Biancastella Cereser
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Biancastella Cereser
@biancastellac.bsky.social
Cancer genetics at Imperial College London
- working on #breastcancer and #coloncancer, and a mix and match of cool side projects
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Hi! This is a brief summary of our favourite work 🧬 - we described the mutational landscape of the healthy human breast and determined differences in clone size and mutations between parous (mothers) and nulliparous women. Have a read here @naturecomms.bsky.social ! 🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“A human pan-disease blood atlas of the circulating proteome” is out in Science! 🎉

Seeing this come together has been a highlight of my PhD: exploring proteome profiles across health, aging & disease.

Huge thanks to all collaborators & patients 🙌

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A human pan-disease blood atlas of the circulating proteome
The human blood proteome provides a holistic readout of health states through the assessment of thousands of circulating proteins. Here, we present a pan-disease resource to enable the study of divers...
www.science.org
October 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Needle-free vaccines could be made possible by stretching the skin to stimulate immune cells and increase its permeability, then applying a lotion that contains the vaccine dose.
Stretching the skin could enable vaccines to be given without a needle
www.newscientist.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Last days!!! If you are a postdoc researcher from any nationality who wish to develop a project of excellence on any area of cancer research, apply for one of the four CNIO Friends Contracts at #CNIOStopCancer.

Deadline:  September 28, 2025

New call for four "CNIO Friends" Postdoctoral Contracts
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), thanks to our philanthropic initiative CNIO Friends, has opened a new call for four postdoctoral fellowships. Each fellowship will fully fund a three-year CNIO Friends research contract and are open to all areas of cancer research. Candidates –researchers from any nationality who wish to develop a research project […]
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September 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Epigenetics Update - TET3 is a regulator and can be targeted for the intervention of myocardial fibrosis bit.ly/489VzfD

#Epigenetics #DNADemthylation #HeartFailure #CardiacFibrosis #TET3

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Discover the breakthrough at epigenometech.com
TET3 is a regulator and can be targeted for the intervention of myocardial fibrosis | EMBO Molecular Medicine
imageimageActivation of quiescent fibroblasts contributes to adverse ventricular remodeling following myocardial injuries, leading to heart failure. The DNA demethylase TET3 trans-activates the mechan...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
It was indeed a pleasure to come and see the amazing research CRO is part of. Thank you and Dr Belletti for the warm welcome!
Great presentation at #CRO_Aviano_IRCCS by @biancastellac.bsky.social on genetic and #epigenetic alterations in #breast tissue. Thank you Biancastella, it was wonderful have you in Aviano!
September 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Our next Cambridge Lactation Network Summer Symposium is coming again and we would love to see you! Register here 👇 #humanmilkscience #breastfeeding
August 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
Harvard University lays off fly database team
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.
www.thetransmitter.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Fascinating read not just about the implication la of making your abstract sound “cool” but also about how this changes with authorship gender 🤔
Scientific publications that use promotional language in the abstract receive more citations and public attention buff.ly/lPUw7PT
August 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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A new study published in Modern Pathology reveals that the growth pattern of breast cancer tumors after neoadjuvant treatment can indicate the risk of recurrence. This insight is crucial for assessing patient prognosis 🧪
#BreastCancer #Oncology
www.modernpathology.org/article/S089...
August 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Surprised to find only 21% of #BreastCancer in the UK is diagnosed via screening. The majority are diagnosed via symptoms and referral to '2 week clinic'. (Which I gather may be >2 weeks wait).

The figure in Australia is 46%. Shouldn't the UK invest more in earlier (asymptomatic) detection? 🤔
July 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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New featured image on our homepage!
https://bit.ly/4kVZAY1

Related to this #OpenAccess article:

The clinical and molecular landscape of #BreastCancer in women of African and South Asian ancestry
https://bit.ly/4l3tN7G
@qmbci.bsky.social
Image credit: Niten Patel
July 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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We are recruiting! Our lab is looking for a new mass cytometry technician to help study colorectal cancer organoid perturbation experiments at scale.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions!

Full job description and application details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
August 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Submissions are open for the EACR - @themarkfdn.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships until 20 August!

This funding is awarded for a period of three years to support excellent postdoctoral researchers in laboratories throughout Europe 🌍

Learn more: eacr.org/eacr-fellows...
August 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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#GastroEdPick Effect of gluten and wheat on symptoms and behaviours in adults with irritable bowel syndrome: a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled crossover trial. @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effect of gluten and wheat on symptoms and behaviours in adults with irritable bowel syndrome: a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled crossover trial
Many patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) believe gluten or wheat triggers their symptoms. We compared symptomatic responses to wheat and glut…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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📢 New genome for the Andean condor!
🦅A rare species — the world’s largest soaring bird — facing major threats like habitat loss, persecution & poisoning

🌎The work, led by IEGEBA (UBA-CONICET) with CNAG, opens new opportunities for its conservation

📎 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Grateful to have been one of 30 women selected by @helloeacr.bsky.social to join the Women in Leadership workshop.
Highlights included a powerful keynote by Prof. Caroline Dive and an inspiring discussion with Prof. @johannajoyce.bsky.social, @msmelanoma.bsky.social, Elaine Mardis, and Erica Sloan.
June 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Representing Imperial and our amazing (imho) studies at the #EACR25 @helloeacr.bsky.social ! @ninamoderau.bsky.social Anastasia Alataki in Lisbon 🍷☀️🧬
June 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Excited to be at #EACR in Lisbon with @ninamoderau.bsky.social and @anniebaker.bsky.social!!!
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Too much choice of excellent talks! #EACR2025 @helloeacr.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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🚨 pre-print alert 🚨
Very excited to share our work on how chomotherapy affects cell-to-cell communication. If you are interesting in #p53, #DNAdamage, #scRNA-seq have a read! Thanks to all authors 🤩 @biorxiv-cancer.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Single-cell transcriptomics uncovers that cell-to-cell communication controls p53 activation
Conventional chemotherapy remains a cornerstone of cancer treatment and is highly effective in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant settings. However, therapeutic resistance, especially in the metastatic cont...
www.biorxiv.org
June 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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One month left to register for the 2025 Early Career Researchers Conference!

In its fifth edition, this virtual conference has become a must-attend for early career researchers to discuss critical aspects of a scientific career in cancer research.

Don't miss it: eacr.org/conference/e...
May 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Single cell whizz with green fingers for molecular genomics? Want to develop and apply new technologies for profiling #cancer #evolution? Like single cell WGS + ATAC: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Perhaps our senior scientific officer role is for you?

jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/12...

@icr.ac.uk
Higher or Senior Scientific Officer in Sutton | The Institute of Cancer Research
View details and apply for this Higher or Senior Scientific Officer vacancy in Sutton. Salary : Salary from 39,805 to 49,023 Reporting to: Prof Trevor Graham Duration of ...
jobs.icr.ac.uk
May 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hoping that peer-reviewers don’t rely on AI to review these papers…. 😕
May 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Nature research paper: Clonal tracing with somatic epimutations reveals dynamics of blood ageing

https://go.nature.com/43NOe1R
Clonal tracing with somatic epimutations reveals dynamics of blood ageing - Nature
The discovery that DNA methylation of different CpG sites can serve as digital barcodes of clonal identity led to the development of EPI-Clone, an algorithm that enables single-cell lineage tracing through cellular differentiation at scale.
go.nature.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM