2024 · paper
Characterization of Alternative Splicing in High-Risk Wilms’ Tumors
Characterizes alternative-splicing patterns in the studied high-risk Wilms tumor material.[70]
Single-cell genomics and tissue regeneration
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Identity: verifiedThe BIU profile uses Tomer Kalisky and matches the roster; the patent record independently lists the same name. [70]
Documented foundation
Kalisky applies single-cell genomics to stem cells, regeneration, cancer, and tissue-state characterization.[70]
single-cell expression profilingstem-cell biologycancer genomicscell-state inference
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2024 · paper
Characterizes alternative-splicing patterns in the studied high-risk Wilms tumor material.[70]
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US9850483B2 · Published 2017-12-26
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Publication assignee: Leland Stanford Junior University
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13 candidates
Connection 1
Original proposal
Proposal hypothesis: Levy's multi-omics network models and Kalisky's cell-state biology meet on whether ageing-associated failure signals survive cell-composition adjustment.[5][6][70]
Proposed first test: Reanalyse one open single-cell ageing dataset with cell-type stratification; test held-out state discrimination against composition-only baselines.
Rank 1/13; fit 10/10 (4 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 3 feasible first test). Preserved original co-membership proposal in o04. No strictly higher-scoring candidate displaces this original. The test is computationally bounded; predictive associations do not establish an ageing mechanism. No automatic score boost for original membership. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 2
Proposal hypothesis: Kalisky's single-cell state questions and Goldberger's statistical learning support uncertainty-aware cell-state classification.[70][75][76]
Proposed first test: Hold out one public single-cell study and compare calibrated and uncalibrated state assignments on rare-cell recall and rejection rate.
Rank 2/13; fit 10/10 (4 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 3 feasible first test). New pairing outside the frozen portfolio co-member graph. No clinical interpretation or mechanistic inference follows from classification accuracy alone. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 3
Original proposal
Proposal hypothesis: Alon's spatial transcriptomics and Kalisky's single-cell state analysis can distinguish true tissue-state structure from dissociation or spatial measurement artifacts.[60][61][70]
Proposed first test: Compare cell-state assignments from matched public spatial and single-cell data, with coordinate-shuffle and expression-depth controls.
Rank 3/13; fit 9/10 (4 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 2 feasible first test). Preserved original co-membership proposal in o04. An added candidate, Jacob Goldberger (10/10), ranks above this original because its stated pair-specific roles and first test score higher; this original is limited as follows: The strongest shared biological question still depends on an appropriate matched dataset and a tissue-specific interpretation protocol. No automatic score boost for original membership. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 4
Original proposal
Proposal hypothesis: Kalisky can specify which cell-state distinctions must survive while Yavits changes the architecture executing a genomic classifier.[70][104][105]
Proposed first test: Run an exact and approximate kernel on a public labelled single-cell dataset and compare rare-state retention alongside latency and memory traffic.
Rank 4/13; fit 9/10 (3 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 3 feasible first test). Preserved original co-membership proposal in o02. An added candidate, Jacob Goldberger (10/10), ranks above this original because its stated pair-specific roles and first test score higher; this original is limited as follows: The selected single-cell task must actually map to the accelerator; pathogen-kernel performance cannot be transferred automatically. No automatic score boost for original membership. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 5
Original proposal
Proposal hypothesis: Kalisky contributes single-cell state interpretation while Shavit's announced complex-data programme motivates uncertainty-aware transfer across biological datasets.[70][127][128]
Proposed first test: Hold out one study in a public single-cell benchmark and compare calibrated state prediction with nearest-neighbour and cell-composition baselines.
Rank 5/13; fit 9/10 (3 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 3 feasible first test). Preserved original co-membership proposal in o02, o04. An added candidate, Jacob Goldberger (10/10), ranks above this original because its stated pair-specific roles and first test score higher; this original is limited as follows: Biological direction is an announced research interest for Shavit; current laboratory operation and biological results are unverified. No automatic score boost for original membership. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work. Yoli Shavit biological/multimodal programme evidence is a 2025 announcement; current laboratory operation and biological experimental capability are not established. Original initiative conditions remain: o02 Yoli Shavit: Conditional later role: test uncertainty and generalization only after a specific cross-domain fidelity question is preregistered.
Connection 6
Proposal hypothesis: Shefi can define a regenerative-culture perturbation and Kalisky can distinguish altered cell states from simple shifts in cell abundance.[8][70]
Proposed first test: Specify a small perturbation/control panel and analyse a relevant open single-cell reference for state markers and composition confounding.
Rank 6/13; fit 9/10 (4 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 2 feasible first test). New pairing outside the frozen portfolio co-member graph. The selected culture model needs biological qualification; predicted state shifts are not nerve repair. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 7
Proposal hypothesis: Popovtzer can define nanoparticle targeting controls while Kalisky distinguishes cellular states that may explain heterogeneous uptake.[53][54][70]
Proposed first test: Use a public cell-state dataset to preregister target-positive and target-negative groups for a later blinded uptake assay.
Rank 7/13; fit 8/10 (3 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 2 feasible first test). New pairing outside the frozen portfolio co-member graph. RNA-defined states do not establish accessible protein targets or therapeutic response. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 8
Original proposal
Proposal hypothesis: Teman can quantify energy and reduced-precision costs while Kalisky defines biological fidelity for a single-cell analysis pipeline.[1][70]
Proposed first test: Quantize one public cell-state classifier and plot memory-access reduction against rare-cell recall and expression-derived state stability.
Rank 8/13; fit 7/10 (2 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 2 feasible first test). Preserved original co-membership proposal in o02. An added candidate, Jacob Goldberger (10/10), ranks above this original because its stated pair-specific roles and first test score higher; this original is limited as follows: This cross-field link depends on a chosen computational kernel and biological labels; no wet-lab or chip availability is assumed. No automatic score boost for original membership. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 9
Original proposal
Proposal hypothesis: Fish can model low-energy biomedical memory hardware while Kalisky can define which cell-state errors invalidate a biological conclusion.[70][89][90]
Proposed first test: Inject bounded memory/readout errors into one open single-cell classifier and measure rare-state recall versus a fault-free reference.
Rank 9/13; fit 7/10 (2 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 2 feasible first test). Preserved original co-membership proposal in o02. An added candidate, Jacob Goldberger (10/10), ranks above this original because its stated pair-specific roles and first test score higher; this original is limited as follows: The connection is useful only after defining a hardware-sensitive kernel; neither source establishes a ready shared platform. No automatic score boost for original membership. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work. Original initiative conditions remain: o02 Alex Fish: Alternative or later circuit lead: assess memory/circuit precision and energy tradeoffs if the chosen implementation needs this expertise; security is outside the initial test.
Connection 10
Proposal hypothesis: Erez can specify a brain-function question while Kalisky's single-cell analysis can identify cellular composition confounds in molecular correlates.[28][29][70]
Proposed first test: Compare brain-region cell-composition features with functional-network descriptors in public aggregate atlases, using spatially matched nulls.
Rank 10/13; fit 7/10 (2 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 2 feasible first test). New pairing outside the frozen portfolio co-member graph. Cross-atlas association cannot connect a single-cell state directly to cognition. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 11
Proposal hypothesis: Kalisky can define a cell-state marker question while Danielli tests whether a portable protein assay reflects the corresponding molecular state.[45][46][47][70]
Proposed first test: On a public matched transcript/protein dataset or a prespecified future panel, compare marker association with a cell-composition baseline.
Rank 11/13; fit 7/10 (2 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 2 feasible first test). New pairing outside the frozen portfolio co-member graph. Transcript abundance is not protein concentration; matched data must exist before assay claims. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 12
Proposal hypothesis: Kalisky can define biologically meaningful cell-state claims and Ernst can test whether summaries preserve their exact supporting evidence and caveats.[70][93][94][95]
Proposed first test: Adjudicate a small open single-cell paper set and compare source-aligned summaries on state-label accuracy and omitted experimental limitations.
Rank 12/13; fit 7/10 (2 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 2 feasible first test). New pairing outside the frozen portfolio co-member graph. Domain review is essential; source alignment cannot establish the truth of a biological claim. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
Connection 13
Proposal hypothesis: Kalisky's single-cell workflows provide a scientific task taxonomy for Chalutz-Ben Gal's person-skill fit and AI-adoption research.[22][23][70]
Proposed first test: Draft a workflow/skill map for one public single-cell analysis tutorial and test the rubric for missing handoff responsibilities.
Rank 13/13; fit 6/10 (1 topic overlap + 3 complementarity + 2 feasible first test). New pairing outside the frozen portfolio co-member graph. This is research-workflow and training fit, not biological expertise for Chalutz-Ben Gal or a confirmed team. Equal scores use existing-first, then stable researcher ID.
Analyst proposal hypothesis, not an established collaboration, commitment, evidence-confidence rating or assessment of researcher quality; confirm participation and access before work.
10 candidates
Connection 1
New York Genome Center and New York University
Proposed capability match: Tomer Kalisky's single-cell expression profiling, stem-cell biology can be paired with Rahul Satija's documented single-cell genomics, multimodal integration for longitudinal single-cell repair atlas. The specific contribution is single-cell multimodal integration; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[70][492]
Compare modality-specific and integrated embeddings with donor-held-out cell-type annotations using a public longitudinal or staged tissue-repair single-cell dataset split by donor and time. Compare label transfer, batch sensitivity and rare-state recovery with a static cell-state classifier without trajectory information.
Rank 1/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 10 = max(1, 4+3+3): topic overlap 4/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 3/3. A bounded offline comparison is specified; required datasets and domain assumptions must still be checked.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 2
University of Cambridge
Original proposal
Her cell-atlas and tissue-architecture program could complement integration across tissues and spatial validation; no willingness is asserted.[70][72][495]
Collect a small injury-recovery time course and test whether predefined trajectories reproduce across biological replicates.
Rank 2/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 9 = max(1, 4+3+2): topic overlap 4/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 2/3. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution. An offline integration comparison can start with public data before a new experimental atlas or sequencing protocol; the experimental original remains a close scientific match. Original retained exactly at rank 2; preceding alternatives are Rahul Satija (10; 4+3+3). The preserved scientific explanation above describes the narrower contribution; current ordering follows these displayed component totals, not comparative researcher quality.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 3
California Institute of Technology
Proposed capability match: Tomer Kalisky's single-cell expression profiling, stem-cell biology can be paired with Lior S. Pachter's documented single-cell sequencing, RNA biology for longitudinal single-cell repair atlas. The specific contribution is RNA measurement and reproducible genomics computation; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[70][483]
Compare two single-cell RNA quantification or representation pipelines on the same reads using a public longitudinal or staged tissue-repair single-cell dataset split by donor and time. Compare quantification disagreement, memory use and cell-state stability with a static cell-state classifier without trajectory information.
Rank 3/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 9 = max(1, 3+3+3): topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 3/3. A bounded offline comparison is specified; required datasets and domain assumptions must still be checked.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 4
University of California, Berkeley
Proposed capability match: Tomer Kalisky's single-cell expression profiling, stem-cell biology can be paired with Karthik Shekhar's documented computational biology and genomics, neuroscience for longitudinal single-cell repair atlas. The specific contribution is genomic and neural population modelling; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[70][436]
Compare cell-population representations using donor-held-out rather than random-cell splits using a public longitudinal or staged tissue-repair single-cell dataset split by donor and time. Compare population stability and held-out prediction error with a static cell-state classifier without trajectory information.
Rank 4/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 9 = max(1, 3+3+3): topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 3/3. A bounded offline comparison is specified; required datasets and domain assumptions must still be checked.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 5
University of Oxford
Proposed capability match: Tomer Kalisky's single-cell expression profiling, stem-cell biology can be paired with Michael Bronstein's documented geometric deep learning, graph neural networks for longitudinal single-cell repair atlas. The specific contribution is geometric structure and graph representations; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[70][74][442]
Compare a geometry/graph-aware model with a parameter-matched unstructured baseline under structural perturbations using a public longitudinal or staged tissue-repair single-cell dataset split by donor and time. Compare held-out error, symmetry consistency and robustness to altered graph topology with a static cell-state classifier without trajectory information.
Rank 5/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 8 = max(1, 2+3+3): topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 3/3. A bounded offline comparison is specified; required datasets and domain assumptions must still be checked.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified. The refreshed Oxford profile also lists an Aithyra scientific-director role; the original Oxford institution string is preserved.
Connection 6
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Proposed capability match for Tomer Kalisky with Fei Chen: Spatial tissue analysis is a close but conditional branch: a generic single-cell time course lacks coordinates, and the appropriate control changes spatial information while holding stage/count inputs fixed.[63][70][447]
Audit for a repair time course with paired counts, spatial coordinates, donor and stage labels. Until confirmed, generate a synthetic staged tissue with planted cell neighborhoods. Compare spatial versus coordinate-free cell-state assignment on identical counts and time labels; computationally jitter coordinates and report neighborhood/state recovery against model truth.
Rank 6/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 8 = max(1, 3+3+2): topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 2/3. Spatial tissue analysis is a close but conditional branch: a generic single-cell time course lacks coordinates, and the appropriate control changes spatial information while holding stage/count inputs fixed. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified. Post-review scope: Spatial tissue analysis is a close but conditional branch: a generic single-cell time course lacks coordinates, and the appropriate control changes spatial information while holding stage/count inputs fixed. This revised proposal awaits independent targeted re-review; simulated outcomes would establish model behavior only, not biological, clinical or deployed benefit.
Connection 7
University of Oxford
Proposed capability match: Tomer Kalisky's single-cell expression profiling, stem-cell biology can be paired with Yarin Gal's documented Bayesian deep learning, uncertainty estimation for longitudinal single-cell repair atlas. The specific contribution is uncertainty and selective prediction; this transfer is an analyst hypothesis.[70][78][452]
Compare uncertainty estimates with calibrated single-model and ensemble baselines under a predefined shift using a public longitudinal or staged tissue-repair single-cell dataset split by donor and time. Compare calibration error, risk-coverage and confident-error rate with a static cell-state classifier without trajectory information.
Rank 7/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 8 = max(1, 2+3+3): topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 3/3. A bounded offline comparison is specified; required datasets and domain assumptions must still be checked.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified.
Connection 8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Proposed capability match for Tomer Kalisky with Caroline Uhler: Causal repair analysis needs a specified intervention and outcome; a time course alone does not supply intervention truth or establish causal transitions.[70][129][497]
Define a synthetic repair-state transition model with a named intervention on one signalling variable and explicit confounders. Fit a transition predictor and a structural model to the same observational time courses; compare intervention-state predictions against held-out simulator truth. Report sensitivity to unmeasured confounding and stage misalignment.
Rank 8/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 8 = max(1, 3+3+2): topic overlap 3/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 2/3. Causal repair analysis needs a specified intervention and outcome; a time course alone does not supply intervention truth or establish causal transitions. A bounded offline comparison is specified; required datasets and domain assumptions must still be checked.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified. Post-review scope: Causal repair analysis needs a specified intervention and outcome; a time course alone does not supply intervention truth or establish causal transitions. This revised proposal awaits independent targeted re-review; simulated outcomes would establish model behavior only, not biological, clinical or deployed benefit.
Connection 9
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Proposed capability match for Tomer Kalisky with Vadim Gladyshev: Ageing expertise can examine confounding of repair signatures only when age metadata are present; tissue stage is not a substitute for donor age.[7][70][455]
Require donor age, repair stage, cell counts and donor identifiers before an ageing analysis. Initially generate a synthetic count table with separate age and repair-stage effects; compare age-adjusted and unadjusted predictors of a fixed repair-state label using held-out donors and age strata. Report recovery of the planted repair effect and age-confounding sensitivity.
Rank 9/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 7 = max(1, 2+3+2): topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 2/3. Ageing expertise can examine confounding of repair signatures only when age metadata are present; tissue stage is not a substitute for donor age. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified. Post-review scope: Ageing expertise can examine confounding of repair signatures only when age metadata are present; tissue stage is not a substitute for donor age. This revised proposal awaits independent targeted re-review; simulated outcomes would establish model behavior only, not biological, clinical or deployed benefit.
Connection 10
Stanford University
Proposed capability match for Tomer Kalisky with Stephen Quake: Single-cell measurement expertise could diagnose sampling distortions in inferred repair trajectories; the first stage is computational and requires explicit capture assumptions.[70][487]
Generate known cell-state proportions across synthetic repair stages and apply declared capture biases, doublets and dropout. Hold the downstream state classifier fixed; compare estimated trajectories with ideal-capture and biased-capture inputs using trajectory error and rare-state recovery. No physical dilution or isolation is performed on archived data.
Rank 10/10 after semantic revision; analyst score 7 = max(1, 2+3+2): topic overlap 2/4, complementarity 3/3, feasible first test 2/3. Single-cell measurement expertise could diagnose sampling distortions in inferred repair trajectories; the first stage is computational and requires explicit capture assumptions. The experiment, numerical inputs or identity/scope needs confirmation before execution.
Proposed fit, not an assertion of a new or active relationship. Independent review pending; forecast confidence low. Partner interest, capacity, data access and any required experimental approvals/resources are unverified. Post-review scope: Single-cell measurement expertise could diagnose sampling distortions in inferred repair trajectories; the first stage is computational and requires explicit capture assumptions. This revised proposal awaits independent targeted re-review; simulated outcomes would establish model behavior only, not biological, clinical or deployed benefit.
Tomer Kalisky has source-grounded capabilities in single-cell genomics and tissue regeneration, represented here by single-cell expression profiling, stem-cell biology, cancer genomics. [70]
Moderate confidenceReview: reviewedThe sources establish public professional activity, not comparative quality, future performance, or willingness to participate.
Hypothesis for 2027–2031: Tomer Kalisky could explore longitudinal single-cell repair atlas through the bounded first test described in this profile. [70][72]
Low confidenceReview: reviewedTrajectory inference is observational and may not identify causal repair mechanisms.