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Pajtler Lab

@pajtlerlab.bsky.social
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Working on Reverse Translation and Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg

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Pajtler Lab @pajtlerlab.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Thrilled to share our latest work on the blood–brain barrier in ependymoma! Our data suggest the BBB remains largely intact — challenging assumptions about drug access. Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Ependymoma #BBB #BrainTumors
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Ependymoma group-specific blood-brain barrier differences uncovered by a multi-omics approach - Scientific Reports
A significant obstacle in treating brain tumors is the limited drug penetration across the blood-brain barrier (BBB), characterized by an interplay of endothelial tight junctions and efflux pumps. Bra...
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Pajtler Lab @pajtlerlab.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Excited to share our latest work—establishing a pipeline for DNA methylation–based CNS tumor diagnostics from minimally invasive CSF liquid biopsies—published today in Nature Cancer! Huge thanks to all collaborators. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #LiquidBiopsy #PediatricNeuroOncology #TeamScience
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M-PACT leverages cell-free DNA methylomes to achieve robust classification of pediatric brain tumors - Nature Cancer
Smith et al. present M-PACT, a deep neural network leveraging low-input cell-free DNA methylation profiles to achieve robust classification of pediatric brain tumors and enable cellular deconvolution ...
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Pajtler Lab @pajtlerlab.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
#teamkitzheidelberg ran for connor! www.connorsrun.com/fundraisers/... #connorsrun #braintumorcharity #honortoconnor
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Pajtler Lab @pajtlerlab.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Support Connor's Run and #teamkitzheidelberg to raise awareness for childhood brain cancers, especially Ependymoma! www.connorsrun.com/fundraisers/... #connorsrun #braintumorcharity #honortoconnor
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Connor's Run 2025 - All of September
Your support means we can continue to fund critical research projects, improved testing, in-home care and clinical trials, to help change the odds for kids with brain cancer.
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Pajtler Lab @pajtlerlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We are excited to share our latest work highlighting the potential of liquid biopsies for pediatric CNS tumor patients - just published in Acta Neuropathologica Communications! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this study! doi.org/10.1186/s404... #LiquidBiopsy #cfDNA #PediatricNeuroOncology
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Ultra-low-input cell-free DNA sequencing for tumor detection and characterization in a real-world pediatric brain tumor cohort - Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Molecular profiling of pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors has important clinical utility for guiding diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from liquid biopsies has be...
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Pajtler Lab @pajtlerlab.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We had the privilege of presenting at this year’s Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Conference in San Diego. It was great to share our research and connect with friends and future collaborators dedicated to improving outcomes for children with brain tumors. #PediatricNeuroOncology #TeamScience #SNOPeds2025
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Pajtler Lab @pajtlerlab.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Thanks to the #Eureka Institute and @sickkidsto.bsky.social for hosting an amazing Translational Medicine Course and turning Tom Fischer and Leonhard Bamberg into newly baked #Eurekans! Loved it in Toronto!
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Pajtler Lab @pajtlerlab.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Paper on the challenges of hydrophobic drugs in cerebral microdialysis accepted to #CTSJournal, #ASCPTJournalFamily Based on own data + intensive literature review, we developed a decision tree to guide future studies in testing unspecific binding prior to microdialysis: doi.org/10.1111/cts....
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Experimental Insights and Recommendations for Successfully Performing Cerebral Microdialysis With Hydrophobic Drug Candidates
Cerebral microdialysis in rodents represents a robust and versatile technique for quantifying the pharmacologically relevant unbound fraction of drugs in the brain. When this unbound fraction is simu...
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