Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
@scicambridge.bsky.social
Updates from our team at University of Cambridge, on a mission to transform human health through a deep understanding of stem cell biology.
It's that time of year! Join us in welcoming our new postgraduate students at University of Cambridge. We have a record-breaking 14 new Master's and 23 new PhD students, and we're thrilled to have them!
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 MPhil - find more details on our website!
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 MPhil - find more details on our website!
October 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It's that time of year! Join us in welcoming our new postgraduate students at University of Cambridge. We have a record-breaking 14 new Master's and 23 new PhD students, and we're thrilled to have them!
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 MPhil - find more details on our website!
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 MPhil - find more details on our website!
We're excited to share that our Director @bertiegottgens.bsky.social has joined the Editorial Board of Stem Cell Reports! @isscr.org Submit your stem cell-related research now: invt.io/1ixbug4i0lt
Check out ISSCR's society journal, Stem Cell Reports!
invt.io
October 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We're excited to share that our Director @bertiegottgens.bsky.social has joined the Editorial Board of Stem Cell Reports! @isscr.org Submit your stem cell-related research now: invt.io/1ixbug4i0lt
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Exciting news in the Guardian today: Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system. A big congratulations to Dr Nick Cunniffe who led the study www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Exciting’ clinical results offer hope for new class of MS therapies
Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Exciting news in the Guardian today: Cambridge trial suggests diabetes drug with antihistamine can partially repair damage in the nervous system. A big congratulations to Dr Nick Cunniffe who led the study www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Read our latest interview with Sarah Teichmann @scicambridge.bsky.social about expanding beyond academic science in your career, dealing with uncertainty in the workplace, and being able to carve out time for yourself despite having multiple demands on your time. rupress.org/jem/article/...
September 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Read our latest interview with Sarah Teichmann @scicambridge.bsky.social about expanding beyond academic science in your career, dealing with uncertainty in the workplace, and being able to carve out time for yourself despite having multiple demands on your time. rupress.org/jem/article/...
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Sarah Teichmann @scicambridge.bsky.social leads a group that uses genomics, AI, and bioinformatics to further understand various aspects of immunity. We spoke to Sarah about expanding beyond academia and dealing with uncertainty in the workplace. rupress.org/jem/article/...
#PeopleAndIdeas
#PeopleAndIdeas
September 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Sarah Teichmann @scicambridge.bsky.social leads a group that uses genomics, AI, and bioinformatics to further understand various aspects of immunity. We spoke to Sarah about expanding beyond academia and dealing with uncertainty in the workplace. rupress.org/jem/article/...
#PeopleAndIdeas
#PeopleAndIdeas
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Collaborative science is just so much fun! From our brilliant collaboration with Liz Robertson from @dunnschool.bsky.social; embryology, single cell omics and computational biology deliver new insights into the intricacies of blood and endothelial development. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Collaborative science is just so much fun! From our brilliant collaboration with Liz Robertson from @dunnschool.bsky.social; embryology, single cell omics and computational biology deliver new insights into the intricacies of blood and endothelial development. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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To know more about their work, we spoke to the first author, William Beckman, and the corresponding author, Anna Philpott, Professor of Cancer and Developmental Biology @scicambridge.bsky.social and Head of the School of the Biological Sciences @cam.ac.uk:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
June 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
To know more about their work, we spoke to the first author, William Beckman, and the corresponding author, Anna Philpott, Professor of Cancer and Developmental Biology @scicambridge.bsky.social and Head of the School of the Biological Sciences @cam.ac.uk:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the Seminar yesterday! This week we heard from Greta Baltusyte, PhD student in the Han group, and Angel Shiqing Ma, PhD student in the Alcolea group.
Big thanks also to our sponsors @scientificlabs.bsky.social and Esco Life Sciences!
Big thanks also to our sponsors @scientificlabs.bsky.social and Esco Life Sciences!
June 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the Seminar yesterday! This week we heard from Greta Baltusyte, PhD student in the Han group, and Angel Shiqing Ma, PhD student in the Alcolea group.
Big thanks also to our sponsors @scientificlabs.bsky.social and Esco Life Sciences!
Big thanks also to our sponsors @scientificlabs.bsky.social and Esco Life Sciences!
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Such a variety of posters at the @cambridgebrc.bsky.social PPI showcase today including Dr Sarah Pensa's poster about the impact of PPIE in shaping research on BRCA breast cancer prevention! @phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Such a variety of posters at the @cambridgebrc.bsky.social PPI showcase today including Dr Sarah Pensa's poster about the impact of PPIE in shaping research on BRCA breast cancer prevention! @phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social
🦴 Our bones house a factory that never sleeps - bone marrow!
PhD student @juliaviladevall.bsky.social (Laurenti Lab) explores how it makes blood, what happens when the 'factory' breaks down, and the power of life-changing transplants!
Read online (translatable): www.cienciaoberta.cat/medulla-ossia/
PhD student @juliaviladevall.bsky.social (Laurenti Lab) explores how it makes blood, what happens when the 'factory' breaks down, and the power of life-changing transplants!
Read online (translatable): www.cienciaoberta.cat/medulla-ossia/
June 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🦴 Our bones house a factory that never sleeps - bone marrow!
PhD student @juliaviladevall.bsky.social (Laurenti Lab) explores how it makes blood, what happens when the 'factory' breaks down, and the power of life-changing transplants!
Read online (translatable): www.cienciaoberta.cat/medulla-ossia/
PhD student @juliaviladevall.bsky.social (Laurenti Lab) explores how it makes blood, what happens when the 'factory' breaks down, and the power of life-changing transplants!
Read online (translatable): www.cienciaoberta.cat/medulla-ossia/
This September, join the EMBO Workshop at Churchill College in Cambridge, hosted by an EMBO organising committee including our Affiliate PI Professor Alan Warren.
Abstracts to present are due 12 June, and registration closes 22 August.
Find more info here: tinyurl.com/ribosomesynt...
Abstracts to present are due 12 June, and registration closes 22 August.
Find more info here: tinyurl.com/ribosomesynt...
May 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This September, join the EMBO Workshop at Churchill College in Cambridge, hosted by an EMBO organising committee including our Affiliate PI Professor Alan Warren.
Abstracts to present are due 12 June, and registration closes 22 August.
Find more info here: tinyurl.com/ribosomesynt...
Abstracts to present are due 12 June, and registration closes 22 August.
Find more info here: tinyurl.com/ribosomesynt...
It's great to see work from Dr Simon Richardson @simonrichardson.bsky.social and Prof Brian Huntly featured on @cam.ac.uk news this week.
They developed a treatment to tackle a common childhood blood cancer, hoping to offer safer & more effective care.
Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/B-AL...
They developed a treatment to tackle a common childhood blood cancer, hoping to offer safer & more effective care.
Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/B-AL...
Potential new treatment to tackle commonest form of childhood cancer
A combination of two drugs could improve outcomes and reduce the need for toxic chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, the commonest cancer in childhood and one that can be particularl...
www.cam.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's great to see work from Dr Simon Richardson @simonrichardson.bsky.social and Prof Brian Huntly featured on @cam.ac.uk news this week.
They developed a treatment to tackle a common childhood blood cancer, hoping to offer safer & more effective care.
Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/B-AL...
They developed a treatment to tackle a common childhood blood cancer, hoping to offer safer & more effective care.
Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/B-AL...
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday! Ruxia Xia, PhD student from CSCI PI @wtklab.bsky.social's group, and Nicholas Katritsis, postdoc in Affiliate PI @namshik.bsky.social's group.
See you at our next event! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
See you at our next event! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
May 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday! Ruxia Xia, PhD student from CSCI PI @wtklab.bsky.social's group, and Nicholas Katritsis, postdoc in Affiliate PI @namshik.bsky.social's group.
See you at our next event! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
See you at our next event! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
We have a very engaged @cambridgeuni.bsky.social postgrad community that plan their own Away Day. This year’s event took place at @stjohnscollege.bsky.social, where they heard from postdocs, did yoga, and designed science-themed totes! Great work postgrads, can't wait to see what you do next! 🧪🥼🔬🙌
May 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We have a very engaged @cambridgeuni.bsky.social postgrad community that plan their own Away Day. This year’s event took place at @stjohnscollege.bsky.social, where they heard from postdocs, did yoga, and designed science-themed totes! Great work postgrads, can't wait to see what you do next! 🧪🥼🔬🙌
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday - @lucaschwarz.bsky.social, PhD student from our Affiliate PI @marta-shahbazi.bsky.social group @mrclmb.bsky.social, and Yentel Mateo-Otero, postdoc in CSCI PI Richard Tyser's group. See you next week for more!
May 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday - @lucaschwarz.bsky.social, PhD student from our Affiliate PI @marta-shahbazi.bsky.social group @mrclmb.bsky.social, and Yentel Mateo-Otero, postdoc in CSCI PI Richard Tyser's group. See you next week for more!
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Our latest paper from is out! Congratulations to all members the lab that contributed over the years!
No UMAPs in this one!
@phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social
Thanks to our funders @cancerresearchuk.org @breastcancernow.bsky.social
No UMAPs in this one!
@phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social
Thanks to our funders @cancerresearchuk.org @breastcancernow.bsky.social
CHD8 interacts with BCL11A to induce oncogenic transcription in triple negative breast cancer
@wtklab.bsky.social and collaborators
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
@wtklab.bsky.social and collaborators
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
May 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our latest paper from is out! Congratulations to all members the lab that contributed over the years!
No UMAPs in this one!
@phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social
Thanks to our funders @cancerresearchuk.org @breastcancernow.bsky.social
No UMAPs in this one!
@phar.cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social
Thanks to our funders @cancerresearchuk.org @breastcancernow.bsky.social
Today we welcomed Dr Sumru Bayin for our Group Leader Seminar! Dr Bayin is CSCI's Affiliate PI, and Group Leader at @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social. She was hosted by @bertiegottgens.bsky.social and presented on 'Age-dependent regenerative mechanisms in the brain.' Thanks to all who joined!
May 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today we welcomed Dr Sumru Bayin for our Group Leader Seminar! Dr Bayin is CSCI's Affiliate PI, and Group Leader at @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social. She was hosted by @bertiegottgens.bsky.social and presented on 'Age-dependent regenerative mechanisms in the brain.' Thanks to all who joined!
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We're back with another episode!
Tune in to hear Dr. Sarah Teichmann (@teichlab.bsky.social) from @scicambridge.bsky.social discuss her work on the @humancellatlas.org, and combining wet lab with computational biology.
Listen now: bit.ly/4jWDX9T
Tune in to hear Dr. Sarah Teichmann (@teichlab.bsky.social) from @scicambridge.bsky.social discuss her work on the @humancellatlas.org, and combining wet lab with computational biology.
Listen now: bit.ly/4jWDX9T
April 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We're back with another episode!
Tune in to hear Dr. Sarah Teichmann (@teichlab.bsky.social) from @scicambridge.bsky.social discuss her work on the @humancellatlas.org, and combining wet lab with computational biology.
Listen now: bit.ly/4jWDX9T
Tune in to hear Dr. Sarah Teichmann (@teichlab.bsky.social) from @scicambridge.bsky.social discuss her work on the @humancellatlas.org, and combining wet lab with computational biology.
Listen now: bit.ly/4jWDX9T
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday - James Russell, PhD student from Konstantinos Tzelepis's group at the Institute, and George Giotopoulos, postdoc in Brian Huntly's group.
See more events this term lined up here! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
See more events this term lined up here! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
April 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their work at the PhD & Postdoc Seminar yesterday - James Russell, PhD student from Konstantinos Tzelepis's group at the Institute, and George Giotopoulos, postdoc in Brian Huntly's group.
See more events this term lined up here! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
See more events this term lined up here! www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events
Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann of the @teichlab.bsky.social at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social for becoming an elected member to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of only 23 international members elected this year!
Read more about her work: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
Read more about her work: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
April 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann of the @teichlab.bsky.social at @cambridgeuni.bsky.social for becoming an elected member to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of only 23 international members elected this year!
Read more about her work: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
Read more about her work: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
Thanks to Fiona Watt, Director of @embo.org and Group Leader @embl.org for speaking at our monthly International Seminar yesterday!
Prof Watt presented 'Exploring cellular heterogeneity in human skin' to our researchers at the Institute.
Thanks to everyone who joined for her talk!
Prof Watt presented 'Exploring cellular heterogeneity in human skin' to our researchers at the Institute.
Thanks to everyone who joined for her talk!
April 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 #𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀! #MetabolicMultiomics25
We'll be joined by speakers, including our exciting keynotes:
🗣️ Sarah Teichmann, @scicambridge.bsky.social, UK
🗣️ Matthias Mann, @mannlab.bsky.social, Germany
Register ▶️bit.ly/3DF6vET
We'll be joined by speakers, including our exciting keynotes:
🗣️ Sarah Teichmann, @scicambridge.bsky.social, UK
🗣️ Matthias Mann, @mannlab.bsky.social, Germany
Register ▶️bit.ly/3DF6vET
April 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 #𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀! #MetabolicMultiomics25
We'll be joined by speakers, including our exciting keynotes:
🗣️ Sarah Teichmann, @scicambridge.bsky.social, UK
🗣️ Matthias Mann, @mannlab.bsky.social, Germany
Register ▶️bit.ly/3DF6vET
We'll be joined by speakers, including our exciting keynotes:
🗣️ Sarah Teichmann, @scicambridge.bsky.social, UK
🗣️ Matthias Mann, @mannlab.bsky.social, Germany
Register ▶️bit.ly/3DF6vET
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🌟 Exciting news!
Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann for being named to STAT’s 2025 STATUS List — recognizing 50 influential people shaping the future of #health and life sciences 🧬💡 We’re thrilled to see Sarah’s vision and contributions celebrated!
More here: www.statnews.com/status-list/...
Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann for being named to STAT’s 2025 STATUS List — recognizing 50 influential people shaping the future of #health and life sciences 🧬💡 We’re thrilled to see Sarah’s vision and contributions celebrated!
More here: www.statnews.com/status-list/...
2025 STATUS List: Influencers in biotech, medicine, health care
Featuring 50 influential people shaping the future of biotech, medicine, health care, policy, and health tech. Explore the list.
www.statnews.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🌟 Exciting news!
Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann for being named to STAT’s 2025 STATUS List — recognizing 50 influential people shaping the future of #health and life sciences 🧬💡 We’re thrilled to see Sarah’s vision and contributions celebrated!
More here: www.statnews.com/status-list/...
Congratulations to Prof Sarah Teichmann for being named to STAT’s 2025 STATUS List — recognizing 50 influential people shaping the future of #health and life sciences 🧬💡 We’re thrilled to see Sarah’s vision and contributions celebrated!
More here: www.statnews.com/status-list/...
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Dinithi worked on this project as a postdoc in Sarah Teichmann's lab @scicambridge.bsky.social
Find out more about the techniques Dinithi uses in our Core Concepts training resources, designed for researchers from all backgrounds: bit.ly/4lslDaj
Find out more about the techniques Dinithi uses in our Core Concepts training resources, designed for researchers from all backgrounds: bit.ly/4lslDaj
Accelerate Science Core AI Concepts
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April 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dinithi worked on this project as a postdoc in Sarah Teichmann's lab @scicambridge.bsky.social
Find out more about the techniques Dinithi uses in our Core Concepts training resources, designed for researchers from all backgrounds: bit.ly/4lslDaj
Find out more about the techniques Dinithi uses in our Core Concepts training resources, designed for researchers from all backgrounds: bit.ly/4lslDaj
Great turnout today for our PhD & Postdoc Seminar series! This week we had Giovanna Mantica from the Laurenti Lab and Ioannis Sarropoulos from the Teichmann Lab talking about their research.
See the rest of this term's speakers here: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events/phd-p...
See the rest of this term's speakers here: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events/phd-p...
March 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Great turnout today for our PhD & Postdoc Seminar series! This week we had Giovanna Mantica from the Laurenti Lab and Ioannis Sarropoulos from the Teichmann Lab talking about their research.
See the rest of this term's speakers here: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events/phd-p...
See the rest of this term's speakers here: www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/events/phd-p...