Professor of Breast & Prostate cancer, Melanoma research. Tumour Ecosystems, Single Cell and Spatial Genomics. Sydney/Gadigal Australia. Views are my own & not my employershttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3miaior4mxc2rVale Mike Bishop, age 90. A humble, kind, deep thinker. I was blessed to undertake my postdoc with Mike, which transformed me as a scientist. I am so grateful for his support and encouragement, and the amazing colleagues and friends I made in that time. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/obituaries/j-michael-bishop-dead.html30 Mar 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3miaior4mxc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3mhwe73y6w22xPROSTATE CANCER ATLAS out now: scRNA-Seq on paired malignant and benign biopsies from 24 patients plus Visium & Xenium. Detailed annotation = valuable reference for the field. Describe perinueral fibroblasts and a trajectory of epithelial perturbation. Data @EGA and Cellxgene https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-25-120226 Mar 2026 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwe73y6w22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3lw2h4zthlk2eFelling inspired after my visit to The Broad Institute. Brilliant science in a collaborative energised environment. Thanks @azizalkhafaji.bsky.social and Gammy Al-Eryani for hosting10 Aug 2025 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw2h4zthlk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3lve6bzx73226I’m looking for a PhD student to work on an exciting new collaboration with @azizalkhafaji.bsky.social at the @broadinstitute.org. Together we are using single cell long-read sequencing to understand tumour evolution and microenvironments. Hybrid computational and molecular role. 🧬01 Aug 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3lve6bzx73226https://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3lve63yngqc26Thankyou for hosting us! We are so impressed by the quality of the science, collaboration and facilities at @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social. Looking forward to developing exciting new projects together [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3lve63yngqc26https://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3lrhgpbc4h22gAn exciting new paper on the application of federated deep learning to pan-cancer proteomic data. Congrats to the Procan team for this achievement! Very happy to have contributed our breast cancer dataset to this important work. https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-24-1488 https://www.cmrijeansforgenes.org.au/research/research-teams/procan13 Jun 2025 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrhgpbc4h22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3lrhgen2pxk2gToday is the last day in the lab for for Marion Motard, who joined the lab for her Masters then stayed on as a research assistant. She did brilliant work on GNNs to predict gene module enrichment in histology images. She is returning to Europe, quickly offer her a job in ML/computational !13 Jun 2025 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrhgen2pxk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3lr5lziemq22aI had a great time at the #wehispatial25 meeting. So much excellent spatial ‘omics going on in Oz. But weware the @wehi rubber chicken09 Jun 2025 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr5lziemq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3lnqp6opv422y#aacr2025 Here we go…26 Apr 2025 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqp6opv422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3lldopwqqnk2cI'm chairing session ED52 "Innovative Approaches in TME Biology: From Profiling to Function" at #AACR2025. I'll present data using cellular and functional genomics to identify small molecule mediators of stromal plasticity. Also the amazing Illaria Malanchi and Nick Navin. LMK if u will be there!27 Mar 2025 06:36 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3lldopwqqnk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3ldfi5zlbd22kWanted- *Bioinformatics Research Assistant*. Projects include generation of an international, large-scale, multi-omic breast cancer atlas and understanding response to immunotherapy in breast cancer, prostate cancer and melanoma. Great training opportunities 🧬💻 More info ⤵️ tinyurl.com/33wxkswz https://tinyurl.com/33wxkswz16 Dec 2024 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldfi5zlbd22khttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3ld3cgi5pbc2cJobortunities: Shortly advertising for 2 positions, both working on the Breast Cancer Atlas, in Sydney. - Wet lab research assistant: mol bio +/- pathology desirable - Comp. Research Assistant: scRNA-Seq, spatial transcriptomics and ML Details to follow, DM or email if you are a great fit.12 Dec 2024 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3cgi5pbc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3ld3752dk7c2cIm thrilled for this recogntion of Christina Curtis and Steffi Oesterreich by the @theaacr.bsky.social at @sabcs.bsky.social. I'm in awe of their achievements and impacts on breast cancer research. They are also two of the nicest people you'll ever meet ! https://sabcs.cmail19.com/t/d-l-smtjdd-diddiyjukt-m/ https://www.sabcsmeetingnews.org/aacr-to-honor-trailblazing-breast-cancer-researchers-during-the-2024-sabcs/?utm_source=sabcs_meeting_news_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SABCS%20-%2012%20-%20Meeting%20-%2004%20-%20AM%20-%20Advance%20Wednesday%20December%2011%20-%20INTL&utm_content=SABCS%20-%2012%20-%20Meeting%20-%2004%20-%20AM%20-%20Advance%20Wednesday%20December%2011%20-%20INTL%20CID_86212b18f50990102563f0e967784727&utm_term=Read%20More12 Dec 2024 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3752dk7c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alexswarbrick.bsky.social/post/3lcjjidea4s25Thanks to @aruthak.bsky.social and colleagues for the invitation to this fantastic, unique meeting #multi-omics2024. Thnx for the shoutout to the awesome @martinalexsmith.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2024 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:vlttveselfvb7bopnnenks64/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjjidea4s25