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Rebecca Bekker

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Mathematical Oncologist.

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Discover how cutting-edge computational modelling and AI techniques are transforming the way we understand and treat neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) from @jmetzcar.bsky.social, @rebeccabekker.bsky.social , Vinay M. Pai and Jun Park in the #Endocrinologist. ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ

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09.10.2025 15:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really excited to announce that I joined MD Anderson Cancer Center as a CPRIT TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellow this week, currently based in the Dept. of Experimental Radiation Oncology!

09.10.2025 12:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Both are solid pieces of advice ๐Ÿ˜‚ you're doing a great job @parmvir.com!!

06.10.2025 12:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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".

03.10.2025 20:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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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!

24.09.2025 03:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

08.08.2025 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!

23.06.2025 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!

07.05.2025 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

11.02.2025 22:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!!

04.02.2025 19:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The participants of the Mechanistic Learning workshop held at BIRS, standing in front of a snowy mountain.

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

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.

13.01.2025 21:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hmm the experiment tip is a good one! I wonder how that could translate to in silico settings ๐Ÿค” thanks!!

27.11.2024 15:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

27.11.2024 01:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Paul Tol's Notes Clear colour schemes that also work for colour-blind readers.

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!

27.11.2024 01:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

27.11.2024 01:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Accessible Color Generator Create accessible color pairings using your brand colors.

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.

27.11.2024 01:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

27.11.2024 01:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ColorBrewer: Color Advice for Maps

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.

27.11.2024 01:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

27.11.2024 00:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!

25.11.2024 19:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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*.

13.11.2024 15:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah, fantastic! Thank you!!

12.11.2024 19:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!!

12.11.2024 16:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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

07.10.2024 16:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!

30.09.2024 15:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

#HiSciSky! I'm in the 5th year of my PhD looking at the immunological consequences of radiotherapy using mathematical oncology ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ปโ˜ข๏ธ Starting to look for #postdocs in #mathonco if you know anyone who's hiring!

23.09.2023 18:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0