Lena Kutscher
@lenakutscher.bsky.social
Scientist at dkfz, Twin mom + 1. Developmental Origins of Pediatric Cancer junior group leader. Interested in cerebellum development, tumor initiation, and cell death 🧪
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Lena Kutscher
@lenakutscher.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Lab surprised me with a gift celebrating 5-years of the Kutscher Lab. Couldn’t imagine a better group! Excited for the next 5 years! 🫶🫶
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This will be a very exciting meeting!
Looking forward to see you there
Please spread the word
Looking forward to see you there
Please spread the word
We have a fantastic line up of speakers for our 2026 Journal Meeting organised by @amatrudalab.bsky.social, @bandolab.bsky.social, @banitolab.bsky.social and Elaine Mardis @nationwidekids.bsky.social!
🚨Register your interest now so you're first to get updates🚨
www.biologists.com/meetings/dmm...
🚨Register your interest now so you're first to get updates🚨
www.biologists.com/meetings/dmm...
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This will be a very exciting meeting!
Looking forward to see you there
Please spread the word
Looking forward to see you there
Please spread the word
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Olya Yarychkivska of @rockefeller.edu will kick off the #SDBPostdocSeminar with her talk "Myelin regulatory factor 1, identified by single cell transcriptomics, primes a migrating cell for non-apoptotic cell death" Image: Linker cell at the tail of a C. elegans male
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Olya Yarychkivska of @rockefeller.edu will kick off the #SDBPostdocSeminar with her talk "Myelin regulatory factor 1, identified by single cell transcriptomics, primes a migrating cell for non-apoptotic cell death" Image: Linker cell at the tail of a C. elegans male
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Emmy Noether grant for DKFZ researcher Jens Puschhof.👏 With this grant, he aims to decipher the role certain intestinal bacteria play in the earliest stages of colon cancer development and how this process can be halted.
t1p.de/aoeve
@jenspuschhof.bsky.social
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@jenspuschhof.bsky.social
Role of intestinal bacteria in the development of colorectal cancer: Emmy Noether grant for DKFZ researcher Jens Puschhof
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new Emmy Noether project led by Jens Puschhof from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). With this project, the junior researcher aims to decipher...
t1p.de
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Emmy Noether grant for DKFZ researcher Jens Puschhof.👏 With this grant, he aims to decipher the role certain intestinal bacteria play in the earliest stages of colon cancer development and how this process can be halted.
t1p.de/aoeve
@jenspuschhof.bsky.social
t1p.de/aoeve
@jenspuschhof.bsky.social
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Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations
www.ema.europa.eu
September 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.
Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...
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I am more than thrilled to announce that I will be starting my own lab at the Neuroscience Department at MUSC in November 2025! We will be studying the origin of pediatric brain cancers through the lens of brain development!
My lab is hiring see here: cschmidtlab.xn--com-gr63bea
My lab is hiring see here: cschmidtlab.xn--com-gr63bea
Schmidt-lab | Pediatric Neurooncology MUSC
www.cschmidtlab.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I am more than thrilled to announce that I will be starting my own lab at the Neuroscience Department at MUSC in November 2025! We will be studying the origin of pediatric brain cancers through the lens of brain development!
My lab is hiring see here: cschmidtlab.xn--com-gr63bea
My lab is hiring see here: cschmidtlab.xn--com-gr63bea
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Like our sister journals, you can also submit an additional language abstract at @dev-journal.bsky.social and we cater for non-Western characters for author names. Did you know Development also facilitates retrospective author name changes?
You can find the first JEB additional language abstract by Cameron Nemeth and colleagues in #Hawaiian accompanying their paper, The key to bubble-net feeding: how humpback whale morphology functionally differs from other baleen whales at
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
August 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Like our sister journals, you can also submit an additional language abstract at @dev-journal.bsky.social and we cater for non-Western characters for author names. Did you know Development also facilitates retrospective author name changes?
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🧠 Position still opened! Don't hesitate to apply if you want to use human pluripotent stem cell based models to understand the evolution of human cerebellar neurons and disorders!
🧠 Opportunity for a post-doctoral position on human neurobiology, funded by the @erc.europa.eu!
🧫You want to use human pluripotent stem cell based models to understand the evolution of human cerebellar neurons and disorders, this position is for you!
🔗Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
🧫You want to use human pluripotent stem cell based models to understand the evolution of human cerebellar neurons and disorders, this position is for you!
🔗Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctoral researcher in human neurobiology (M/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
August 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🧠 Position still opened! Don't hesitate to apply if you want to use human pluripotent stem cell based models to understand the evolution of human cerebellar neurons and disorders!
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The mid-decade redistricting wars are unending. I'll be on CNN with Jake Tapper to talk about what we know and what it means. Is democracy dead? Is there hope? What can citizens do?
This Wednesday August 13, sometime around 5:00-7:00pm Eastern. Precise time when I know it.
This Wednesday August 13, sometime around 5:00-7:00pm Eastern. Precise time when I know it.
August 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The mid-decade redistricting wars are unending. I'll be on CNN with Jake Tapper to talk about what we know and what it means. Is democracy dead? Is there hope? What can citizens do?
This Wednesday August 13, sometime around 5:00-7:00pm Eastern. Precise time when I know it.
This Wednesday August 13, sometime around 5:00-7:00pm Eastern. Precise time when I know it.
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While I’m a big fan of new technologies that help us study human biology…there’s still no replacement for animal research! See my article in Gen News. www.genengnews.com/topics/trans...
Why We Still Need Animal Research in a World of AI and Organoids
The portrayal of uncaring scientists without any thought for the animals being used in their research is far from the truth.
www.genengnews.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
While I’m a big fan of new technologies that help us study human biology…there’s still no replacement for animal research! See my article in Gen News. www.genengnews.com/topics/trans...
Reposted by Lena Kutscher
We’re hiring! Come join our group at the DKFZ in Heidelberg. We’re seeking a MSc or PhD level bioinformatician who enjoys working in a team! Would be grateful for you to share with your networks. jobs.dkfz.de/en/jobs/1678...
Bioinformatics Data Engineer
jobs.dkfz.de
July 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We’re hiring! Come join our group at the DKFZ in Heidelberg. We’re seeking a MSc or PhD level bioinformatician who enjoys working in a team! Would be grateful for you to share with your networks. jobs.dkfz.de/en/jobs/1678...
Did the miss the Cerebellum Development and Disease conference last year? Never fear, as we wrote up a conference report! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Conference Report: Cerebellar Development and Disease at Single-Cell Resolution - The Cerebellum
The Cerebellum -
link.springer.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Did the miss the Cerebellum Development and Disease conference last year? Never fear, as we wrote up a conference report! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Lena Kutscher
Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
ki.se
June 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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Genetic modeling of ELP1-associated Sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma identifies MDM2 as a selective therapeutic target
Genetic modeling of ELP1-associated Sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma identifies MDM2 as a selective therapeutic target
Elp1 heterozygous LOF mutations in Sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma (MB) elevate transformation risk in granule neuron precursors through stalled differentiation, DNA replication stress, genomic instability, and accelerated cell cycle. Pharmacological restoration of p53 signaling in ELP1-deficient tumor cells suppresses tumor growth and represents a potential therapeutic opportunity.
dlvr.it
June 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Genetic modeling of ELP1-associated Sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma identifies MDM2 as a selective therapeutic target
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In response to someone in our running WhatsApp saying they were the slowest in the group, somebody replied, “Comparison is the thief of joy…”
I’m going to think about that for the rest of the day
I’m going to think about that for the rest of the day
June 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
In response to someone in our running WhatsApp saying they were the slowest in the group, somebody replied, “Comparison is the thief of joy…”
I’m going to think about that for the rest of the day
I’m going to think about that for the rest of the day
Reposted by Lena Kutscher
There’s been some “advice” coming from some quarters for scientists not to focus on DEI-related funding cuts.
I wholly reject this concept.
Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
I wholly reject this concept.
Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
May 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There’s been some “advice” coming from some quarters for scientists not to focus on DEI-related funding cuts.
I wholly reject this concept.
Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
I wholly reject this concept.
Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
Reposted by Lena Kutscher
Big congrats to our longtime collaborators in the Stefan Pfister and @lenakutscher.bsky.social labs — large-scale chromosomal changes as early tumour-initiating events in Group 3/4 medulloblastoma!
new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oncogene aberrations drive medulloblastoma progression, not initiation - Nature
A large-scale multi-omics analysis reports oncogenic alterations that drive medulloblastoma progression, rather than initiation, and the findings show how single-cell technologies can be used for...
www.nature.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Big congrats to our longtime collaborators in the Stefan Pfister and @lenakutscher.bsky.social labs — large-scale chromosomal changes as early tumour-initiating events in Group 3/4 medulloblastoma!
Reposted by Lena Kutscher
new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oncogene aberrations drive medulloblastoma progression, not initiation - Nature
A large-scale multi-omics analysis reports oncogenic alterations that drive medulloblastoma progression, rather than initiation, and the findings show how single-cell technologies can be used for...
www.nature.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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important reminder for people getting into arguments with people who are wrong in my mentions
April 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
important reminder for people getting into arguments with people who are wrong in my mentions
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Yes. This is an absolute crisis—and not a subtle one.
Thread:
Thread:
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yes. This is an absolute crisis—and not a subtle one.
Thread:
Thread:
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MSK's Dr. Alexandra Joyner is hanging up her lab coat following an illustrious 40-plus-year career. When asked what advice she has for new scientists, she shares: "You have to decide: Why are you going into this career? And then you have to stay true to that." Learn more about her legacy & impact ⬇️
Looking Back, Looking Ahead With MSK Developmental Biologist Alexandra Joyner
Developmental biologist Dr. Alexandra Joyner reflects on her career and talks about the new passions she looks forward to pursuing in retirement.
www.mskcc.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
MSK's Dr. Alexandra Joyner is hanging up her lab coat following an illustrious 40-plus-year career. When asked what advice she has for new scientists, she shares: "You have to decide: Why are you going into this career? And then you have to stay true to that." Learn more about her legacy & impact ⬇️
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Deadline extended!
🌟 Join us at the Neurogenomics Conference!
🧠 Dive into cutting-edge research on neurodevelopment, brain evolution, neurodegeneration, and more.
Submit your abstract & register by 14 April 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/trainings...
🌟 Join us at the Neurogenomics Conference!
🧠 Dive into cutting-edge research on neurodevelopment, brain evolution, neurodegeneration, and more.
Submit your abstract & register by 14 April 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/trainings...
April 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Deadline extended!
🌟 Join us at the Neurogenomics Conference!
🧠 Dive into cutting-edge research on neurodevelopment, brain evolution, neurodegeneration, and more.
Submit your abstract & register by 14 April 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/trainings...
🌟 Join us at the Neurogenomics Conference!
🧠 Dive into cutting-edge research on neurodevelopment, brain evolution, neurodegeneration, and more.
Submit your abstract & register by 14 April 👉 humantechnopole.it/en/trainings...
Reposted by Lena Kutscher
"we have been watching with growing concern policy changes in the US...The scale of disruption to science is unprecedented...We are concerned with policies that threaten censorship & removal of public data...To our colleagues in the US, we stand with you" journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times
As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists' journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creati...
journals.biologists.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"we have been watching with growing concern policy changes in the US...The scale of disruption to science is unprecedented...We are concerned with policies that threaten censorship & removal of public data...To our colleagues in the US, we stand with you" journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Reposted by Lena Kutscher
🔬✨ Be a part of #EANO2025! Submit your abstract now and present your research as an oral presentation or poster at the big event in Prague. We can't wait to see your contributions! Click here for more information: www.eano.eu/eano2025/abs...
#NeuroOncology #neurosurgery #cancernurse
#NeuroOncology #neurosurgery #cancernurse
March 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🔬✨ Be a part of #EANO2025! Submit your abstract now and present your research as an oral presentation or poster at the big event in Prague. We can't wait to see your contributions! Click here for more information: www.eano.eu/eano2025/abs...
#NeuroOncology #neurosurgery #cancernurse
#NeuroOncology #neurosurgery #cancernurse