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Sendoel lab at the University of Zurich, alumnus of the The Rockefeller University, NYC. We are excited about mRNA translation, stem cells and cancer. www.sendoellab.org

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Martin Pacesa @martinpacesa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ʙɪɴᴅᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ2 is out, and we're not waiting for the paper. The full code drops today, free for academic and industry use. We're releasing it early so you can start designing right now, and bring its full power to the current Adaptyv competition. github.com/PacesaLab/Bi...
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Interested in single-cell CRISPR screens in gastruloids? Happy to see our CROP-seq-based strategy now published, congrats to David and all co-authors! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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John Prensner @johnprensner.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Wow what a blockbuster PhD paper by @claradure.bsky.social with @sendoellab.bsky.social . It is a must read! 👇
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Clara Duré @claradure.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
What perfect timing - exactly one year after my PhD defense, I’m very happy to see my PhD work published in @cp-molcell.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @sendoellab.bsky.social and all co-authors. This would not have been possible without you 🎉
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Very happy to see our study on the development of an in vivo single-cell ribosome profiling strategy for the epidermis now online at @cp-molcell.bsky.social. Fantastic work by @claradure.bsky.social and all co-authors involved. www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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In vivo single-cell ribosome profiling reveals cell-type-specific translational programs during aging
In vivo single-cell ribosome profiling reveals cell-type-specific translational landscapes across the epidermis and uncovers selective reprogramming of AP-1 subunit translation in aged stem cells, lin...
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John Prensner @johnprensner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Major new work by the #TransCODE Consortium out today in @nature.com. Read all about our efforts to shed light onto the forgotten areas of the human proteome. #Microproteins #Peptideins #DarkProteome This was a huge global collaboration, in part funded via #NIH www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/
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Expanding the human proteome with microproteins and peptideins - Nature
A large-scale proteomics analysis of the dark proteome by the TransCODE Consortium reveals many translated non-canonical open reading frames to encode microproteins and peptideins.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Excited about translational control and RNA biology? We have an open postdoc position to advance single-cell ribosome profiling, come join us. jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
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UZH: Postdoctoral Researcher in translational control
The Sendoel lab studies the role of translational control in health and disease. Our lab employs a variety of in vivo techniques to investigate stem cell behavior in homeostasis, clonal expansions and...
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John Prensner @johnprensner.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Time for some fun! A lovely paper on mathematical oncology. 🧪 #Math #Cancer #CANsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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75 Years of Mathematical Oncology
Mathematics has long provided a quantitative framework to interpret cancer biology and treatment. Driven by richer biological and clinical data, the field has evolved into a multidisciplinary and translational endeavor - giving rise to Mathematical Oncology. Yet, the field's strong interdisciplinarity obscures a comprehensive view of its evolution, as well as the boundaries between Mathematical Oncology and adjacent domains. Here, we address this gap through a comprehensive bibliometric analysis spanning 75 years of mathematical research in oncology. Using a manually curated corpus (~1,500 papers) and a large query-based dataset (~19,000 papers), we map the field's conceptual and collaborative development over time. Independent analyses reveal sustained growth, high impact, and pronounced interdisciplinarity, together with a gradual shift from fundamental cancer biology toward therapeutic modeling. This reorientation underpins the emergence of Mathematical Oncology as a distinct field, separate from Systems Biology and Pharmacokinetics / Pharmacodynamics. We show how diverse concepts interlace within Mathematical Oncology, bridging applied mathematics, optimal control, evolutionary theory, and imaging. Collectively, we demonstrate that Mathematical Oncology is not merely the application of mathematics to cancer, but the use of interpretable models integrating clinical, biological, and physical knowledge to improve screening, understand disease evolution, guide therapy, and strengthen forecasting. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. NCI, U54CA274507 Wenner-Gren Stiftelserna/the Wenner-Gren Foundations, WGF2022-0044 Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas, RP220225 National Science Foundation, DMS 2436499 MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and ERDF/EU, PID2023-146347OA-I00 MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and ESF+, RYC2022-036010-I
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Interested in gene expression analysis, single-cell biology or CRISPR screenings? We are looking for a skilled bioinformatician to join our collaborative and fun team. If interested, get in touch here: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
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UZH: Postdoc in Bioinformatics or Bioinformatician
Our lab at the University of Zurich studies the regulation of gene expression in stem cells and cancer. We are seeking a highly motivated and independent bioinformatician or postdoctoral researcher to...
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Jamie Cate @jhdcate.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I go away for a short walk and come back to this.
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
On this national day of mourning across Switzerland for the victims of the Crans-Montana tragedy, we remember all those who were lost, all who are gravely injured, their families and loved ones, the rescuers, and medical teams caring for them Such a heartbreaking loss of young lives in our region 💔
Flags flying at half-mast at the lake during the period of national mourning for all the victims of the Crans-Montana tragedy in Switzerland
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Nanopore sequencing of peptides, exciting possibilities ahead also for the microprotein field.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Very interesting.
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 20/12/2025
Multidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
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Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈 @shaneanderson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Interesting.
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We wrote two reviews on cell migration, published today in Nature Methods. They provides practical guidelines how to select a cell-migration assay and how to analyze cell-migration data Review 1: nature.com/articles/s41... Review 2: nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
There's still white space, reject;)
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Validate using RT-qPCR.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Many thanks!
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Thank you! ;)
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Thank you @erc.europa.eu and the panel for supporting our project RIBOSCOPE! Above all, thank you to all past & present lab members whose dedication made this possible. We are excited to push single-cell technologies to map the translational landscape of cancer. #ERCCoG
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The summer of defenses comes to an end! Huge congratulations to David (@dadita.bsky.social ) on a brillant PhD and thank you for everything you have done to shape our lab community from day 1 on. We’re thrilled you’re staying in Zurich and wish you all the best in your next chapter!
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Our first PhD generation is flying out of the nest. Thank you Merve and Clara for shaping our lab from day one on. Wishing you all the best in your next chapters, we’re excited to see what comes next for you!
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SIRD - Swiss Initiative for RNA & Disease @swissinitiativerna.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🔬✨ Join us this Saturday (September 6) | 16:00-23:00 at Nacht der Forschung 2025 at the University of Bern ✨ Come and check out our booth "RNA – Master of Versatility" 👩‍🔬 Meet our researchers & enjoy pipetted cocktails at the reproduzierBAR! www.nachtderforschung.unibe.ch #ndfunibern @unibe.ch
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David Taborsky @dadita.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
If you are interested in #DevBio, #organoids, #gastruloids or #CRISPR, check out the tweetorial to our new preprint on uncovering novel regulators of body plan formation in gastruloids using single cell CRISPR screens! A big thank you to all co-authors that made this paper possible!
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Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The authors report that all seven tested deep learning models failed to outperform simple baselines in predicting transcriptome changes after single or double perturbations. I will duck for cover.
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Genome-wide chromatin recording resolves dynamic cell state changes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Many thanks to all members of our lab and to our collaborators in the Lutolf and Zavolan labs!
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
In sum, our findings highlight polyadenylation-mediated control of transcript stability as a critical mechanism in shaping the mammalian body plan and position gastruloid-based single-cell CRISPR screening as a powerful platform for systematic discovery of developmental regulators.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Cells adopting notochord identity in Cnot8 KO gastruloids closely matched embryonic notochord cell profiles. This was accompanied by increased Nodal signaling and a profound loss of Hox gene expression, with a shift toward dorso-ventral and anterior primitive streak fates.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Single-cell RNA sequencing of Cnot8-deficient gastruloids demonstrated severely altered mesodermal patterning, with paraxial mesoderm largely absent and a bias toward axial mesoderm and notochord differentiation.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Intriguingly, Cnot8 KO organoids exhibited indeed transcript stabilization of Nodal along with multiple components and modulators of the TGF-β and Wnt signaling pathways, consistent with profoundly altered patterning cues.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Given the established role of the CCR4-NOT complex in mRNA deadenylation and turnover, we profiled the poly(A) landscape in Cnot8 knockout organoids and observed marked poly(A) tail elongation of key signaling transcripts, including Nodal.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Interestingly, transcriptomic analysis of these Brachyury-positive cells in Cnot8 KO organoids revealed signatures of notochord cells, a cell type usually absent in mammalian gastruloids.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Our screen revealed several novel regulators of germ layer differentiation, including a strong paraxial mesoderm-specific role of the CCR4-NOT component Cnot8. Loss of Cnot8 resulted in gastruloid patterning defects such as the formation of multiple Brachyury poles and aberrant growth.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Validation of our screen revealed strong global depletion of general depletion controls, while germ layer controls were selectively depleted in their respective germ layers, accompanied by the loss of characteristic transcriptomic markers.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Led by the brilliant @dadita.bsky.social‬, we first established a single-cell CRISPR screening platform in gastruloids and designed a library targeting 200 RNA-binding proteins as well as known regulators of germ layer differentiation.
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The establishment of the body plan during gastrulation is a hallmark of animal life, yet much of its regulation remains unclear. Here, we combine gastruloids and single-cell CRISPR screenings to uncover new regulators of the body plan. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Third defense this summer officially in the books. Huge congrats to Fabiola for a brilliant presentation and defense! #Summerofdefenses
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Alfonso Martinez Arias @amartinezarias.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
….and more #gastruloid preprint with proof of how to use their robustness and scalabiliy in high throughput screens to learn about #posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression @ Sendoel and Lutolf labs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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SIRD - Swiss Initiative for RNA & Disease @swissinitiativerna.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Preprint by the @sendoellab.bsky.social in collab w/ the Lutolf & Zavolan labs w/1st author David Taborsky "Regulation of mRNA polyadenylation governs mammalian body plan formation in gastruloids" @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social buff.ly/mL3a71T @dadita.bsky.socia @mihaelazavolan.bsky.social
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David Taborsky @dadita.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
How can we identify novel regulators of germ layer differentiation and body patterning? I am happy to announce that my preprint using single-cell CRISPR screens in gastruloids to answer this question is now online! Thank you to the rest of the @sendoellab.bsky.social and all coauthors!
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Merve Yigit @merveyigit.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
PhDone 🥳🎓 The last few years was full of successes, failures, ups and downs, but also full of amazing people, countless talks, great conferences, incredible science and endless support from my supervisor and my thesis committee. Thanks to all people who helped me in this amazing journey! #eIF2A
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The summer of defenses continues, huge congratulations Dr. Yigit for a superbly delivered talk and an excellent defense!
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Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
new out in Nature today www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cross-tissue multicellular coordination and its rewiring in cancer - Nature
Comprehensive single-cell transcriptomic analysis of 35 human tissues reveals 12 cross-tissue coordinated cellular modules that exhibit intramodule communication and dynamic changes with ageing, and w...
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The very first PhD graduate of our lab! Great science, fantastic presentation and expertly defended. Huge congratulations on this well-earned milestone Dr. Duré!
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SIRD - Swiss Initiative for RNA & Disease @swissinitiativerna.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Preprint by the Sendoel Lab ( @sendoellab.bsky.social ) with first author Merve Yigit ( @merveyigit.bsky.social‬ "The alternative initiation factor eIF2A regulates 40S subunit turnover in ribosome-associated quality control" @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social‬ buff.ly/hP9Iani ‪@anupamd.bsky.social‬
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Collectively, our study identifies a new link between eIF2A and ribosome-associated quality control (RQC), implies that eIF2A promotes translation fidelity by tuning 40S ribosome rescue under stress and warrants further investigations into the role of RQC in tumorigenesis. 6/x
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Sendoel Lab @sendoellab.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Finally, in lung SCC patient data, we find increased K214-RPS3 ubiquitination, the very site targeted during RQC. RNF10 and eIF2A mRNA levels both correlate with shorter overall survival, pointing to a potential link between RQC induction and tumor progression. 5/x
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