Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026We’re really excited to announce that our work on improving RNA-seq efficiency is now out in iScience! 🧬 We use a “read-funnel” strategy to identify sources of read loss and develop prime-seq2, increasing usable reads by 60% at the same sequencing cost. doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.116984 120
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We’re really excited to announce that CroCoNet, our framework for cross-species network comparisons, is now out in Genome Biology! 🎉 If you work with scRNA-seq data from multiple species and want to make meaning comparisons while accounting for noise, check it out: doi.org/10.1186/s13059-026-04152-5 131
Reposted by Enard/Hellmann LabCenter for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Come and join Nobel laureate Paul Nurse, President @royalsociety.org, and philosopher Christof Rapp @caslmu.bsky.social @lmu.de in exploring one of the most fundamental questions in science: What is Life? Save the date: 17 April, 16:15📍LMU, main building register: info@cas.lmu.de, www.cas.lmu.de 195
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Sunny greetings from Evogen2026! Thanks for all the great talks and evolutionary insights 🧬 010
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Even the lab dogs are feeling festive 🎄🐾 Merry Christmas from the Hellnardos! 140
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025🎉 Big congrats to Fiona Edenhofer for defending her PhD! 🎓 In her thesis on the evolution of GRNs, she performed cross-species CRISPRi screens and helped establish primate iPSC lines. Fiona was key for many social events and brought the Kölsch to Munich. We will miss you and wish you all the best! 131
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025 📢 Seminar Announcement We’re excited to welcome Jörg Beckmann (Nuremberg Zoo) for a talk on the new roles of modern zoos — from research to conservation and beyond. 🗓️ 12 Jan 2026, 4 PM 📍 LMU Biozentrum, Lecture Hall B01.019 See you there! 🦒🦍 021
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Out now: we’re happy to share our new preprint on CroCoNet (Cross-species Comparison of Networks), a framework for robust comparative network analyses. 👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 1115
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Hellnardos at 13th GSCN conference @gscnoffice.bsky.social. We are excited about the next 3 days of stem cell science! 🧫 041
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025🎉 Big congrats to Philipp Janssen for defending his PhD! 🎓 He’s been a key part of the lab, contributing to many projects, including scRNAseq background and cross-species cell type comparisons, and always ready with new ideas (& coffee). We’re sad to see him go but excited to see what comes next! 080
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 19/09/2025We’re excited to host @nkschaefer.bsky.social from the Pollen Lab @brainevodevo.bsky.social, UCSF! He’ll present Cellbouncer, a new bioinformatic tool for pooled single-cell processing that yields insights into hominid evolution 🧬 More about the lab 👉 www.pollenlab.org 161
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Big congratulations to @pascalstuempfl.bsky.social, who successfully defended his Master’s thesis “Gene Network Conservation Metrics – Development and Benchmarking” last Friday! It’s been a pleasure having you in the group, and we’re excited to see what comes next — well done, Pascal! 🎉👏 041
Reposted by Enard/Hellmann LabFelix Pförtner @felixpfoertner.bsky.social · 26/08/2025I am thrilled to finally share our new preprint on prime-seq2 🚀 We improved one of the most cost-efficient bulk RNAseq protocols out there to end up with +60% usable reads. Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025... a🧵1/9 131
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 26/08/2025🎉Excited to share our new preprint: “Improving RNA-seq protocols” We introduce a systematic approach to maximize usable reads in RNA-seq. With this, we created prime-seq2, improving one of the most cost-efficient bulk RNAseq protocols. 👉Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2025...doi.orgImproving RNA-seq protocolsBulk and single-cell RNA-seq are powerful tools for transcriptomic analysis, providing insights into many aspects of molecular and cellular phenotypes. Costs constrain the amount of biological insight... 121
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Meet the TAs’ offices (5/5) ✨ Ines takes care of all the details that keep things organized 📑 Mrs Zhao is running the secretary ⛰️ Karin is mostly retired, but still comes in to help out 🧫 Sara is our greatest help in cell culture & ordering Together, they make everything work smoothly 💙 010
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Office (4/5): Welcome to the PIs offices We are handling dogs, budgets, people, projects and databases. Ines with Elly is running the dry lab Wolfgang with Mo is running the wet lab It’s such a privilege to work with all these wonderful people ❤️ and we have the best jobs we can imagine. 071
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 01/08/2025What do zombies 🧟, hostages ⛓️💥 and orphans 🧸 have in common? The „Wandertag“ of the Hellnardos in escape rooms! Can you guess who was in which room? 040
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Office introduction series (3/5): We are the single cell squad (scQUAD) 🙌 ⛓️ Dana links peaks to genes 🕸️ Anita compares gene regulatory networks across primates 🎛️ Pascal tunes conservation metrics 150
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Office (2/5): Welcome to the Pee-to-Profile Office! 🧪 Johanna developed a protocol to reprogram iPSCs from primate urine cells, 🧠 Manqi uses them to make neurons to study FOXP2, 🧫 Eva differentiates them to macrophages for cross-species comparisons and 📈 Daniel extends prime-seq to profile them all! 060
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 07/07/2025This is the beginning of our office introduction series (1/5): Meet the office of Leo, Antonia with Wilma and Felix Leo 🧠 maps FOXP2 brains Antonia 🧫 reprograms cross-species cells Felix ⚙️ drives Part 2 of every project Wilma 🐶 heads cable-integrity testing by chewing #LabLife #BlueskyScience 283
Reposted by Enard/Hellmann LabLMU München @lmu.de · 20/05/2025🎉 50 years of the Faculty of #Biology - and 20 years of interdisciplinary work at the #Biocenter! “Biology today is a big data science,” says Professor Stibor. AI, biodiversity loss & synthetic biology will be key topics of the future.📖 To the interview: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/... 0144
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 07/04/2025New paper from the group! 📃 doi.org/10.7554/eLif... We investigated orthologous cell types in primate EBs and found that marker genes don't transfer well across species. Check it out for insights into cross-species scRNA-seq and explore the data in our shiny app: 🔎 shiny.bio.lmu.de/Cross_Specie...doi.orgIdentification and comparison of orthologous cell types from primate embryoid bodies shows limits of marker gene transferability 041
Reposted by Enard/Hellmann LabBoyan Bonev @boyanbonev.bsky.social · 13/03/2025🚨New preprint from @bonevlab.bsky.social 🚨: What are the key epigenetic mechanisms that drive species-specific gene regulation during primate neurogenesis - and how do they contribute to the evolution of the human neocortex? Here’s what we discovered 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.org3D Epigenome Evolution Underlies Divergent Gene Regulatory Programs in Primate Neural DevelopmentThe expansion of the neocortex is a hallmark of human evolution and is closely linked to neural stem cell biology. Yet, the epigenetic mechanisms driving divergent gene regulation during primate neuro... 38333
Enard/Hellmann Lab @enardhellmannwg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The Enard/Hellmann group is now on bluesky 🦋 We are looking forward to reconnecting with everyone here and to welcoming new followers. Let’s keep up great science interactions online! 094