Thanks for featuring our work on how emerging tumour remodel their nascent niche 🌱promoting their survival @cam.ac.uk, @scicambridge.bsky.social , @cruk-ci.bsky.social, @pdncambridge.bsky.social www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/news/alcolea... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Somatic genomics as a discovery engine for biomedicine - a Perspective in Cell www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 New paper from our lab just published in Nature🚨 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Discover how 🌱 tumour formation is shaped by tissue context from the very beginning. Cancer is not driven by genetics alone ✨Fantastic team led by Greta Skrupskelyte, Eduardo Rojo, @hariajith.bsky.social

Fantastic first day of the Stem Cell and Cancer Fusion Conference! Full of exciting science!

Amy, Leanne, Maria & Kate welcomed our #SCC25 attendees to the beautiful Malta this afternoon, a great 4 days ahead for this group, discussing all things Stem Cells & Cancer! @joneslabucsf.bsky.social @mariapalcolea.bsky.social @katemiro.bsky.social

📢 Last chance to register! There's still time to sign up for the FUSION Stem Cells and Cancer Conference 🗓️ Registration closes on 31st July — don’t miss out! bit.ly/49sCfJp Co-chairs @joneslabucsf.bsky.social, Kathrin Plath, @katemiro.bsky.social at @fusionconf.bsky.social

⏳Only 1 week left to submit your talk for the Fusion Stem Cells & Cancer Conference! 🧪Share your exciting discoveries with us!! 📍Malta 🗓️Talk Deadline: July 10 🔗http://bit.ly/49sCfJp @joneslabucsf.bsky.social, Kathrin Plath, @katemiro.bsky.social at @fusionconf.bsky.social

Incredible line-up of speakers! Come join us for the FIRST @fusionconf.bluesky.social #Stemcells and #Cancer conference🔬!!

⏳Only 1 week left to submit your talk for the Fusion Stem Cells & Cancer Conference! 🧪Share your exciting discoveries with us!! 📍Malta 🗓️Talk Deadline: July 10 🔗http://bit.ly/49sCfJp @joneslabucsf.bsky.social, Kathrin Plath, @katemiro.bsky.social at @fusionconf.bsky.social

One Month to Go!🚨 Countdown for the STEM CELLS & CANCER Fusion Conference — a unique gathering of global leaders sharing their ground breaking research. 🧬Ignite new ideas by Mediterranean Sea-Malta 🏝️ 📅Final Deadline: 31 July 🎤Unmissable speakers...🧵 bit.ly/49sCfJp

Our Stem Cells & Cancer Conference Programme is shaping up nicely, this is now available to view on our website, don't miss out on joining @joneslabucsf.bsky.social Kathrin Plath, @mariapalcolea.bsky.social & @katemiro.bsky.social in Malta this September! bit.ly/49sCfJp

Not long left to apply! Join us at the Fusion Stem Cells and Cancer conference in Malta. Deadline 31st of July!

Remember to join us 🏖️! Fantastic line up 🎆 Meet experts in Stem Cells and Cancer! 🧫 🧪 🔬 Deadline: 31 July Location: Malta

Hi Bluesky community:) Our new manuscript is now available as a preprint!⛅️ biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/ Here, we describe a novel BMAL1-YAP complex in epidermal cells, which is hijacked during ageing to control the expression of up-regulated inflammation genes through enhancer binding.🧵

Fantastic to see this out! Congratulations @juliabonjoch.bsky.social @guiomarsolanas.bsky.social @aznarbenitahlab.bsky.social @sarawickstrom.bsky.social @katemiro.bsky.social and all those involved!

⏰ The Early Bird deadline is 17 April — don’t miss your chance to learn from pioneers in Stem Cells & Cancer research. Don’t miss out! Fusion STEM CELLS and CANCER conference! bit.ly/49sCfJp 🧬✨

⏰ The Early Bird deadline is 17 April — don’t miss your chance to learn from pioneers in Stem Cells & Cancer research. Don’t miss out! Fusion STEM CELLS and CANCER conference! bit.ly/49sCfJp 🧬✨

Come and join us! Fantastic conference! Deadline looming!

Application deadline for our @wellcometrust.bsky.social #CancerEvolution summer school is tomorrow, 1 April 2025. coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/evolut... Our brilliant faculty will cover evo&eco theory, math models, genomics, digital path, clinical trial design & more

The former GRC Stem Cells & Cancer has found its new home in beautiful Malta, fantastic meeting ahead!

Incredibly grateful to have met Dave and learned about his oesophageal cancer journey. Grounding our research in real-life experiences is key to making a difference. Huge thanks to @gutscharityuk.bsky.social and @worldwidecancer.bsky.social for their invaluable and continued support!

Essential meeting at the crossroads of stem cell biology & cancer! 🔬✨ EARLY CAREER RESEARCH GRANTS AVAILABLE! 📅 Fusion: Stem Cells & Cancer 📍 Malta | September 28, 2025 🚀 Key Deadlines: 🗣️ Early Bird & Talks: Apr 17, 2025 🖼️ Posters: Jul 31, 2025 🔔 Final Registration: Jul 31, 2025 bit.ly/49sCfJp

🛫You won’t want to miss us in stunning Malta!🌴🏖️ Get ready to be inspired at the STEM CELLS & CANCER conference. INCREDIBLE LINE-UP of speakers! 🎙️Cedric Blanpain @cedric-blanpain.bsky.social 🎙️Peter Dirks 🎙️Catriona Jamieson… and more 🧵 📅 September 28, 2025 🔗 bit.ly/49sCfJp @fusionconf.bsky.social

'Translating premalignant biology to accelerate non-small-cell lung cancer interception' www.nature.com/articles/s41...

www.nature.com/articles/s41... A new Review out at @sarawickstrom.bsky.social @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social , and @mccreery.bsky.social on tools measuring and perturbing mechanical forces during development. Out now at @naturecellbiology.bsky.social ! Link to read for free: rdcu.be/ed48r

Good morning, all. The first curated issue of papers in #cancermetabolism and #mitochondrialbiology this spring is out. Don't miss it! biomed.news/bims-camemi/... @biomednews.bsky.social "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed that is not faced." James Baldwin

Ben O'Leary & I are looking for a #postdoc to join us in @cec-icr.bsky.social to work on collaborative @cancerresearchuk.org RadNet project about the interrelationship between genome & epigenome instability and radiotherapy response. Details & apply here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/11... @icr.ac.uk

Quite an essay on the basis of cancer entitled "The End of the Genetic Paradigm of Cancer" @plosbiology.org arguing against the primacy of somatic mutations (traditional model) and cells, invoking gene regulatory networks and tissue journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Happy to share our review on methodology for measuring and manipulating mechanical forces with specific focus on developmental biology! Congrats to authors @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social @mccreery.bsky.social and hats off to the community for developing awesome tools www.nature.com/articles/s41...

'The complex interplay between aging and cancer' www.nature.com/articles/s43...

1/6 Proudly presenting Sharif’s @sharifiqbal.bsky.social paper on the role of Asporin in intestinal regeneration through TGF-B-dependent fetal-like reversion www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... out in @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social @pekka-katajisto.bsky.social @helsinki.fi @metastem.bsky.social 🧵

More soon… but for now, feast your eyes on this HEADLESS zebrafish, still rocking a beating HEART— yellow (blood) magenta (endothelium) #Zebrafish #DevBio

Fantastic to see this out! PIK3CA mutant response in endothelial cells. Congratulations Helena Sabata, Anne Martinez-Larrinaga, @aangulou.bsky.social, @sandradcastillo.bsky.social , the amazing @grauperalab.bsky.social and all others that made this such a remarkable piece of work.

🚨 We are thrilled to announce our amazing list of keynote speakers!! @PCusachs @GeorgHalder @hirashima0203.bsky.social @iberd.bsky.social @johannaivaska.bsky.social @gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social @laurentnguyen.com @renkawitzteam.bsky.social @Sixt_Lab ...

Calling all students. The registration for the European Summer School on Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine is now open.

Our latest extraordinary biologist is Sarah Bray, Chair of our Board of Directors. To learn more about Sarah's role and relationship with @biologists.bsky.social, read this interview in @dev-journal.bsky.social: bit.ly/3CEibaX. #100biologists @uniofcam.bsky.social

Remarkable study from @evamarianovoa.bsky.social lab @crg.eu @naturecomms.bsky.social. Bacteria 🦠🧬 #ribosome tweak #RNAmods contributing to #antibioticresistance 💉. The new NanoConsensus #nanopore tool is a game-changer for studying these changes across species www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oost, Koen C., Maurice Kahnwald, ... Sebastien A. Smallwood, Michael B. Stadler, and Prisca Liberali. "Dynamics and plasticity of stem cells in the regenerating human colonic epithelium." biorxiv (2023): 2023-12. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.18.572103 #EpithelialMechanics

Despite challenging times delighted to see our preprint on how stem cell-specific sphingolipid metabolism controls fate trajectories in the hair follicle published🎉 congratulations Franziska &team and thank you @dfg.de @maxplanckpress.de and UniHelsinki for support! rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Join us for fantastic science on #cancer #stemcells in a beautiful place 🇲🇹 🤩

Speakers will include @foadrouhani.bsky.social, @mariapalcolea.bsky.social and @cedric-blanpain.bsky.social

✈️Join us in paradise! The stunning Malta will be the perfect setting to stimulate great discussions on Stem Cell and Cancer Biology 🔬 World-leading experts will share their exciting science. 🗓️Fusion Conference Stem Cells & Cancer! September 28, 2025 bit.ly/49sCfJp

We are looking for a postdoc for an ERC funded project at @albertpol.bsky.social Lab at @idibaps.bsky.social in Barcelona. Do you want to use 3D #epithelioids to study the role of lipid droplets against bacterial infections? Come and join us!👇 www.clinicbarcelona.org/uploads/medi...

Chen, D. Y., Crest, J., Streichan, S. J., & Bilder, D. (2019). Extracellular matrix stiffness cues junctional remodeling for 3D tissue elongation. Nature communications, 10(1), 3339. #EpithelialMechanics https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10874-x

Excited to see this out - how single cell heterogeneities and cell-cell interactions synergize to drive tissue patterning during regeneration! See thread below!

Fantastic study showing that mechanosensor YAP1 acts as a molecular "pre-patterner" cue during intestinal regeneration. Congratulations @priscaliberali.bsky.social @ehannezo.bsky.social and the entire team!

JOB ALERT We are seeking a Computational Research Assistant or Research Associate to help drive an ambitious multiomics ageing project part of the NMGN Mouse Ageing Cluster. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49939/ @scicambridge.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social

So pleased to have the paper out, available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08423-8 For me this was discovery science as I had always hoped it would be. A lot of fun, and some proper detective work with plenty of twists & turns on the way. Brief thread below

Thanks to @cp-trendsendomet.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity to write about our favourite metabolite, fumarate. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We will have upcoming vacancies in the Iden lab at Saarland University (PhD student, postdoc, technician). If you wish to join an international research team working on cell-cell communication in mammalian epithelia, contact me (please provide CV, motivation letter, contacts of 2-3 references).