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Roberta Azzarelli
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Stem Cell and Cancer Biologist | Lecturer | PI | @ucl.ac.uk | @ucllifesciences.bsky.social | School of Pharmacy
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The Possible vs. The Actual: can #GenerativeBiology reveal fundamental design principles of complex life?

@philipcball.bsky.social closes #GenBio25 with a magnificent synthesis of the past two days of discussions, and guides us towards an agenda for the future of the field.
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Excited to share our latest work with @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social .

A global #cis-regulatory temporal program guides how spatial cues are interpreted in neural progenitors. We show how #space and #time can be integrated to generate cell type diversity in the #spinalcord.

Congrats to all authors.
July 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Glad to share our review on Cell fate acquisition and reprogramming by ASCL1

Big shout out to Jethro Lundie-Brown, Francesca Puletti and Anna Philpott

Collaboration between @scicambridge.bsky.com @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.com School of Pharmacy

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Cell fate acquisition and reprogramming by the proneural transcription factor ASCL1 | Open Biology
ASCL1 is a key member of the proneural basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor (TF) family and it plays diverse roles in nervous system development and maintenance. ASCL1 is also one of the...
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June 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Great lecture on visual processing given by @sylviaschroeder.bsky.social
She is the winner of 2025 R Jean Banister prize for early career scientists, awarded by @physoc.bsky.social .
June 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Congratulations @sangjokang.bsky.social and #zoulab for this pioneering study on how #microglia shape invasion of brain cancer through cell collision mechanism via Plexin-B2. 축하해요 ! www.nature.com/articles/s43...
@sinaibrain.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Please mark this in your calendar! 👇🏼
Wed 11th June 4pm @ucllifesciences.bsky.social School of Pharmacy, we host R Jean Banister Prize Lecture @physoc.bsky.social from Dr Sylvia Schroeder
@sylviaschroeder.bsky.social Uni of Sussex
June 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Please join us for the next Pharmacology seminar series @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social School of Pharmacy

Dr Irving Aye will talk on Metabolic control of epigenetics in placenta on 21st of May! Coming very soon!!
May 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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And to round off the day, the perfect conclusion to our symposium, a broad exploration and thorough discourse of the history and state of the art in molecular developmental haematology from Prof. @BertieGottgens of Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.

#science #research
May 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Invited speaker Prof. Selina Wray leading Session 2: Stem cell models of health and disease. An exciting journey through her use of, and novel insights from, patient-derived iPSC models of Alzheimer’s Disease.
May 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Symposium kicked off with an energising Flagship Lecture from @inesequeira.bsky.social , presenting work decoding epithelial tissue regeneration and cell type heterogeneity using multi-omic and cellular dynamics data.
May 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Did I say that the Pharmacology seminar series @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social School of Pharmacy is in full swing?

Yes. After the success of @MootazSalman, we will have @MikkoAiravaara 16thApril and @IrvingAye 21stMay (none on bsky yet 😊)
April 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Pharmacology seminar series @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social School of Pharmacy is in full swing!

Thank you @MootazSalman @ox.ac.uk for a fantastic seminar! Contagious enthusiasm and great science! Thank you for coming!
And thanks to Prof. Afia Ali for bringing him in!
April 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Discover how our researchers are creating real-world impact, developing innovative solutions to tackle humanity's most pressing challenges.
Watch the full video here: shorturl.at/mYLQV
March 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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📢Registration for #LSCN2025 is now open! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers and more to be confirmed!

Secure your place today eventbrite.co.uk/e/8th-annual... and submit your abstract for a chance to present your #stemcell work docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
London Stem Cell Network @lscn.bsky.social is on Bsky! Hello! Please follow☝🏻 if interested in stem cells
January 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Issue 24 is complete!

On the cover: Confocal microscope image of a mouse embryonic kidney section identifying the metanephric mesenchyme (WT1+, cyan) and the ureteric bud epithelium (CDH1+, magenta) during early renal branching morphogenesis. See article by Franks & Allen:
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
January 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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ASCL1 is a better chromatin remodeller when unphosphorylated

Read this Research Highlight showcasing work from Roberta Azzarelli (@robertazzarelli.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social), Anna Philpott and colleagues:
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/151/24/e151_e2401/363434/
December 17, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Could not be happier to share our recent paper in Development @dev-journal.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social as my first post here!

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
December 12, 2024 at 7:13 PM