Bart Deplancke
@bartdeplancke.bsky.social
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Professor in Systems Biology & Genetics @EPFL, opinions my own; Single Cell Omics / Gene Regulation / Transcription Factor / Stem Cells / Regulatory Variation / ML / Imaging / Adipose Biology / Microfluidics https://www.epfl.ch/labs/deplanckelab
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🧵2/ Across 384 TFs and ~40,000 cells, we found:
– Nonlinear, dose-sensitive reprogramming responses
– TFs triggering different fates at low vs high dose
– Same dose, different outcome = hidden complexity
– TF pairs flipping between synergy & antagonism based on dose ratio
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Outstanding Faculty opportunity in the broad area of 'life sciences engineering' @EPFL School of Life Sciences, open to both junior and senior researchers. We may prefer metabolism-centric applications but remain open to outstanding applications across domains:
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Faculty Position in Life Science Engineering
The School of Life Sciences at EPFL invites applications for a faculty position in life science engineering. Appointments will be at Tenure Track Assistant Professor or at Associate Professor level. W...
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🚀 study: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... from @larsplus.bsky.social et al: via enhancer design from scratch, 3 principles emerged: 1) TF binding strength = activation 'or' repression; 2) Same motif ≠ same output in all cell states; 3) 2 activators ≠ activation - combos can repress! #geneRegulation
Design principles of cell-state-specific enhancers in hematopoiesis
Screen of minimalistic enhancers in blood progenitor cells demonstrates widespread dual activator-repressor function of transcription factors (TFs) and enables the model-guided design of cell-state-sp...
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Impressive, new snRNA-seq atlas across 8 mouse strains & tissues reveals how genetics shapes cell-type-specific gene expression. A key resource for decoding trait variation, disease mechanisms & guiding mouse model design. #Genomics #SingleCell #PrecisionMedicine. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Great opportunity! 🎆
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Postdoc opportunity in the heart of Europe! Check out the flyer below.
Join our team on an international project with Anthony Holtmaat exploring synaptic plasticity and specificity in cortical and thalamocortical circuits.
bartdeplancke.bsky.social
Sounds very exciting, very much looking forward!
bartdeplancke.bsky.social
Really cool method 'Trace-n-seq' that allows for the molecular characterization of single neurons that innervate the pancreas and how this is altered in a cancer context at high resolution. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Characterization of single neurons reprogrammed by pancreatic cancer - Nature
Nature - Characterization of single neurons reprogrammed by pancreatic cancer
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wow 🚀! Need to look into the details, but sounds really exciting: Seq-Scope-X --> new spatial transcriptomics & proteomics technology that achieves sub-200 nm super-resolution, surpassing the diffraction limit of optical microscopy by physically enlarging tissues. www.biorxiv.org/content/bior...
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Have you finished your #PhD and are interested in exploring how #parasites cross the vasculature to colonize tissues? Do you fancy catching some #waves in the Atlantic? Or eating grilled fish by the beach?

Join us in #Lisbon at GIMM, where science meets quality of life.

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A new mechanism for cancer-induced immune evasion. We knew about cancer cells hijacking mitochondria. Now we learn about how their mitochondrial transfer to T cells impairs the tumor immune response.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Interesting study showing how a heart disease-linked TF, TBX5, regulates 3D chromatin independently of transcription, via structural and cohesin-regulating roles in a dose-dependent fashion www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Not that I know of, but it is for sure a good idea. Someone simply needs to start it! 💪
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Fully agree with Carlos! Having peers at a similar career stage has been invaluable—building lasting relationships, inspiring great science, and acting as soundboards for new ideas. These connections still help navigate the daily grind of being a PI. So excited to see the JEDI Phoenix rise again! 🚀✨
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Fantastic opportunity: 🚀 Calling early-career scientists! Apply for the 2025 ELISIR Scholar at EPFL. From outstanding PhD straight to group leader. Join an interdisciplinary research community to conduct independent research in any area of #lifesciences in Lausanne, CH
👉 go.epfl.ch/ELISIR
EPFL Life Sciences Early Independent Research Scholar (ELISIR)
From exceptional PhD directly to independent group leader
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Interesting study showing that Bicoid clusters in fly embryos preserve nuclear concentration info, guiding gene expression despite non-linear LLPS models. These clusters also act as high-fidelity sensors, key for fast, precise transcriptional regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Transcription factor clusters as information transfer agents
Live imaging shows that regulatory protein clusters may aid fast and precise delivery of transcriptional information to gene loci.
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