Human liver organoids with their own immune system — now possible! We reconstruct the fetal hematopoietic niche in organoids + explore how neutrophils link to hepatocyte fat buildup @jhepatology.bsky.social @bihatcharite.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A new study by the Meissner and Hnisz labs, published in Developmental Cell, reveals the genetic programs that guide liver cells as they develop into fully functional hepatocytes. The findings could have implications for biotechnology and regenerative medicine. --> www.molgen.mpg.de/2025-11-27-f...

Proud of my outstanding PhD students! Independent of me, @julianweihs.bsky.social & Susanna Quach assembled with students from the Wagner lab in Berlin and won a Pitch Award for their idea to remove microplastics from cells. @bihatcharite.bsky.social @einsteinberlin.bsky.social

The liver balances immune tolerance and inflammation—but most liver models don’t. In this new review, I break down human-specific systems to study liver–immune crosstalk. From cocultures to organoids. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @bihatcharite.bsky.social

"Science is an investment. We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world." — President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷

After every encounter with the current scientific publishing system

So much fun at the @berlinliverlab.bsky.social outing — from laser tag battles to beers in the Berlin evening sun. Grateful for this brilliant, fun, and inspiring team! #LabLife #BerlinVibes @bihatcharite.bsky.social

Who funds biomedical research? @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New online! Clusters of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease for precision medicine

New online! Μetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a condition of heterogeneous metabolic risk factors, mechanisms and comorbidities requiring holistic treatment

Check out this new article highlighting our postdoc @amandaanderssonr.bsky.social ’s work on a novel pancreatic organoid model that includes all three key cell types, offering new insights into pancreatic development: www.the-scientist.com/a-novel-thre...

interesting. Is PROX1 —a well established factor in liver development— also maintaining liver cell identity long after birth? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A new round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for #tenuretrack group leaders opened today - please consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #LiseMeitnerGroups #WomeninScience #ScienceCareer

Die neue US-Administration schränkt die #Forschungsfreiheit ein – Förderanträge werden nicht geprüft, Mittel eingefroren. Das betrifft auch viele unserer Partner. Umso wichtiger ist es, den transatlantischen Austausch zu stärken. Gespräch im @spiegel.de u.a. dazu (€): www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

Has writing scientific reviews just become obsolete? …because AI does it better? www.nature.com/articles/d41... @maxplanck.de

What do Europeans think of science and technology? - 83% believe science and tech have a positive impact, - 67% say science makes life easier, healthier and more comfortable, - 58% want to learn more about scientific advances. Find out more in the new Eurobarometer. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Hello, Bluesky! ☀️ We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late. Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.

Lively discussions on Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) with scientists from Berlin and Dresden at Charité Berlin Crossover. #BerlinInstituteofHealth #BIh #TechnischeUniversitätDresden #LiverResearch #MASLD #BerlinScience #Collaboration #Charité

Cover letter when you're missing the mechanism

🔔I take care of kids, not geriatrics, and I’m skeptical of the tech-bro #longevity obsession—but this study seems cool and cost-efficient! If true, it suggests taking Vitamin D, algae-based Omega-3 + exercising 3x/week slows molecular aging by 3-4 months. Not bad! www.nature.com/articles/s43...

ICYMI: New online! Preventing the progression of cirrhosis to decompensation and death

Could fully biologic tissue-engineered blood vessels be the future of coronary bypass? Promising work by Park et al. shows antithrombotic function & graft patency using hiPSC-ECs. Thoughts? www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce... #RegenerativeMedicine #VascularBioengineering

Will there be a scientific Exodus to Germany from the US? #NIH #Trump @maxplanck.de @www.helmholtz.de @harvard.edu @harvardchanschool.bsky.social

Encouraging. Towards developing a new vaccine for urinary tract infections #UTIs. I wonder if also applicable to children where #UTIs are a big problem @ethzurich.bsky.social ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

an alien with lipstick or a zebra fish heart. both amazing

AAVs are already used clinically🩻 This seems like a useful resource to make your experiments for translational

mind. blown. these peeps transplanted a bioengineered patch made from iPSCs and stromal into primates and a human and saw evidence for remuscularization. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Important for clinical practice in pediatric gastroenterology

US, then China and Japan leading in number of human pluripotent stem cell-involving clinical trials www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...

Super deep study: Kupffer cells can become lipid-associated macrophages by uptake of injured cells …and they repair liver tissue via TREM2 #macrophages #liver www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

the struggle is real

a students’ creative, proactive and self-sufficient thinking should always be encouraged even if the idea may not be picked up 1-to-1 #students #teaching #academic #academicchatter

concerning microplastic causes tiny blood clots in the brain involving prior phagocytosis has anybody looked at Kupffer Cells and microplastics in the liver? #microplastic #MASLD

Interesting

I happened upon the last 30 minutes of School Of Rock, which 1. still is a delight, and 2. revived and reinforced my opinion that Jack Black's performance in this is the most singular Movie Star Shit work in the last couple decades. Specific to his skills, yes, but literally no one else could do it.

Imagine the uproar if there was a blackout at SpaceX. Now think about this: Is it truly ‘strong’ or ‘disruptive’ to cause a funding blackout at NIH, stalling critical research and demoralizing the innovators of tomorrow? Science deserves better. #FundScience #NIH

🎊Combining the first post of @berlinliverlab.bsky.social with a celebration of @matyldazkuzinska.bsky.social for getting a competitive BIH MD scholarship for her MD PhD thesis. Way to go!!! 🍾🥳