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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli

@alejofraticelli.bsky.social
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Aging and cancer stem cell heterogeneity - ICREA research professor - Quantitative Stem Cell Dynamics lab at IRB Barcelona 🇦🇷🇪🇺🇺🇸 fraticellilab.com

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Federico Gaiti @fgaiti.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thanks to Diane Krause and the editors for the opportunity, and to the other authors @alejofraticelli.bsky.social @shalinhnaik.bsky.social in the clonal tracking series: doi.org/10.1182/bloo... We also recorded a podcast together—well worth a listen! bloodpodcast.transistor.fm/episodes/rev...
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Introduction to a review series on clonal tracking in hematopoiesis
Over the past decade, advances in single-cell genomics, lineage tracing, and computational phylogenetics have transformed our understanding of hematopoiesi
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Roi Gazit @gazitroi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Erez, Omri, Pasha, Roshina, and Ofir Cohen find HSCs lack transplant potency during Salmonella infection. HSCs recover! Molecular data point to proliferation. We have a great opportunity to realize the exhaustion/regeneration of our own adult stem cells now. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
4-year expired scATACseq kit…. Worked like a charm.
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Nature Reviews Genetics @natrevgenet.nature.com · 18/05/2026
Complementing our recent #Review 'Charting single-cell lineages with synthetic and natural barcodes' by @alejofraticelli.bsky.social & Victoria Parreno (rdcu.be/e50gy), Kun Wang, Xionglei He & Zheng Hu review 'Computational approaches for multimodal lineage tracing': go.nature.com/4nDGGbk
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Computational approaches for multimodal lineage tracing - Nature Reviews Genetics
Multimodal lineage tracing links heritable ancestry with single-cell molecular states to reveal how cell fates emerge during development, regeneration and disease. In this Review, the authors survey k...
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Mathieu Lupien @matlupien.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Upcoming cancer epigenetics conference in Paris (Oct 13-16, 2026). Consider registering: www.atoutcom.com/cancer-epige...
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Cancer Epigenetics
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Clone2vec finally published!!! Sweet new tech! I highly recommend it! Congrats Sergey et al!
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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Abstract submissions close 17 April. Don’t miss your chance to present at #ISEH2026! Share your science with the global ISEH community. 🔗 iseh.org/Annual-Meeti...
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
First (to my knowledge) manuscript describing a correlation between number of infections and incidence of clonal hematopoiesis (CHIP). Really important from the perspective of highlighting a possible modifiable driver of CHIP during aging. @isehsociety.bsky.social www.exphem.org/article/S030...
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Association of Infection Frequency and Incident Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminant Potential
Clonal hematopoiesis of Indeterminant Potential (CHIP) is an age-related phenomenon characterized by clonal expansion of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)1. CHIP results from a fitness advantage conferr...
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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 25/03/2026
We’re recruiting new Research Group Leaders. We offer: 🔬 World-class IT infrastructure 🧠 Creative freedom for your research 📊 Access to the world’s most comprehensive open biological data Apply by 11 April embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j... #ResearchCareers @johnlees.bacpop.org @embl.org
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EMBO @embo.org · 24/03/2026
Apply now! The 2026 call for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme is now open with a deadline of 1 April 12:00 midday CEST. 🧪 More info here: www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-gr… #LifeSciences #research #funding
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EMBO @embo.org · 24/03/2026
The EMBO Young Investigator Network consists of young investigators, installation grantees and global investigators. 🧪 Find more information on the individual programmes here: www.embo.org/the-embo-communities/e… #LifeSciences #research #funding
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New work by @sagnera.bsky.social & co A conserved sequence of TFs: OC2 → Pou2f2 → Pou3f1 drives chronological diversification of spinal neuron subtypes across multiple cardinal domains Spinal neuron diversity is generated by integrating spatial & temporal programs www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Evidence for chronological diversification of spinal neuron subtypes by a shared sequence of transcription factors
Molecular and functional diversification of spinal cord output neurons by a conserved sequence of transcription factors.
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Come see all three receive their awards and talk about their science @isehsociety.bsky.social annual meeting in Frankfurt: iseh.org/Annual-Meeting Come for the science and join our community.
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Annual Meeting
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ME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Just out! 👀 for TFs that regulate TEs.Clara's work with @tamas-schauer.bsky.social @marliesoomen.bsky.social @palmrinmoy.bsky.social and bluesky-less lab members 🌎 identifies TBP as a regulator of specific ERVL class: MaLRs in 🐭embryos -as always -feedback welcome👍 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Shannon McKinney-Freeman @smckinneyfreeman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Have you ever wondered about Pig HSCs? Today is your lucky day! Check out this excellent work from @ganuzalab.bsky.social. Well done! Pig and human adult hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells are overall transcriptionally similar. www.exphem.org/article/S030... @isehsociety.bsky.social
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Pig and human adult hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells are overall transcriptionally similar
Allotransplantation provides a lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide every year, including among others heart, kidney, liver and bone marrow (BM) transplants [1,2]. Yet, ...
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Ganuza Lab @ganuzalab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Extremely proud of our publication in @natcomms.nature.com. We report a genetic system based on synthetic Notch receptors (Yin&Yang) that we engineered to record and identify cell-to-cell interactions in vivo in the thymus. Collaboration @mirjana-efremova.bsky.social
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Unbiased recording and identification of thymic cellular interactomes using synthetic Notch receptors - Nature Communications
Interactions with haematopoietic and stromal cells in the thymus are essential for T cell development. Here, the authors develop an unbiased genetic system based on synthetic Notch receptors to label ...
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Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ageing promotes metastasis via activation of the integrated stress response - Nature
Ageing reprograms the evolutionary trajectory of KRAS-driven lung adenocarcinoma, limiting primary tumour growth while promoting metastatic dissemination through epigenetic activation of the integrate...
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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you! 1/n
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Lars Velten @larsplus.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Proud of @juruehle.bsky.social for getting her PhD paper on biorxiv! In it, we take synthetic enhancer screens to the single cell level, offering new insight into how transcription factors and enhancers interact 👀
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New from @dev-journal.bsky.social: we're launching a new initiative and hiring Preprint Editors to help navigate the growing world of preprints in developmental & stem cell biology Join our community & shape the future of research journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Preprint Editors – Development's next step into the preprint landscape
Summary: This Editorial announces a call for Preprint Editors in Development to help expand the journal's relationship with preprints by curating our ‘In preprints’ articles.
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I still remember to this day how much this specific day, the day the genome draft was published, pushed me into choosing to study life sciences… it was a breakthrough moment for so many young kids. 25 years, wow.
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
INTERESTED IN SINGLE-CELL LINEAGE TRACING? Check our new review @naturerevgenet.bsky.social from the @alejofraticelli.bsky.social lab 🎉🎉 nature.com/articles/s41... With Victoria Parreno, we tried to update the modern manual for genetic tracing and clonal analysis. Read link: rdcu.be/e50gy
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Charting single-cell lineages with synthetic and natural barcodes - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Review, Rodriguez-Fraticelli and Parreno discuss advances in single-cell lineage-tracing methods and how their application to diverse biological processes, such as development, ageing and canc...
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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 27/02/2026
📢 The 5th edition of #ISCO – Innovation in #SingleCell #Omics is almost here! 🗓 28–29 May 2026 📍 @prbb.org  🚨 Early-bird deadline: 28 Feb Register: www.isco-conference.eu @crg.eu @carrerasijc.bsky.social @alejofraticelli.bsky.social
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Leukemia stem cell expansion cultures reveal clonal drivers of leukemogenesis and therapy response www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🚨 NEW @FraticelliLab PREPRINT JUST WENT LIVE biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Here, we describe PLSTCs, Soluplus-based expansion cultures of primary mouse *Acute Myeloid Leukemia* Stem Cells. And then we use LARRY barcoding to identify drivers of leukemogenicity and drug resistance!
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Holy macaroni!!!
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Delighted to have Kim tell us all about their recent publication on fetal-adult transition of intestinal stem cells! www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
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Engineered intestinal crypt geometry uncovers YAP1-dependent fetal-to-adult transition
Using engineered scaffolds mimicking intestinal crypts, Maimets et al. show that tissue geometry drives epithelial maturation by regulating YAP activity. Crypt-like structures promote differentiation ...
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BrunetLab @brunetlab.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Interested in the mechanisms of aging and 'rejuvenation'? Our lab at Stanford has a Research Assistant/Lab manager position open!! Apply and join our awesome team! 😎 (please share) careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/life-sc...
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Life Science Research Professional 1 in School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
The Brunet lab in the Department of Genetics at Stanford University (https://web.stanford.edu/group/brunet/) is seeking an independent and motivated.....
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🚨WE'RE RECRUITING AT @irbbarcelona.org !!!! --- ADVANCED GENOMICS FACILITY MANAGER --- An amazing opportunity to help us drive the fight against cancer and other aging-related diseases using Single-cell, Bulk and Spatial genomics!!!! APPLY NOW!!!! recruitment.irbbarcelona.org/jobs/7124180...
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Head, Advanced Genomics Technologies Core Facility (Ref. CF/26/01) - IRB Barcelona
IRB Barcelona invites applications for the position of Head, Advanced Genomics Technologies Core Facility. The successful candidate will report to the Director, Technology Strateg...
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Tamina Lebek @lebektamina.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Excited to announce that our #PUFFFIN plasmids are finally available on @addgene.bsky.social to make PUFFFIN neighbour labelling even more accessible. You can find the plasmids here www.addgene.org/Sally_Lowell/ and our paper here link.springer.com/article/10.1... Big thanks @cellysally.bsky.social!
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Addgene: Sally Lowell Lab Materials
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ICREA Community @icreacommunity.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
⚙️ How does ICREA select researchers? ✔️ Open public call ✔️ Independent international evaluation ✔️ Permanent positions ✔️ Host institutions across Catalonia 📢 20 new positions in the #ICREAcall 2026 👉 More info: www.icrea.cat/icrea-call
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Buzz Baum @buzzbaum.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Using micropatterning & thousands of hours on the microscope @manuelthery.bsky.social and the #CytoMorphoLab reimagined the Musée D’Orsay. Accompanied by an orchestra and poet, their images transported us into the cellular universe. I remembered why I am a cell biologist. All of this is in us. Wow!
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Vikram Paralkar @paralkarlab.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Congratulations to Charles Antony (@cantony07.bsky.social), Research Associate in our lab, for being awarded a 2026 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Fellow to Faculty Scholar Award for his investigations into ribosomal RNA transcription in hematopoiesis! Many thanks to ASH for this honor! #ASH
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Stein Aerts @steinaerts.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
TF-MINDI is out! A new method to learn cis-regulatory codes through rich embeddings of TF binding sites. TF-MINDI decomposes motif neighbourhoods, and works downstream of any sequence-to-function deep learning model. We deeply study the enhancer code in human neural development, check out the thread
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FEBS Letters @febsletters.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
⌛ Increases in human life expectancy are not matched by increased health in old age. In a new review in FEBS Letters, @jetteleng.bsky.social et al. explore research on #hematopoieticstemcell rejuvenation in #ageing. ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.70215
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I’m seriously worried about whether to attend conferences in the US this year…. I’m sincerely scared. Am I over-reacting to the news?
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Jamie Hackett @jamiehackett.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This went under the radar but answers a fundamental question in Epigenetics... From many hundreds of olfactory receptor genes, each neuron selects expression of only single one (near-randomly). How? Outstanding work from Mathieu Boulard and colleagues www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The transcription of a single olfactory receptor per neuron is enforced by epigenetic silencing of their enhancers
The ability to discriminate thousands of odors in our environment requires each olfactory neuron to express a single olfactory receptor from hundreds of available genes. The biochemical mechanism enfo...
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Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
📢 New extended abstract submission deadline: 6 January 2026! Outstanding speaker list, plus many slots for short talks by students, postdocs, and junior PIs. Join us in March in Barcelona! events.ibecbarcelona.eu/embl-ibec-co...
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Another landmark, milestone paper. Essential to understand the mechanism of one of the most mysterious and important cancer mutations.
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This looks like an excellent read from @cellysally.bsky.social I think that looking at cell cooperation/synchronization from the lens of clones/phylogenies is something super interesting.
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 08/12/2025
🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines Special interest: AI methodologies 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 👥 2-12 years post-PhD Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea... #JobOpportunity #Research
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Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research
The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Really top speakers next year! You don’t want to miss it! Sign up now!
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This time is going to be legendary. If you know you know! Don’t miss it!!
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Great to see this published: Fitting dynamical landscape models to single-cell data, creating interpretable maps of cell decision making & developmental logic Applied to neural tube patterning, we show how morphogen signals reshape landscapes and drive fate decisions www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Reconstructing Waddington’s landscape from data | PNAS
The development of a zygote into a functional organism requires that this single progenitor cell gives rise to numerous distinct cell types. Attemp...
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Applications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions: Mentoring Profile raising Leadership training Network building Spread the word... www.biologists.com/grants/devel...
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Development's Pathway to Independence Programme
Our grants support and encourage the sharing of knowledge throughout the community by facilitating international collaboration, event attendance and the organisation of scientific meetings, conference...
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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 02/12/2025
Congratulations, Dr. @alejofraticelli.bsky.social (#IRBBarcelona-@icreacommunity.bsky.social), on your appointment as a new @embo.org Young Investigator! Read more here ➡️ shorturl.at/7uh1C 🧪
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EMBO @embo.org · 02/12/2025
Congratulations to the new cohort of 28 EMBO Young Investigators! They are joining an international network of more than 800 life scientists – Welcome! Read the press release here: www.embo.org/press-releases/twenty-…
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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The November Issue of #ExpHem is here! Explore the lineup, including Honoring giants in hematopoietic and progenitor cell biology www.exphem.org/article/S030...
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Alejo Rodriguez-Fraticelli @alejofraticelli.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
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Mathieu Lupien @matlupien.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Our lab website just got a major refresh to better present: Our research philosophy: why chromatin is central to our work. A snapshot of our culture: diverse, collaborative, impact-driven. Our priorities: how we translate discoveries into clinical reality. Check it out
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