Roman Sankowski
@rsankowski.bsky.social
Neuropathologist | #clinicianScientist | #singleCell | Neuro-immunologist | Neuro-oncologist @ University Clinic of Freiburg
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Roman Sankowski
@rsankowski.bsky.social
· May 20
#microglia and other tissue #macrophages are highly plastic. This makes them look differently depending on their respective context. Granular methods like #single-cell sequencing are merely snapshots that may simplify the complexity found in the tissue. In our perspective in @natneuro.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Outstanding PhD fellowship call OPEN for excellent students.
lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-...
This is for students incoming from outside Spain. And it is VERY well supported (ie at European levels).
If you’re interested in doing a PhD in our lab @irbbarcelona.org, reach out!!!!
lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-...
This is for students incoming from outside Spain. And it is VERY well supported (ie at European levels).
If you’re interested in doing a PhD in our lab @irbbarcelona.org, reach out!!!!
Doctoral INPhINIT fellowships - Incoming Call 2026
We grant 30 fellowships for researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue a doctorate in a STEM discipline at research centres of excellence in Spain or Portugal.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Outstanding PhD fellowship call OPEN for excellent students.
lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-...
This is for students incoming from outside Spain. And it is VERY well supported (ie at European levels).
If you’re interested in doing a PhD in our lab @irbbarcelona.org, reach out!!!!
lacaixafoundation.org/en/doctoral-...
This is for students incoming from outside Spain. And it is VERY well supported (ie at European levels).
If you’re interested in doing a PhD in our lab @irbbarcelona.org, reach out!!!!
@nachoriko.bsky.social kicking off the Freiburg clinician scientist symposium with a keynote on #microglia
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
@nachoriko.bsky.social kicking off the Freiburg clinician scientist symposium with a keynote on #microglia
More great reviews on the mysteries of brain #maintenance keep coming by the day. Here one by the leaders of the #glymphatics field:
Resolving the mysteries of brain clearance and immune surveillance: Neuron
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resolving the mysteries of brain clearance and immune surveillance: Neuron
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resolving the mysteries of brain clearance and immune surveillance
This review by Kipnis et al. explores recent advances in brain fluid dynamics, emphasizing
CSF flow’s role in waste clearance, the glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic systems,
and neuroimmune interacti...
www.cell.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
More great reviews on the mysteries of brain #maintenance keep coming by the day. Here one by the leaders of the #glymphatics field:
Resolving the mysteries of brain clearance and immune surveillance: Neuron
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resolving the mysteries of brain clearance and immune surveillance: Neuron
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Great Review on the #evolution of #microglia
Microglia across evolution: from conserved origins to functional divergence | Cellular
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microglia across evolution: from conserved origins to functional divergence | Cellular
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microglia across evolution: from conserved origins to functional divergence - Cellular & Molecular Immunology
Cellular & Molecular Immunology - Microglia across evolution: from conserved origins to functional divergence
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Great Review on the #evolution of #microglia
Microglia across evolution: from conserved origins to functional divergence | Cellular
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microglia across evolution: from conserved origins to functional divergence | Cellular
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Roman Sankowski
Neutrophil extracellular traps fuel cancer progression, immune evasion, and metastasis—impacting treatment efficacy and patient outcomes.
by Shahzad MH, Rayes RF, Cools-Lartigue J and Spicer JD in Nat Rev Cancer #MedSky
👉 get more here
📖 read the article:
by Shahzad MH, Rayes RF, Cools-Lartigue J and Spicer JD in Nat Rev Cancer #MedSky
👉 get more here
📖 read the article:
Neutrophil extracellular traps in cancer - Nature Reviews Cancer
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) influence cancer initiation, progression and metastasis through immunosuppressive mechanisms within the tumour microenvironment. In this Review, Shahzad et al. highlight our recent understanding of NET biology in cancer and emphasize both the translational data available and the need for further clinical trials evaluating NETs and NET-directed therapies.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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The Tumour Ecosystem conference in Bergamo, Italy (17-19 Mar 2026) is an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the latest exciting breakthroughs on multiple aspects of the tumour microenvironment: bit.ly/4owGcUm
@helloeacr.bsky.social
@helloeacr.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The Tumour Ecosystem conference in Bergamo, Italy (17-19 Mar 2026) is an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the latest exciting breakthroughs on multiple aspects of the tumour microenvironment: bit.ly/4owGcUm
@helloeacr.bsky.social
@helloeacr.bsky.social
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🚀 New #international #call to be launched in 2026
The international joint initiative for research “Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges” will open in January 2026, and the SNSF is taking part!
👉 See the call announcement here: https://sohub.io/xjzz
The international joint initiative for research “Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges” will open in January 2026, and the SNSF is taking part!
👉 See the call announcement here: https://sohub.io/xjzz
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🚀 New #international #call to be launched in 2026
The international joint initiative for research “Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges” will open in January 2026, and the SNSF is taking part!
👉 See the call announcement here: https://sohub.io/xjzz
The international joint initiative for research “Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges” will open in January 2026, and the SNSF is taking part!
👉 See the call announcement here: https://sohub.io/xjzz
Reposted by Roman Sankowski
Instead of watching the documentary, read this by @mjflepage.bsky.social on Hitler's DNA
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Sequencing Hitler's genome teaches us nothing useful about his crimes
To understand Adolf Hitler, we need to look at his personal life and the wider societal and historical context - analysing his DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing, says Michael Le Page
www.newscientist.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Instead of watching the documentary, read this by @mjflepage.bsky.social on Hitler's DNA
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Reposted by Roman Sankowski
📢 Are you interested in working on interdisciplinary research projects in the context of EMBL’s programme ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’?
Join our webinar on 26 November at 14:00 CET to learn about the EIPOD-LinC postdoctoral programme!
👉 Register: embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join our webinar on 26 November at 14:00 CET to learn about the EIPOD-LinC postdoctoral programme!
👉 Register: embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
📢 Are you interested in working on interdisciplinary research projects in the context of EMBL’s programme ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’?
Join our webinar on 26 November at 14:00 CET to learn about the EIPOD-LinC postdoctoral programme!
👉 Register: embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join our webinar on 26 November at 14:00 CET to learn about the EIPOD-LinC postdoctoral programme!
👉 Register: embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Roman Sankowski
Read ‘A non-canonical lymphoblast in refractory childhood T-cell leukaemia’ from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, @cuh.nhs.uk, @greatormondst.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk and others in @natcomms.nature.com, here ⤵️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A non-canonical lymphoblast in refractory childhood T-cell leukaemia - Nature Communications
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a highly aggressive disease with varying recurrence rates. Here, the authors build a single cell transcriptomic atlas of childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leu...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Read ‘A non-canonical lymphoblast in refractory childhood T-cell leukaemia’ from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, @cuh.nhs.uk, @greatormondst.bsky.social, @ucl.ac.uk and others in @natcomms.nature.com, here ⤵️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Great career opportunity at @viennabiocenter.bsky.social: The @impvienna.bsky.social is looking for a new Junior Group Leader in cell and molecular biology, synthetic biology, genomics, gene regulation, development, cancer, immunology or infection biology.
More: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
More: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Junior Group Leader Positions | Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
www.imp.ac.at
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Great career opportunity at @viennabiocenter.bsky.social: The @impvienna.bsky.social is looking for a new Junior Group Leader in cell and molecular biology, synthetic biology, genomics, gene regulation, development, cancer, immunology or infection biology.
More: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
More: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
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Apply here ➡️ www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53219/
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Apply here ➡️ www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/53219/
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5 more days to apply for bioimage analyst position at the beautiful city of Helsinki
🚀Join Helsinki BioImaging as an Image Analysis Specialist🖥️to support cross-disciplinary image analysis projects. If you love coding and are interested in working at the crossroads of computer science and biology, apply by 🗓️ November 15, 2025⤵️
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#jobopening
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#jobopening
Image Analysis Specialist/Engineer/Coordinator, Helsinki Bioimaging
Image Analysis Specialist/Engineer/Coordinator, Helsinki Bioimaging
jobs.helsinki.fi
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
5 more days to apply for bioimage analyst position at the beautiful city of Helsinki
Reposted by Roman Sankowski
Therapeutic VEGFC treatment provides protection against traumatic-brain-injury-driven tauopathy pathogenesis in a mouse model www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Therapeutic VEGFC treatment provides protection against traumatic-brain-injury-driven tauopathy pathogenesis
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and tauopathy. Yet, the mechanisms linking TBI to neurodegenerativ…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Therapeutic VEGFC treatment provides protection against traumatic-brain-injury-driven tauopathy pathogenesis in a mouse model www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The new frontier in understanding human and mammalian brain development | Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The new frontier in understanding human and mammalian brain development - Nature
Recent studies integrating multi-omics data with cell atlases across development for brains of humans and model organisms are revealing conserved and divergent patterns of brain development at the mol...
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The new frontier in understanding human and mammalian brain development | Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We are looking for: PhD Student (starting as Research Assistant) and Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell Biology and Mechanobiology. Please RT💕
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We are looking for: PhD Student (starting as Research Assistant) and Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell Biology and Mechanobiology. Please RT💕
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
🔗 About our lab: renew.science/principal_in...
🎓 PhD position: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=15...
🧪 Postdoc position: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
STORIES: learning cell fate landscapes from spatial transcriptomics using optimal transport | Nature Methods
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
STORIES: learning cell fate landscapes from spatial transcriptomics using optimal transport - Nature Methods
By learning a differentiation potential using an optimal transport-based approach, STORIES models and infers cell fate trajectories using spatiotemporal omics data.
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
STORIES: learning cell fate landscapes from spatial transcriptomics using optimal transport | Nature Methods
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Roman Sankowski
Microglial activation and alpha-synuclein oligomers drive the early inflammatory phase of Parkinson's disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.25.671921v1
August 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Microglial activation and alpha-synuclein oligomers drive the early inflammatory phase of Parkinson's disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.25.671921v1
Major study on the #development of human #immunity: Systemic immune activity occurs during human immune system maturation: Cell
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Systemic immune activity occurs during human immune system maturation
Profiling of immune cells from consecutive developmental time points in second-trimester
fetuses and adults reveals that immune activation, immune tolerance, and hematopoiesis
occur in a systemic way ...
www.cell.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Major study on the #development of human #immunity: Systemic immune activity occurs during human immune system maturation: Cell
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Fascinating perspective on immune cells as structural cells. Though in Freiburg we have used this term rather for structural/stromal cells exhibiting immune functions.
Structural immunity: immune cells as architects of tissue barriers | Nature Reviews Immunology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structural immunity: immune cells as architects of tissue barriers | Nature Reviews Immunology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structural immunity: immune cells as architects of tissue barriers - Nature Reviews Immunology
This Perspective presents a framework of ‘structural immunity’ that positions immune cells as architects of tissue structure. Beyond their roles in antimicrobial defence, we posit that immune cells co...
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Fascinating perspective on immune cells as structural cells. Though in Freiburg we have used this term rather for structural/stromal cells exhibiting immune functions.
Structural immunity: immune cells as architects of tissue barriers | Nature Reviews Immunology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structural immunity: immune cells as architects of tissue barriers | Nature Reviews Immunology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Roman Sankowski
We are looking for curious undergrads to join our research team next summer!
If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬
Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR
Come do science in Bonn next summer!
@puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬
Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR
Come do science in Bonn next summer!
@puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We are looking for curious undergrads to join our research team next summer!
If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬
Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR
Come do science in Bonn next summer!
@puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
If you study in the UK, USA, or Canada, you might be eligible for the DAAD-RISE program 🇩🇪🧬
Learn more 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#DR
Come do science in Bonn next summer!
@puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
Reposted by Roman Sankowski
More details on our group website: agimkeller.github.io/recruit.html
Open positions - AG Imkeller
agimkeller.github.io
September 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
More details on our group website: agimkeller.github.io/recruit.html
Reposted by Roman Sankowski
🔴 The registration deadline has been extended!
Apply by 3 November 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/trainings...
Apply by 3 November 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/trainings...
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🔴 The registration deadline has been extended!
Apply by 3 November 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/trainings...
Apply by 3 November 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/trainings...