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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 1d

It's that time of year! Join us in welcoming our new postgraduate students at University of Cambridge. We have a record-breaking 14 new Master's and 23 new PhD students, and we're thrilled to have them!

Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 MPhil - find more details on our website!

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · 5d

We're excited to share that our Director @bertiegottgens.bsky.social has joined the Editorial Board of Stem Cell Reports! @isscr.org Submit your stem cell-related research now: invt.io/1ixbug4i0lt

Check out ISSCR's society journal, Stem Cell Reports!

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Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge @camneurodept.bsky.social · 12d

Exciting news in the Guardian today: Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system. A big congratulations to Dr Nick Cunniffe who led the study www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Exciting’ clinical results offer hope for new class of MS therapies

Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system

www.theguardian.com

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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 21d

Read our latest interview with Sarah Teichmann @scicambridge.bsky.social about expanding beyond academic science in your career, dealing with uncertainty in the workplace, and being able to carve out time for yourself despite having multiple demands on your time. rupress.org/jem/article/...

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Journal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · Sep 3

Sarah Teichmann @scicambridge.bsky.social leads a group that uses genomics, AI, and bioinformatics to further understand various aspects of immunity. We spoke to Sarah about expanding beyond academia and dealing with uncertainty in the workplace. rupress.org/jem/article/...

#PeopleAndIdeas

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Bertie Gottgens @bertiegottgens.bsky.social · Jun 24

Collaborative science is just so much fun! From our brilliant collaboration with Liz Robertson from @dunnschool.bsky.social; embryology, single cell omics and computational biology deliver new insights into the intricacies of blood and endothelial development. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Jun 30

To know more about their work, we spoke to the first author, William Beckman, and the corresponding author, Anna Philpott, Professor of Cancer and Developmental Biology @scicambridge.bsky.social and Head of the School of the Biological Sciences @cam.ac.uk‬:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Anna Philpott (left) and William Beckman (right)

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the Seminar yesterday! This week we heard from Greta Baltusyte, PhD student in the Han group, and Angel Shiqing Ma, PhD student in the Alcolea group.

Big thanks also to our sponsors ‪@scientificlabs.bsky.social‬ and Esco Life Sciences!

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Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre @crukcamcentre.bsky.social · Jun 12

Such a variety of posters at the @cambridgebrc.bsky.social PPI showcase today including Dr Sarah Pensa's poster about the impact of PPIE in shaping research on BRCA breast cancer prevention! @phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · Jun 5

🦴 Our bones house a factory that never sleeps - bone marrow!
PhD student @juliaviladevall.bsky.social (Laurenti Lab) explores how it makes blood, what happens when the 'factory' breaks down, and the power of life-changing transplants!
Read online (translatable): www.cienciaoberta.cat/medulla-ossia/

A black and white photograph of a factory - relevant to the article theme of how hematopoietic stem cells follow production lines to make our differentiated blood cells.
Text: 'Published this week', 'Ciència Oberta - Divulgació científica en català, meaning Open Science - disseminating science in Catalan', 'La fàbrica de la sang: La Medul·la Òssia - translated to The Blood Factory: The Bone Marrow'.

Photograph of article author Júlia Viladevall.
An image depicting the comparison and similarity of a production chain in a furniture factory to the production of differentiated blood cells (erythrocytes, platelets and neutrophils) from hematopoietic stem cells.
Text: 'Júlia Viladevall from the Laurenti Lab at CSCI has made understanding bone marrow easy!'

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · May 23

This September, join the EMBO Workshop at Churchill College in Cambridge, hosted by an EMBO organising committee including our Affiliate PI Professor Alan Warren.

Abstracts to present are due 12 June, and registration closes 22 August.

Find more info here: tinyurl.com/ribosomesynt...

Poster: EMBO Workshop. Ribosome Synthesis: From Mechanisms to Therapy 13th Edition. Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. Sunday 7th-Friday 12th September 2025. EMBO-funded event.

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · May 21

It's great to see work from Dr Simon Richardson @simonrichardson.bsky.social and Prof Brian Huntly featured on @cam.ac.uk news this week.

They developed a treatment to tackle a common childhood blood cancer, hoping to offer safer & more effective care.

Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/B-AL...

Potential new treatment to tackle commonest form of childhood cancer

A combination of two drugs could improve outcomes and reduce the need for toxic chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, the commonest cancer in childhood and one that can be particularl...

www.cam.ac.uk

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · May 20

Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday! Ruxia Xia, PhD student from CSCI PI @wtklab.bsky.social's group, and Nicholas Katritsis, postdoc in Affiliate PI‪‪ @namshik.bsky.social's group.

See you at our next event! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · May 16

We have a very engaged @cambridgeuni.bsky.social postgrad community that plan their own Away Day. This year’s event took place at @stjohnscollege.bsky.social, where they heard from postdocs, did yoga, and designed science-themed totes! Great work postgrads, can't wait to see what you do next! 🧪🥼🔬🙌

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · May 13

Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday - @lucaschwarz.bsky.social, PhD student from our Affiliate PI @marta-shahbazi.bsky.social group @mrclmb.bsky.social, and Yentel Mateo-Otero, postdoc in CSCI PI Richard Tyser's group. See you next week for more!

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Walid Khaled @wtklab.bsky.social · May 6

Our latest paper from is out! Congratulations to all members the lab that contributed over the years!

No UMAPs in this one!

@phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social

Thanks to our funders @cancerresearchuk.org @breastcancernow.bsky.social

The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · May 6

CHD8 interacts with BCL11A to induce oncogenic transcription in triple negative breast cancer
@wtklab.bsky.social and collaborators
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · May 7

Today we welcomed Dr Sumru Bayin for our Group Leader Seminar! Dr Bayin is CSCI's Affiliate PI, and Group Leader at @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social. She was hosted by @bertiegottgens.bsky.social and presented on 'Age-dependent regenerative mechanisms in the brain.' Thanks to all who joined!

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Stem Cell Podcast @stemcellpodcast.com · Apr 30

We're back with another episode!

Tune in to hear Dr. Sarah Teichmann (@teichlab.bsky.social) from @scicambridge.bsky.social discuss her work on the @humancellatlas.org, and combining wet lab with computational biology.

Listen now: bit.ly/4jWDX9T

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday - James Russell, PhD student from Konstantinos Tzelepis's group at the Institute, and George Giotopoulos, postdoc in Brian Huntly's group.

See more events this term lined up here! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · Apr 28

Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann of the @teichlab.bsky.social at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social for becoming an elected member to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of only 23 international members elected this year!

Read more about her work: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thanks to Fiona Watt, Director of @embo.org and Group Leader @embl.org for speaking at our monthly International Seminar yesterday!

Prof Watt presented 'Exploring cellular heterogeneity in human skin' to our researchers at the Institute.

Thanks to everyone who joined for her talk!

Photo of Fiona's presentation and a picture of Fiona

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Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training @eventswcs.bsky.social · Apr 14

𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 #𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀! #MetabolicMultiomics25

We'll be joined by speakers, including our exciting keynotes:

🗣️ Sarah Teichmann, @scicambridge.bsky.social, UK
🗣️ Matthias Mann, @mannlab.bsky.social, Germany

Register ▶️bit.ly/3DF6vET

Wellcome Connecting Science
Meet our keynotes speaking at: Multiomics in Metabolic Disease

Conference dates: 4-6 June 2025

Sarah Teichmann Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, UK

Matthias Mann Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany

Talk: Mass spectrometry-based proteomics for the diagnosis and classification of metabolic diseases

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teichlab @teichlab.bsky.social · Apr 12

🌟 Exciting news!

Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann for being named to STAT’s 2025 STATUS List — recognizing 50 influential people shaping the future of #health and life sciences 🧬💡 We’re thrilled to see Sarah’s vision and contributions celebrated!

More here: www.statnews.com/status-list/...

2025 STATUS List: Influencers in biotech, medicine, health care

Featuring 50 influential people shaping the future of biotech, medicine, health care, policy, and health tech. Explore the list.

www.statnews.com

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Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery @acceleratescience.bsky.social · Apr 9

Dinithi worked on this project as a postdoc in Sarah Teichmann's lab @scicambridge.bsky.social

Find out more about the techniques Dinithi uses in our Core Concepts training resources, designed for researchers from all backgrounds: bit.ly/4lslDaj

Accelerate Science Core AI Concepts

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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute @scicambridge.bsky.social · Mar 3

Great turnout today for our PhD & Postdoc Seminar series! This week we had Giovanna Mantica from the Laurenti Lab and Ioannis Sarropoulos from the Teichmann Lab talking about their research.

See the rest of this term's speakers here: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events/phd-p...

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