Sebastiaan Valkiers

Computational immunology, multiple sclerosis. PhD student @UAntwerpen @FWOVlaanderen

[Sebastiaan Valkiers @s_valkiers]

@SnyderShot To which extent does this take into account personalized response to carbohydrate? For example, I can imagine insulin response to the same food being drastically different between e.g. a person who's prediabetic vs a high-level endurance athlete?

[Pieter Meysman @chevaliersf]

What #Tcells are hiding in your #SingleCell data?
Plenty of existing tools that claim to address this challenge, but are they consistent? Our review is now out in @FrontImmunol , with thanks to @czi for funding!
https://t.co/sa7akF93Mg

[Pieter Meysman @chevaliersf]

A Matters Arising on #ShortcutLearning and #Data #Bias in the #TCR - #Epitope #MachineLearning challenge by @CederD is now out in @NatMachIntell ! https://t.co/kdg3Rdqb3C

[Pieter Meysman @chevaliersf]

Very excited to see our #AIRR based #COVID #diagnostics paper by Alexandra Vujkovic published in @JIDJournal !

This might be the first paper to show that #TCR-#epitope #prediction models can be used for powerful diagnostic solutions!

https://t.co/L9HNzAl7ej

[Sebastiaan Valkiers @s_valkiers]

@chevaliersf kicking off the 3rd installment of #ATCR23 with a primer on TCR research.

[Pieter Meysman @chevaliersf]

Ahead of this year's #ATCR23 meeting in Antwerp, we will be organizing a short workshop on #TCR data analysis and interpretation, using tools such as @TcrexTool and ClusTCR. Free registration, but only 30 spots!
https://t.co/4xVS3ZusAM

[Pieter Meysman @chevaliersf]

Happy to announce the Third Antwerp #TCR meeting on May 3-4, 2023! We have an amazing line-up of keynotes to make up for the hiatus. Spaces limited! Registration/submissions soon!
https://t.co/Y1xPpMuhvc
#atcr23 @airr_community #Immunology

[Pieter Meysman @chevaliersf]

Very excited to be among @CZIScience data insights grantees to support #singlecell #dataanalysis methods! Predictably for us, it involves #AIRR #TCR data and a new dinosaur reference, #Stego ! @biominaBE @TcrexTool @ChanZuckerberg https://t.co/cLDVLoR6VL

[Pieter Meysman @chevaliersf]

Our new paper on deciphering how complex #DeepLearning models make #TCR - #epitope predictions is out on biorxiv! Great job by Ceder Dens! #AIRR
https://t.co/43WOw2trRo

[Sebastiaan Valkiers @s_valkiers]

Next up: @wouter_decoster from @CMN_VIB discussing the use of long-read sequencing for tandem repeat variability identification in frontotemporal dementia at the @biominaBE Lunch Talks.

[Sebastiaan Valkiers @s_valkiers]

Kicking off today's session of the @biominaBE Lunch Talks with Antonio Mauro Rezende from @ITMantwerp, presenting his work on @nanopore-based metagenomics as a diagnostic tool for infectious diseases.

[Sebastiaan Valkiers @s_valkiers]

Single-cell sequencing technologies enable a systems-level understanding of T cell biology. Here, we provide an overview of the current state of the field, regarding the integration of TCR and gene expression profiles. Out now in @immuno_inform. https://t.co/ioaPISEZGc

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

A new Science analysis of data from U.S. military recruits suggests multiple sclerosis—a disease considered of unknown etiology—is a complication of infection with Epstein-Barr virus.

Learn more ⬇
https://t.co/cxayFOyU9n
#SciencePerspective: https://t.co/DJvxFxMc5X

[ImmuneWatch @ImmuneWatch]

#Omicron, the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern is characterized by a large number of mutations.

Predicting and evaluating the effect of the mutations accumulated in this variants is important, as this can help in defining strategic decisions for controlling the pandemic. 1/6

[GreiffLab 💻🔬💊 @victorgreiff]

Very happy that @immuneml is now in and on the cover of @NatMachIntell. Fantastic collaboration with the @SandveGeir lab. Amazing work by the lead authors @milenapavl and @LonnekeScheffer. (Cover art by @pandaisikit and @LonnekeScheffer).

[Sebastiaan Valkiers @s_valkiers]

@tangming2005 Hi Ming, some time ago we developed ClusTCR, which aims at rapidly clustering large sets of TCR sequences. https://t.co/kWief8K8Un

[Lonneke Scheffer, PhD🧬💻 @LonnekeScheffer]

We are happy to report a dramatic speedup for one of the core computations for adaptive immune receptor repertoire (AIRR) analysis - the discovery and counting of receptors that overlap between repertoires! Check out our CompAIRR method: https://t.co/U5Sn442upv 1/7

[NicklectedTropicalDiseases @NickdeVrij]

Tune in to my presentation on Immunological Determinants of Chronic Visceral Leishmaniasis in HIV-coinfected Patients the 4th of November at the LEAP conference hosted by @DNDi!

https://t.co/y7t5eSd9ba

[Sebastiaan Valkiers @s_valkiers]

If you're interested in the analysis of immune repertoires, come and check out the @ireceptor_plus seminar series, featuring talks from @saireddy911 and myself. Register for free at: https://t.co/QJDszx32Yq

[ImmuneWatch @ImmuneWatch]

Thank you @FlandersVaccine for giving our CEO @s_wuyts the opportunity to present ourselves at Immunity For Health 2021! #2021IfH