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Umut Kilik

@umut-kilik.bsky.social
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Postdoc @ FMI Basel (Turco Lab) | Exploring endometrium regeneration & niche 🌱🩸 | Human model systems + single-cell genomics + evo-devo | Former PhD @ IHB (Camp Lab)

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Cornelia Schwayer @cschwayer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Excited to share that our work on ‘How the gut gets patterned during regeneration’ is out now cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00696-3 Thanks a lot to @priscaliberali.bsky.social @silviabarbiero.bsky.social @davidbrueckner.bsky.social @ehannezo.bsky.social and all co-authors! 🧵
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Multiscale integration of tissue and chromatin context converts cell heterogeneity into stable intestinal patterning
During regeneration, tissues must translate transient cellular variability into stable spatial organization. Tissue architecture generates a density-dependent window of heterogeneity in the mechanosen...
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Prisca Liberali @priscaliberali.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It is out 😍 check it out!! Multiscale integration of tissue and chromatin context converts cell heterogeneity into stable intestinal patterning. @cschwayer.bsky.social @silviabarbiero.bsky.social @davidbrueckner.bsky.social @ehannezo.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Multiscale integration of tissue and chromatin context converts cell heterogeneity into stable intestinal patterning
During regeneration, tissues must translate transient cellular variability into stable spatial organization. Tissue architecture generates a density-dependent window of heterogeneity in the mechanosen...
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Mari Sepp @marisepp.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I've started my own lab 🎉 PhD/postdoc positions available - reach out if curious about cerebellum evo-devo and autism spectrum disorders. We’re based at Uni Tartu, Institute of Genomics (home to Estonian Biobank), and funded by @simonsfoundation.org @embo.org, and the Estonian Research Council.
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Umut Kilik @umut-kilik.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Starting 2026 with some good news: I've been awarded a Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for my research at the Friedrich Miescher Institute!
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Umut Kilik @umut-kilik.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
A nice way to close the chapter on my PhD work: our team was awarded the Bruno Speck Award 2025 by the Swiss Foundation for Haematological Research for our publication on human intestinal evolution.
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fatimasnc.bsky.social @fatimasnc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Your new batch of cortical organoids resulted in mixed regional identities closer to hindbrain. Why is patterning so hard?😩 ✨Our latest paper might help you✨ tinyurl.com/neorgpat #morphogen #neuralorganoids #patterning #scRNAseq @graycamplab.bsky.social @ethz.ch @nazbukina.bsky.social
A summary schematic showing morphogen gradients in the developing human embryo, an overview of two screenings performed in the study (one testing factors related to patterning conditions, another one testing factors related to patterning reproducibility) and icons representing the main readouts of the screenings: organoid cell type composition, measures of morphogen interactions, primary atlas comparison and regulon activity.
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FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
📢 Please help spread the word: We’re hiring a Head of Student & Postdoc Affairs to coordinate our international PhD program, provide guidance & career counseling, lead training programs, collaborate on EDI initiatives, and manage alumni relations. Apply at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Lab’s 1st preprint! Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate. @cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation. He is on the job market!
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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉 @karalmckinley.bsky.social We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice. We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding
During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Join us on November 4th! The winners of our best short talk awards will be telling their research on the @isscr.org stage! Thank you @stemcellreports.bsky.social for co-organizing this webinar!
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
This is it. The act of science -like art- is not the output, it is the interaction and the process. What makes us the kind of scientists we are is how we approach the problem 🧪
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Camp Lab @graycamplab.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Final version @science.org "Recent evolution of the developing human intestine affects metabolic and barrier functions". Evolutionary preparation for microbiota, diet, and pathogen exposure is fascinating! Thank you @erc.europa.eu for supporting our vision! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Debby Silver @debbysilver.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Sharing our newest study led by the incredibly talented @federicamosti.bsky.social investigating new molecular mechanisms of human brain development. We discover a human-specific enhancer HAR1984 that influences chromatin looping to promote cortical size and folding! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Camp Lab @graycamplab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Altogether, we identify the developing human intestinal epithelium as a rapidly evolving system, and show that great ape #organoids provide insight into human biology. 🙏Thanks 🙏 to all authors! Especially co-first authors: @CY_Qianhui_YU @KlkUmut @stefanosecchia 11/11
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Camp Lab @graycamplab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Diet/microbes place the gut epithelium as a nexus for evolutionary change. With Jason Spence and Craig Lowe labs we use #organoids to explore how evolution prepared the developing human intestine for exposure to the environment. @science.org #evodevo www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/11
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Umut Kilik @umut-kilik.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🚨 After 7 years in the making, my PhD thesis work is finally published in @science.org 🧬✨ What does our gut say about how we became human? During my hitchhiking journey spanning 3 countries and multiple lab moves
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Hsiu-Chuan Lin @hsiuchuanlin.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
My postdoc work at Treutlein lab and @graycamplab.bsky.social with @jasperjanssens.bsky.social is out in @science.org ! We screen for neuron subtypes using pro-neural TFs + morphogen combinations + scRNA-seq and profiled over 700,000 cells in 480 conditions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Kaessmann Lab @kaessmannlab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Our study on a male-essential microRNA and the evolution of other dosage compensation mechanisms in birds is now out in Nature! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A male-essential miRNA is key for avian sex chromosome dosage compensation - Nature
Birds have evolved a unique sex chromosome dosage compensation mechanism involving the male-biased microRNA (miR-2954), which is essential for male survival by regulating the expression of dosage-sens...
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Max Mahe @maxmmahe.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Elegant and insightful study on gut evolution and development - congratulations 🎊@graycamplab.bsky.social @umut-kilik.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Recent evolution of the developing human intestine affects metabolic and barrier functions
Diet, microbiota, and other exposures place the intestinal epithelium as a nexus for evolutionary change; however, little is known about genomic changes associated with adaptation to a uniquely human ...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Recent evolution of the developing human intestine affects metabolic and barrier functions @science.org @graycamplab.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
An organoid model of the menstrual cycle reveals the role of the luminal epithelium in regeneration of the human endometrium www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Camp Lab @graycamplab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Neuron programming! Pro-neural TFs + 480 morphogen conditions + scRNA-seq --> Diverse iN subtypes of forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, spinal cord, and PNS. @hsiuchuanlin.bsky.social‬ @jasperjanssens.bsky.social‬ and Treutlein Lab! @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NGN2 #ASCL1
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MHR | Foundations of Reproductive Science @mhr-reprodsci.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
✨Exciting news!✨ The World Endometriosis Research Foundation (#WERF) – Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project (#EPHect) today publishes #SOPs to optimize the use of experimental in vivo and in vitro models in #endometriosis research.
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Katie Kubek from @novartis.bsky.social showed the work they have been doing with dog intestinal organoids 🐶 Exciting insights into serotonin signalling in mammals!
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ibidi GmbH @ibidicells.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🤩We had a fantastic time at #BaCell3D in Basel (June 23–25)! 🧬It was great to #exchange ideas on 3D cell culture, #organoids & in-vitro systems. 🤝Thanks to our Swiss #partner Vitaris AG – for joining us!🇨🇭 👋See you at the next #BaCell3D! #organoids #BaCell3D #networking
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Highlights from our day1 conference dinner and networking event at the local favorite multi-cuisine bar and restaurant-Klara. Nerdy N2 B27 shots to welcome everyone , table soccer tournament, music and lots of discussions !
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Chris Tape @christophertape.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Incredibly impressed by the student/postdoc run @bacell3d.bsky.social conference. Great talks, a vibrant community, and so well organised 👏
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Jain_Akanksha_ @akanksha-jain.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
@sbwil91.bsky.social is our next speaker from Melissa Little’s group at the reNEW @novonordisk.bsky.social telling us about his work on multi lineage kidney assembloids
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Beautiful selected talk by Hao-An Hsiung from EPFL showing us human trunk assembloids with remarkable cell diversity, notochord and the gut tube!
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
@maxmmahe.bsky.social Human intestinal organoids mature much faster when transplanted in vivo. Surprising discoveries on tubular organoids demonstrating higher cellular complexity!
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Amazing presentation by @mendjanlab.bsky.social explaining the potential of human cardioids. Increasing complexity step by step to generate more in vivo-like organoids!
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
A selected talk from @clarissebrunet.bsky.social investigating gliogenesis in brain organoids 🧠
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
We are very excited to close this years meeting with a keynote talk by Prof Jason Spence from @umich.edu. Understanding human lung development with bud tip, airway and Alveolar type2 (AT2)organoids. Unexpected transcriptional heterogeneity found in early postnatal AT2 cells occupying distinct niches
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
And it’s ongoing , in development, evolving!
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We are very happy to have Reiner Wimmer with us talking about his work done at Pathology and applied safety sciences (PaSS) at Roche pRED. Check out his work on developing vascular organoid models for investigative toxicology
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Selected talk by Amanzhol Kurmashev about “3D human urothelial model for real-time analysis of bacterial infection dynamics and therapeutic interventions" @ethz.ch @eth-bsse.bsky.social @nccr-antiresist.bsky.social
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A project initiated during a pandemic! Samy Gobaa told us about their bioengineering approaches on modeling infections in human lung-on-chip 🫁
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A great talk by @adrianranga.bsky.social on in vitro neural tube morphogenesis! Interesting findings on the role of calcium waves preceding tissue movements!
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Jain_Akanksha_ @akanksha-jain.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The supremely successful panel discussion from last years @bacell3d.bsky.social is back! What do you wanna ask??
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Takanori Takebe joined from the U.S. to share his latest research on multi-zonal liver organoids, including new findings on generating liver bud organoids that incorporate sinusoidal vessels!
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Our 3rd new PI highlight talk is by Prof David Bruckner @davidbrueckner.bsky.social who just started his group in theoretical physics of living systems @biozentrum.unibas.ch on “Information flow in self-organized developmental system
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Elisa Magistrati presented her work on modeling trophoblast invasion in vitro
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Day 2! We begin with the disease modeling and drug discovery session with Francis Jacob @unibas.ch talking about multimodal profiling and drug treatment prediction in ovarian cancer
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Sarah Pallet PhD student from @uniheidelberg.bsky.social hospital, giving a selected talk on “Human intestinal organoids to study the stem cell niche as a potential reservoir for hepatitis E virus infections”. Sarah is 1 of 11 who got our new Science bridging program fellowship to attend this year!
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New PI highlight talk! By @hsiuchuanlin.bsky.social who just started her group @crg.eu Barcelona. “Profiling and programming in vitro neuronal diversity at single-cell resolution”
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We are very excited to hear Lauriane Cabon from IHB, Roche, CH presenting “Next-Generation Drug Discovery: Harnessing the Power of Advanced Multicellular Systems
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BaCell3D @bacell3d.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Very excited to have Prof. Chris Tape (University College London, UK) “Single-cell Phenoscaping of Tumour Microenvironment Organoids @christophertape.bsky.social What makes the phenotype of a cell?
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Stylianos Lefkopoulos (he/him) @slefkopoulos.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Wonderful to be back at @bacell3d.bsky.social and so awesome to combine science with a tad of art (I can’t believe this is 100% by hand!)
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Jain_Akanksha_ @akanksha-jain.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
@bacell3d.bsky.social 2025 has begun with a bang! Time for a start selfie!
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Jain_Akanksha_ @akanksha-jain.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Our first talk @bacell3d.bsky.social is by Delilah Hendricks who co-leads her group with Benedetta Artigiani at the Princess Maxima Centre, NL. She presents her work on developing human brain organoid models for studying development and cancer.
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