Alessandro Bertero
@berterolab.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ University of Torino | Armenise-Harvard Lab of Genome Architecting | ERC StG TRANS-3 | Ex SCI Cambridge & UW ISCRM
💸 Stem cell culture that’s ~95% cheaper and weekend-free: a win-win for PIs and trainees!
Our revised manuscript is online at ORE: open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-1...
Benchmarked across cell lines & differentiation protocols, including scRNA-seq — with lessons for #cultivatedmeat too!
Our revised manuscript is online at ORE: open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-1...
Benchmarked across cell lines & differentiation protocols, including scRNA-seq — with lessons for #cultivatedmeat too!
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu
September 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
💸 Stem cell culture that’s ~95% cheaper and weekend-free: a win-win for PIs and trainees!
Our revised manuscript is online at ORE: open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-1...
Benchmarked across cell lines & differentiation protocols, including scRNA-seq — with lessons for #cultivatedmeat too!
Our revised manuscript is online at ORE: open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-1...
Benchmarked across cell lines & differentiation protocols, including scRNA-seq — with lessons for #cultivatedmeat too!
A tour de force that elevates the #CALIPERS technology to a whole new level! A must read for all iPSCs, cell cycle, and developmental biology aficionados.
#CALIPERSv2 🚀 preprint is locked—journal submission next. Final polish, more hiPSC reference lines, and fresh light-sheet data. Still, a great collaboration led by @moisesdisante with the team @LabPhysiology and the amazing @berterolab.bsky.social and @florianjug.bsky.social group members! 1/N
July 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A tour de force that elevates the #CALIPERS technology to a whole new level! A must read for all iPSCs, cell cycle, and developmental biology aficionados.
Reposted by Alessandro Bertero
#CALIPERSv2 🚀 preprint is locked—journal submission next. Final polish, more hiPSC reference lines, and fresh light-sheet data. Still, a great collaboration led by @moisesdisante with the team @LabPhysiology and the amazing @berterolab.bsky.social and @florianjug.bsky.social group members! 1/N
July 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#CALIPERSv2 🚀 preprint is locked—journal submission next. Final polish, more hiPSC reference lines, and fresh light-sheet data. Still, a great collaboration led by @moisesdisante with the team @LabPhysiology and the amazing @berterolab.bsky.social and @florianjug.bsky.social group members! 1/N
This is the way forward: here’s hope the “Fondo Italiano per la Scienza” will embrace this model instead of performing long, expensive, and less rigorous new evaluations (plus asking scientists to rewrite in ~half the space an already dense project)
We lack the budget to fund all the project proposals that are assessed as excellent by our peer review panels.
So it's encouraging to see that some of these projects eventually receive funding.
A big thank you to the Latvian government for supporting excellent science; a worthwhile investment!
So it's encouraging to see that some of these projects eventually receive funding.
A big thank you to the Latvian government for supporting excellent science; a worthwhile investment!
My @ERC.europa.eu journey has ended with a positive outcome. After receiving an “A” score after the interview, full funding was granted from the European Regional Development Fund Latvia @CFLA_gov_lv. Thanks to everyone involved, especially my colleagues at Alma Mater @RTU_LV.
April 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This is the way forward: here’s hope the “Fondo Italiano per la Scienza” will embrace this model instead of performing long, expensive, and less rigorous new evaluations (plus asking scientists to rewrite in ~half the space an already dense project)
Reposted by Alessandro Bertero
This is such an important article, about the simplistic visions now pushing aside scientific research and complex social issues. A must read. newrepublic.com/article/1933...
The Flawed Ideology That Unites Grass-Fed Beef Fans and Anti-Vaxxers
From RFK Jr. to Hollywood A-listers and Democratic senators, people across the political spectrum are jumping onto the slippery slope of nature-based solutionism.
newrepublic.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is such an important article, about the simplistic visions now pushing aside scientific research and complex social issues. A must read. newrepublic.com/article/1933...
Yup. What an effective way to speed up the sixth mass extinction
The beef industry has done an incredible job of greenwashing -- far better than the fossil fuel industry.
And the playbook is pretty damn clear. And, sadly, it's working incredibly well -- to the point of misleading the whole world, including many environmentalists...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
And the playbook is pretty damn clear. And, sadly, it's working incredibly well -- to the point of misleading the whole world, including many environmentalists...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
A newly surfaced document reveals the beef industry’s secret climate plan
What the beef industry knew about its environmental impact — and how it spent decades blocking climate action.
www.vox.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Yup. What an effective way to speed up the sixth mass extinction
Reposted by Alessandro Bertero
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Blood chilling list. The nightmare continues
Take the time to follow the link and read for yourself the list of cancelled grants.
The combination of cruelty, shortsightedness, and absolute ignorance is astounding.
The combination of cruelty, shortsightedness, and absolute ignorance is astounding.
It's getting late on Friday, so you know what that means: HHS has just updated its list of cancelled grants and programs.
The document went from 14 pages long to 42 pages.
Just an incalculable list of cancelled COVID-19 funding.
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
The document went from 14 pages long to 42 pages.
Just an incalculable list of cancelled COVID-19 funding.
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
March 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Blood chilling list. The nightmare continues
Honored to be recognized as a 2025 @isscr.org Public Service Award Honoree for my commitment to the Early Career Advisory Committee! Supporting early-career scientists has been a rewarding journey I am very proud of. Read more about the award and my fellow honorees: invt.io/1lxbo0wcokz
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Honored to be recognized as a 2025 @isscr.org Public Service Award Honoree for my commitment to the Early Career Advisory Committee! Supporting early-career scientists has been a rewarding journey I am very proud of. Read more about the award and my fellow honorees: invt.io/1lxbo0wcokz
Reposted by Alessandro Bertero
#ISSCR joined hundreds of biomedical research organizations to urge House and Senate appropriators to support robust funding for NIH & avoid drastic measures that will slow scientific progress and weaken the U.S. research ecosystem. www.isscr.org/isscr-news/t...
The ISSCR Signs on to Coalition Letter in Support of NIH — International Society for Stem Cell Research
The ISSCR joined with Research!America, hundreds of biomedical research organizations, and thousands of private citizens from the U.S. scientific community to urge House and Senate appropriators to av...
www.isscr.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#ISSCR joined hundreds of biomedical research organizations to urge House and Senate appropriators to support robust funding for NIH & avoid drastic measures that will slow scientific progress and weaken the U.S. research ecosystem. www.isscr.org/isscr-news/t...
Reposted by Alessandro Bertero
🚀 The first 2025 Call for Access for our National Facilities is now open! Researchers can apply for cutting-edge services in the fields of omics, imaging and data analysis. Submit your proposal by 31 May!
Apply here 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/national-...
Apply here 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/national-...
National Facilities - Human Technopole
humantechnopole.it
February 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚀 The first 2025 Call for Access for our National Facilities is now open! Researchers can apply for cutting-edge services in the fields of omics, imaging and data analysis. Submit your proposal by 31 May!
Apply here 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/national-...
Apply here 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/national-...
Struggling with #silencing of doxycycline-inducible transgenes in human pluripotent #stemcell derived lineages? You're not alone! In my very first #skeetorial I break down our latest paper on potential solutions to this common problem. Read on! 1/10
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-2...
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-2...
February 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Struggling with #silencing of doxycycline-inducible transgenes in human pluripotent #stemcell derived lineages? You're not alone! In my very first #skeetorial I break down our latest paper on potential solutions to this common problem. Read on! 1/10
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-2...
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-2...
Superb review from my friends and colleagues in @porpolab.bsky.social that helped me finally grasp the complexity of this often-overlooked disease in cancer patients. Bookmark it and give the authors a follow!
Let's Start this 2025 (and this new Social) with a Post :)
Our review on inter-organ crosstalk driving Cancer Cachexia is now available @cp-trendsendomet.bsky.social
Systemic metabolic crosstalk as a driver of cancer cachexia by Wyart et al.
#Research #CancerCachexia #Metabolism #Muscle
Our review on inter-organ crosstalk driving Cancer Cachexia is now available @cp-trendsendomet.bsky.social
Systemic metabolic crosstalk as a driver of cancer cachexia by Wyart et al.
#Research #CancerCachexia #Metabolism #Muscle
authors.elsevier.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Superb review from my friends and colleagues in @porpolab.bsky.social that helped me finally grasp the complexity of this often-overlooked disease in cancer patients. Bookmark it and give the authors a follow!
Brilliant work from @grazianomartello.bsky.social, tackling a major shift in the stem cell field to unlock large-scale experimentation with naïve human pluripotent stem cells. Great to see so many friends on the author list—science truly takes a village!
With pleasure we share our preprint reporting robust and cost-effective expansion of naive human Pluripotent Stem Cells without feeder cells. A fantastic collaborative effort with @leeboratory.bsky.social @jzylicz.bsky.social @pasquelab.bsky.social and Nicolas Rivron.
tinyurl.com/5n6z9rt9
tinyurl.com/5n6z9rt9
February 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Brilliant work from @grazianomartello.bsky.social, tackling a major shift in the stem cell field to unlock large-scale experimentation with naïve human pluripotent stem cells. Great to see so many friends on the author list—science truly takes a village!
Seeing is believing! My friends and colleagues in Pavia have delivered a tour de force, packed with stunning images. @fspasqualini.bsky.social is reshaping how I see biology—his preprints might just change your perspective too!
CALIPERS: Cell cycle-Aware Live Imaging for Phenotyping Experiments and Regeneration Studies* led by
@moisesdisante and in collaboration with the amazing
labs of Ale Bertero and @florianjug.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@moisesdisante and in collaboration with the amazing
labs of Ale Bertero and @florianjug.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
CALIPERS: Cell cycle-aware live imaging for phenotyping experiments and regeneration studies
Measuring cell structure and function along with cell cycle progression in live cell imaging has been challenging because Fluorescence Ubiquitin Cell Cycle Indicators (FUCCI) and most phenotypic senso...
www.biorxiv.org
February 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Seeing is believing! My friends and colleagues in Pavia have delivered a tour de force, packed with stunning images. @fspasqualini.bsky.social is reshaping how I see biology—his preprints might just change your perspective too!
Hello @bsky.app! Excited to join this island of science escapism in a world going madder each day. We’re the Armenise-Harvard Lab of Genome Architecting at the University of Torino, Italy, applying #stemcell, #CRISPR, #genomics, and #imaging to explore heart #development, #regeneration, and #cellag.
February 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hello @bsky.app! Excited to join this island of science escapism in a world going madder each day. We’re the Armenise-Harvard Lab of Genome Architecting at the University of Torino, Italy, applying #stemcell, #CRISPR, #genomics, and #imaging to explore heart #development, #regeneration, and #cellag.