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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab

@colombani-lab.bsky.social
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Drosophila geneticists at the Department of Biology, Copenhagen University. We study intestinal stem cell, inter-organ communication and cancer biology. #Drosophila www1.bio.ku.dk/english/research/cel…

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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Milan Lab is recruiting a new PhD student. Deadline: October 30th. Please, spread the news. www.irbbarcelona.org/en/careers/y...
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IRB Barcelona International PhD Fellowships - Extraordinary call 2026
The following will be offered in this call:Up to 8 FPI positions associated with the “Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento 2025” Call (funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación AEI- MICINN).Ch...
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Our latest preprint is out! 🎉 Fantastic teamwork led by @alphyjohn.bsky.social and a great collaboration with our physicist colleagues A. Doostmohammadi and T. Ma. @ucph.bsky.social "Higher-Order Mechanical Neighbourhood Sensing Governs Cell Fate in Complex Tissues" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
At some point, working on the fly TNF/TNFR made feel like a mandatory pilgrimage to visit the Swiss Alps with Eiger (the fly TNF) and its dangerous north face! Grindewald (TNFR) in the valley and Wengen (TNFR) in the neighbouring valley!
Eiger, the fly TNFGrindewald, fly TNFR Wengen, fly TNFR
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Today we got the refreshing visit of the oldest pupils of the Franco-Danish School! Many curiosity driven questions and fun 👍 thanks @alphyjohn.bsky.social for help @ucph.bsky.social
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Inspiring lecture by Nobel Laureates Eric F. Wieschaus and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, followed by presentations and mentorship for young scientists!thanks to @carlsbergfondet.dk and @ucph.bsky.social. #drosophila @fly-eds.bsky.social
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Join us for a day of talks, posters, and discussions, featuring a morning joint lecture with Nobel Laureates Eric F. Wieschaus and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard! Date: Monday, May 4th, 2026 Location: University of Copenhagen, Mærsk Tower sites.google.com/view/emergin... Free to participate
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alphyjohn.bsky.social @alphyjohn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🚨 HUGE NEWS for the Nordic fly community! ​Nobel Laureates Eric Wieschaus & Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard are coming to the Mærsk Tower on May 4th! 🇩🇰 sites.google.com/view/emergin... Funded by @carlsbergfondet.dk
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corderolab.bsky.social @corderolab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Excited to share our collaborative PhD project with Adam Dobson (Adam.Dobson@glasgow.ac.uk) on interorgan signalling in the ageing gut. Please contact Adam If you are a highly motivated student wanted to work on a super exciting Fly project.
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Excited to share our last paper describing how intestinal stem cell migration promotes gut regeneration! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pvf1-Pvr-mediated crosstalk between trachea and gut guides intestinal stem cell migration to promote gut regeneration - Nature Communications
Adult stem cells often reside in specialized niches that they exit upon injury. Here they show that in Drosophila, after damage the gut-associated trachea produces the PDGF-VEGF-related ligand Pvf1, which acts as a guidance cue directing ISC migration toward injury sites.
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We are looking forward to seeing you at the @edrc2025.bsky.social You can find us - On Thursday 25th at the workshop: INTERORGAN COMMUNICATION IN THE ERA OF OMICS, - On Saturday morning 27th @alphyjohn.bsky.social will give a talk in the session stem cells and regeneration - On poster sessions
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corderolab.bsky.social @corderolab.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.
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corderolab.bsky.social @corderolab.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Very happy and proud to share the latest work from our lab. Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche in Drosophila
Robust and controlled intestinal regeneration involves reciprocal interactions between the intestinal epithelium and its microenvironment. Here, we id…
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Great meeting!
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Great works of @rustenlab.bsky.social and @Basler lab independently showing how premalignant cells can exploit Toll-NF-κB signaling, in concert with oncogenic Ras, to enable unchecked growth #Drosophila Papers: plos.io/4jqpmUh and plos.io/3RGWESS Primer: plos.io/3GyUeU0
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 30/04/2025
#InnateImmunity is a crucial surveillance framework. However, @colombani-lab.bsky.social explores 2 @plosbiology.org studies which show that pre-malignant cells can exploit these regulatory circuits to enable unchecked #cancer growth 🧪 Papers: plos.io/4jqpmUh plos.io/3RGWESS Primer: plos.io/3GyUeU0
Schematics Top: While Toll-NF-κB pathway activation alone inhibits differentiation, trapping cells in a progenitor-like state, it also increases cell death rates leading to an overall reduction in tissue size. Bottom: In the presence of oncogenic RasV12, these progenitor-like cells become refractory to cell death, which drives tumor growth. Additionally, NF-κB/Dorsal activates JNK signaling and enhances the invasiveness of polarity-deficient RasV12/scrib−/− tumors.
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corderolab.bsky.social @corderolab.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Happy to share the preprint of our latest work on gut/vascular interactions in flies and mice! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Intestinal Tissue Mechanics Regulate Angiogenesis and Stem Cell Proliferation via Vascular Piezo
The vasculature is a prominent component of developmental and adult tissue microenvironments. How, tissue specific characteristics and environmental states influence vascular biology and function, rem...
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Great lab! Great Xmas lunch!
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Welcome to the #EDRC2025 account of the 28th European Drosophila Conference which will take place in Alicante from the 25th to the 28th of September 2025! Stay tuned for the upcoming news!
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
Excited to share our last preprint describing how intestinal stem cell migration promotes gut regeneration! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Pvf1-PvR-mediated crosstalk between the trachea and the gut guides intestinal stem cell migration to promote gut regeneration.
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 04/03/2024
The small intestine adapt its size according to nutrient intake 👇👇 www1.bio.ku.dk/english/news...
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The small intestine adapt its size according to nutrient intake
Resizing of the intestine is a highly conserved strategy employed by a wide range of organisms to cope with fluctuation in nutrient availability. Nevertheless, very little is known about the mechanism...
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
Exciting beginning of the year with the accepted version of our activins paper "Drosophila activins adapt gut size to food intake and promote regenerative growth" rdcu.be/du9K2
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 26/12/2023
Wishing everyone happy holidays! Thank you to the lab for creating a lovely environment! Here is the latest photo of us celebrating at our recent Christmas lunch!
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Dr Helen Weavers @helenweavers.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Want to explore dynamic cell & tissue responses to damage? Apply for our fully-funded #PhDposition @BristolBiochem unravelling molecular mechanisms of #tissuerepair & #inflammation using #liveimaging #omics #cellbiology and #Drosophila for 2024. Please share! Apply here: shorturl.at/fLY26
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Julien Colombani & Ditte Andersen lab @colombani-lab.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
Interesting visit of the medical museum with the relevant "mind the gut" exhibition! A bit of brainwashing for the kids...
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