Research highlights and the Cell Fate Lab in the media:
21-23 November 2018
Oscar and Rob represented the lab at the Joint Dutch German vascular biology meeting (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) with a poster presentation on “Jagged1-specific shear stress response for Notch signaling in endothelial cells”.
17 December 2017
Cecilia’s interview in SalkunRakentaja; a Finnish online magazine focusing on investing and entrepreneurship: Kahden miljoonan euron apuraha (Salkunrakentaja, 2017).
1 December 2017
Welcome Johanna Ahlskog, a new postdoctoral researcher at the ÅAU Cell Fate lab.
Press release from TU/e on the ERC-funded ForceMorph project: European funding of 2 million euros for blood vessel research (TU/e, 2017).
30 November 2017
Cecilia’s interviews on the ERC-funded ForceMorph project:
- The Finnish national broadcasting company YLE: Åbo Akademi får rekordfinansiering för blodkärlsforskning (Svenska Yle, 2017).
- Turun Sanomat, the leading regional newspaper in Southwest Finland: Turkulainen verisuonitutkija sai kaksi miljoonaa euroa – kyseessä Åbo Akademin historian suurin yksittäinen tutkimusrahoitus (Turun Sanomat, 2017).
- Åbo Underrättelser, a Swedish-language regional newspaper in Southwest Finland: ÅA-professor får två miljoner euro i finansiering (Åbo Underrättelser, 2017).
November 2017
Thank you to the European commission for awarding Cecilia and the Cell Fate lab five-year H2020-ERC funding for the project: The integration of cell signalling and mechanical forces in vascular morphology (ForceMorph).
10 October 2017
Cecilia’s interviews on the Tanaka et al. paper on tumor biopsy phenotyping:
- The Finnish national broadcasting company YLE: Cancerbehandling kan skräddarsys tack vare ny 3D-metod för diagnoser (Svenska Yle, 2017).
- Turun Sanomat, the leading regional newspaper in Southwest Finland: Turkulaistutkijat mukana kehittämässä tapaa saada tarkempia syöpädiagnooseja (Turun Sanomat, 2017).
2 October 2017
Congratulations to Cecilia for the publication: Whole-tissue biopsy phenotyping of three-dimensional tumours reveals patterns of cancer heterogeneity (Tanaka et al., 2017, Nat Biomed Eng). Thank you to the Per Uhlén lab and all other collaborators!
We’re very happy to welcome back Marika Sjöqvist, returning to the ÅAU Cell Fate Lab after a postdoc period at Karolinska Institute.
17 September 2017
Congratulations to Arianna and Cecilia for the review: Cardiac Progenitor Cells and the Interplay with Their Microenvironment (Mauretti et al., 2017, Stem Cells Int). Thank you to the Carlijn Bouten lab for collaboration!
11 September 2017
Congratulations to Arianna and Cecilia for the publication: Spheroid three-dimensional culture enhances Notch signaling in cardiac progenitor cells (Mauretti et al., 2017, MRS Commun) and to Cecilia for the review: Tailored Approaches in Drug Development and Diagnostics: From Molecular Design to Biological Model Systems (Sahlgren et al., 2017, Adv Healthc Mater). Thank you also to all the collaborators!
7 September 2017
Interview of Cecilia and Daniel by MFÅA, a science magazine published by ÅAU: Handslagen mellan cellerna (MFÅA, 2017).
21 August 2017
Congratulations to Rasmus, Ezgi and Cecilia for the publication: Analyses in zebrafish embryos reveal that nanotoxicity profiles are dependent on surface-functionalization controlled penetrance of biological membranes (Paatero et al., 2017, Sci Rep). Thank you to Ilkka Paatero and the Jessica Rosenholm lab for collaboration!
20 June 2017
Thank you to the Academy of Finland for awarding the Phenotypic Screening for Cancer Drug Discovery (PESCADoR) consortium, including Cecilia and the Cell Fate lab, four-year Academy Project funding.
22 May 2017
Congratulations to Daniel, Marika, Adolfo, Christian, Rasmus and Cecilia for the publication: Selective regulation of Notch ligands during angiogenesis is mediated by vimentin (Antfolk et al., 2017, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A). Thank you to all the collaborators!
5 May 2017
Congratulations to Christian, Sebastian and Cecilia for the publication: Keratins regulate colonic epithelial cell differentiation through the Notch1 signalling pathway (Lähdeniemi et al., 2017, Cell Death Differ). Thank you to Diana Toivola and her lab for the collaboration!
15 March 2017
Thank you to the Sigrid Jusélius foundation for awarding Cecilia and the Cell Fate lab three-year funding for the project “Unraveling the interplay between ECM stiffness and topography, Jagged-Notch signaling and tumor invasiveness”.