyslab/niche… (1/2)

🚨Spatial enthousiasts wanted 🚨 You have a passion for spatial omics and you want to work in a thriving research environment? We are looking for a Postdoc, 2 PhD students and a software developer to join our team. Have a look at saeyslab.sites.vib.be/en/jobs #SpatialOmics24

What does the future of spatial omics data processing pipelines look like ? Meet Sparrow, our new human-in-the-loop interactive pipeline that facilitates better quality control, improves segmentation and leads to better downstream analysis Lotte Pollaris biorxiv.org/content/10.110…