Postdoctoral Fellow @ClevelandClinic | Formerly @HarvardMed | Passionate about Genes, Dataviz, Research & Random Acts of Kindness!

Cleveland, OH
Joined July 2013
Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
A compelling commentary by @YosefEllenbogen & @gelarehzadeh on the recent @NatureMedicine case report by Long et al.—highlighting what could be a paradigm shift in immunotherapy for glioblastoma.
Published yesterday (Feb 27, 2025), a groundbreaking case study by Georgiana Long et al. may redefine GBM immunotherapy. The team reports the first known instance of upfront neoadjuvant administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors (a-PD-1 + a-CTLA-4 + a-LAG3) before surgery in GBM, demonstrating robust anti-tumor immune activation and extending survival well beyond the typical prognosis for MGMT-unmethylated GBM. After a single neoadjuvant triplet dose and maximal safe resection, the 56-year-old patient remains recurrence-free for 17 months. These findings have led to a planned first-line neoadjuvant immunotherapy trial (NCT06816927) in newly diagnosed GBM. If confirmed in larger cohorts, this approach could radically change clinical practice, offering renewed hope for patients battling one of the deadliest cancers.
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
Biologists, stop putting UMAP plots in your papers! UMAP is a powerful tool for exploratory data analysis, but without a clear understanding of how it works, it can easily lead to confusion and misinterpretation. Link to @simplystats blogpost below.
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#NaMaWriMo! National Manuscript Writing Month! Joining the #NaNoWriMo party a little late after having used up all procrastination time for the month! Joining in full enthusiasm. ⚡️ Committing to write and edit manuscript for at least 20 minutes a day. xitter.cf/FunchainMD/status/1852…
It's here! Academic #NaNoWriMo✍️ Choose your adventure: ➡️#NaMaWriMo (Manuscript) divides a 3000 word manuscript into 100 words/day x30 days ➡️#NaGraWriMo (Grant) divides a 6 page R01 into 1/5 pg/day (conveniently, 100 words/day in Arial 11) Post your progress and hi fives!👊
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#NaMaWriMo! National Manuscript Writing Month! Writing & editing manuscript for at least 20 minutes a day for #NaNoWriMo! Day 13 ✅
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#NaMaWriMo! National Manuscript Writing Month! Writing & editing manuscript for at least 20 minutes a day for #NaNoWriMo! Day 18 ✅
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
It's here! Academic #NaNoWriMo✍️ Choose your adventure: ➡️#NaMaWriMo (Manuscript) divides a 3000 word manuscript into 100 words/day x30 days ➡️#NaGraWriMo (Grant) divides a 6 page R01 into 1/5 pg/day (conveniently, 100 words/day in Arial 11) Post your progress and hi fives!👊
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
A huge day for spatial omics of cancer, tracing the precise origin and evolution of 20 types of cancer, many in 3D, in ~2,000 individuals, with 12 publications @Nature @NatureCancer @NatureMedicine @naturemethods @CommsBio Collection nature.com/immersive/d42859-…
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
Dimensionality reduction can "see" structures that do not exist & miss structures that exist. Use it sparingly and evaluate conclusions in the high dimensional data. nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
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Mechanisms suppressing noncoding translation dlvr.it/TFfzN4
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
Using #AI, a Broad/@jacksonlab /@YaleMed team has developed a way to decipher the language of genetic switches that turn genes on and off, and designed new, synthetic switches that control genes' expression in specific cell types. broad.io/CRE-AI @ReillyLikesIt
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
Halloween Costume...molecular biology edition!
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
Getting ready to be mutually inspired by some of my fav #NaMaWriMo writers: @DocTapas @MosheOrnsteinMD @MadisonConces @smitha42 @IshwariaMD @GraniteDoc
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
💡Will #ctDNA serve as a treatment response biomarker in metastatic cancers? Here’s a thorough evaluation in @CCR_AACR from the RECIST working group, looking at the next steps towards using ctDNA for novel early endpoints in clinical trials and beyond. 👉 doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CC…
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
#teammassspec #proteomics please give a warm welcome to Andrew. Our newest lab member
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
I'm excited to share the next version of patchwork with the world, available on CRAN now. First class support for gt tables and even more freedom with `free()` tidyverse.org/blog/2024/09/p…
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RRG lab is recruiting grad students! @awormwelcome is the BEST PI 🤗 Here’s a sneak peek of our totally real and not fabricated lab environment😉
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Tapas R Behera, MD retweeted
VeloSano Bike to Cure 2024 is coming! Are you ready to ride? Register here: bit.ly/3vlTLzd #VeloSano #BiketoCure #CancerResearch
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Join our Virtual Open House on September 17th 6:30 PM EST to learn more about Cleveland Clinic Internal Medicine Residency Program! See you there! Sign-up link: forms.office.com/Pages/Respo… @CCF_IMCHIEFS #InternalMedicine #USMLE #Match2024 – at Cleveland, OH
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