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Osteoporosis NL @osteoporosis-nl.bsky.social · Mar 3

BMP9 enhances osteogenic differentiation in rheumatoid arthritis. BMP9 is down-regulated in synovial tissue of RA patients. In arthritis mice model BMP9 enhances osteogenic differentiation of synovial cells. Han Zhang et al. J Transl Med 2025 Feb 28 tinyurl.com/y65xbekk

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · Sep 5

BMP9 regulates the endothelial secretome to drive pulmonary hypertension https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.29.673113v1

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Toril Holien @torilhol.bsky.social · 21d

Our preprint is out! We induced apoptosis in myeloma cells with BMP9 and did a whole genome KO screen to find regulators of apoptosis (and BMP-SMAD signaling). ID3 induced by SMAD activity inhibited TCF3 and induced apoptosis.
This was the main work in Clara Andersson-Rusch's PhD. Have a look! 👇

bioRxiv Cancer Bio @biorxiv-cancer.bsky.social · 26d

Whole genome CRISPR knockout screen reveals ID3 as a key regulator of myeloma cell survival via TCF3 and c-MYC https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675036v1

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Toril Holien @torilhol.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Journal of Cell Biology @jcb.org · Sep 3

Our new collection offers cell biologists practical, expert-driven guidance and best practices in the design, execution, and analysis of experiments, and the subsequent communication of their results to their peers. 👉 rupress.org/jcb/collecti...

#Reproducibility

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Corynn Kasap MD PhD @corynnkasap.bsky.social · Aug 25

Excited to share our new manuscript, now published in Blood! BCMA #CART show impressive responses for #myeloma, but pts with high-risk cytogenetics relapse more quickly and are in urgent need of new therapies. Thread👇 (1/10) ashpublications.org/blood/articl...

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Craig A. Goodman @craigagoodman1.bsky.social · Aug 8

SMAD7: riding on fibrosis-limiting routes and beyond
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

SMAD7: riding on fibrosis-limiting routes and beyond | EMBO Molecular Medicine

EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.

www.embopress.org

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Toril Holien @torilhol.bsky.social · Aug 24

Nice work! Temporal patterns of genomic evolution in multiple myeloma showing importance of timing of events for progression and prognosis. #myeloma #multiplemyeloma #hemesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Temporal genomic dynamics shape clinical trajectory in multiple myeloma - Nature Genetics

This analysis of whole-genome sequencing data from 421 multiple myeloma samples elucidates the timing of key genomic events and shows associations between the timing of 1q gain and clinical outcome.

www.nature.com

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Blood Journals' Portfolio @bloodjournals.hematology.org · Aug 22

GCK inhibition induces IKZF1 degradation through a CRBN-independent mechanism in MM. buff.ly/B79qqYd #hemesky

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Toril Holien @torilhol.bsky.social · Aug 23

📣 Save the date 📣
The next FASEB Science Research Conference on TGF-β Family in Development and Disease will take place:
July 26-30, 2026 in Porto, Portugal!
@faseborg.bsky.social
With Mythreye Karthikeyan @mythreye.bsky.social, Rosemary Akhurst and Andrew Hinck

web.cvent.com/event/af5f6d...

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Morten Myksvoll @mortenmyksvoll.bsky.social · Aug 17

Elskar når folk som ikkje anar noko om landbruk skal romantisere denne livsstilen, og så lage tv av at dei ikkje er førebudd på det betyr å vere bonde. Då blir det rør. Heggdal er god til å rydde opp.

Krister Hoaas @krhoaas.bsky.social · Aug 17

Øystein Heggdal med voksenopplæring til Jon Almaas og drømmerier om at økologisk jordbruk er bedre for klode og mennesker www.nrk.no/ytring/jon-b...

Jon blir aktivist

Når Jon Almaas blander seg i politikken, går det helt i surr.

www.nrk.no

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Estoknes @estoknes.bsky.social · Aug 7

Vi må ta kampen mot brøl-apene som maksimerer utnyttelsen av urimelige konflikter, gjennom sort-hull effektene på vår oppmerksomhet. Men hvordan? Her er iallefall bilde av rett person @froyasjursaether.bsky.social

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JungmannLab @jungmannlab.bsky.social · Jul 28

Ever wondered what happens when therapeutic antibodies bind to cancer cells? In our latest study, we used multiplexed 3D-RESI to directly visualize how anti-CD20 antibodies interact with their receptors, revealing their precise arrangement at single-protein resolution. (1/6)

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Robert Hänsel-Hertsch @epistrucstab.bsky.social · Jul 28

🧪Move over CUT&Tag, there’s a new #TranscriptionFactor mapping method in town.
Our newly developed DynaTag is faster, cleaner, more sensitive than #ChIPseq, #CUT&RUN and #CUT&Tag.
🔗 Our @natcomms.nature.com paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵Let’s break down what makes DynaTag so powerful (1/7)

Image credit: @gloglita.bsky.social‬ @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social‬ captured DynaTag in action: a pA-Tn5 probe (multicoloured) binds an antibody (white), which binds p53 DNA-binding domain (green) on DNA (blue) within 2 nucleosomes

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Anders Sejr Hansen @andersshansen.bsky.social · Jul 20

This seems like a really important paper comparing chromosome tracing methods, demonstrating that classical denaturing DNA-FISH and chromosome tracing leads to substantial distortion of 3D genome structure, likely due to the high-temperatures involved (70-90C):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Mikhail Spivakov @mspivakov.bsky.social · Jul 19

Translational research is digging for gold. Basic research is learning where and what to dig. The more funding is diverted to translation, the more we deplete the research ecosystem, driving the supplies of "gold" - immediately translatable findings and innovations - to unsustainably low levels.

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Jul 18

I still can’t believe that all NIH grants to my colleagues at Harvard and Harvard Medical School have been nullified. And that, as a nation, we’re somehow okay with this illegal, arbitrary, and petty act. Just think of the consequences: scientists, students, and patients will all suffer.

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Toril Holien @torilhol.bsky.social · Jul 17

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 17

A big day for preventing mitochondrial diseases from transmitting to the next generation
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · Jul 16

Cells size variation is often an important factor to consider when thinking about the biological scales & mechanisms.

It's also also a relevant technical factor when analyzing omics data www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Toril Holien @torilhol.bsky.social · Jul 12

Today’s #Bluesky #bsky #kjerringøy #midnightsun

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 2

Now that we can assay thousands of plasma proteins in 1-2 ml of blood, there's discovery and validation of many new cancer biomarkers
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cancer biomarkers discovered using pan-cancer plasma proteomic profiling - Nature Biomedical Engineering

Proteome profiling of plasma samples in human pan-cancer cohorts reveals patterns of biomarkers for diagnosis.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jul 2

We are all somatic mutation mosaics.
"There are trillions of cells in a human body and so the total number of somatic mutations acquired in a single individual may well exceed quadrillions, millions of times the size of the human genome."
@nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...

The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network - Nature

The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network aims to create a reference catalogue of somatic mosaicism across different tissues and cells within individuals.

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Toril Holien @torilhol.bsky.social · Jul 5

Raw stirred with sugar is by far tastiest. Cooked less so…

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Toril Holien @torilhol.bsky.social · Jul 5

But lingonberries are the best 😋

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