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Updates from our team at University of Cambridge, on a mission to transform human health through a deep understanding of stem cell biology.

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Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) @aria-research.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Meet the 11 teams we’re funding in Sustained Viral Resilience 💥 Backed by £57m, they’ll unlock a new class of medicines that provide durable, broad-spectrum protection against respiratory viruses by engineering the innate immune system. Read more: link.aria.org.uk/svr-creators-bs
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
It's that time of year! Join us in welcoming our new postgraduate students at University of Cambridge. We have a record-breaking 14 new Master's and 23 new PhD students, and we're thrilled to have them! Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 MPhil - find more details on our website!
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We're excited to share that our Director @bertiegottgens.bsky.social has joined the Editorial Board of Stem Cell Reports! @isscr.org Submit your stem cell-related research now: invt.io/1ixbug4i0lt
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Check out ISSCR's society journal, Stem Cell Reports!
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Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge @cneurodept.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Exciting news in the Guardian today: Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system. A big congratulations to Dr Nick Cunniffe who led the study www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘Exciting’ clinical results offer hope for new class of MS therapies
Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 17/09/2025
Read our latest interview with Sarah Teichmann @scicambridge.bsky.social about expanding beyond academic science in your career, dealing with uncertainty in the workplace, and being able to carve out time for yourself despite having multiple demands on your time. rupress.org/jem/article/...
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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 03/09/2025
Sarah Teichmann @scicambridge.bsky.social leads a group that uses genomics, AI, and bioinformatics to further understand various aspects of immunity. We spoke to Sarah about expanding beyond academia and dealing with uncertainty in the workplace. rupress.org/jem/article/... #PeopleAndIdeas
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Bertie Gottgens @bertiegottgens.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Collaborative science is just so much fun! From our brilliant collaboration with Liz Robertson from @dunnschool.bsky.social; embryology, single cell omics and computational biology deliver new insights into the intricacies of blood and endothelial development. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
To know more about their work, we spoke to the first author, William Beckman, and the corresponding author, Anna Philpott, Professor of Cancer and Developmental Biology @scicambridge.bsky.social and Head of the School of the Biological Sciences @cam.ac.uk‬: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Anna Philpott (left) and William Beckman (right)
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the Seminar yesterday! This week we heard from Greta Baltusyte, PhD student in the Han group, and Angel Shiqing Ma, PhD student in the Alcolea group. Big thanks also to our sponsors ‪@scientificlabs.bsky.social‬ and Esco Life Sciences!
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Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre @crukcamcentre.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Such a variety of posters at the @cambridgebrc.bsky.social PPI showcase today including Dr Sarah Pensa's poster about the impact of PPIE in shaping research on BRCA breast cancer prevention! @phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🦴 Our bones house a factory that never sleeps - bone marrow! PhD student @juliaviladevall.bsky.social (Laurenti Lab) explores how it makes blood, what happens when the 'factory' breaks down, and the power of life-changing transplants! Read online (translatable): www.cienciaoberta.cat/medulla-ossia/
A black and white photograph of a factory - relevant to the article theme of how hematopoietic stem cells follow production lines to make our differentiated blood cells. 
Text: 'Published this week', 'Ciència Oberta - Divulgació científica en català, meaning Open Science - disseminating science in Catalan', 'La fàbrica de la sang: La Medul·la Òssia - translated to The Blood Factory: The Bone Marrow'.Photograph of article author Júlia Viladevall. 
An image depicting the comparison and similarity of a production chain in a furniture factory to the production of differentiated blood cells (erythrocytes, platelets and neutrophils) from hematopoietic stem cells. 
Text: 'Júlia Viladevall from the Laurenti Lab at CSCI has made understanding bone marrow easy!'
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This September, join the EMBO Workshop at Churchill College in Cambridge, hosted by an EMBO organising committee including our Affiliate PI Professor Alan Warren. Abstracts to present are due 12 June, and registration closes 22 August. Find more info here: tinyurl.com/ribosomesynt...
Poster: EMBO Workshop. Ribosome Synthesis: From Mechanisms to Therapy 13th Edition. Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. Sunday 7th-Friday 12th September 2025. EMBO-funded event.
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It's great to see work from Dr Simon Richardson @simonrichardson.bsky.social and Prof Brian Huntly featured on @cam.ac.uk news this week. They developed a treatment to tackle a common childhood blood cancer, hoping to offer safer & more effective care. Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/B-AL...
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Potential new treatment to tackle commonest form of childhood cancer
A combination of two drugs could improve outcomes and reduce the need for toxic chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, the commonest cancer in childhood and one that can be particularl...
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday! Ruxia Xia, PhD student from CSCI PI @wtklab.bsky.social's group, and Nicholas Katritsis, postdoc in Affiliate PI‪‪ @namshik.bsky.social's group. See you at our next event! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
We have a very engaged @cambridgeuni.bsky.social postgrad community that plan their own Away Day. This year’s event took place at @stjohnscollege.bsky.social, where they heard from postdocs, did yoga, and designed science-themed totes! Great work postgrads, can't wait to see what you do next! 🧪🥼🔬🙌
Postdoc panel Group photo of postgradsSome hand-decorated tote bags
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday - @lucaschwarz.bsky.social, PhD student from our Affiliate PI @marta-shahbazi.bsky.social group @mrclmb.bsky.social, and Yentel Mateo-Otero, postdoc in CSCI PI Richard Tyser's group. See you next week for more!
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Walid Khaled @wtklab.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Our latest paper from is out! Congratulations to all members the lab that contributed over the years! No UMAPs in this one! @phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social Thanks to our funders @cancerresearchuk.org @breastcancernow.bsky.social
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Today we welcomed Dr Sumru Bayin for our Group Leader Seminar! Dr Bayin is CSCI's Affiliate PI, and Group Leader at @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social. She was hosted by @bertiegottgens.bsky.social and presented on 'Age-dependent regenerative mechanisms in the brain.' Thanks to all who joined!
Photo of seminar with headshot of Sumru Bayin and title of her talk
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Stem Cell Podcast @stemcellpodcast.com · 30/04/2025
We're back with another episode! Tune in to hear Dr. Sarah Teichmann (@teichlab.bsky.social) from @scicambridge.bsky.social discuss her work on the @humancellatlas.org, and combining wet lab with computational biology. Listen now: bit.ly/4jWDX9T
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday - James Russell, PhD student from Konstantinos Tzelepis's group at the Institute, and George Giotopoulos, postdoc in Brian Huntly's group. See more events this term lined up here! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann of the @teichlab.bsky.social at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social for becoming an elected member to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of only 23 international members elected this year! Read more about her work: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Thanks to Fiona Watt, Director of @embo.org and Group Leader @embl.org for speaking at our monthly International Seminar yesterday! Prof Watt presented 'Exploring cellular heterogeneity in human skin' to our researchers at the Institute. Thanks to everyone who joined for her talk!
Photo of Fiona's presentation and a picture of Fiona
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teichlab @teichlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
🌟 Exciting news! Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann for being named to STAT’s 2025 STATUS List — recognizing 50 influential people shaping the future of #health and life sciences 🧬💡 We’re thrilled to see Sarah’s vision and contributions celebrated! More here: www.statnews.com/status-list/...
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2025 STATUS List: Influencers in biotech, medicine, health care
Featuring 50 influential people shaping the future of biotech, medicine, health care, policy, and health tech. Explore the list.
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Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery @acceleratescience.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Dinithi worked on this project as a postdoc in Sarah Teichmann's lab @scicambridge.bsky.social Find out more about the techniques Dinithi uses in our Core Concepts training resources, designed for researchers from all backgrounds: bit.ly/4lslDaj
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Accelerate Science Core AI Concepts
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Great turnout today for our PhD & Postdoc Seminar series! This week we had Giovanna Mantica from the Laurenti Lab and Ioannis Sarropoulos from the Teichmann Lab talking about their research. See the rest of this term's speakers here: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events/phd-p...
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
If you're around the Cambridge Biomedical Campus tomorrow (Thursday 20 Feb), stop by for Richard Tyser's lab fundraiser for #HeartMonth!
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
We were very sorry to hear the news of Professor Pedersen's passing. As a pioneering researcher in the field of #StemCells and a visionary leader, he was instrumental in setting up what is now CSCI. Our best wishes go out to his family and friends. www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/news/remembr...
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In remembrance of Professor Roger Pedersen | Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
We are very sad to share the news of the passing of Professor Roger Pedersen, a pioneering stem cell researcher whose vision and hard work was instrumental in creating the Cambridge Stem Cell Institut...
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Many thanks to our Affiliate PI Roser Vento-Tormo from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social for speaking as part of our CSCI series this week! We had a great turnout for her talk, 'Cellular roadmaps of female reproductive systems.’ See the list of events lined up here: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
Image of the lecture theatre with Dr Roser Vento-Tormo and audience
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Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre @crukcamcentre.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
📢 Don’t miss the first Cancer Biology and Medicine talk of 2025 tomorrow! Cancer stem cells, evolution and heterogeneity Prof Brian Huntley @scicambridge.bsky.social Thurs 9 Jan, 9:30-10:30 TC lecture theatre, School of Clinical Medicine @cambridge-scm.bsky.social All welcome!
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
CSCI is now on Bluesky! We're happy to share our first post as a link to a poem from postdoc Kirsty Ferguson about working in the Institute, started at the Annual Retreat this year. See Kirsty's collaborative poem here: tinyurl.com/cscipoem
Institute logo and text: A place of possibility, a poem created with the words of those who work and study at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
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