Kit Curtius

@yosoykit

Assistant Professor, UC San Diego • @UCSanDiego Biomedical Informatics • Moores Cancer Center • Mathematical oncology, cancer evolution & screening

San Diego, CA

Joined April 2010

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Sep 22, 2023

Postdocs! Please apply to join our lab and work on mathematical/computational projects in cancer evolution and screening. Happy to discuss any details and tell you all about us 🤓 Please RT #mathonco

yosoykit's tweet image. Postdocs! Please apply to join our lab and work on mathematical/computational projects in cancer evolution and screening. Happy to discuss any details and tell you all about us 🤓 Please RT #mathonco

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Feb 14

Apply to our Evo Bio and Eco of Cancer course at Wellcome Genome Campus, UK! It's a great opportunity for trainees and a lot of fun with fabulous teachers. Hope to meet some of your early career folks there in July @mathonco

WWellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training@eventsWCS · Feb 13

Working in #CancerBiology? Join us at our expert-led #EBECancer25 course, to discover how insights on the #evolutionary & ecological aspects of #cancer are shaping the future for improved clinical treatments💊 📅30 June-3 July 2025 ⏰Apply by 1 April 📎 bit.ly/3WsZspB

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Jul 1

Thank you for having me @CRUKresearch! Nice to be back in London and talking about pre-cancer. All the sessions were packed with exciting research, lots to think and work on #PrevConf25

AAnbu Paramasivam@anbu_ldr · Jun 26

Immensely rich panel chaired by @lauradelongwood with @jansen_marnix, @yosoykit, Profs Jane & Jones unearthed key future research questions on defining pre-cancer—paving the way for nuanced preventive strategies, mindful of patient & public views on downstream effect #PrevConf25

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Gut Journal@Gut_BMJ · Apr 18

#GUTImages from the paper by Al Bakir et al on "Low-coverage whole genome sequencing of low-grade dysplasia strongly predicts advanced neoplasia risk in ulcerative colitis" via bit.ly/4lx80GU @DrPipDunne @trevoragraham @yosoykit #UC #LGD

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Feb 14

Our DBMI Division at UCSD is also hiring postdocs on our T15 too! Find info to apply below @UCSDHealth @UCSDCancer Opportunities to work in our lab and others, as well as to grow your skills in our strong training program

yosoykit's tweet image. Our DBMI Division at UCSD is also hiring postdocs on our T15 too! Find info to apply below @UCSDHealth @UCSDCancer Opportunities to work in our lab and others, as well as to grow your skills in our strong training program

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Gut Journal@Gut_BMJ · Jan 31

Fantastic to see #GUTInTheNews over the last few days regarding the paper by Al-Bakir and @yosoykit et al entitled "Low-coverage whole genome sequencing of low-grade dysplasia strongly predicts advanced neoplasia risk in UC" via bit.ly/4glrg67 Also found on the…

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UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center@UCSDCancer · Jan 30

Incomplete human reference genomes can skew sex bias & risk patient privacy in metagenomic data. 💡 Dr. Kathleen Curtius (@yosoykit) & Dr. Rob Knight of MCC highlight its impact on microbiome-cancer research in @NatureComms: bit.ly/3PVfHIf.

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Amanda Gorman@TheAmandaGorman · Jan 20

Four years ago I wrote my inaugural poem The Hill We Climb. Both when I wrote it and performed it, I did so while continuously reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King’s legacy. I was (and am) blown away by how my words reverberated around the world; if…

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Jan 18

Our work on filtering host DNA from WGS data now out in @NatureComms! Congrats to first authors @c_gucci3 and Lucas Patel @KnightLabNews - their methods are freely available to use on your own data 🧬 nature.com/articles/s4146…

yosoykit's tweet card. Nature Communications - Here, the authors apply novel pangenome indexes created from diverse human references to facilitate computationally efficient removal of host genetic information, preserving...

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Jan 17

How do microbial communities assemble during precancer & cancer evolution? Excited to share our new preprint on modeling of microbial evolution in Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma! 🦠 Led by PhD student Caitlin Guccione biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #barretts #mathonco

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Nov 30

I’m more on Bluesky these days but wanted to share here too! PhD student Brian Johnson led our new preprint up on using LLMs for extracting diagnoses in large EHR data - extremely accurate + generalizable for (pre)cancer Dx medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Oct 22

Highly recommend applying for this for early stage investigators in GI research! @AmerGastroAssn has been amazingly supportive of awardees of various training backgrounds and foster a growing network of junior scientists

AAmerican Gastroenterological Association (AGA)@AmerGastroAssn · Oct 22

Need funding to protect your time for #GIresearch? You can get 💰 $300K over three years with AGA’s Research Scholar Awards like @TrishaPasricha, @yosoykit, @LongNguyen07, @CSTseMD, and @JosephBurclaff. ⏳ Apply by Dec. 4. ow.ly/qGHM50TG3yz

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Oct 14

Hi @radychildrens! Is there a timeframe for the gift shop reopening? How can we all help make this happen, if help is needed? It means a lot to our kiddos who are regulars and there is nothing else within walking distance. 🩷

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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology@NatRevGastroHep · Oct 9

New online! Digital twins are integral to personalizing medicine and improving public health go.nature.com/3zSnRwv

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Oct 9

Our article on digital twins is online today in @NatRevGastroHep led by PhD student Brian Johnson! We highlight the broad opportunities for implementing math models and data in the clinic. #mathonco Full text access here: rdcu.be/dWttB nature.com/articles/s4157…

yosoykit's tweet card. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology - Digital twins provide a framework to advance the field of personalized medicine by generating clinically actionable strategies that leverage...

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · Jul 9, 2024

Check out our new preprint showing aneuploidy predicts CRC in IBD-LGD, validated in multicenter cohorts. This was a large team effort and I’m excited to share with you all! medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

TTrevor Graham@trevoragraham · Jul 9, 2024

Inflammatory bowel disease (#IBD) increases bowel cancer risk: 1/3 of patients with low grade dysplasia (LGD) will get cancer. This risk is very high &reason for treatment. But also major conundrum b/c 2/3 patients with LGD won't get cancer. Can we know who is really at risk? 1/3

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · May 22, 2024

That’s a wrap #DDW2024! Inspired and reinvigorated from talks by friends and ideas with GI colleagues. Even snuck in a visit to da Vinci’s Ginevra de’ Benci while in DC ✌️

yosoykit's tweet image. That’s a wrap #DDW2024! Inspired and reinvigorated from talks by friends and ideas with GI colleagues. Even snuck in a visit to da Vinci’s Ginevra de’ Benci while in DC ✌️

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · May 18, 2024

Love seeing math equations for transformers and more in the AI in GI oncology session 🤓#DDW2024 @dlshung

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Kit Curtius@yosoykit · May 18, 2024

We’ve been busy in the lab and I’ve been totally slacking on this platform! No pictures from AACR in SD which was AMAZING and now I’m in DC for @DDWMeeting - come hear my talk on math models in GI screening at 9:15am! Looking forward to the week #mathonco

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