Michela Borghesan
@michelaborgh.bsky.social
@Policy Advisor| Research Policy|University Medical Centre Groningen (NL)|
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Listen here for an interview I did on "Climbing the Immune Ladder: Steps for Success in Science".
We discuss immunology, kindness and mentorship, navigating scientific challenges, identifying high-impact research questions, and our evolving scientific careers
open.spotify.com/episode/00rJ...
We discuss immunology, kindness and mentorship, navigating scientific challenges, identifying high-impact research questions, and our evolving scientific careers
open.spotify.com/episode/00rJ...
Interview with Adrian Liston
open.spotify.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Listen here for an interview I did on "Climbing the Immune Ladder: Steps for Success in Science".
We discuss immunology, kindness and mentorship, navigating scientific challenges, identifying high-impact research questions, and our evolving scientific careers
open.spotify.com/episode/00rJ...
We discuss immunology, kindness and mentorship, navigating scientific challenges, identifying high-impact research questions, and our evolving scientific careers
open.spotify.com/episode/00rJ...
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The contest for ERC Public Engagement with Research Award 2026 is officially open! 🎉
This year we have up to 8 prizes of €10,000.
Interested? Submit your application by 15 January 2026.
More info 👉 link.europa.eu/jkX9f4
[Only current or recent ERC grantees can compete]
#ERCengage #SciComm
This year we have up to 8 prizes of €10,000.
Interested? Submit your application by 15 January 2026.
More info 👉 link.europa.eu/jkX9f4
[Only current or recent ERC grantees can compete]
#ERCengage #SciComm
October 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The contest for ERC Public Engagement with Research Award 2026 is officially open! 🎉
This year we have up to 8 prizes of €10,000.
Interested? Submit your application by 15 January 2026.
More info 👉 link.europa.eu/jkX9f4
[Only current or recent ERC grantees can compete]
#ERCengage #SciComm
This year we have up to 8 prizes of €10,000.
Interested? Submit your application by 15 January 2026.
More info 👉 link.europa.eu/jkX9f4
[Only current or recent ERC grantees can compete]
#ERCengage #SciComm
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A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine
October 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine
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Tune in TUE 7 Oct 15.00.
High-level event in Copenhagen during #EU2025DK on competitiveness & frontiers science with:
- Minister Christina Egelund
- Nobel laureate Anne L’Huillier
- Breakthrough Prize laureate Sir David Klenerman
- other science leaders
Livestream🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
High-level event in Copenhagen during #EU2025DK on competitiveness & frontiers science with:
- Minister Christina Egelund
- Nobel laureate Anne L’Huillier
- Breakthrough Prize laureate Sir David Klenerman
- other science leaders
Livestream🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
Competitiveness through frontier research
YouTube video by European Research Council
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Tune in TUE 7 Oct 15.00.
High-level event in Copenhagen during #EU2025DK on competitiveness & frontiers science with:
- Minister Christina Egelund
- Nobel laureate Anne L’Huillier
- Breakthrough Prize laureate Sir David Klenerman
- other science leaders
Livestream🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
High-level event in Copenhagen during #EU2025DK on competitiveness & frontiers science with:
- Minister Christina Egelund
- Nobel laureate Anne L’Huillier
- Breakthrough Prize laureate Sir David Klenerman
- other science leaders
Livestream🎥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fLC...
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We have a new PhD studentship in the lab on the immunogenic roles of transposable elements in paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia! Come and work with us! www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-cyp-phd...
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We have a new PhD studentship in the lab on the immunogenic roles of transposable elements in paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia! Come and work with us! www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-cyp-phd...
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Are you looking for work in a research group that is led by an ERC grantee? There more than 100 currently open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 europa.eu/!gdXPfd
#ChooseEurope #jobs #research
#ChooseEurope #jobs #research
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Are you looking for work in a research group that is led by an ERC grantee? There more than 100 currently open for application on the #Euraxess website 👉 europa.eu/!gdXPfd
#ChooseEurope #jobs #research
#ChooseEurope #jobs #research
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Science 101. Correlation does not equal causation. Tylenol aka paracetamol doesn’t cause autism. A correlation can lead to all sorts of causal fallacy. Like so. 👇
September 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Science 101. Correlation does not equal causation. Tylenol aka paracetamol doesn’t cause autism. A correlation can lead to all sorts of causal fallacy. Like so. 👇
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Our new review is out in Trends in Cancer. We had fund writing this :) We discuss the roles of retrotransposons in immune modulation in normal and malignant
hematopoiesis. www.cell.com/trends/cance...
hematopoiesis. www.cell.com/trends/cance...
Reawakening retrotransposons: immune modulation in normal and malignant hematopoiesis
Retrotransposons are mobile repetitive elements that constitute around 43% of the
human genome. Normally silenced through epigenetic mechanisms, retrotransposons can
become reactivated in response to ...
www.cell.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Our new review is out in Trends in Cancer. We had fund writing this :) We discuss the roles of retrotransposons in immune modulation in normal and malignant
hematopoiesis. www.cell.com/trends/cance...
hematopoiesis. www.cell.com/trends/cance...
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Pre-print time! Our new study on #systemsimmunology analysis of #Alzheimers patients is out now on @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social.
This is the culmination of a long collaboration with Rik Vandenberghe, Stephanie Humblet-Baron and Lidia Yshii's labs at KU Leuven. 🧵1/8
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is the culmination of a long collaboration with Rik Vandenberghe, Stephanie Humblet-Baron and Lidia Yshii's labs at KU Leuven. 🧵1/8
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
A systems immunology analysis of Alzheimer’s disease reveals an age- and environmental exposure-independent disturbance in B cell maturation
Alzheimer’s disease is a severe neurodegenerative disorder, with multifactorial mechanisms of disease development and progression. Evidence from genetic association studies, animal models, and clinica...
www.medrxiv.org
June 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Pre-print time! Our new study on #systemsimmunology analysis of #Alzheimers patients is out now on @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social.
This is the culmination of a long collaboration with Rik Vandenberghe, Stephanie Humblet-Baron and Lidia Yshii's labs at KU Leuven. 🧵1/8
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is the culmination of a long collaboration with Rik Vandenberghe, Stephanie Humblet-Baron and Lidia Yshii's labs at KU Leuven. 🧵1/8
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Het is weer @wetenschapwoensdag.bsky.social!
👇🧠👇
#BCN Research School
@rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social
#AcademieMinerva
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#BCN Research School
@rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social
#AcademieMinerva
🧠 De belangrijkste oorzaak voor een burn-out is het gevoel dat je geen grip meer hebt op je eigen leven, school of werk.
🎨 Kayleigh Stuut
🎨 Kayleigh Stuut
June 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Het is weer @wetenschapwoensdag.bsky.social!
👇🧠👇
#BCN Research School
@rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social
#AcademieMinerva
👇🧠👇
#BCN Research School
@rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social
#AcademieMinerva
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🧠 Het is weer Wetenschap Op Woensdag!
Volg dit account voor je wekelijkse brein-feit-kunstwerk!
👇
#BCN #ResearchSchool @rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social #AcademieMinerva
Volg dit account voor je wekelijkse brein-feit-kunstwerk!
👇
#BCN #ResearchSchool @rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social #AcademieMinerva
🧠 Bij de meeste mensen is de linker hersenhelft vooral goed in het verwerken van woorden en kleine details. De rechter hersenhelft is gespecialiseerd in het waarnemen van gezichten en het zien van het ‘grote plaatje’.
🎨 Denisa Lukanova
🎨 Denisa Lukanova
May 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🧠 Het is weer Wetenschap Op Woensdag!
Volg dit account voor je wekelijkse brein-feit-kunstwerk!
👇
#BCN #ResearchSchool @rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social #AcademieMinerva
Volg dit account voor je wekelijkse brein-feit-kunstwerk!
👇
#BCN #ResearchSchool @rug.nl @umcgroningen.bsky.social #AcademieMinerva
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Gaat dat zien! Een heel leuke en heel mooi vormgegeven tentoonstelling over de werking van je hersenen.
Broerstraat 5 | Wat is de link tussen darmen en het brein, hoe werd ontdekt dat de #hersenen doen wat ze doen
en hoe word je gemotiveerd in games? 🧠
In 'Brainstorm' in het Universiteitsmuseum leggen Iris Sommer en 2 andere hersenonderzoekers dat uit 👇
www.broerstraat5-rug.nl/broerstraat-...
en hoe word je gemotiveerd in games? 🧠
In 'Brainstorm' in het Universiteitsmuseum leggen Iris Sommer en 2 andere hersenonderzoekers dat uit 👇
www.broerstraat5-rug.nl/broerstraat-...
May 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Gaat dat zien! Een heel leuke en heel mooi vormgegeven tentoonstelling over de werking van je hersenen.
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Very proud of @dangeles.bsky.social. For this preprint he explored the #network structure of depressive symptoms and local brain characteristics of brain regions associated with depression and whether these relate differently in first vs recurrent episode people with major #depression.
Proud to share our first preprint: “First vs recurrent episode symptomatology in Major Depressive Disorder and its relation to brain function and structure: a network approach” with @egarza.bsky.social and
@mariejosevantol.bsky.social
Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1....
@mariejosevantol.bsky.social
Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1....
First vs recurrent episode symptomatology in Major Depressive Disorder and its relation to brain function and structure: a network approach
Background. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a prevalent psychiatric disorder. At least half of the patients who recover from a first depressive episode, will experience a relapse. Therefore, unders...
www.biorxiv.org
April 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Very proud of @dangeles.bsky.social. For this preprint he explored the #network structure of depressive symptoms and local brain characteristics of brain regions associated with depression and whether these relate differently in first vs recurrent episode people with major #depression.
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Journaliste Jette Pellemans trok voor @trouw.nl naar de camping om zich te verdiepen in social media- en smartphone-gebruik onder 60+-ers. Ze vroeg mij wat de wetenschap hier over zegt. Een heerlijk artikel voor deze zomerse dag: www.trouw.nl/verdieping/o...
Ook ouderen zijn vergroeid met hun smartphone. ‘Mijn schermtijd gister was... 4 uur 48 minuten. Goh’
Jongeren zouden vergroeid zijn met hun smartphone. Maar de oudere generatie kan er ook wat van, blijkt op de camping in Zeewolde. ‘Het is wel ietsje meer dan ik dacht.’
www.trouw.nl
April 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Journaliste Jette Pellemans trok voor @trouw.nl naar de camping om zich te verdiepen in social media- en smartphone-gebruik onder 60+-ers. Ze vroeg mij wat de wetenschap hier over zegt. Een heerlijk artikel voor deze zomerse dag: www.trouw.nl/verdieping/o...
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Happy to share our new study on the mechanical regulation of ovarian cancer invasion into adipose tissues! Here we develop adipose tissue-mimicking organo-hydrogels to investigate how cells invade these tissues, a central process in the establishment of metastases! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The mechanical anisotropy of adipose tissues regulates ovarian cancer invasion
High-grade serous ovarian cancer, the most common and aggressive form of ovarian cancer, generally metastasises to visceral adipose tissues. In these tissues, the extracellular matrix through which ov...
www.biorxiv.org
December 13, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Happy to share our new study on the mechanical regulation of ovarian cancer invasion into adipose tissues! Here we develop adipose tissue-mimicking organo-hydrogels to investigate how cells invade these tissues, a central process in the establishment of metastases! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Wekelijks zin in een portie Kunst X Wetenschap? Volg dan vast @wetenschapwoensdag.bsky.social en heb een front row seat wanneer wij ook hier gaan posten!
www.rug.nl/research/beh...
@unigroningen.bsky.social @umcgroningen.bsky.social #AcademieMinerva #BCN #AcademicSky
www.rug.nl/research/beh...
@unigroningen.bsky.social @umcgroningen.bsky.social #AcademieMinerva #BCN #AcademicSky
Wetenschap op Woensdag
Wetenschap op Woensdag
www.rug.nl
April 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Wekelijks zin in een portie Kunst X Wetenschap? Volg dan vast @wetenschapwoensdag.bsky.social en heb een front row seat wanneer wij ook hier gaan posten!
www.rug.nl/research/beh...
@unigroningen.bsky.social @umcgroningen.bsky.social #AcademieMinerva #BCN #AcademicSky
www.rug.nl/research/beh...
@unigroningen.bsky.social @umcgroningen.bsky.social #AcademieMinerva #BCN #AcademicSky
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If neuroscience were a work of art, what would it look like? Minerva Art Academy students teamed up with UG/UMCG brain researchers 🧠🎨
The result? A collection of fascinating art pieces introducing brain research to a broad audience 👇
www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
The result? A collection of fascinating art pieces introducing brain research to a broad audience 👇
www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
March 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If neuroscience were a work of art, what would it look like? Minerva Art Academy students teamed up with UG/UMCG brain researchers 🧠🎨
The result? A collection of fascinating art pieces introducing brain research to a broad audience 👇
www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
The result? A collection of fascinating art pieces introducing brain research to a broad audience 👇
www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
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Looking forward to a very interactive session! #spatial #biology #IHC #EVs #extracellularvesicles #Bcells #headneck #cancer
www.linkedin.com/posts/ariadn...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ariadn...
#cancer #spatialbiology #immunohistochemistry #patientsurvival #immunology | ariadne.ai ag
Join us for an exciting webinar! 🔬
We’re thrilled to host Ferdinando Pucci, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Cell, Developmental, and Cancer Biology at…
www.linkedin.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Looking forward to a very interactive session! #spatial #biology #IHC #EVs #extracellularvesicles #Bcells #headneck #cancer
www.linkedin.com/posts/ariadn...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ariadn...
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We're so thrilled to finally share with you the published version of our CUT&Tag optimization and benchmarking paper "CUT&Tag recovers up to half of ENCODE ChIP-seq histone acetylation peaks" - out in @naturecomms.bsky.social today: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
CUT&Tag recovers up to half of ENCODE ChIP-seq histone acetylation peaks - Nature Communications
Cleavage Under Targets & Tagmentation is a rapidly expanding technique, but thorough evaluation and benchmarking against established ChIP-seq datasets are required. This study shows that CUT&T...
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We're so thrilled to finally share with you the published version of our CUT&Tag optimization and benchmarking paper "CUT&Tag recovers up to half of ENCODE ChIP-seq histone acetylation peaks" - out in @naturecomms.bsky.social today: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thrilled to see our most recent work online at Cancer Research.
aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...
In this paper, we elucidate the roles of #extracellularvesicles (#EVs) in #cell #senescence, which is important in the context of tumor #recurrence after #chemotherapy.
aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...
In this paper, we elucidate the roles of #extracellularvesicles (#EVs) in #cell #senescence, which is important in the context of tumor #recurrence after #chemotherapy.
January 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Thrilled to see our most recent work online at Cancer Research.
aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...
In this paper, we elucidate the roles of #extracellularvesicles (#EVs) in #cell #senescence, which is important in the context of tumor #recurrence after #chemotherapy.
aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...
In this paper, we elucidate the roles of #extracellularvesicles (#EVs) in #cell #senescence, which is important in the context of tumor #recurrence after #chemotherapy.
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I am happy to announce with @hanli-pasteur.bsky.social that we'll organise a summer school titled "Senescence from Cell Cultures to Humans through Model Organisms" in Paris, Fr on June 23-24, 2025
Aimed at 2nd and 3rd year PhD student + postdocs
Submit your provisional project tinyurl.com/2uhfzxbp
Aimed at 2nd and 3rd year PhD student + postdocs
Submit your provisional project tinyurl.com/2uhfzxbp
February 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am happy to announce with @hanli-pasteur.bsky.social that we'll organise a summer school titled "Senescence from Cell Cultures to Humans through Model Organisms" in Paris, Fr on June 23-24, 2025
Aimed at 2nd and 3rd year PhD student + postdocs
Submit your provisional project tinyurl.com/2uhfzxbp
Aimed at 2nd and 3rd year PhD student + postdocs
Submit your provisional project tinyurl.com/2uhfzxbp
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'Some chapters read like a scientific whodunnit. In one, Mr Piller has to work hard to earn the trust of a reluctant whistleblower. In another, he travels to Prague for a private meeting with a group of image detectives with cryptic pseudonyms.'
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
archive.ph/bXMr4
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
archive.ph/bXMr4
Have doctors been wrong about how to treat Alzheimer’s disease?
A new book argues that dogma and bad science led Alzheimer’s research astray
www.economist.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
'Some chapters read like a scientific whodunnit. In one, Mr Piller has to work hard to earn the trust of a reluctant whistleblower. In another, he travels to Prague for a private meeting with a group of image detectives with cryptic pseudonyms.'
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
archive.ph/bXMr4
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
archive.ph/bXMr4
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An international team led by the NKI discovered how the antibiotic salinomycin can be used against senescent cancer cells. Combined with another drug, it can destroy these cells while activating the immune system.
Read more: bit.ly/3VTA5wL
#precisiononcology
Read more: bit.ly/3VTA5wL
#precisiononcology
December 27, 2024 at 11:24 AM
An international team led by the NKI discovered how the antibiotic salinomycin can be used against senescent cancer cells. Combined with another drug, it can destroy these cells while activating the immune system.
Read more: bit.ly/3VTA5wL
#precisiononcology
Read more: bit.ly/3VTA5wL
#precisiononcology
Reposted by Michela Borghesan
Hello early researchers! Interesting in doing a PhD in senescence, ageing and cancer? We have an open position in our lab in Spain! Please retweet or reach out if interested!
February 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Hello early researchers! Interesting in doing a PhD in senescence, ageing and cancer? We have an open position in our lab in Spain! Please retweet or reach out if interested!