Theranostics Digital Twins: A Path to Personalized Medicine
January 2026 — On January 14, the Data Science Seminar Series has tackled an intersection of two critical data science concepts in cancer research: theranostics and digital twins. Emilie Roncali, an associate profession at UC Davis, gave an overview of how these concepts work in practice in liver, prostate, and metastatic cancer.
GenScript Life Science Research Grant (LSRG) for AI Drug Discover Project
January 2026 — Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy received the GenScript Life Science Research Grant (LSRG) for AI Drug Discover project. Yarov-Yarovoy’s project focuses on targeting voltage-gated ion channels, which are pivotal in regulating electrical activity in excitable cells and are critical pharmaceutical targets for treating many diseases, including cardiac arrhythmias and neuropathic pain. The LSRG Committee has evaluated over five hundred applications during this review cycle. And selected 19 projects for funding.
Towards credible digital twins for basic and preclinical research
January 2026
Abstract
Digital twins are well established in industrial settings, but there has not been wide adoption in biomedical settings. Digital twins for biomedical applications are now possible with the inclusion of artificial intelligence and the potential to combine mechanistic and clinical models that learn and adjust for human variability.
Digital Twins as New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in Biophotonics
January 2026 — Led by Moderator Colleen Clancy, Director of the Center for Precision Medicine at Univ. of California, Davis, panelists will explore the transformative role of digital twin technology in personalized medicine, treatment optimization, and medical device simulation. Discussions will include the coupling of AI-driven insights in patient care through digital twins, emerging applications of digital twins, and how this revolutionizing technology has the potential to drive the healthcare protocols of the future.
Society welcomes inaugural Editors-in-Chief for The Journal of Precision Medicine: Health and Disease and The Journal of Nutritional Physiology
Following the announcement of The Physiological Society’s partnership with Elsevier to launch a new journal, we are delighted to introduce the Editor-in-Chief (Colleen E. Clancy) and Deputy Editor in Chief (Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy) of The Journal of Precision Medicine: Health and Disease.