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Travis William Sawyer

University of ArizonaORCID 0000-0002-6911-0289Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1

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Suzann DuaniD· 2 shared Alba Alfonso GarciaiD· 1 shared Anneleigh Belle Twer· 1 shared Ateh Zinkeng· 1 shared Edgar O. TapiaiD· 1 shared Ikrame NaciriiD· 1 shared Juanita L. MerchantiD· 1 shared Juliette W. Moore· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Hedgehog signaling drives glial cell plasticity and oncogenic reprogramming in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

Suzann Duan, Anneleigh Belle Twer, Ateh Zinkeng, Ikrame Naciri, Juliette W. Moore, Rebeca G Gentry, Ricky A. Sontz, Reed I. Ayabe, Edgar O. Tapia, Travis William Sawyer, Juanita L. Merchant

This study shows Men1-deficient glial cells reprogram via SHH-GLI signaling to become gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Molecular Cancer · Feb 21, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology

Optical Phenotyping Using Label-Free Microscopy and Deep Learning

Shuyuan Guan, Thomas G. Knapp, Alba Alfonso Garcia, Suzann Duan, Travis William Sawyer

The paper develops a deep learning method to classify label-free microscopy images of pancreatic cancer into tissue phenotypes using transcriptomic signatures, achieving over 89% accuracy.

Biophotonics discovery. · Jul 11, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering