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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Researchers from WEHI, the Royal Melbourne Hospital & @petermaccc.bsky.social have achieved a brain cancer clinical trial world-first, providing hope to patients with low-grade gliomas. 🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/world-f...

The BrainPOP research team (left to right): Professor Kate Drummond, Dr Jim Whittle, Dr Saskia Freytag, Dr Sarah Best

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Steven Sloan @sloanlab.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

First 🦋 post! Very excited to share our lab's latest work exploring the shared and divergent aspects of human astrocyte development and glioblastoma. This effort spans many fields from developmental #glial biology to #stem cells and #tumor biology. rdcu.be/d5ADz A 🧵

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Mapping the developmental trajectory of human astrocytes reveals divergence in glioblastoma

Nature Cell Biology - Sojka et al. analyse the transcriptomic and epigenomic landscape of human astrocyte maturation and identify an epigenetically regulated intermediate state associated with...

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Saskia Freytag @saskiafreytag.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

New review article from the lab discusses everything GBM tumor microenvironment: tech (spatial transcriptomic, metabolomics and proteomics), biology and implications for the clinic. @jimwhittle.bsky.social @sarahbest.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Saskia Freytag @saskiafreytag.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

New work from the lab on comparing patient-derived GBM organoids & spheroids. TLRD: Surprisingly very similar across genetic, transcriptomics and epigenetic levels!

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Saskia Freytag @saskiafreytag.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Beautiful collaboration! Congratulations.

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