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@mareikealbert.bsky.social
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Interested in gene regulation, epigenetics, neocortex development and evolution

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TUD | Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) @crtd-tud.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Prof. Albert @mareikealbert.bsky.social is part of MICRO-NEST, a new international consortium. Backed by €6 million Horizon Europe grant 🇪🇺, it combines multidisciplinary expertise to study early markers of autism spectrum disorders. Read more ➡️ tud.link/319gn4 #CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social
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TUD | Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) @crtd-tud.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
New funding for Korean-German collaboration! 🇰🇷 🤝🇩🇪 Backed by the @dfg.de, the Albert group @mareikealbert.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social partners with Korean researchers to study how epigenetics and the extracellular matrix shape the human cortex 🧠 🧬 Read more ➡️ tud.link/qqvtcv #CMCBnews
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TUD | Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) @crtd-tud.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Exciting news 🧬 Funded by a Rise Up! grant from @boehringerglobal.bsky.social, the Albert group @mareikealbert.bsky.social will explore how epigenetics shapes the timing of brain development across species. Read more ➡️ tud.link/uakytp
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 14/01/2026
📣 Deadline extension for #EMBOBrainEpi! Good news for anyone who did not submit an abstract for the EMBO Workshop 'Brain (epi)genome': the abstract deadline is now 26 January 👉 s.embl.org/brg26-01-bl Join us to explore how genome and epigenome shape brain cell diversity, function, and disease 🧠
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mareikealbert.bsky.social @mareikealbert.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🥂 We have a new PhD!!! Congratulations to Theresa Schütze for an excellent PhD defence! 🥳 The result of hard work, dedication and curiosity. Very well deserved! Thank you to the committee members. Stay tuned for the manuscript!!! 🧠 🧫 🦍 🧬 @crtd-tud.bsky.social #DIGS-ILS #CNV alumnus
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Miki Ebisuya @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
New preprint from the lab! We discovered a transient fluidization in the basal region of human forebrains by tracking microdroplets in cerebral organoids.This “basal fluidization”, absent in gorilla and mouse, may contribute to greater surface expansion in human forebrains 1/ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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mareikealbert.bsky.social @mareikealbert.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Proud to see your story featured on the cover of #Neuron! 🤩 Along with a great #preview from Fides Zenk lab @epign.bsky.social www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
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EpiGN - Fides Zenk Lab @epign.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Excited to share our News & Views in Neuron, co-authored with Yong-Qi Gao 🎉🧠 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... It highlights the fantastic new work from the @mareikealbert.bsky.social lab.
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Unlocking the epigenome: Single-cell histone profiling in cortical development
Ditzer et al. used single-cell cytometry by time-of-flight-based method for epigenetic analysis to profile histone modifications in the primary human …
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TUD | Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) @crtd-tud.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🥳 Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Anna Czarkwiani @aniaczark.bsky.social, on receiving the ERC Starting Grant @erc.europa.eu! With €2 million in funding, Anna will explore the biology of gravisensation and uncover insights into related disorders. 🧠 #CMCBnews @tudresden.bsky.social #ERCStG
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German Stem Cell Network GSCN @gscnoffice.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
GSCN 2025 Young Investigator Award goes to @bulutkarslioglu.bsky.social of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics in Berlin. Find PR here www.gscn.org/ #stemcells #stammzellen #epigenetics #genetics @maxplanck.de @mdc-berlin.bsky.social @www.helmholtz-munich.de @bihatcharite.bsky.social
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TanentzapfLab @tanentzapflab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.
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German Stem Cell Network GSCN @gscnoffice.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Workshop Single Cell Genomics on 13 & 14 Oct in @www.helmholtz-munich.de , right before the @gscnoffice.bsky.social 13th Conference. Register and be part! #stemcells #singlecell #genomics #data #stammzellen #organoids
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katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
1 To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised! 🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Brain Surfaces of 70 primate species
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mareikealbert.bsky.social @mareikealbert.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
How do epigenetic modifications contribute to human #neocortex #development? Excited to see our work out in #Neuron. We applied Epi-CyTOF and identified a novel role for PRC2 in regulating #ECM. @crtd-tud.bsky.social @cp-neuron.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A thread below 👇
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TUD | Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) @crtd-tud.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
How important is #epigenetics for human brain? Researchers led by @mareikealbert.bsky.social used brain organoids 🧠 🧫 and Epi-CyTOF to show that histone methylation controls how brain cells multiply and how big the organoid grows. Read more ➡️ tud.link/4ywe3g #neuroscience #CMCBnews
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 17/07/2025
Rund 150 (!) aktuell und ehemalig Geförderte waren beim diesjährigen #EmmyNoether-Jahrestreffen - und es war wieder einmal lustig, produktiv, sonnig, kollaborativ, synergetisch, kommunikativ und noch viel mehr. 😊 Kurzer Bericht, mehr Impressionen & die Präsentationen zu den Talks: fcld.ly/ent2025
Bilderstrecke aus 6 Fotos: Gruppenaufnahme der Teilnehmer*innen am See in Potsdam und weitere Personen-Abbildungen in kommunikativen Situationen
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Sandra Hake @hake-chromatin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Join us!!!!! THE Symposium for all Chromatin and Epigenetics experts and 'lovers' this year!!!
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Mauricio Rocha @rocha-lab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Pls spread the word! We have a postdoc position available in the Rocha Lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social. Join our team to study mechanisms underlying robust organ development using zebrafish embryos and human organoids. mpi-muenster.mpg.de/career
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Martin Weigert @maweigert.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Do you like developing new AI vision methods for microscopy image analysis? You love theory & implementation? 1 week left to apply for a fully funded PhD position in our lab in Dresden 🇩🇪! Topics: object detection/tracking, multimodal models & more. DM/email for details! #PhD #AcademicJobs #GPUsgoBrr
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 09/07/2025
#Prospects PhDs & postdocs of all disciplines note: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims and requirements of the DFG Emmy Noether Programme and more. Link to the meeting will be published here: fcld.ly/enp
Emmy Noether Programme:
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Friday, 18. July 2025, 10-11:30 a.m. CET
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TUD | Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB) @cmcb-tud.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🚨 #JobAlert. please share: The DRESDEN-concept Genome Center (DcGC) 🧬 @dcgenomecenter.bsky.social is looking for the new Head of Facility! 🗓️ Deadline for applications: August 11 More information here ➡️ tud.link/fz5hr8 @tudresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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Nature @nature.com · 07/07/2025
Award-winning mentors share best practice to keep your team going amid political upheavals, economic downturns and other events go.nature.com/4eErOVx
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Rubbish years: how to boost lab group morale when world events crash in
Award-winning mentors share best practice to keep your team going amid political upheavals, economic downturns and other events.
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Centre for Developmental Neurobiology @devneuro.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Dr. Katie Long is leading vital research, funded by an MRF award, to learn how pregnant people feel about vaccines during pregnancy. We want your views! Take this short survey: tinyurl.com/vaccines-in-... For more information on vaccines in pregnancy visit tommys.org/vaccinations-pregnancy
Poster with illustration of pregnant person dressed in green. Text reads: Vaccination in pregnancy, your voice matters: share your thoughts by completing our survey. Supported by Tommy's. Logo of King's College London on bottom right.
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Tugce Aktas @aktast.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We wrote a review on Transposable Elements (TEs) and almost all aspects of TE silencing and their roles in biological processes & disease. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of transposable elements and their roles in development and disease - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Transposable elements (TEs) comprise nearly half of the human genome. This Review discusses transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms that repress TE activity, how TEs escape this suppressio...
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Anna Poetsch @apoetsch.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We have several open postdoc positions! We do computational biology 🧬🖥️ and deep learning to understand the genomics of genome instability and (somatic) genome evolution in ageing and cancer. Interested? 👉🏻 more details: tu-dresden.de/cmcb/biotec/...
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We are looking for Postdocs! If you are interested in the lab in general as a postdoc, please feel free to apply with an open application, including a letter of motivation and a CV …
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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Here's a job at my institute that just opened up: Max Planck Director in Biological AI. This is an amazing opportunity - www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
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Open Call: Max Planck Director in Biological Artificial Intelligence
Expressions of interest or nominations to lead research in the field of Biological Artificial Intelligence at MPI-CBG.
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Theresia Gutmann @thegutmann.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Excited to share our latest work out in @pnas.org! We show that the #SARSCoV2 nucleocapsid protein directly prevents DNA recognition of the immune sensor #cGAS by competing for DNA, which may delay early innate immune responses during infection. www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.... #innateimmunity
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Morphodynamics of human early brain organoid development @nature.com @akanksha-jain.bsky.social @graycamplab.bsky.social nature.com/articles/s41...
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Helena Klara Jambor @helenajambor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I gave in! After students asking for it, I now made a simple figure design checklist. To help all scientists w/o graphic skills create clear, accessible, and truthful charts! -> Out in @nature Cell Biology: rdcu.be/erwl4 #DataVisualization #PhD #SciComm Thx for review @bethcimini.bsky.social + 2
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A checklist for designing and improving the visualization of scientific data
Nature Cell Biology - Creating clear and engaging scientific figures is crucial to communicate complex data. In this Comment, I condense principles from design, visual perception and data...
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Miki Ebisuya @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Congratulations to newly minted Dr. Shuting Xu 🎉㊗️ As Shuting is the first PhD graduate from our Dresden lab, I was probably more nervous than she was. But Shuting delivered an outstanding, stimulating presentation and handled the Q&A with confidence. Very well done! 1/2
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German Stem Cell Network GSCN @gscnoffice.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Brandnew online: GSCN Magazine: www.gscn.org/ Stem cells: Aging & Cancer Content: When sc age: Ways to rejuvenate; Stem cells and blood cancer; Stem cells and tumors @mdc-berlin.bsky.social n.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social @bihatcharite.bsky.social @www.helmholtz-munich.de @dkfz.bsky.social
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mareikealbert.bsky.social @mareikealbert.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Check out our new review with @takashi-namba.bsky.social featured on the cover of Trends in Neurosciences 👇
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 02/06/2025
Planning to apply for #research #funding from the ERC? From the next application rounds, expect changes to the: • proposal structure • evaluation process • extra funding you can request • eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027) More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv
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Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...
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TU Dresden @tudresden.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Outstanding success: 🎉 #TUDresden shines with 5 Clusters of Excellence. @dfg.de & @wissenschaftsrat.de announced that decision today. TUD has impressively proven its claim to be a top university for the 21st century. ℹ️ tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/n...
Picture of the PIs of TUD's Clusters of Excellence and Cluster of Excellence Initiatives beeing happy.Picture of TUD's Rector Prof. Ursula Staudinger during the announcement of the funding decision of the DFG.Picture of cheering guests in the ballroom of the Rectorate Building.Picture of TUD's Rector Prof. Ursula Staudinger and cheering guests in the ballroom of the Rectorate Building.
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Nereo Kalebic @nereokalebic.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Three amazing days of the #neurogen2025 conference at @humantechnopole.bsky.social in Milan. Many thanks to all the participants, speakers and fellow co-organizers. We heard fantastic talks in #neurodevelopment #brainevolution #cancerneuroscience #neuroimmunology #neurodegeneration #neurodiversity
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katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Carlotta Barelli great presentation of her fresh work on how Glioblastoma stem cell morphotypes convey distinct cell states & clinically relevant functions (resistance,invasiveness) With @nereokalebic.bsky.social #neurogen25 @harschnitz.bsky.social @humantechnopole.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social
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katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Mareike Albert @mareikealbert.bsky.social presenting how Human-specific morphoregulatory signatures in basal radial glia characterize neocortex evolution. #neurogen25 @nereokalebic.bsky.social @harschnitz.bsky.social @humantechnopole.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social
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Oliver Harschnitz @harschnitz.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
We will be kicking off the Neurogenomics Conference with two sessions on Neurodevelopment with talks from Wieland Huttner, @bassemh.bsky.social, @mareikealbert.bsky.social, @naelnadifkasri-lab.bsky.social, Yukiko Gotoh, @boyanbonev.bsky.social and others! #neurogen25
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Debby Silver @debbysilver.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Thrilled to share our latest study out in @natureportfolio.nature.com led by the fantastically talented Jing Liu. Our study provides insight into a long standing question in biology: What molecular features make us uniquely human and how do these function? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A human-specific enhancer fine-tunes radial glia potency and corticogenesis - Nature
HARE5, a human accelerated region enhancer, modulates cortical development by influencing neural progenitor cell behaviour, leading to an enlarged neocortex with increased functional independence betw...
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Denis Jabaudon @djabaudon.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Why does the forebrain expand dramatically while other neural regions grow less? Our new publication reveals progenitor metabolism critically shapes region-specific brain growth. Thread below. authors.elsevier.com/a/1k-udL7PXu...
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Selin Jessa @selinjessa.com · 03/05/2025
Delighted to share our latest work deciphering the landscape of chromatin accessibility and modeling the DNA sequence syntax rules underlying gene regulation during human fetal development! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Read on for more: 🧵 1/16 #GeneReg 🧬🖥️
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Dissecting regulatory syntax in human development with scalable multiomics and deep learning
Transcription factors (TFs) establish cell identity during development by binding regulatory DNA in a sequence-specific manner, often promoting local chromatin accessibility, and regulating gene expre...
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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Great study by @nataliabaumann.bsky.social @djabaudon.bsky.social & collaborators, showing how regional differences in progenitor metabolism shape brain growth during development @cp-cell.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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Regional differences in progenitor metabolism shape brain growth during development
Brain-wide birthdate mapping reveals that while hindbrain neurogenesis is transient, forebrain neurogenesis is temporally sustained through spatiotemporal regulation of progenitor mitochondrial functi...
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
My guidelines for exploratory data analysis
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Silvia Cappello @silvianeuro.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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Cellular interplay in brain organoids: Connecting cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous mechanisms in neurodevelopmental disease
The field of brain organoids has experienced a period of rapid and transformative growth, enabling researchers to investigate complex human biological…
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Anna Poetsch @apoetsch.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Are you interested in combing machine learning and 🧬 language models with multi-omics data to study somatic genome evolution? We have several open postdoc positions and look forward to hearing from you! tu-dresden.de/cmcb/biotec/... 🧬🖥️
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Telomere-to-telomere genome sequences of six ape species: chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean & Sumatran orangutan, & siamang! Invaluable resource for future evolutionary studies of humans & our closest living relatives. Kateryna Makova, @aphillippy.bsky.social, Evan Eichler & co in @nature.com.🙌🧬🧪
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Complete sequencing of ape genomes - Nature
Complete sequences of chromosomes telomere-to-telomere from chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan and siamang provide a comprehensive and valuable resource for future evol...
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Miki Ebisuya @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Our Physics of Life exhibition @poldresden.bsky.social‬ is now open at the COSMO science forum. Explore interactive materials in the beautiful glass building in the city center. 📍Schloßstraße 2, 01067 Dresden
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Ste Tavano @stetavano.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
That is a great reason for a first post! With a few days of delay, I am proud to share that my postdoc work at the @heisenbergcplab.bsky.social has finally been published on @cp-cellreports.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... Now a small (or maybe not) thread about the work!
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Becker Group at CRTD @beckergroup.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
#zebrafishrocks #zebrafishjobs #Regeneration 🧪 Have a look at our job ad, tell your friends www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste...
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Boyan Bonev @boyanbonev.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Can a stem cell change its epigenome while proliferating? In collaboration with the lab of Amos Tanay, we demonstrate that yes, the epigenome of neural stem cells (NSCs) is continuously remodeled, across multiple layers, during mouse corticogenesis. 1/14 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Neural stem cell epigenomes and fate bias are temporally coordinated during corticogenesis
The cerebral cortex orchestrates complex cognitive functions, yet how its distinct temporal lineages are molecularly patterned during development remains unresolved. Here, we integrate single-cell tra...
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