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Suel-Kee Kim

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Neuroscientist, Sestan Lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social, Brain Development and Evolution, Human-Specific Features, #Cerebellum, Pluripotent Stem Cells, #iPSC, Individual Variation

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Nature @nature.com · 19/09/2026
Nature research paper: A retinoic acid autoregulatory loop governing prefrontal–motor arealization go.nature.com/4Am3PoB
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A retinoic acid autoregulatory loop governing prefrontal–motor arealization - Nature
MEIS2, encoding a transcription factor linked to intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, is a key hub of a retinoic-acid-associated gene regulatory network.
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The recording of today's "Developmental Diversity in a Dish" seminar by Dr. Christopher Baker (from the Jackson Lab in Maine) "Natural genetic variation reveals loci controlling differentiation propensity and lineage specification" is now available at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Developmental Diversity in a Dish Seminar Series - YouTube
A virtual seminar series focusing on stem cell models and functional variation across human iPSC lines. Monthly virtual seminar series, held on one Tuesday o...
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Next week: DDD seminar, Sept. 22, 2026 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Christopher Baker (from The Jackson Laboratory in Maine, USA) will share his work on "Natural genetic variation reveals loci controlling differentiation propensity and lineage specification". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar
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Suel-Kee Kim @suelkeekim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’m delighted to be speaking at the KAIST symposium, “Neurodevelopment and the Developmental Origins of Brain Disorders,” on September 4. Many thanks to Professor Ki-Jun Yoon for organizing this exciting symposium and for the kind invitation.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The brain’s sensorimotor-association axis may emerge as a result of competing sets of genetic blueprints—a dynamic process described in a paper published this month. By Holly Barker www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/cor...
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Cortical territories compete in developmental space race
Sensory and association regions are established through a reciprocal process, according to a new model of cortical development.
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Next week: DDD seminar, July 21, 2026 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Lifan Liang (from Jubao Duan's group in Chicago) will share his recent work on "Single-cell multiomics of neuron activation reveals context-specific genetics of brain disorders". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In 2 weeks: DDD seminar, May 26, 2026 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Pau Puigdevall Costa @paupuigdevall.bsky.social (from Helena Kilpinen's @hkilpinen.bsky.social group) will share his recent work on "An in vivo and in vitro spatiotemporal profile of human midbrain development". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Next Friday: DDD seminar May 1, 2026 @ 11AM Eastern US (NOTE NEW TIME &DATE): Ariana Berenice Marquez Gonzalez (from steinlab.bsky.social at UNC) will share her recent work on "A human cortical organoid framework for exploring gene by environment interactions in ASD". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Today in Nature Neuroscience we have published our exploration of neocortical development leveraging 100's of public datasets. You can interrogate the entire compendium of data at nemoanalytics.org/landing/neoc... and read the paper at www.nature.com/articles/s41....
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Navjot Kaur @babyamygdala.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Happy to share my co-first-author paper, now published in Nature! In this work, we uncover gene regulatory networks that underlie the diversification and connectivity of excitatory neurons in the neocortex. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Adaptive evolution of gene regulatory networks in mammalian neocortex - Nature
The excitatory neuron diversity and specialized connectivity of complex, multilayered mammalian neocortex are driven by mammalian-specific cis-regulatory elements bound by ZBTB18, deletion of which di...
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Cell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Now online! Human-specific features of the cerebellum and ZP2-regulated synapse development
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Human-specific features of the cerebellum and ZP2-regulated synapse development
Human-specific transcriptomic and regulatory features are present in the cerebellum, with ZP2 playing a key role in synapse regulation. ZP2 expression is induced by pontine mossy fibers, leading to decreased synaptic proteins and neuronal activity, which provides insights into the evolutionary development of the human cerebellum.
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Tomorrow: DDD seminar, Mar. 17, 2026 @ 11AM Eastern US (NOTE EARLIER TIME TO ACCOMODATE SPEAKER IN THE UK): Dr. Andrew Basset (Wellcome Sanger Inst., Cambridge, UK) will share his recent work on "A CRISPR way to understand neurodegeneration". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar
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Gabriel Santpere @santperelab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Check out this new study, led by Suel-Kee Kim, Adriana Cherskov, and Nenad Sestan, on human-specific cerebellar biology and the unexpected role of ZP2. Glad to have contributed with excellent work from Xoel Mato and Jose Manuel Ruiz. @researchmar.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Human-specific features of the cerebellum and ZP2-regulated synapse development
Human-specific transcriptomic and regulatory features are present in the cerebellum, with ZP2 playing a key role in synapse regulation. ZP2 expression is induced by pontine mossy fibers, leading to de...
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Suel-Kee Kim @suelkeekim.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Excited to share that our work is now published in Cell: Human-specific features of the cerebellum and ZP2-regulated synapse development. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Many thanks to the Sestan lab members @yaleneuro.bsky.social and all collaborators who made this work possible.
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Mari Sepp @marisepp.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
How have concerted and mosaic evolutionary mechanisms shaped the expansion of the human cerebellum? Our review with @tyamadat.bsky.social and @ioansarr.bsky.social available free till March 29: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ma2wFzn7a...
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, Feb. 17, 2026 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Annerieke Sierksma (in Dr. Bart De Strooper's group at KU Leuven) will share her recent work on "Polygenic risk for Alzheimer’s disease shapes microglial inflammatory and antigen-presentation programs in vivo". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, Jan. 27, 2025 @ 1PM Eastern US: Nadezhda Azbukina @nazbukina.bsky.social (from Dr. Barbara Treutlein's group) will speak on "A systematic study of morphogen patterning and its reproducibility in human neural organoids". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, Dec. 16, 2025 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Tommy Vierbuchen @tvierbuchen.bsky.social will share his recent work on on cell villages using outbred mice: "A pluripotent stem cell platform for in vitro systems genetics studies of mouse brain development". carlocolantuoni.org/seminar
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Sergiu P. Pasca @sergiuppasca.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Remarkable energy at the inaugural @cshlnews.bsky.social conference on Assembloids and complex cell–cell interactions across tissues and systems A wonderful series of talks so far highlighting advances & discoveries being made with these self-organizing systems and a few common themes are emerging
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, Nov. 18, 2025 @ 1PM Eastern US: Continuing our focus on approaches to the study of many pluripotent stem cell lines, Dr. Michael Wells @mfwells.bsky.social will share his recent work on "cell villages". seminar info: carlocolantuoni.org/seminar [repost to spread the word]
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, Oct. 14, 2025 @ 1PM Eastern US: Continuing our focus on variation in early fate decisions and CNS regionalization, Dr. Alex Pollen will share his recent work on cross-species midbrain dopaminergic organoids. seminar info: carlocolantuoni.org/seminar -repost to spread the word
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Yale Neuroscience @yaleneuro.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
In a new @natcomms.nature.com study, @yaleneuro.bsky.social's Nicola Micali from the Rakic lab, alongside a team of researchers @prbb.org, found that many genes 🧬 linked to mental illness 🧠 are turned ON in neural stem cells as early as the first trimester.👶
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Origins of mental illness, fast gas for a black hole
Yale researchers discover a gas guzzling black hole, learn that mental illness may start to develop earlier than once thought, and explore why some brain seizures cause a loss of consciousness.
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Meera Sundaram @meera-sundaram.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
#aECM (apical extracellular matrix) is a subset of #ECMatrix that is distinct from stromal matrices or basement membranes. Anybody out there studying #mucins #ZPproteins #cuticle #glycocalyx #surfactant or the like? We need to find each other and start talking!
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Meera Sundaram @meera-sundaram.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
There is so much cool #aECM work going on but most of the researchers don’t know or talk to each other; this is an attempt to change that! Link below
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Suel-Kee Kim @suelkeekim.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Excited to share our recent study on human-specific features of the cerebellum and the unexpected, novel role of zona pellucida protein 2 (ZP2) in synapse development. Grateful to the Sestan lab and all our collaborators for their outstanding contributions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Human-specific features of the cerebellum and ZP2-regulated synapse development
Understanding the unique features of the human brain compared to non-human primates has long intrigued humankind. The cerebellum refines motor coordination and cognitive functions, contributing to the...
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, Sept. 16, 2025 @ 1PM Eastern US: Continuing our focus on early fate decisions and CNS regionalization, next Tuesday Sept. 16th at 1PM Eastern US time, Gaurav Rathore (from Angete Kirkeby's group) will share his recent work. seminar info: carlocolantuoni.org/seminar.
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
today's discussion of CNS regionalization and its modeling in vitro is now online at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Developmental Diversity in a Dish Seminar Series - YouTube
A virtual seminar series focusing on stem cell models and functional variation across human iPSC lines. Monthly virtual seminar series, held on one Tuesday o...
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Hospital del Mar Research Institute @researchmar.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Linking alterations in precursor cells of brain 🧠 formation with the origin of #neuropsychiatricdiseases #bioinformàtica #neuropsiquiatria #salutmental #autisme #Alzheimer #TalentMAR @santperelab.bsky.social @yaleneuro.bsky.social @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social www.researchmar.net/news/742/lin...
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Gabriel Santpere @santperelab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Excited to share our latest work, spearheaded by my brilliant student Xoel Mato and co-led by Nicola Micali. After years of sweat, intense weekly meetings, and meticulous discussion of every panel, we learned a lot from each other. Grateful for the journey! @researchmar.bsky.social rdcu.be/evCaU
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Early developmental origins of cortical disorders modeled in human neural stem cells
Nature Communications - The implications of early telencephalic development in cortical disorders remain elusive. Here, the authors define risk gene dynamics and perturbation effects in neural stem...
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Suel-Kee Kim @suelkeekim.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Excited to share our latest work, Mato-Blanco et al., nature.com/articles/s41.... Thanks to the incredible collaboration with Nicola Micali, Rakic lab, Sestan lab, Vaccarino lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social @santperelab.bsky.social @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social
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Early developmental origins of cortical disorders modeled in human neural stem cells - Nature Communications
The implications of early telencephalic development in cortical disorders remain elusive. Here, the authors define risk gene dynamics and perturbation effects in neural stem cells, revealing vulnerabi...
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, July 8, 2025 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Alessandro Vitriolo @alessandrovitriolo.bsky.social‬ (Lab of Dr. Giuseppe Testa) “Regulatory logic of human cortex evolution by combinatorial perturbations”. seminar info: carlocolantuoni.org/seminar [repost to spread the word]
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Jeremiah Tsyporin @tsyporin.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Thrilled to present MIND! A model for how the sensorimotor–association axis of the neocortex develops. Huge thanks to the incredible multidisciplinary team who made this happen. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Competing Programs Shape Cortical Sensorimotor-Association Axis Development
The neocortex is organized along a dominant sensorimotor-to-association (S-A) axis, anchored by modality-specific primary sensorimotor areas at one end and transmodal association areas that form distr...
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, June 10, 2025 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Magdalena Sutcliffe (lab of Dr. M Lancaster @lancasterlab.bsky.social) “Epigenetic restoration of differentiation competency via reversal of epiblast regionalisation”. seminar info: carlocolantuoni.org/seminar [repost to spread the word]
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Navjot Kaur @babyamygdala.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Excited to showcase as a co-first author our latest work "Adaptive Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks in Mammalian Neocortical Neurons "www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The recording of today's DDD seminar by Dr. Ron McKay “Origin and consequences of genetically distinct behaviors in human neural stem cells” is now online at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Developmental Diversity in a Dish Seminar Series - YouTube
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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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Xuyu Qian @qianxuyu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Today in @nature.com , we report a spatial single-cell atlas of human cortical development, revealing surprisingly early specification of human cortical layers and areas. We built an interactive browser to explore the spatial data: walshlab.org/research/cor... Paper link below 👇
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, May 6, 2025 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Ron McKay “Origin and consequences of genetically distinct behaviors in human neural stem cells”. seminar info: carlocolantuoni.org/seminar [repost to spread the word]
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Carlo Colantuoni @carlocolantuoni.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
NEXT TUE: DDD seminar, Apr. 1, 2025 @ 1PM Eastern US: Dr. Jason Stein steinlab.bsky.social “Modeling genetics altering human cortical structure”. seminar info: carlocolantuoni.org/seminar [repost to spread the word]
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Navjot Kaur @babyamygdala.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Navjot Kaur I am thrilled to share our latest paper from Sestan lab on the development of the claustro-amygdalar complex, is published at nature.com/articles/s41.... A big thank you to all our collaborators and mentors. @marinap63.bsky.social
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Specification of claustro-amygdalar and palaeocortical neurons and circuits - Nature
A conserved gene regulatory network involving SOX4, SOX11 and TFAP2D shapes the development of excitatory neurons in ventrolateral pallium and their connectivity with the prefrontal cortex.
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Yale Neuroscience @yaleneuro.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
📢The YC-SCAN² has awarded 14 grants 💰 to researchers, including @yaleneuro.bsky.social's Nicola Micali & @mhigley.bsky.social 👨‍🔬🥼, for their work focused on understanding the impact of cannabinoids on neurodevelopment! Read More Here 👇
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