RyonApr 12, 2020Recent Publication: Causal Inference, Modeling Physician Intuition and Clinical UtilityHello Friends, I'm proud to report a new publication. In lieu of a long discussion about the hurdles (and immense potential) of integrati...
RyonNov 25, 2017Can Ginseng Consumption Help Prevent Cancer?26 November 2017 Hi Everyone, I know it’s been a while since I did a blog post in the spirit of my old “cancer for dummies” blog, but I t...
RyonOct 3, 2017Two New Manuscripts: A Chaos Biomarker and Tracking Tumor Evolution with Liquid BiopsyDear Friends, I have some good news to share. My team has had not one, but two scientific manuscripts recently accepted and published. Pa...
RyonJul 23, 2017Siddhartha, Time, and Lessons from Cancer PatientsDear Reader, I thought it would be a great time to re-visit central philosophies and motivations for pursuing science and medicine in the...
RyonMay 8, 2017New Publication and the Dream of Predicting Immunotherapy Response in Lung Cancer8 May 2017 Dear Friends, I am pleased to announce that our recent publication “Cellular Expression of PD-L1 in Peripheral Blood of Lung C...
RyonDec 14, 2016Nerd Nite, Liquid Biopsies, and the Future of Cancer Diagnostics14 December 2016 Hi Everyone, Last week I had the privilege of being an invited speaker at Nerd Nite. From Wikipedia: Nerd Nite is an eve...
RyonDec 17, 2015Re-directing Ingroup Psychology to Mass Human Identity through Scientific Futurism18 December 2015 Could a change in perspective, solidified by large works of science and engineering, creatively re-direct humanity towar...
RyonNov 14, 2015From PhD to Biotech: Key Lessons and Insights15 November 2015 Dear Reader, This post has been a long time in the making. I apologize in advance for the length and degree of philosop...
RyonMar 29, 2015STEAM day at Muirlands Middle School29 March 2015 About a week ago I had the honor and privilege to attend Muirlands Middle School’s STEAM career day as an invited speaker. ...
RyonNov 23, 2014Biotechnology as the Auto Shop of the 21st Century?23 November 2014 A few weeks back I found out about the following: 1) My old high school is trying to raise funds for upgraded biotechnol...
RyonJul 14, 2014The Epic Window: Circulating Tumor Cells and the Liquid Biopsy14 July 2014 Dear Friends and Family, I’d like to offer a life-update style post (I’ve been a bit off the radar, sorry!). In the span of...
RyonMay 5, 2014How The Liquid Biopsy Could Speed Up Oncology Clinical Trials5 May 2014 The realization of Precision Oncology involves developing many low-toxic therapeutics to specifically target genetic weak poin...
RyonApr 28, 2014D Fence: My PhD Finale28 April 2014 Dear Reader, The primary focus of the last five years of my life has been the pursuit of a PhD, culminating with my PhD dis...
RyonMar 4, 2014Precision Oncology Needs Neoadjuvant Clinical Trials like I-SPY24 March 2014 The emerging view of cancer is an increasingly diverse set of rare diseases with overlapping etiology and molecular drivers ...
RyonFeb 18, 2014New Publication, Dissertation Approved, and Histology18 February 2014 It’s been a busy month! Well, most months are busy, but this one has been especially so, and I have some good news to s...
RyonJan 9, 2014Heterogeneity in clinical molecular profiling: a case study9 January 2014 Happy New Year. This week continues my Med Into Grad clinical exposure, and last night I was privileged to attend Molecul...
RyonNov 18, 2013N of 1 Study Insightful to Prostate Cancer Evolution, Therapy?18 November 2013 Cancer is a microcosm of evolution, the most lethal versions of which are bestowed with an immense reservoir of genetic ...
Ryon GrafOct 30, 2013An Amazing Weekend with Pedal the Cause(back to Science Blog) 30 October 2013 Pedal the Cause is many things. It’s a cancer research fundraiser. It’s a bike ride. It’s a cel...
RyonOct 24, 2013Could the liquid biopsy circumvent tumor heterogeneous hurdles?24 October 2013 Nature magazine recently had a special Insight on tumor heterogeneity, complete with no less than six fantastic review ar...
Ryon GrafSep 27, 2013On riding and ridding disease, motivations of medical researchers27 September 2013 I’ve made another guest appearance in the award-winning science blog Beaker, offering meditations on medical research, ...