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William (Bill) Grey

@billgrey.bsky.social
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Group Leader, Leukaemia U.K. John Goldman Fellow, MRC CDA Fellow. We study proteostasis in healthy and malignant blood stem cells. www.proteostem.co.uk

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Charlotta Böiers, MD, PhD @boierslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thrilled to share our latest study in Blood Advances! doi.org/10.1182/bloo... Fetal hematopoietic progenitors exhibit lineage plasticity and distinct chromatin accessibility compared with adults, providing new insight into prenatal hematopoiesis. #StemCells #Leukemia #Epigenetics #Hematopoiesis
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Chromatin Accessibility Shapes Developmental-Specific Lineage Plasticity in Hematopoiesis
Key Points. The fetal HSC state is permissive, with mixed in vitro output, whereas adult HSCs exhibit chromatin-level and functional myeloid biasFetal lymp
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Charlotta Böiers, MD, PhD @boierslab.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Don’t miss our new preprint! We mapped chromatin accessibility in human first-trimester HSPCs, revealing key fetal vs adult differences in hematopoiesis. 🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202... #Hematopoiesis #StemCells #Chromatin #Epigenetics #LeukemiaResearch
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Chromatin Accessibility Shapes Developmental-Specific Lineage Plasticity in Hematopoiesis
Cell differentiation is governed by dynamic changes in chromatin accessibility, and its dysregulation underlies multiple disease states. Prior to birth, development of the hematopoietic system constit...
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Simon Richardson @simonrichardson.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Brian Huntly and I are looking to recruit a postdoc to investigate a promising novel therapeutic target in B-ALL @scicambridge.bsky.social. This new CRUK-funded project will involve collaboration with Prof Sir Steve Jackson's group @cruk-ci.bsky.social and the CRUK Functional Genomics centre.
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Research Associate (Huntly Lab - Fixed Term)
We are seeking a postdoctoral Research Associate to work on an exciting new multi-disciplinary project studying B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL). The project is a collaboration between Dr
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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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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This month on #SimplyBlood 🩸 we're featuring the Cancer and Bone Lab at The University of Sheffield, UK. Led by Alanna Green, the lab played a central role in developing a new drug to clinical trials for myeloma patients. Read more on iseh.org/Publications...
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Proteases and Innate immunity lab @ York @protinnimmunity.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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dave boucher PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 3 PhDs Listed
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Proteases and Innate immunity lab @ York @protinnimmunity.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
3 PhD positions in the lab for British Students. Inflammasome, cell death and skin immunity, with fantastic colleagues. Check them out or share it with curious and motivated PhD students: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor... @yorkshirebiodtp.bsky.social @ybri-uoy.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social
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dave boucherare PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
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William (Bill) Grey @billgrey.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
All #PhD adverts are now live with some deadlines upcoming: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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william grey PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 5 PhDs Listed
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William (Bill) Grey @billgrey.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🚨 We have 3 fully funded PhD studentships open! Join the Grey Lab & collaborators at @biologyatyork.bsky.social, @universityofleeds.bky.social & @ybri-uoy.bsky.social to explore stem cells, proteomics & leukaemia biology 📍Start Oct 2026 | 💡Apply via MRC & BBSRC 👇Details in thread 👇
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Leukaemia UK @leukaemiauk.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A decade of bold ideas, brilliant minds & real impact. 💡 Our John Goldman Fellowships are driving progress in leukaemia research, from identifying new drug targets to repurposing existing medicines. Read more: www.leukaemiauk.org.uk/stories/a-de...
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A decade of progress and impact - Leukaemia UK
This October marks ten years since Leukaemia UK launched its John Goldman Fellowship (JGF) programme. In this blog, and the next, we’ll explore its impact and successes.
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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Explore the October Issue of #ExpHem including the article Mer receptor expression promotes multiple myeloma disease development via a cell-extrinsic mechanism ➡️ www.exphem.org/current
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Surprising finding that standard chemo renders AML resistant to subsequent treatment with menin inhibitors. Published in @isehsociety.bsky.social journal Exp. Hem.: www.exphem.org/article/S030...
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Upfront Menin-inhibitor resistance in multiply pretreated leukemias
10% of acute leukemias carry rearrangements of the KMT2A gene (Mixed-Lineage Leukemia-1, MLL-1). More than 80 fusion partners have been identified, and differences in fusion partner have been linked t...
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Syed Mian @syedmian.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
We all must take the responsibility and don’t just complaint about these problems. Take action and don’t be a spectator!
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Epithelial Cell Biology in ENT Research Group UCL @epicentr.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Our latest work is available on BioRxiv! WS6 allows extended culture of basal epithelial cells and allows clonal expansion of primary airway epithelial cells after CRISPR editing, with clonal populations retaining their differentiation capacity. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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WS6 enables scalable ex vivo expansion and gene editing of epithelial basal stem cells
Modeling human epithelial diseases and developing cell-based therapies require robust methods to expand and manipulate epithelial stem and progenitor cells in vitro. Basal stem/progenitor cells from s...
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Syed Mian @syedmian.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Humanized MPN xenograft model that offers valuable insights into how human BM MSCs interact with JAK2V617F mutant clone. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @hemasphere-journal.bsky.social
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Mesenchymal stromal cells from JAK2V617F myeloproliferative neoplasms support healthy and malignant hematopoiesis in a humanized scaffold model in vivo
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) are malignancies of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) that lead to the overproduction of mature blood cells. These disorders include Essential Thrombo....
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Tiago C. Luís @tiagocluis.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
New Preprint 🚨. Our latest work is now available in biorXiv: A new double reporter strategy reveals a subset of non-migratory hematopoietic stem cells localized in a dynamic bone marrow niche. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Immunofluorescence image of and Hoxb5+Vwf+ and an Hoxb5+Vwf- cells in the bone marrow niche
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Charlotta Böiers, MD, PhD @boierslab.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Congratulations to everyone! It’s incredibly exciting to see our lab getting recognition with the postdoc grant to Keiki. www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/thre...
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Three researchers receive Barncancerfonden funding to investigate the causes of childhood leukemia
Lund University. This spring Barncancerfonden, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation, awarded SEK 64 million to 29 researchers across the country. The funding includes positions of up to six years f...
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Charlotta Böiers, MD, PhD @boierslab.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Thrilled to share our latest research just published in Leukemia. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Grateful to all co-authors for their dedicated effort and collaboration. @lundstem.bsky.social @lunduniversity.bsky.social
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Ontogeny-specific induction of the KMT2A::AFF1-fusion drives development of a distinct CD24 positive pre-leukemic state - Leukemia
Leukemia - Ontogeny-specific induction of the KMT2A::AFF1-fusion drives development of a distinct CD24 positive pre-leukemic state
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Rob Hynds @robhynds.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Excited to share our collaborative work with Sheila Singh's lab: we performed an in vivo genome-wide CRISPRa screen using a lung TRACERx PDX model to uncover drivers of brain metastasis. BACE1 - already investigated as target in Alzheimer's - was as a key hit. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A genome-wide in vivo CRISPR activation screen identifies BACE1 as a therapeutic vulnerability of lung cancer brain metastasis
Beta-secretase 1 promotes the spread of lung cancers to the brain through epidermal growth factor receptor signaling.
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Rhys Morgan @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Following on from our recent paper showing novel post-transcriptional roles for B-catenin in leukaemia cells, a very well done to Drs Sevim & Park for writing a superb review in @natureportfolio.nature.com Oncogene summarising our current understanding of this field. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Post-transcriptional control of gene expression by β-catenin: expanding the non-canonical ARMoury - Oncogene
Oncogene - Post-transcriptional control of gene expression by β-catenin: expanding the non-canonical ARMoury
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Proteases and Innate immunity lab @ York @protinnimmunity.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Interested in innate immunity and inflammation? Join us in September for a great meeting! Superb lineup of speaker and lots of opportunities for Ecrs to present!
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Keisuke Ito @keisukeito-lab.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Excited to see the first commentary in Experimental Hematology (@isehsociety.bsky.social)! Kudos to Aishwarya, Linde ‪@lindemileslab.bsky.social, and Grant @challenlab.bsky.social for highlighting recent papers in Exp Hem on cell-extrinsic factors in Tet2-mutant clonal hematopoiesis!! bit.ly/4k3pEAI
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Cell-extrinsic factors contribute toward myeloid-biased expansion in Tet2-mutant clonal hematopoiesis
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) acquire somatic mutations throughout life, with the frequency of mutational incidence increasing with age [1]. Occasionally, certain mutations confer a fitness advantag...
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Syed Mian @syedmian.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Excited to share our perspective just out in @leukemia journal! What is bone marrow niche doing in shaping clonal dynamics in MDS and Leukemias. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Is the bone marrow microenvironment the hidden catalyst in malignant haematopoiesis? - Leukemia
Leukemia - Is the bone marrow microenvironment the hidden catalyst in malignant haematopoiesis?
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Leukaemia UK @leukaemiauk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We're excited to see the launch of the TARGET study, co-led by @billgrey.bsky.social, to tackle AML relapse by targeting chemo-resistant stem cells. This could mean oral treatments at home, fewer side effects, and safer options for all. 🧡
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Research and Innovation @lthtresearchcomms.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A new research study @leedsth.nhs.uk and @york.ac.uk is set to transform treatments for one of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat blood cancers. Read ▶️ www.leedsth.nhs.uk/news/new-res... @leukaemiauk.bsky.social @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social @cbr-uoy.bsky.social
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Jasmeen Oberoi @jasmeenoberoi.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
📢 New PhD Opportunity 🧬🧪 Excited to share a fully funded PhD studentship is available in my lab @gdsc-sussex.bsky.social 📅 Deadline: 2nd May 2025 👉 www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f... Please share with anyone who might be interested.
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PhD Studentship: Structure and function of tyrosine fusion kinases in leukaemia and their regulation by the HSP90 molecular chaperone at University of Sussex
Discover a PhD Studentship: Structure and function of tyrosine fusion kinases in leukaemia and their regulation by the HSP90 molecular chaperone on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportun...
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Epithelial Cell Biology in ENT Research Group UCL @epicentr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨Today our phenotypic screening work with primary human airway basal cells is published @jcellsci.bsky.social! We found that multiple Wnt activating compounds promote basal cell proliferation and validated 1-azakenpaullone in vivo. doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
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Compound screening in human airway basal cells identifies Wnt pathway activators as potential pro-regenerative therapies
Summary: A high-throughput screen of 1429 compounds in primary human airway epithelial cells was used to identify that Wnt pathway-activating compounds increase cell proliferation.
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Shannon McKinney-Freeman @smckinneyfreeman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Excited to share our work - online today as a preprint. Here, we characterize precocious aging in HSCs of mice and people with sickle cell disease. Excitingly, we demonstrate the potential of senolytics to restore HSC function to the bone marrow of mice with SCD. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Senolytics Restore Hematopoietic Stem Cells Function in Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a blood disorder affecting millions worldwide. Emerging evidence reveals that SCD pathophysiology increases risk of myeloid malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) ...
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
New pre-print from Thomas Höfer, Daniel Hübschmann, @haas_lab and myself, with first authors @Esther_RCorrea @FloGrunschlager and Tamar Nizharadze doi.org/10.1101/2025... @DKFZ @NCT_HD @ChariteBerlin @hi_stem_lab BIH & MDC
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A kinetics-based model of hematopoiesis reveals extrinsic regulation of skewed lineage output from stem cells
Residing at the top of the hematopoietic hierarchy, long-term hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are capable of self-renewal and sustained blood cell regeneration. Over the past decades, single-cell and ...
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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
ICYMI... #ExpHem featured incredible research in 2024. Our journal has a variety of different content available, including Special Issues. Check out our collections, including guest editors @krikirschner.bsky.social @keisukeito-lab.bsky.social and more on www.exphem.org/content/spec....
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Shannon McKinney-Freeman @smckinneyfreeman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Really enjoyed talking about the value of joining our community of scientists, working to solve the most difficult problems in hematopoiesis, HSPCs, leukemia and more. The International Society for Experimental Hematology welcomes burgeoning scientists and group leaders. Join! #ISEH #HSC #leukemia
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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The first issue of #ExpHem for 2025 is here, marking the beginning of what promises to be a great year of new science! Don't miss articles in this issue from @charles-debock.bsky.social, Lev Kats, Hitoshi Takizawa, and more! www.exphem.org/issue/S0301-...
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kiranbatta.bsky.social @kiranbatta.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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EHA Mentorship Program
A new, career-focused program that provides individual mentoring support for early and mid-career clinicians and researchers in hematology.The call for mentees is open until 15:00 (CET) on February 20...
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Grant Rowe @bloodandtime.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Here's a new preprint from our group. This manuscript continues our efforts to understand the mechanisms that distinguish fetal/juvenile versus adult hematopoiesis to better understand pediatric blood diseases. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dynamic activity of Erg promotes aging of the hematopoietic system
Hematopoiesis changes to adapt to the physiology of development and aging. Temporal changes in hematopoiesis parallel age-dependent incidences of blood diseases. Several heterochronic regulators of he...
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
In the Jan issue of @isehsociety.bsky.social journal, the very first “Society Voices article: Advice for effective leadership and hitting the ground running as a new group leader - Experimental Hematology www.exphem.org/article/S030...
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Advice for effective leadership and hitting the ground running as a new group leader
Congratulations—you have just been appointed a new group leader! That position that you coveted from the time you first set foot in a laboratory as an undergraduate student. You have a great hypothesi...
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Brent Richards @brent-richards.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Humans tend to inherently believe that context matters. But context doesn’t seem to matter all that much in genetics. Epistasis between mutations doesn’t seem to influence their stability in this amazing saturation mutagenesis paper. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Site-saturation mutagenesis of 500 human protein domains - Nature
Large-scale experimental analysis of Human Domainome 1, a library containing more than 500,000 missense mutation variants across more than 500 human protein domains, reveals that 60% of pathogenic mis...
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karen-hogg.bsky.social @karen-hogg.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Open call from Royal Microscopical Society for nominations to join a Committee - great opportunity for those enthusiastic and active in microscopy, cytometry or imaging www.rms.org.uk/community/sc...
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William (Bill) Grey @billgrey.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Please share our new PhD position: We are looking for a data scientists to work on leukaemia models of #AML and cancer stem cells or #LSCs. This mixes wet and dry lab and aims to replace animals in research by developing new in vitro tools. tinyurl.com/6rfan796 tinyurl.com/fmys7cay
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Multi-omic analysis of human blood cancer stem cells to develop new predictive tools, and develop novel culture systems at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Multi-omic analysis of human blood cancer stem cells to develop new predictive tools, and develop novel culture systems at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Simon Baker @drsimonbaker.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Interested in #bladdercancer? Come to the Bladder Cancer Translational Research Meeting in Brimingham on the 28th Feb. I'm presenting on APOBECs and cancer initiation. Prof Maria De Santis is talking about treating metastatic disease and loads more exciting speakers. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/7th-b...
Advert for a talk by Simon Baker at the University of Birmingham on the 28th February 2025 titled "What drives the APOBEC-mutagenesis that initiates urothelial carcinomas? The case for BK polyomavirus infections"
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Check out our new review in @isehsociety.bsky.social journal Experimental Hematology, asking the question: to what degree is HSC dysfunction responsible for hematologic aging www.exphem.org/article/S030...
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Kate MacNamara @macnamaralab.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Winter break is good for catching up on some reading 😉! #ISEH #SimplyBlood @isehsociety.bsky.social
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William (Bill) Grey @billgrey.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Good news. #fullyfunded #phdstudentship to be announced early Jan. DM or email now if you want to know more.
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William (Bill) Grey @billgrey.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
In the spirit of being like old twitter and not x, I thought a first post should be something sensible and realistic. As a group our work is most relevant to #paedLeukaemias and hope to contribute towards a wider/real-world impact one day. In reality…
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Andi Roy @roylab-oxford.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Registration and abstract submission is now open for this EMBO Childhood Leukaemia workshop that I am excited to help organise. See you in Kolkata!!
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Molecular Basis and Mechanisms of Therapy Personalisation in Paediatric Leukaemia
Only in the last decade have clinicians in India, with support from colleagues from the west, organized to develop multi-centre modern protocols for children with acute leukaemia. These protocols inc…
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Blood-generating heart-forming organoids recapitulate co-development of the human haematopoietic system and the embryonic heart. Open access www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Alessandro Donada @alessandrodonada.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
go.bsky.app/FrzB2bf Send me a message if you want to be added or you have some suggestions! The more the merrier 🩸🔬
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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The final #ExpHem issue of 2024 is here! Explore the latest findings, innovative studies and thought-provoking insights in the December Issue of Experimental Hematology ➡️ www.exphem.org/issue/S0301-...
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Check out the talk by my amazing grad student, Ian Ghezzi, this morning at #ASH2024. Using a novel mouse model, he’s been able to identify a rare population of dormant JAK2-mutant HSCs that drive disease propagation and therapy resistance in MPNs.
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Confused about possible biomarkers for blood cell aging? Check out this review by Wolfgang Wagner, including exploration of how transferable such markers are between mice and humans - Experimental Hematology exphem.org/article/S0301-… @isehsociety.bsky.social
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Grant Rowe @bloodandtime.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This is a great review. We hope to present our own contribution to this field very soon.
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