Marta Kovatcheva
@martakova.bsky.social
Group leader @IFOMresearch interested in how cell plasticity governs health, aging, and disease. Mostly here for the news and the memes. Views are my own.
https://www.ifom.eu/en/cancer-research/research-labs/research-lab-kovatcheva.php
https://www.ifom.eu/en/cancer-research/research-labs/research-lab-kovatcheva.php
So happy to be at the CNR in Rome hosting the 10th Annual @icsasenescence.bsky.social Meeting and the 2nd #PhaedonInstitute SenoTherapeutics Summit. It's finally time to sit back and enjoy the science 😎🥂
#ICSA2025Rome
#ICSA2025Rome
September 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
So happy to be at the CNR in Rome hosting the 10th Annual @icsasenescence.bsky.social Meeting and the 2nd #PhaedonInstitute SenoTherapeutics Summit. It's finally time to sit back and enjoy the science 😎🥂
#ICSA2025Rome
#ICSA2025Rome
What a wonderful session! Blown away by the number of scientists that came out early this morning, and I really enjoyed our collective conversation. Thanks for the opportunity ☺️
We’re thrilled to be in Lisbon at #EACR2025! Today, Becky Bish cochaired a “Meet the Awardees” session featuring a (standing room only!) discussion with Karin de Visser & @martakova.bsky.social, 2025 winner of the
@helloeacr.bsky.social-Mark Foundation-Pezcoller Rising Star Award.
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@helloeacr.bsky.social-Mark Foundation-Pezcoller Rising Star Award.
t.co/nU2tSzzknB
June 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
What a wonderful session! Blown away by the number of scientists that came out early this morning, and I really enjoyed our collective conversation. Thanks for the opportunity ☺️
Incredibly honored to receive this award and looking forward to all the exciting science to come at #EACR2025 in sunny Lisbon ☀️
The EACR- @themarkfdn.bsky.social -Pezcoller Rising Star Award Lecture was delivered by this year’s winner @martakova.bsky.social 👏 #EACR2025
June 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Incredibly honored to receive this award and looking forward to all the exciting science to come at #EACR2025 in sunny Lisbon ☀️
Just a few weeks left to lock in early-bird pricing for #ICSA2025 in Rome, Italy!
Join us Sept 16-19 for the 10th Annual ICSA Conference, and a one-day SenoTherapuetics Summit in collaboration with the Phaedon Institute.
www.ICSA2025Rome.com for details
Join us Sept 16-19 for the 10th Annual ICSA Conference, and a one-day SenoTherapuetics Summit in collaboration with the Phaedon Institute.
www.ICSA2025Rome.com for details
June 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just a few weeks left to lock in early-bird pricing for #ICSA2025 in Rome, Italy!
Join us Sept 16-19 for the 10th Annual ICSA Conference, and a one-day SenoTherapuetics Summit in collaboration with the Phaedon Institute.
www.ICSA2025Rome.com for details
Join us Sept 16-19 for the 10th Annual ICSA Conference, and a one-day SenoTherapuetics Summit in collaboration with the Phaedon Institute.
www.ICSA2025Rome.com for details
What an honor to be included in this episode, thanks so much for the opportunity to join, and for the insightful conversation!
🚨 New podcast episode!
In this insightful and honest conversation, award winners Karin de Visser, Ido Amit and @martakova.bsky.social talk about their research, career journeys, and excitement for the future of cancer research:
magazine.eacr.org/curiosity-op...
In this insightful and honest conversation, award winners Karin de Visser, Ido Amit and @martakova.bsky.social talk about their research, career journeys, and excitement for the future of cancer research:
magazine.eacr.org/curiosity-op...
May 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
What an honor to be included in this episode, thanks so much for the opportunity to join, and for the insightful conversation!
I am very excited to join this stellar lineup of speakers in beautiful Santiago de Compostela. Registration is now open!!
📢 XXI Meeting of SEBC
🌐 Santiago de Compostela
📅 21-24 October 2025
Don´t miss the opportunity to be part of this fantastic meeting with a stellar lineup of speakers, loads of opportunities to present your work, and in beautiful Santiago de Compostela
🌐 Santiago de Compostela
📅 21-24 October 2025
Don´t miss the opportunity to be part of this fantastic meeting with a stellar lineup of speakers, loads of opportunities to present your work, and in beautiful Santiago de Compostela
May 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I am very excited to join this stellar lineup of speakers in beautiful Santiago de Compostela. Registration is now open!!
Just a few days left to apply!! Don't miss the opportunity to join us in Rome for the 10th Annual ICSA Conference
🚨 Calling senescence researchers!
Applications are open for the #ICSARome2025
@icsasenescence.bsky.social & @yicsac.bsky.social
Travel Fellowships 🌍✈️
Need-based & merit-based awards available!
🗓️ Deadline: May 15
Applications are open for the #ICSARome2025
@icsasenescence.bsky.social & @yicsac.bsky.social
Travel Fellowships 🌍✈️
Need-based & merit-based awards available!
🗓️ Deadline: May 15
May 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Just a few days left to apply!! Don't miss the opportunity to join us in Rome for the 10th Annual ICSA Conference
Apply today for a travel fellowship to join us in Rome in September!!
🚨 Calling senescence researchers!
Applications are open for the #ICSARome2025
@icsasenescence.bsky.social & @yicsac.bsky.social
Travel Fellowships 🌍✈️
Need-based & merit-based awards available!
🗓️ Deadline: May 15
Applications are open for the #ICSARome2025
@icsasenescence.bsky.social & @yicsac.bsky.social
Travel Fellowships 🌍✈️
Need-based & merit-based awards available!
🗓️ Deadline: May 15
April 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Apply today for a travel fellowship to join us in Rome in September!!
What an honor it was for me to be interviewed for the EACR The Cancer Researcher Magazine shorturl.at/6Z4y1
Looking forward to seeing you all and feeling that buzz in Lisbon in just a couple of short months!
Looking forward to seeing you all and feeling that buzz in Lisbon in just a couple of short months!
April 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What an honor it was for me to be interviewed for the EACR The Cancer Researcher Magazine shorturl.at/6Z4y1
Looking forward to seeing you all and feeling that buzz in Lisbon in just a couple of short months!
Looking forward to seeing you all and feeling that buzz in Lisbon in just a couple of short months!
Reposted by Marta Kovatcheva
🚨 Big news! The 10th Annual ICSA Meeting is coming to Rome 🇮🇹 on Sept 17-19, 2025!
Join us Sept 16th for the 2nd Phaedon Institute-ICSA SenoTherapeutics Summit!
🎟️ Register now—early bird & abstract submissions close June 15!
🔗 icsa2025rome.com
#ICSARome2025
Join us Sept 16th for the 2nd Phaedon Institute-ICSA SenoTherapeutics Summit!
🎟️ Register now—early bird & abstract submissions close June 15!
🔗 icsa2025rome.com
#ICSARome2025
March 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🚨 Big news! The 10th Annual ICSA Meeting is coming to Rome 🇮🇹 on Sept 17-19, 2025!
Join us Sept 16th for the 2nd Phaedon Institute-ICSA SenoTherapeutics Summit!
🎟️ Register now—early bird & abstract submissions close June 15!
🔗 icsa2025rome.com
#ICSARome2025
Join us Sept 16th for the 2nd Phaedon Institute-ICSA SenoTherapeutics Summit!
🎟️ Register now—early bird & abstract submissions close June 15!
🔗 icsa2025rome.com
#ICSARome2025
Thanks again for having me, and I look forward to joining you for an exciting seminar series ahead!!
We thank @martakova.bsky.social and Mate Maus for sharing their research with our community at yesterday's seminar!
Our next seminar on Tuesday, May 6th will feature @kajastelab.bsky.social and Raphael Ceccaldi.
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Our next seminar on Tuesday, May 6th will feature @kajastelab.bsky.social and Raphael Ceccaldi.
Subscribe here to receive the reminder: t.co/Hv6iLmjlly
April 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thanks again for having me, and I look forward to joining you for an exciting seminar series ahead!!
“Diversity and inclusion are not just buzzwords, but the foundations of a strong and dynamic society,”
Proud to be a European scientist and vocal champion of #DEI now and always.
shorturl.at/udXl3
Proud to be a European scientist and vocal champion of #DEI now and always.
shorturl.at/udXl3
European countries resist US push to scrap diversity and inclusion initiatives
U.S. government efforts to eliminate diversity initiatives are not going down well on the European continent.
shorturl.at
April 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Diversity and inclusion are not just buzzwords, but the foundations of a strong and dynamic society,”
Proud to be a European scientist and vocal champion of #DEI now and always.
shorturl.at/udXl3
Proud to be a European scientist and vocal champion of #DEI now and always.
shorturl.at/udXl3
Reposted by Marta Kovatcheva
Have you registered to the AGE Meeting in AnchorAGE, Alaska? Registration rates will increase on April 1. Register Today! www.americanagingassociation.org/annual-meeting
#AGE2025
#AGE2025
March 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Have you registered to the AGE Meeting in AnchorAGE, Alaska? Registration rates will increase on April 1. Register Today! www.americanagingassociation.org/annual-meeting
#AGE2025
#AGE2025
🤯🤯🤯 we have so much fundamental biology left to learn!!
Countdown to an epic new pre-print.
Mitochondria are cells within our cells. They need the same core activities - replication, transcription, translation. How do cells enable these diverse activities in both compartments? We uncover an unexpected + broad strategy with ancient origins. Stay tuned!
Mitochondria are cells within our cells. They need the same core activities - replication, transcription, translation. How do cells enable these diverse activities in both compartments? We uncover an unexpected + broad strategy with ancient origins. Stay tuned!
March 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🤯🤯🤯 we have so much fundamental biology left to learn!!
The pleasure was all mine! Thanks so much for the exciting science, stimulating discussions, and delicious galician food & wine 😍
This week we had the privilege of having @martakova.bsky.social as an invited speaker at @cimususc.bsky.social. We shared our work with her, heard about her exciting new lines of research and had fun. Thanks Marta for your visit 😍
March 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The pleasure was all mine! Thanks so much for the exciting science, stimulating discussions, and delicious galician food & wine 😍
Can't wait to see you soon! Thanks for having me 😊😊
✳️ Join us for a fascinating #CiMUSseminar!
🔬 Guest speaker: @martakova.bsky.social from @ifomresearch.bsky.social) on cell plasticity in development, aging & cancer.
👥 Hosted by PI @manuel-collado.bsky.social
#RedeCIGUS #FondosEuropeos @usc.gal
🔬 Guest speaker: @martakova.bsky.social from @ifomresearch.bsky.social) on cell plasticity in development, aging & cancer.
👥 Hosted by PI @manuel-collado.bsky.social
#RedeCIGUS #FondosEuropeos @usc.gal
March 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Can't wait to see you soon! Thanks for having me 😊😊
The one and only Shinya Yamanaka at the Milan Longevity Summit today, explaining how he'll break the world record marathon time before he's 90 😅 #MLS2025
March 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The one and only Shinya Yamanaka at the Milan Longevity Summit today, explaining how he'll break the world record marathon time before he's 90 😅 #MLS2025
Looking forward to seeing you soon! 😊
✨ The 2025 Spring Session of GIIN webinars is here! Join us every 1st Tuesday of the month at 5 PM CET (Rome time) / 12 PM DET (NYC time).
No pre-registration needed—just click to join via Zoom: uniroma1.zoom.us/j/95149984403
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No pre-registration needed—just click to join via Zoom: uniroma1.zoom.us/j/95149984403
Subscribe for webinar reminders: forms.gle/HfTaFCyFicCF...
March 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Looking forward to seeing you soon! 😊
"Cancer knows no borders, and setbacks in one part of the world can have lasting consequences for patients everywhere"
Science is a global effort and we must continue to make it such, especially in the face of political attempts to dismantle & destroy it.
Science is a global effort and we must continue to make it such, especially in the face of political attempts to dismantle & destroy it.
The EACR stands against threats to cancer research. Protecting scientific research is vital for progress and and the development of new treatments. Read our full statement in support of our friends and colleagues in the US: eacr.org/statement-on...
March 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Cancer knows no borders, and setbacks in one part of the world can have lasting consequences for patients everywhere"
Science is a global effort and we must continue to make it such, especially in the face of political attempts to dismantle & destroy it.
Science is a global effort and we must continue to make it such, especially in the face of political attempts to dismantle & destroy it.
3 labs are better than 1 😊
February 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
3 labs are better than 1 😊
Today more than any year before (in my short life as a scientist), Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!!! 🦠💅🧫🧪👩🔬.
Cheers to all the strong, brilliant women who inspire me, the men who are true allies, and everyone who refuses to doubt that diversity truly makes us better.
Cheers to all the strong, brilliant women who inspire me, the men who are true allies, and everyone who refuses to doubt that diversity truly makes us better.
February 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today more than any year before (in my short life as a scientist), Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!!! 🦠💅🧫🧪👩🔬.
Cheers to all the strong, brilliant women who inspire me, the men who are true allies, and everyone who refuses to doubt that diversity truly makes us better.
Cheers to all the strong, brilliant women who inspire me, the men who are true allies, and everyone who refuses to doubt that diversity truly makes us better.
I am incredibly honored and excited to receive this award, thank you so much to @helloeacr.bsky.social @themarkfdn.bsky.social and Pezcoller Foundation for this opportunity!!
Congratulations to @martakova.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 @helloeacr.bsky.social-Mark Foundation-Pezcoller Foundation Rising Star Award!🌟
Kovatcheva, the award’s third recipient, will use her funding to support work on epithelial cell plasticity. Learn more: themarkfoundation.org/2025/01/54273/
Kovatcheva, the award’s third recipient, will use her funding to support work on epithelial cell plasticity. Learn more: themarkfoundation.org/2025/01/54273/
January 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I am incredibly honored and excited to receive this award, thank you so much to @helloeacr.bsky.social @themarkfdn.bsky.social and Pezcoller Foundation for this opportunity!!
Congratulations to @valeramponi.bsky.social for this important, innovative, and visually beautiful work that significantly advances our understanding of the diverse cell states that can emerge in tumors post-therapy 👏🌟 and check out that @theaacr.bsky.social cover illustration 🤩❤️😉
I am thrilled to finally share our work on persister cancer cells: we identify distinctive features and actionable #vulnerabilities ⚡️of persister cancer cells (#DTP), and provide mechanistic insight into their low #inflammatory activity:
aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...
aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...
H4K20me3-Mediated Repression of Inflammatory Genes Is a Characteristic and Targetable Vulnerability of Persister Cancer Cells
Cell persistence and senescence are distinct states of proliferative arrest induced by cancer therapy, with persister cells being characterized by the silencing of inflammatory genes through the heter...
aacrjournals.org
January 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Congratulations to @valeramponi.bsky.social for this important, innovative, and visually beautiful work that significantly advances our understanding of the diverse cell states that can emerge in tumors post-therapy 👏🌟 and check out that @theaacr.bsky.social cover illustration 🤩❤️😉
2024 has been truly a "dream come true" year for me, getting to start my own lab at IFOM. I'm honored to share my reflections on this transition, alongside these 11 other exciting new PIs. Thank you, @naturecancer.bsky.social, for the opportunity to keep it real 😉
⭐️If you haven't yet done so, check out our 2024 year-in-review Focus Issue now!
🔗https://nature.com/collections/chiegfhchj
Featuring:
*Editorial on 2024 #cancerresearch highlights
*#newPIs Viewpoint
*#AI and #spatialomics in #oncology
*(CAR-)T cell therapies in cancer
*12 Research Highlights
🔗https://nature.com/collections/chiegfhchj
Featuring:
*Editorial on 2024 #cancerresearch highlights
*#newPIs Viewpoint
*#AI and #spatialomics in #oncology
*(CAR-)T cell therapies in cancer
*12 Research Highlights
December 23, 2024 at 1:40 AM
2024 has been truly a "dream come true" year for me, getting to start my own lab at IFOM. I'm honored to share my reflections on this transition, alongside these 11 other exciting new PIs. Thank you, @naturecancer.bsky.social, for the opportunity to keep it real 😉