Cancer Discov October 2025 PMID 40552975

AAnet resolves a continuum of spatially-localized cell states to unveil intratumoral heterogeneity.

Aarthi Venkat, Scott E Youlten, Beatriz P San Juan, Carley A Purcell, Shabarni Gupta, Matthew Amodio, Daniel P Neumann, John G Lock, Anton E Westacott, Cerys S McCool, Daniel B Burkhardt, Andrew Benz, Annelie Mollbrink, Joakim Lundeberg, David van Dijk

Mentions

59
Peak: 15 in Jun 2025
across 5 sources since May 2024

Extended reach

116,708
potential audience

Total likes

137

Video views

4,644

Mentions per month

May 2024 – Sep 2025

Where it's discussed

  • News26 articles
  • X / Twitter24 posts
  • Blogs4 articles
  • Bluesky3 posts
  • YouTube2 videos

AI synopsis

What people are saying

Several posts emphasize AAnet’s ability to map tumor cell diversity at high resolution, describing it as a 'game changer' and highlighting its potential to identify new treatment targets, which indicates high interest and perceived impact. The tone and word choices reflect enthusiasm and recognition of the method’s significance in advancing cancer research.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions praise the publication and highlight its contributions to understanding tumor heterogeneity using AAnet, indicating strong support.

InterestHigh interest

The posts express high curiosity about the method’s applications, with many noting its potential for personalized cancer treatment.

EngagementHigh engagement

The discussions include references to specific aspects like single-cell resolution and treatment targets, suggesting deep engagement.

ImpactHigh impact

Participants see this study as a significant advancement in cancer research, emphasizing its potential to influence future therapies and understanding of tumor biology.

Abstract in brief

  • Identifying important cell states in diverse tumors is a major challenge in biology and computing.
  • AAnet is a neural network that effectively learns these cell states along a phenotypic continuum, surpassing traditional analysis methods.
  • AAnet successfully resolves different cell functions and interactions in tumors, indicating its potential for understanding cancer growth and spread.

Top posts

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Elizabeth McKenna
@ElizSMcKenna · X

Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneity - by Aarthi Venkat, Scott Youlten, @BeatrizPerezSJ, @KrishnaswamyLab, @c_chaffer, and colleagues https://t.co/LGPd3Gpy4a @Yale @YaleMed @GarvanInstitute https://t.co/urCg32arna

Jun 24, 2025 · 35 likes · 16 shares · 18,051 followers View post →
Elizabeth McKenna
@elizsmckenna.bsky.social · Bluesky

Now online in Cancer Discovery: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneity - by Aarthi Venkat, Scott Youlten, Beatriz San Juan, Smita Krishnaswamy, Christine Chaffer, and colleagues doi.org/10.1158/2159...

Jun 24, 2025 · 10 likes · 7 shares View post →
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center
@Schmidt_Center · X

Congratulations to @Schmidt_Center postdoctoral fellow Aarthi Venkat and colleagues on their Cancer Discovery paper! Their new method, AAnet, maps tumor diversity at single-cell resolution, revealing new treatment targets in triple-negative breast cancer: https://t.co/eGuZUh0bzO https://t.co/lfQEG3lNyH

Sep 10, 2025 · 9 likes · 2 shares · 819 followers View post →
Cancer Discovery
@CD_AACR · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jul 2, 2025 · 16 shares · 22,331 followers View post →
bioRxiv Bioinfo
@biorxiv_bioinfo · X

AAnet resolves a continuum of spatially-localized cell states to unveil tumor complexity https://t.co/OT0N2Embs4 #biorxiv_bioinfo

May 14, 2024 · 1 share · 18,069 followers View post →
Elizabeth McKenna
@ElizSMcKenna · X

RT @Schmidt_Center: Congratulations to @Schmidt_Center postdoctoral fellow Aarthi Venkat and colleagues on their Cancer Discovery paper! Th…

Sep 10, 2025 · 2 shares · 18,051 followers View post →

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Elizabeth McKenna
@ElizSMcKenna · X

RT @Schmidt_Center: Congratulations to @Schmidt_Center postdoctoral fellow Aarthi Venkat and colleagues on their Cancer Discovery paper! Th…

Sep 10, 2025 · 2 shares · 18,051 followers View post →
Models, Inference & Algorithms at Broad
@MIA_at_Broad · X

RT @Schmidt_Center: Congratulations to @Schmidt_Center postdoctoral fellow Aarthi Venkat and colleagues on their Cancer Discovery paper! Th…

Sep 10, 2025 · 2 shares · 435 followers View post →
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center
@Schmidt_Center · X

Congratulations to @Schmidt_Center postdoctoral fellow Aarthi Venkat and colleagues on their Cancer Discovery paper! Their new method, AAnet, maps tumor diversity at single-cell resolution, revealing new treatment targets in triple-negative breast cancer: https://t.co/eGuZUh0bzO https://t.co/lfQEG3lNyH

Sep 10, 2025 · 9 likes · 2 shares · 819 followers View post →
Krishnaswamy Lab
@KrishnaswamyLab · X

For a preliminary version of the article see: https://t.co/isuFcRF13T. Final version will be out soon!

Aug 16, 2025 · 6,894 followers View post →
Jitendra Kumar Sharma
@jkumarsharma998 · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Aug 4, 2025 · 16 shares · 1,329 followers View post →
Mr 張
@TonyChe69112106 · X

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Aug 3, 2025 · 13 followers View post →
JamesF
@JamesFan1995 · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jul 4, 2025 · 16 shares · 3 followers View post →
Cancer Discovery
@CD_AACR · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jul 2, 2025 · 16 shares · 22,331 followers View post →
Lingyu Li
@LingyuLi61 · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 29, 2025 · 16 shares · 22 followers View post →
Piyushkumar Mundra
@mpiyush21 · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 26, 2025 · 16 shares · 131 followers View post →
Baifeng Zhang, PhD
@BaifengZhang · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 25, 2025 · 16 shares · 106 followers View post →
Linghua Wang, MD, PhD
@IamLinghua · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 25, 2025 · 16 shares · 2,313 followers View post →
César Padrón
@CsarPadrn7 · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 25, 2025 · 16 shares · 56 followers View post →
choiLab
@jungminchoilab · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 25, 2025 · 16 shares · 330 followers View post →
Estefania Martino Echarri
@estefmartino · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 25, 2025 · 16 shares · 281 followers View post →
Joanna Achinger-Kawecka
@aachinger · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 25, 2025 · 16 shares · 927 followers View post →
Krishnaswamy Lab
@KrishnaswamyLab · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 24, 2025 · 16 shares · 6,894 followers View post →
Christian Rolfo
@ChristianRolfo · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 24, 2025 · 16 shares · 7,238 followers View post →
Ankur Sharma
@asharmaiisc · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 24, 2025 · 16 shares · 4,223 followers View post →
Colm O'Rourke
@ColmJJORourke · X

RT @ElizSMcKenna: Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneit…

Jun 24, 2025 · 16 shares · 547 followers View post →
Elizabeth McKenna
@elizsmckenna.bsky.social · Bluesky

Now online in Cancer Discovery: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneity - by Aarthi Venkat, Scott Youlten, Beatriz San Juan, Smita Krishnaswamy, Christine Chaffer, and colleagues doi.org/10.1158/2159...

Jun 24, 2025 · 10 likes · 7 shares View post →
Elizabeth McKenna
@ElizSMcKenna · X

Now online in @CD_AACR: AAnet Resolves a Continuum of Spatially-Localized Cell States to Unveil Intratumoral Heterogeneity - by Aarthi Venkat, Scott Youlten, @BeatrizPerezSJ, @KrishnaswamyLab, @c_chaffer, and colleagues https://t.co/LGPd3Gpy4a @Yale @YaleMed @GarvanInstitute https://t.co/urCg32arna

Jun 24, 2025 · 35 likes · 16 shares · 18,051 followers View post →
The Royal Vox Post
@RoyalVoxPost · X

#Oncology #AI: scientists have designed a deep learning-based method to better characterise the diversity of individual cells within tumours from multimodal data. The method could open doors for more targeted therapies for cancer patients - https://t.co/QbGhWji8dC https://t.co/266b1dpNO8

Jun 24, 2025 · 2,079 followers View post →
qicy
@qicy11 · X

RT @biorxiv_bioinfo: AAnet resolves a continuum of spatially-localized cell states to unveil tumor complexity https://t.co/OT0N2Embs4 #bio…

May 14, 2024 · 1 share · 381 followers View post →
bioRxiv Bioinfo
@biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · Bluesky

AAnet resolves a continuum of spatially-localized cell states to unveil tumor complexity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.11.593705v1

May 14, 2024 View post →
bioRxivpreprint
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · Bluesky

AAnet resolves a continuum of spatially-localized cell states to unveil tumor complexity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.11.593705v1

May 14, 2024 View post →
bioRxiv Bioinfo
@biorxiv_bioinfo · X

AAnet resolves a continuum of spatially-localized cell states to unveil tumor complexity https://t.co/OT0N2Embs4 #biorxiv_bioinfo

May 14, 2024 · 1 share · 18,069 followers View post →