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Rocio Sancho Lab

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And this is us... Pancreas plasticity and regeneration lab (@ the Centre for Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine - King's College London 🇬🇧) www.sancholab.org Pluripotent stem cells | Diabetes | Beta cells | Organoids | Cell fate regulation

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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Amazing work and an invaluable resource for the pancreas research community. Huge congratulations to all the authors! 👏👏👏 A single-cell multi-omic atlas of the human pancreas reveals potential for cellular plasticity across development, health, and disease: www.cell.com/cell-metabol...
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A single-cell multi-omic atlas of the human pancreas reveals potential for cellular plasticity across development, health, and disease
Mereu et al. present ESPACE, a single-cell multi-omic atlas of the human pancreas spanning fetal development, adulthood, and type 2 diabetes. Combining transcriptomics, chromatin accessibility, and sp...
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Mikel López Iturriaga @mikeliturriaga.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Cuando era un jovenzuelo y entré a trabajar en El País de la Tentaciones allá por los noventa, de vez en cuando hacía cosas para Julia en El País Semanal. Siempre me pareció de las personas más amables y receptivas de la redacción. Pena 🙁 elpais.com/cultura/2026...
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Julia Luzán, la periodista cultural que no se parecía a nadie
Escribió, para este periódico y para otros medios, sobre todo de arte y de asuntos que tenían que ver con la historia y con la memoria. Estaba siempre atenta a lo que pasaba, y a lo que nos pasaba a q...
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🚀 New paper out from the Gentleman & Sancho Labs! What happens when developmental biology meets bioengineering? We show how stiffness shapes the generation and maturation of stem cell derived beta cells. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @diabetesuk.bsky.social
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Tomorrow is the day… Swim22 starts… yay!!! 🎉 🏊‍♀️ 🔬 🧫 We are back in the pool for @diabetesuk.bsky.social to support people living with diabetes and research towards better treatments and a cure, please donate! swim22.diabetes.org.uk/teams/stem-c...
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Stem Cells for Diabetes Swim Team
I'm taking on Swim22 and raising money for Diabetes UK
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Wow! Cool paper! Cyborg pancreatic islet organoids | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cyborg pancreatic islet organoids
Bio-nanoelectronic islets are new tools for diabetes research and therapy
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Anne Grapin-Botton @anne-grapin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Congratulations to Rashmi and Karolina and also to the technology development studio of the MPI-CBG without whom the screen would not have been possible. If you are interested in high-content screening in organoid models, you may want to take a look.
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Cell Stem Cell @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Online Now! High-content screening of organoids reveals the mechanisms of human pancreas acinar specification #stemcells
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High-content screening of organoids reveals the mechanisms of human pancreas acinar specification
Keshara et al. conducted a high-content screen on pancreas organoids that identified 54 compounds affecting differentiation or morphogenesis. After validating 11 compounds, they focus on Gsk3A/B inhibitors, which, combined with FGF withdrawal, drive acinar cell differentiation, enabling future studies on these cells and their role in cancer initiation in humans.
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Massive congrats to Dr Gehlen who absolutely nailed her viva and is already shining like the star she is ⭐ She is even wearing her PhD gift, a dryrobe that will keep her warm after swiming in freezing waters on her next adventure 🏊‍♀️❄️ #proud_sanchoLab🥹 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Sancho Lab in full festive mode at the CGTRM Christmas department lunch... bright energy as the year closes, fantastic time with great food and good laughs all around!!! 🎄✨😄
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Fantastic paper! Huge congrats 👏🥂
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Juan Martin Serrano @juanmartin-serrano.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Fantastic Inaugural Lectures by Katie Doores and Patricia Barral @barrallab.bsky.social . It is a real privilege to have colleagues like them at @kingslsm.bsky.social .
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bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Human pancreatic organoids derived from pluripotent stem cells recapitulate pancreatic organogenesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
Generation of human iPSC-derived pancreatic organoids to study pancreas development and disease www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Generation of human iPSC-derived pancreatic organoids to study pancreas development and disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.24.620102v1
The pancreas has vital endocrine and exocrine functions that can be affected by life-threatening dis
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
www.linkedin.com/posts/paola-... Looking for a PhD? We are offering a project for the 2026 intake at the Crick!
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Bonfanti and Sancho Lab | Dissecting disease-associated pathways and autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes and congenital hyperinsulinism using iPSC-derived beta cells and spatial multi-omics | Paola Bonfan...
The 2026 #PhD recruitment at The Francis Crick Institute is now open! We are please to announce an additional opportunity to join our laboratory through a PhD project in collaboration with the Rocio...
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Barral Lab @barrallab.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Looking for a PhD for 2026? We have 2 projects in collaboration with Clare Bennett (UCL) looking at macrophage metabolism in breast cancer. Check them out! @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-phd-pro... crukradnet.colcc.ac.uk/phd-students...
Phd oportunity
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
✨A wonderful day of connection, insight, and inspiration at the BMBS PI Retreat. Grateful to all who shared their ideas and to Prof Rachel Tribe for closing the event with such energy and vision ✨ @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Had an amazing time at The CGT Circle Leiden ✨ Sharing my career journey with this incredible group was truly rewarding. Huge thanks to the organisers and to Sophia Kolbe for the invite 🙌 #NecstGen @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @diabetesuk.bsky.social @ukri.org
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We did it! 🌙✨ The Shine Night Walk was amazing and every step was powered by your support. Huge thanks to all who donated 🙏💙 What a night! 🎉👟 #ShineWalk @cancerresearchuk.org @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The Sancho Lab is also joining forces in this beautiful initiative 🌟👟. Together, we are walking to support vital research 💖🎗️. Every donation, big or small, makes a difference 🙏✨. fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/shiny-i... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org
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Shiny Islets
Cancer is happening right now, which is why we're fundraising right now for Cancer Research UK. There’s no time to lose! Donate today and help bring forward the day when all cancers are cured. Donatin...
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Walking through the night for Cancer Research UK 🌙✨ Every step helps beat cancer 💜 Please support with a donation if you can 🙏💫 fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/rocios-...
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Rocio - Shine Night Walk
I am taking part in the Shine Walk in memory of my mother, who was my rock, the strongest guiding force in my life, who shaped who I am today and gave me the most powerful example to follow. She passe...
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Smiling faces after a delicious ice cream feast at Borough Market 🍦 wishing Vicky the very best with her MRes at Imperial, you will do amazing 🎉✨
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Oya Celiktutan @oyaceliktutan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📣 Job alert! We are seeking motivated researchers to apply for a postdoctoral research associate position in #Robotics and #ArtificialIntelligence, funded by our new EPSRC project, Circular Robot 5.0! More information: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/118605-...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Robotics & AI
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Spagnoli_Lab. @labspagnoli.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We are doing it again!! 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶🧪🧫🔬 For the Second Year My Lab is participating to the One_Walk_London 🎡 to raise money for life-changing research & make a difference to T1D #diabetes ⤵️ support.breakthrought1d.org.uk/fundraisers/... Please help us raise funds for @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social
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Spagnoli Lab. One Walk
Please help us raise vital funds for Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research charity. Your support will help change the lives of everyone affected with T1D - Thanks so much...
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Stem Cell Podcast @stemcellpodcast.com · 18/06/2025
We have a special episode out for you now, recorded live at #ISSCR2025! Drs. Hongkui Deng and Candice Liew share the story behind their groundbreaking study transplanting CiPSC-derived islets into a patient with #Type1Diabetes. Listen now: bit.ly/4n9c54K
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Jenny Gehlen, final-year PhD student in the Sancho Lab, rocked her poster presentation at #ISSCR2025 in Hong Kong! Brilliant work, Jenny!✨🧫🧬🔬 @isscr.org @diabetesuk.bsky.social @ukri.org @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Live from #ISSCR2025! Prof Hongkui Deng reviewed chemical reprogramming for iPSCs, boosting efficiency & safety. Promising diabetes data! Strong talks on mechanisms & translation. More discussions ahead! @isscribe.bsky.social @diabetesuk.bsky.social @ukri.org @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🤩 Amazing start of the ISSCR experience! Great public symposium at the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park! 🧬🔬🧫👏🧑‍🔬 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @ukri.org @diabetesuk.bsky.social @isscr.org
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🤩 Great talk by Jenny Gehlen at the BMBS PhD Symposium on how pancreatic stiffness influences beta cell differentiation. #ProudPI 🥹. Thanks to the organising team for such an amazing day! 🎉👩‍🔬🧫🔬👨‍🔬 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @diabetesuk.bsky.social @lido-dtp.bsky.social @lscn.bsky.social
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Absolutely thrilled to be heading to #ISSCR2025 in Hong Kong this June! Looking forward to connecting with colleagues, who else is going? Let me know if you would like to catch up 🧫🔬👩‍💻
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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
BBB-crossing lipid nanoparticles to deliver mRNA to neurons and astrocytes, published at @naturematerials.bsky.social
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Blood–brain-barrier-crossing lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery to the central nervous system - Nature Materials
A lipid-nanoparticle-based formulation incorporating engineered lipids containing a blood–brain-barrier-crossing moiety effectively delivers mRNA to neurons and astrocytes following systemic administr...
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Applications are now open for 20 interdisciplinary jobs in AI at King’s College London: King’s AI+ Academic Fellowships, advancing AI across *all* disciplines (yes, inc. Arts & Hums — come and work with me!). www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki... @kingsdh.bsky.social @kings-dfi.bsky.social
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King's AI+ Academic Fellowships (leading to an open-ended academic post)
King’s is making a major strategic investment into driving AI activity across our nine academic Faculties. Our ambition is to accelerate growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data-driven research...
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🔥New Night Science paper!! Discovery happens when your initial plans fall apart but it requires you to have a particular mindset: it's not extraverted, orderly, neurotic or agreeable that's the most important – discovery requires an OPENNESS to new ideas and unexpected insights.
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Amazing dumpling feast as we said goodbye to Cristina at the Sancho Lab! 🥹 Such a lovely afternoon celebrating her next chapter. The Sancho Lab will not be the same without her. Off she goes to a brilliant postdoc @aidamartinezs.bsky.social , and we know she will shine! ✨🧬🧪
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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · 17/03/2025
A computational framework links transcriptomic analyses with mechanical signatures to study the interplay between cell mechanical forces and gene expression. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 04/03/2025
Are you a clinician looking for a fully-funded postdoctoral research opportunity? 🩺 Take a look at our postdoctoral career development fellowships for clinicians, and see how you can join our vibrant community of clinician scientists. Apply by 30 April ⤵️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
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Postdoctoral clinical fellows
Opportunities for postdoctoral clinicians to consolidate their research experience.
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We are also featuring Fiona Watt, former Editor-in-Chief of @jcellsci.bsky.social and current Director of the @embo.org, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists
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100 extraordinary biologists

Fiona Watt

Fiona Watt served as Journal of Cell Science’s Editor-in-Chief from 1992 to 2012. Fiona is the current Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany. Her research on mammalian epidermis has been key in understanding how stem cells maintain adult tissues.

#100biologists #biologists100
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Great time at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference in Glasgow🎉. Many thanks to the Steve Morgan Foundation, Breakthrough T1D, and Diabetes UK for inviting us. Enjoyed meeting brilliant people and building strong connections. #DUKPC #DiabetesResearch
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Mauro Gaya @maurogaya.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
🦠🔬 We are very excited to organize an EMBO workshop on Immunity in Barrier Tissues with Carolyn King! @immunologyking.bsky.social 📍 Where: Basel, Switzerland 📅 When: 26th–29th August 2025 📝 Registration deadline: 30th May 2025 Check out the program and details 🔗 #EMBOBarrierTissues @embo.org
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Adaptive immunity in barrier tissues
Immune responses lie at the heart of almost every aspect of human health, including host responses to infection, autoimmunity, cancer, metabolism and aging. While adaptive immune responses by B and T…
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
An imaging system with an ultra-wide field of view allows scientists to track millions of cells at once in large 3D tissues and embryos. buff.ly/3Q83gZD
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Mekayla Storer @storerlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Calling all students. The registration for the European Summer School on Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine is now open.
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European Association for the Study of Diabetes @easdnews.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
⏳Abstract submission for #EASD2025 is OPEN! Use this chance to present your research and contribute to the future of #diabetes #care and #innovation.🔬 📅 Deadline: 1 April 2025, 18:00 CEST 📍 Submit via MyEASD to showcase your research! More info 👉 www.easd.org/annual-meeti...
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EMBO @embo.org · 12/02/2025
Hello everyone on Bluesky! 🧪 We are EMBO, the organization of more than 2,100 leading researchers that promotes excellence in #lifesciences in Europe and beyond. Read more: www.embo.org/about-embo/m...
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🥂 Huge congratulations to @cristinagarrone.bsky.social for smashing her PhD viva! Such an amazing achievement, we are all soooooo proud of you! 🎉👏🤩🥹👩‍🎓💪
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 29/01/2025
What is cancer and why is it so difficult to treat? Crick group leader Gerard Evan explains why we get cancer and how he and other scientists are working to unravel this complex disease. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8gP...
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How Does Cancer Hack Our Cells? - with Gerard Evan
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Rocio Sancho Lab @labsancho.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Amazing how deep space images look just like microscopic structures...galaxies that mimic neurons, nebulae that resemble cells. The universe really repeats itself at every scale 🤯
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Masaya Hagiwara @masayah.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Job Alert! We are recruiting a postdoc for organoid technology at RIKEN BDR, Japan. This is a valuable opportunity to work in collaboration with multiple labs, aiming for an advanced integration of developmental biology and engineering. Please contact! www.riken.jp/en/careers/r...
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Seeking a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher at Human Biomimetic System RIKEN Hakubi Research Team (K24101)
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Science Magazine @science.org · 31/01/2025
A long-awaited nonopioid pain drug has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat moderate to severe short-term pain.
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Nonopioid drug for acute pain wins FDA approval
Ongoing trials will reveal whether suzetrigine is also effective against chronic pain
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Science Magazine @science.org · 19/01/2025
"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors." One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 #ScienceWorkingLife essay. scim.ag/3DWR4YV #NationalMentoringMonth
Illustration showing a diverse group of four people standing in a line, with a person at the right looking back at them with an arm extended. The image features a caption that reads, "WORKING LIFE — One mentor isn’t enough. Here's how I build a network of mentors."
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Roberta Azzarelli @robertazzarelli.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
London Stem Cell Network @lscn.bsky.social is on Bsky! Hello! Please follow☝🏻 if interested in stem cells
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Prisca Liberali @priscaliberali.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
A perfect start in the new year! 🌱 Regenerating tissues are just an amazing spatio temporal controlled process! Our new manuscript explores how cell heterogeneity and bistability orchestrate intestinal regeneration. 🧵 biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Cell heterogeneity and fate bistability drive tissue patterning during intestinal regeneration
Tissue regeneration relies on the ability of cells to undergo de novo patterning. While tissue patterning has been viewed as the transition from initially identical un-patterned cells to an arrangemen...
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