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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Jun 25

Happy to have been invited to guest edit this exciting special issue. Check it out!

ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · Jun 24

‪The Special Issue New Culture Methods in Experimental Hematology covers novel co-culture approaches and mechanobiological efforts driving innovation. Reach the issue from guest editor @krikirschner.bsky.social‬ only on www.exphem.org/content/new_...

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Jun 17

I’m excited to speak at the #EHASWG Scientific Workshop on Stem Cells and Aging in Barcelona from November 13-15, 2025, and immerse myself in the field of hematopoietic stem cell aging. Submit your abstract for a chance to join me! More info: eha.fyi/SWG_HSC_ft

EHA-SWG Scientific Workshop on From Aging Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Age-related Diseases: Opportunities for Intervention - The European Hematology Association (EHA)

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · May 8

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I am happy to announce this focussed workshop on #hematopoietic stem cell aging by the European Hematology Association. Come and join us in Barcelona this November!

EHA-SWG Scientific Workshop on From Aging Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Age-related Diseases: Opportunities for Intervention

Dates: November 13-15, 2025Location: Barcelona, SpainChairs: M Essers, E Laurenti, S Valletta, K KirschnerCollaborating SWG: EHA Specialized Working Group (SWG) on Stem Cells and SWG on AgingRegistrat...

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ISEH - International Society for Experimental Hematology @isehsociety.bsky.social · Apr 24

This week on #SimplyBlood 🩸 we're highlighting articles in the ExpHem Special Issue: New Culture Methods in Experimental Hematology from guest editor @krikirschner.bsky.social Read the highlights on www.simplyblood.org.

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 22

Great kick off at the annual Alliance for Healthy Aging Conference hosted by the Mayo Clinic Kogod Centre on Aging Center in Jacksonville Florida with a keynote by @adamsbioaging.bsky.social

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Mar 11

Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n

Homepage - openRxiv

openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our framework enables more accurate prediction of CH's clinical impact, moving us closer to personalized risk assessment and potential intervention strategies.

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

MACS120 outperformed traditional measurements (like variant allele frequency) in predicting mortality risk and showed increased correlations with the speed of change in blood markers like lymphocyte and albumin levels.

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

Considering these factors, we developed MACS120 - a novel metric that combines mutation fitness and acquisition timing to predict maximum clone size a mutation will reach over a lifetime.

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

Third, we discovered a strong correlation between mutation timing, or age at time of mutation acquisition (ATMA), and fitness. Higher fitness mutations tend to appear later in life - possibly due to declining quality control mechanisms with age.

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

Similarly, mutations can have different fitness effects depending on what other mutations are present in the same clone. For example, ASXL1 mutations have higher fitness when co-occurring with SRSF2 than with TET2.

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

Second, we found that clonal coexistence matters! Mutations don't grow in isolation - when multiple clones are present in the same person, they alter each other's overall contribution to the production of blood cells.

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

First, we confirmed gene-specific fitness differences: RNA splicing mutations (like U2AF1, U2AF2) show higher fitness than epigenetic regulator mutations (like DNMT3A, TET2).

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our key insight: Three factors, mutation fitness (growth advantage), mutation timing, and clonal structure (which mutations occur together) are needed to understand the progression and clinical impact of CH.

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

We integrated data from 713 individuals across 3 longitudinal aging cohorts (2,341 observations total) and developed models to understand the dynamics of CH mutations over time. #CancerResearch #ClonalHematopoiesis

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) is common in aging populations and associated with increased risk of blood cancers and other diseases. But what determines which CH mutations will progress to disease?

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Kristina Kirschner @krikirschner.bsky.social · Mar 7

TUTORIAL: Our new preprint "Clinical progression of clonal hematopoiesis is determined by a combination of mutation timing, fitness, and clonal structure" is out @elatorre.bsky.social @edinunilbc.bsky.social @linusschumacher.bsky.social @biologyaging.bsky.social
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Mick Milsom @milsommick.bsky.social · Feb 5

New pre-print from Thomas Höfer, Daniel Hübschmann, @haas_lab and myself, with first authors @Esther_RCorrea @FloGrunschlager and Tamar Nizharadze doi.org/10.1101/2025... @DKFZ @NCT_HD @ChariteBerlin @hi_stem_lab BIH & MDC