Cenk Celik
@cenkcelik.bsky.social
Research Fellow @ugiatucl.bsky.social • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
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Lactic acid lover? Check out @ronni.bsky.social 's new work in
@cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social showing how Enterococcus faecalis-derived LA suppresses macrophage activation, in turn promoting bacterial persistence and polymicrobial wound infection in vivo.
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@cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social showing how Enterococcus faecalis-derived LA suppresses macrophage activation, in turn promoting bacterial persistence and polymicrobial wound infection in vivo.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Enterococcus faecalis-derived lactic acid suppresses macrophage activation to facilitate persistent and polymicrobial wound infections
Macrophage activation is essential for innate immunity and antimicrobial defense. We show that Enterococcus faecalis suppresses macrophage activation …
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January 27, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Lactic acid lover? Check out @ronni.bsky.social 's new work in
@cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social showing how Enterococcus faecalis-derived LA suppresses macrophage activation, in turn promoting bacterial persistence and polymicrobial wound infection in vivo.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social showing how Enterococcus faecalis-derived LA suppresses macrophage activation, in turn promoting bacterial persistence and polymicrobial wound infection in vivo.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We are also recruiting a Postdoc in cell/molecular biology!
3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s...
Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s...
Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
January 23, 2026 at 4:23 PM
We are also recruiting a Postdoc in cell/molecular biology!
3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s...
Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
3yr, fully funded by @cancerresearchuk.org more details here: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/27/s...
Apply here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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See UGI's Dr Marina Escalera Zamudio (Rosetrees Fellow) and Dr Cenk Celik (Research Fellow) @cenkcelik.bsky.social presenting at the Norwich Science Festival @niscifest.bsky.social session on "Reimagining Health with Big Data".
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/rei...
#NISF26
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#NISF26
Reimagining Health with Big Data | Norwich Science Festival
Dr Marina Escalera Zamudio and Dr Cenk Celik will share the ways in which big data and AI are transforming medicine.
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 PM
See UGI's Dr Marina Escalera Zamudio (Rosetrees Fellow) and Dr Cenk Celik (Research Fellow) @cenkcelik.bsky.social presenting at the Norwich Science Festival @niscifest.bsky.social session on "Reimagining Health with Big Data".
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/rei...
#NISF26
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/rei...
#NISF26
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Proud of this international effort led by NTU Singapore, @scelse.bsky.social and the University of Geneva.
Huge props to first author @aarontan.bsky.social and my co-lead @kimingeneva.bsky.social and other authors including @cenkcelik.bsky.social.
#ScienceAdvances #Microbiology #NTUsg
Huge props to first author @aarontan.bsky.social and my co-lead @kimingeneva.bsky.social and other authors including @cenkcelik.bsky.social.
#ScienceAdvances #Microbiology #NTUsg
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Proud of this international effort led by NTU Singapore, @scelse.bsky.social and the University of Geneva.
Huge props to first author @aarontan.bsky.social and my co-lead @kimingeneva.bsky.social and other authors including @cenkcelik.bsky.social.
#ScienceAdvances #Microbiology #NTUsg
Huge props to first author @aarontan.bsky.social and my co-lead @kimingeneva.bsky.social and other authors including @cenkcelik.bsky.social.
#ScienceAdvances #Microbiology #NTUsg
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Have you ever heard that women have more chances than men of getting grants or positions in academia? Of course you have, and here are my personal views on this. With the shocking revelation that no, it is NOT TRUE ! (1/n)
January 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Have you ever heard that women have more chances than men of getting grants or positions in academia? Of course you have, and here are my personal views on this. With the shocking revelation that no, it is NOT TRUE ! (1/n)
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There's still a few days left to apply for our AI-Intervene PhD project mapping the drivers of avian influenza using viral genomics, bird migration data and AI-powered phylodynamics.
Come join us! Details below.
#FindaPhD #LondonPhD #genomics
Come join us! Details below.
#FindaPhD #LondonPhD #genomics
We’re recruiting a PhD student as part of the AI-Intervene DTP to join FlightPath, an exciting project combining viral genomics, bird migration data, and AI-powered phylodynamics to forecast how avian influenza evolves and spreads.
Project Details 🦠🧬🦅🦆🌎: tinyurl.com/2v4xaxmx.
Project Details 🦠🧬🦅🦆🌎: tinyurl.com/2v4xaxmx.
FlightPath: Predicting Avian Influenza Evolution through AI-Powered Phylodynamics and Bird Migration Modelling at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - FlightPath: Predicting Avian Influenza Evolution through AI-Powered Phylodynamics and Bird Migration Modelling at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
There's still a few days left to apply for our AI-Intervene PhD project mapping the drivers of avian influenza using viral genomics, bird migration data and AI-powered phylodynamics.
Come join us! Details below.
#FindaPhD #LondonPhD #genomics
Come join us! Details below.
#FindaPhD #LondonPhD #genomics
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Great talk from @ugiatucl.bsky.social post-doc @cenkcelik.bsky.social presenting his work developing new approaches to explore the spatial patterns of cancer evolution.
Preprint 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks for giving our last seminar of the year!
Preprint 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks for giving our last seminar of the year!
December 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Great talk from @ugiatucl.bsky.social post-doc @cenkcelik.bsky.social presenting his work developing new approaches to explore the spatial patterns of cancer evolution.
Preprint 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks for giving our last seminar of the year!
Preprint 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks for giving our last seminar of the year!
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December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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How do tissues organise, adapt, or collapse? 🧬
We’re looking for a postdoc with strong quantitative skills to tackle these questions in a highly interdisciplinary project bridging spatial omics, ecology & mathematical modelling (expertise required in at least one topic).
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/3d37d3st
We’re looking for a postdoc with strong quantitative skills to tackle these questions in a highly interdisciplinary project bridging spatial omics, ecology & mathematical modelling (expertise required in at least one topic).
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/3d37d3st
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
How do tissues organise, adapt, or collapse? 🧬
We’re looking for a postdoc with strong quantitative skills to tackle these questions in a highly interdisciplinary project bridging spatial omics, ecology & mathematical modelling (expertise required in at least one topic).
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/3d37d3st
We’re looking for a postdoc with strong quantitative skills to tackle these questions in a highly interdisciplinary project bridging spatial omics, ecology & mathematical modelling (expertise required in at least one topic).
Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/3d37d3st
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Come do some cool cell cycle science with the awesome @alexisbarr.bsky.social and me! 🔬✨
We’re looking for an enthusiastic computational biologist / data scientist (4-year postdoc) to dive into loads of cancer genomics & transcriptomics data.
Details below. Please share!
We’re looking for an enthusiastic computational biologist / data scientist (4-year postdoc) to dive into loads of cancer genomics & transcriptomics data.
Details below. Please share!
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Come do some cool cell cycle science with the awesome @alexisbarr.bsky.social and me! 🔬✨
We’re looking for an enthusiastic computational biologist / data scientist (4-year postdoc) to dive into loads of cancer genomics & transcriptomics data.
Details below. Please share!
We’re looking for an enthusiastic computational biologist / data scientist (4-year postdoc) to dive into loads of cancer genomics & transcriptomics data.
Details below. Please share!
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@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
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More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Feeling very fortunate to be awarded a Programme Foundation Award from CRUK @cruk-si.bsky.social
This is a new area for the lab & lets us team up with @mariasecrier.bsky.social to tackle a big problem of how different cancers lose control of proliferation
This is a new area for the lab & lets us team up with @mariasecrier.bsky.social to tackle a big problem of how different cancers lose control of proliferation
Congratulations to @alexisbarr.bsky.social and Jesus Gil who have received funding awards, together totalling around £3M, from @cancerresearchuk.org!
They will lead two exciting projects that could result in discoveries that make a real difference to the lives of people with cancer in the future.
They will lead two exciting projects that could result in discoveries that make a real difference to the lives of people with cancer in the future.
LMS scientists receive funding to boost cancer research
Cancer Research UK has awarded significant funding to researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) to lead two exciting new projects that could result in discoveries that make a real di...
lms.mrc.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Feeling very fortunate to be awarded a Programme Foundation Award from CRUK @cruk-si.bsky.social
This is a new area for the lab & lets us team up with @mariasecrier.bsky.social to tackle a big problem of how different cancers lose control of proliferation
This is a new area for the lab & lets us team up with @mariasecrier.bsky.social to tackle a big problem of how different cancers lose control of proliferation
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Bu hafta “Yapay Zekanın Politik Ekonomisi” etkinliğinde Altuğ Yalçıntaş hocamız “büyük veri” meselesini iktisadi ve siyasal boyutlarıyla ele alırken, aynı saatlerde Cenk Çelik hocamız Tek Hücre ve Uzamsal Boyutta Canlılık” atölyesinde “hücreler arası iletişim konusunu masaya yatırıyordu.
August 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Bu hafta “Yapay Zekanın Politik Ekonomisi” etkinliğinde Altuğ Yalçıntaş hocamız “büyük veri” meselesini iktisadi ve siyasal boyutlarıyla ele alırken, aynı saatlerde Cenk Çelik hocamız Tek Hücre ve Uzamsal Boyutta Canlılık” atölyesinde “hücreler arası iletişim konusunu masaya yatırıyordu.
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We recently published a review reflecting on challenges and opportunities in characterising cancer cell states and niches using spatial transcriptomics and integration with digital pathology, see full thread below. Thank you Molecular Oncology for the opportunity!
We, Secrier Lab UCL @ugiatucl.bsky.social Genetics Institute, discussed challenges in cell state identification using spatial transcriptomics in cancer research, now out in Molecular Oncology.
doi.org/10.1002/1878... #SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch #SpatialNiches
doi.org/10.1002/1878... #SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch #SpatialNiches
doi.org
August 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We recently published a review reflecting on challenges and opportunities in characterising cancer cell states and niches using spatial transcriptomics and integration with digital pathology, see full thread below. Thank you Molecular Oncology for the opportunity!
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📢 Our new preprint is out! We show how the common gut bacterium 𝘌. 𝘧𝘢𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 stops wound healing. It uses a metabolic pathway, extracellular electron transport (EET), to stress host cells, halting their migration. Watch WT bacteria (orange) stop the cells while the mutant (blue) doesn't!
August 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
📢 Our new preprint is out! We show how the common gut bacterium 𝘌. 𝘧𝘢𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 stops wound healing. It uses a metabolic pathway, extracellular electron transport (EET), to stress host cells, halting their migration. Watch WT bacteria (orange) stop the cells while the mutant (blue) doesn't!
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Bilimler Köyü'nde gelecek hafta...
📍 Detaylı bilgi ve başvuru: bilimler.org/etkinlikler/
#bilimlerköyü
#villageofsciences
📍 Detaylı bilgi ve başvuru: bilimler.org/etkinlikler/
#bilimlerköyü
#villageofsciences
August 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Bilimler Köyü'nde gelecek hafta...
📍 Detaylı bilgi ve başvuru: bilimler.org/etkinlikler/
#bilimlerköyü
#villageofsciences
📍 Detaylı bilgi ve başvuru: bilimler.org/etkinlikler/
#bilimlerköyü
#villageofsciences
We, Secrier Lab UCL @ugiatucl.bsky.social Genetics Institute, discussed challenges in cell state identification using spatial transcriptomics in cancer research, now out in Molecular Oncology.
doi.org/10.1002/1878... #SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch #SpatialNiches
doi.org/10.1002/1878... #SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch #SpatialNiches
doi.org
July 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We, Secrier Lab UCL @ugiatucl.bsky.social Genetics Institute, discussed challenges in cell state identification using spatial transcriptomics in cancer research, now out in Molecular Oncology.
doi.org/10.1002/1878... #SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch #SpatialNiches
doi.org/10.1002/1878... #SpatialTranscriptomics #CancerResearch #SpatialNiches
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New preprint from the Secrier lab. @cenkcelik.bsky.social @mariasecrier.bsky.social present EnrichMap, a Python package to compute gene set enrichment scores in spatial transcriptomics data: tinyurl.com/yc48f4fx.
See an explainer thread from @cenkcelik.bsky.social here: bsky.app/profile/cenk....
See an explainer thread from @cenkcelik.bsky.social here: bsky.app/profile/cenk....
June 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New preprint from the Secrier lab. @cenkcelik.bsky.social @mariasecrier.bsky.social present EnrichMap, a Python package to compute gene set enrichment scores in spatial transcriptomics data: tinyurl.com/yc48f4fx.
See an explainer thread from @cenkcelik.bsky.social here: bsky.app/profile/cenk....
See an explainer thread from @cenkcelik.bsky.social here: bsky.app/profile/cenk....
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Want to uncover biologically meaningful patterns in spatial omics data? Check out our new method EnrichMap, details below. Work led by the brilliant @cenkcelik.bsky.social! #spatialomics #genesets
[Preprint alert]
We’re thrilled to introduce EnrichMap: a powerful new method for spatial gene set enrichment. It’s spatially aware, biologically meaningful and built for the next generation of spatial transcriptomics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We’re thrilled to introduce EnrichMap: a powerful new method for spatial gene set enrichment. It’s spatially aware, biologically meaningful and built for the next generation of spatial transcriptomics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Want to uncover biologically meaningful patterns in spatial omics data? Check out our new method EnrichMap, details below. Work led by the brilliant @cenkcelik.bsky.social! #spatialomics #genesets
[Preprint alert]
We’re thrilled to introduce EnrichMap: a powerful new method for spatial gene set enrichment. It’s spatially aware, biologically meaningful and built for the next generation of spatial transcriptomics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We’re thrilled to introduce EnrichMap: a powerful new method for spatial gene set enrichment. It’s spatially aware, biologically meaningful and built for the next generation of spatial transcriptomics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
[Preprint alert]
We’re thrilled to introduce EnrichMap: a powerful new method for spatial gene set enrichment. It’s spatially aware, biologically meaningful and built for the next generation of spatial transcriptomics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We’re thrilled to introduce EnrichMap: a powerful new method for spatial gene set enrichment. It’s spatially aware, biologically meaningful and built for the next generation of spatial transcriptomics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Yaşamı tek bir hücrenin sınırlarından başlayarak uzamsal boyutlara taşıyoruz. Bu etknlikte, hücresel düzeyde bilginin nasıl aktarıldığını, düzenlendiğini ve farklı mekânsal ölçeklerde nasıl organize olduğunu birlikte inceleyeceğiz.++
May 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Işık yalnızca çevremizi aydınlatmaz; aynı zamanda doğanın en temel sırlarını da içinde taşır. Bu etkinlikte, Cambridge Üniversitesi’nden Prof. Mete Atatüre ve Dr. Yusuf Karlı’nın yürütücülüğünde, ışığın klasik fiziğin ötesine geçen dünyasına adım atacağız. ++
May 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Işık yalnızca çevremizi aydınlatmaz; aynı zamanda doğanın en temel sırlarını da içinde taşır. Bu etkinlikte, Cambridge Üniversitesi’nden Prof. Mete Atatüre ve Dr. Yusuf Karlı’nın yürütücülüğünde, ışığın klasik fiziğin ötesine geçen dünyasına adım atacağız. ++
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Yaşamı tek bir hücrenin sınırlarından başlayarak uzamsal boyutlara taşıyoruz. Bu etknlikte, hücresel düzeyde bilginin nasıl aktarıldığını, düzenlendiğini ve farklı mekânsal ölçeklerde nasıl organize olduğunu birlikte inceleyeceğiz.++
April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yaşamı tek bir hücrenin sınırlarından başlayarak uzamsal boyutlara taşıyoruz. Bu etknlikte, hücresel düzeyde bilginin nasıl aktarıldığını, düzenlendiğini ve farklı mekânsal ölçeklerde nasıl organize olduğunu birlikte inceleyeceğiz.++
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Check out how 💪🏼Enterococci💪🏼 use lactic acid to suppress the inflammatory response and promote virulence. Project started by Brenda Tien during her PhD and brought home by the always excellent @ronni.bsky.social! 🥳
Enterococcus faecalis-derived lactic acid facilitates persistent and polymicrobial wound infections by suppressing macrophage activation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635924v1
February 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Check out how 💪🏼Enterococci💪🏼 use lactic acid to suppress the inflammatory response and promote virulence. Project started by Brenda Tien during her PhD and brought home by the always excellent @ronni.bsky.social! 🥳
Reposted by Cenk Celik
Balancing tumour proliferation and sustained cell cycle arrest through proteostasis remodelling drives immune niche compartmentalisation in breast cancer https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.08.632014v1
January 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Balancing tumour proliferation and sustained cell cycle arrest through proteostasis remodelling drives immune niche compartmentalisation in breast cancer https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.08.632014v1