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PredxBio Launches Enhanced SpaceIQ™ Platform with Multiomic Spatial Capabilities Ahead of AACR 2025

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PredxBio today announced the official launch of enhanced SpaceIQ™ platform to integrate brightfield, spatial proteomics and transcriptomics datasets to deliver a unified, high-resolution view of the tumor microenvironment—unlocking new insights into cellular interactions, immune architecture, and mechanisms of therapeutic response and resistance. This milestone launch, timed ahead of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025, will be highlighted by two scientific poster presentations and a spotlight symposium at the conference. The new capabilities of SpaceIQ™ are poised to accelerate insights in cancer biology, improve patient stratification, and drive advances in precision immuno-oncology.

PITTSBURGH, April 25, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — PredxBio today announced the official launch of enhanced SpaceIQ™ platform to integrate brightfield, spatial proteomics and transcriptomics datasets to deliver a unified, high-resolution view of the tumor microenvironment—unlocking new insights into cellular interactions, immune architecture, and mechanisms of therapeutic response and resistance. This milestone launch, timed ahead of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025, will be highlighted by two scientific poster presentations and a spotlight symposium at the conference. The new capabilities of SpaceIQ™ are poised to accelerate insights in cancer biology, improve patient stratification, and drive advances in precision immuno-oncology.

By integrating multiomic spatial data with SpaceIQ™, we are advancing the frontier of precision oncology – translating these insights into actionable solutions for patient care.

SpaceIQ™ is an explainable AI-driven spatial multiomics platform that provides a rigorous framework to interrogate the tumor microenvironment. With its latest upgrade, SpaceIQ™ can now ingest and co-analyze brightfield, spatial proteomics and transcriptomics datasets from tumor samples. Researchers are able to map gene expression profiles onto tissue architecture and identify complex cellular neighborhoods (or “microdomains”) that drive tumor progression and immune evasion. By leveraging probabilistic modeling and unbiased cell typing, SpaceIQ™ uncovers transition cell states, cell–cell interactions, and mechanistic pathway networks within the tumor – yielding a deeper understanding of tumor heterogeneity and therapy resistance.

“PredxBio’s unique capabilities in unbiased cell typing and explainable AI allow us to decode the mechanistic complexities of the tumor microenvironment,” said S. Chakra Chennubhotla, PhD, Chief of AI at PredxBio. “By integrating multiomic spatial data with SpaceIQ™, we are advancing the frontier of precision oncology – translating these insights into actionable solutions for patient care.”

At AACR 2025 in Chicago, PredxBio and its collaborators will present two new studies showcasing SpaceIQ™’s impact:

Poster 1 (Abstract #2485): “A Bayesian Framework for Unraveling Disease Biology from Spatially Resolved Single-Cell Omics Datasets.” Co-authored in collaboration with Arutha Kulasinghe, PhD, Director of the Queensland Spatial Biology Centre, this poster introduces a novel Bayesian approach for analyzing high-dimensional spatial single-cell data. Presentation Time: April 28, 2025, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM CT (Poster Section 47, Board #6). The study demonstrates how combining unbiased computational methods with biological priors in SpaceIQ™ can reveal emergent cell types and microdomains, offering new insights into disease mechanisms.Poster 2 (Abstract #5317): “Multimodal Spatial Analysis of Colon Cancer Tissue Reveals Emergence of an Immunosuppressive Tumor Maintenance Mechanism.” Co-authored by Gaurav N. Joshi, PhD, and colleagues from Nikon BioImaging Lab in Boston, this research applies SpaceIQ™ to a colon cancer sample by integrating mIF and spatial transcriptomics. Presentation Time: April 29, 2025, 2:00 PM–5:00 PM CT (Poster Section 8, Board #23). This study uncovers how tumor and immune cells are spatially organized to create an immunosuppressive microenvironment that supports tumor maintenance.

“Using SpaceIQ’s multiomic analysis, we discovered an immunosuppressive mechanism in colon cancer that would have been difficult to detect with single-modality data,” noted Gaurav N. Joshi, PhD, lead author of the colon cancer study. “By combining brightfield, spatial proteomics and transcriptomics datasets, we can see how different immune cells and signals interact within the tumor microenvironment. This level of insight is invaluable for precision immuno-oncology, as it points to biomarkers and therapeutic targets that can inform more effective, personalized treatments.”

Spotlight Symposium at AACR 2025

The launch of SpaceIQ™ will also be highlighted during a Spotlight Theater Symposium titled:

“Harnessing Spatial Multiomic Biomarkers: Ushering in a New Era of Precision Oncology”

Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025Time: 3:30 PM4:30 PM CTLocation: Spotlight Theater D, McCormick Place, Chicago

The session will begin with a joint presentation by B. Dusty Majumdar, PhD, S. Chakra Chennubhotla, PhD, and A/Prof. Arutha Kulasinghe, followed by a panel discussion featuring spatial biology experts from academia and industry. Attendees will hear how SpaceIQ™ can be applied to decode tumor complexity and guide biomarker discovery, patient stratification, and companion diagnostic development.

Visit PredxBio at AACR 2025

Exhibit Booth: #3252Conference Dates: April 26–30, 2025Venue: McCormick Place, Chicago, IL

Attendees are invited to stop by the booth for hands-on demonstrations and to learn how SpaceIQ™ is enabling faster, more informed decisions in drug development, biomarker discovery, and patient stratification.

About PredxBio

PredxBio is a spatial analytics company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, powering next-generation cancer therapeutics with its AI-driven spatial biomarkers. PredxBio’s proprietary approaches delve into the mechanism of action of drugs and predict patient outcomes with over 90% accuracy. By transforming multiplexed biopsy images and multi-modal spatial data into actionable insights – and revealing the network biology of cancer – PredxBio is setting new standards for biomarker discovery and clinical research. In partnership with leading pharmaceutical companies and research institutions, PredxBio is accelerating drug discovery and advancing personalized medicine to impact cancer patients globally. For more information, visit www.predxbio.com

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RocketReach Launches RocketReach MCP, Giving AI Assistants Direct Access to 700M+ Verified Contacts

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New integration empowers sales, recruiting, and marketing teams to prospect within ChatGPT, Claude, and others using existing RocketReach data

NEW YORK, July 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — RocketReach, the leading sales and lead intelligence platform trusted by more than 30 million users and 95% of the S&P 500, today announced the launch of the RocketReach MCP Server. This milestone gives AI assistants direct, real-time access to RocketReach’s database of 700 million verified contacts and 60 million companies via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

The RocketReach MCP Server provides immediate compatibility with ChatGPT, Claude, and other MCP-enabled clients. The integration features a streamlined OAuth setup and allows users to perform lookups utilizing their current RocketReach credit balance without requiring additional billing or account creation.

“The best tools show up wherever people are already working. RocketReach MCP puts our entire contact database directly inside the AI assistants our customers use every day, no new tab, no new workflow, just a faster way to reach the right person. As AI transforms professional workflows, our strategy is to provide verified data exactly where teams are active. By integrating the world’s most accurate professional database directly into the AI assistants our customers rely on daily, we are removing friction and enhancing the speed of connection “

— Scott Kim, CEO, RocketReach

Optimizing Workflows Through Native AI Integration

The RocketReach MCP Server addresses the disconnect between AI assistants and the verified company data essential for sales teams. Users can ask a natural-language question such as ‘find me 20 VPs of Sales at Series B fintech companies in New York’ and get verified contact results directly inside their AI assistant, automatically saved to their RocketReach account.

The initial release of the RocketReach MCP Server includes seven core capabilities:

Comprehensive person search by title, location, and company, and moreAdvanced company filtering by industry, size, and funding stage, and moreVerified contact detail retrieval via profile identificationOn-demand access to detailed company profilesUnified calls for simultaneous person and company data lookupsReal-time account credit and usage monitoringServer connectivity and status verification

Verified by Default

Unlike single-vendor AI integrations from some competitors, RocketReach MCP is client-neutral by design — one server connects to every major AI platform. Every lookup runs through RocketReach’s real-time email verification, so AI assistants are working with data that’s accurate now, not a static cache. Connections run on OAuth 2.1, RocketReach never shares credentials with the AI client, and users can disconnect any individual AI client independently at any time from their RocketReach account settings.

“From day one, our focus was on building an MCP that customers could trust. Every lookup through RocketReach’s MCP server is verified in real time, using the same proprietary verification engine that powers our core platform.

— Jeremy Livingston, CTO, RocketReach

Market Availability

The RocketReach MCP Server is currently available to all RocketReach users. Search for RocketReach in ChatGPT Plugins, add RocketReach as a new custom Connector in Claude, or reference our detailed documentation and setup guides that can be found at knowledgebase.rocketreach.co.

About RocketReach

RocketReach is the leading sales and lead intelligence platform trusted by more than 30 million users and 95% of the S&P 500. Powered by proprietary technology, RocketReach provides access to over 700 million contacts and 60 million companies worldwide. Sales, recruiting, and marketing teams rely on RocketReach to connect directly with the right people and decision-makers. Learn more at www.rocketreach.co.

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Hood River Tree Farm Carbon Project Issues Core Carbon Principles (CCP) Labeled Offsets

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PORTLAND, Ore., July 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Climate Trust (TCT), an Oregon-based nonprofit leader in carbon finance and project development, today announced the first issuance of carbon credits from the Hood River County Tree Farm project. The forest carbon project joins the initial cohort of projects to receive the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label from the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM). Carbon revenues will support the county’s complex multiple use forest management strategy that seeks to combine timber revenue generation for the county budget with world-class recreational opportunities and diverse wildlife habitat.

“Generating offset revenues gives us an incentive to store substantially more carbon when managing the forest for long-term benefits” explained Doug Thiesies, Hood River County’s Forestry Director. “We are excited to embark upon this new chapter with The Climate Trust.” The County plans to purchase additional forestland with carbon revenues and enroll it in the project.

Spanning over 32,000 acres of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine forest, most of which are over 65 years old, the project provides significant climate benefits by committing the county to sequestering and storing forest carbon over the project’s 40-year term. Registered under the ACR Improved Forest Management on Non-Federal U.S. Forestland Version 2.1 Methodology, the project was developed by TCT in partnership with the Hood River County Forestry Department.

In the Pacific Northwest’s highly productive forests and strong timber market, there is immense potential to store more carbon through extending timber rotations beyond typical practices. Landowners frequently harvest all their timber over 45 years old in the northwest. Carbon crediting is based on the County Tree Farm committing to extend the average rotation age up to 90-years, far exceeding average age class and structural diversity observed on nearby industrially managed forests. The project will employ a dynamic baseline that requires recalculating carbon credit impact every few years to ensure ongoing crediting accuracy.

County residents and the larger community will benefit from the carbon project being located on a publicly owned and managed forest. “Community forest carbon projects like the Hood River County Tree Farm benefit so many people,” said Julius Pasay, TCT’s Executive Director. “We are thrilled that this project is generating public revenue in addition to supporting recreational opportunities for the community.”

“In timber-dependent counties, counties look to timber harvest as a means to fund essential services,” elaborated Allison Williams, Hood River County’s Administrator. “The carbon project provides an incentive to manage the forest for public benefit and disincentivize increasing timber harvest to fund general operations.”

Open to the public, The Hood River County Tree Farm serves as an important area for recreation activities such as mountain biking, OHV and hiking. In addition to these recreational opportunities, the Tree Farm’s sustainable management supports and protects a vibrant ecosystem that many threatened species rely on including the Northern Spotted Owl, Bull Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, and Steelhead.

If you’re interested in supporting this project, click here to connect with our team.

About The Climate Trust
Founded in 1997, The Climate Trust (TCT) is a nonprofit project developer focused on utilizing carbon markets to scale climate mitigation outcomes. TCT believes that carbon emissions reductions and good land stewardship go hand in hand – a core belief that has driven the organization’s work for over 25 years. TCT seeks to promote healthy ecosystems and resilient communities by scaling nature-based solutions and mobilizing markets to solve ecological issues in three areas of carbon project development and financing: Reforestation/Afforestation, Grassland Conservation, and Improved Forest Management.

Julius Pasay, Executive Director – jpasay@climatetrust.org 

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DCI Strengthens Lobbying and Strategic Alliances Teams, Announces New Hires

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Two senior hires bring decades of experience to DCI

WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bipartisan public affairs firm DCI Group announced the hiring of two seasoned professionals, Tim Dupin and Tim Martin, further strengthening the firm’s strategic alliances and government relations capabilities. Dupin brings decades of experience in labor relations, center-left coalition building, and stakeholder engagement to the firm’s strategic alliances team, while Martin joins DCI Senior Advisor Doug Davenport to expand DCI’s lobbying practice.

Tim Dupin joins DCI as a Director, where he will support coalition-building, stakeholder engagement, and advocacy efforts, with a particular focus on labor organizations and allied constituencies. He brings extensive experience in center-left strategic alliances, grassroots advocacy, third-party engagement, and labor relations.

“Tim Dupin has built an impressive career bringing together organizations, advocates, and stakeholders to advance meaningful policy priorities,” said Managing Partner Brian McCabe. “As a bipartisan firm, his deep relationships within the labor community and extensive experience leading center-left coalition and grassroots efforts will strengthen DCI’s strategic alliances team and create even greater opportunities for our clients to build broad-based support for their initiatives.”

Prior to joining DCI, Dupin served as Director of Political Action at the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), where he managed national political and legislative campaigns. Dupin previously served as a firefighter and labor leader in Kansas City, Missouri, including as President of the Greater Kansas City Fire Fighters IAFF Local 42, and retired as a Fire Captain. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Labor Studies from the National Labor College and attended the Harvard Trade Union Program at Harvard Law School.

“DCI was built on growing and maintaining relationships, and I’m thrilled to support the strategic alliances team,” Dupin said. “I’m impressed with the character of the people who work at DCI, their commitment to their clients, and their singular focus on execution. I’m excited to be part of the team.”

Meanwhile, Tim Martin joins DCI as a Senior Vice President, where he will help expand the firm’s government relations and lobbying practice. Working alongside DCI Senior Advisor Doug Davenport, he brings deep experience in transportation, energy, and regulatory policy.

“Tim Martin brings exactly the kind of experience clients need as they navigate an increasingly complex legislative and regulatory environment,” said DCI Managing Partner Justin Peterson. “His background advising on transportation, energy, and public policy, combined with years of experience on Capitol Hill and in private practice, will be instrumental as we continue to grow our government relations and lobbying capabilities.”

Prior to joining DCI, Martin served as Vice President at Invariant, where he advised clients on legislative and regulatory strategy and led the firm’s transportation and infrastructure practice group. He previously served as Public Policy Counsel at WilmerHale, legislative director for Congressman Rodney Davis (R-IL), and general counsel to Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO). Tim received a Juris Doctor from New York Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is originally from Summit, New Jersey.

“I’m excited to help grow DCI’s lobbying practice,” Martin said. “For years, DCI has been known for having the best public affairs operation in the business. Adding lobbying services will only enhance the firm’s effectiveness for our clients, and I’m proud to be a part of that.”

 

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