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Postdoc at @Stanford and @CZI 🔬 Characterising neuronal primary cilia using stem cell-derived neurons 🧪

Joined September 2022
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Thrilled to finally share our review where we dive into the mechanisms regulating the length of primary cilia in neurons and how this phenomenon might influence cellular signalling! You can access the full article here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti… @FlorianMerkle
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I'm excited to share our latest pre-print on proximity proteomics of primary cilia in human hypothalamic neurons, led by @VMacarelli, which revealed proteins involved in synapses and neurotransmission and the obesity-associated GPCR LPAR1. Details at bit.ly/4jcTodq
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Happy to share our Science & Society article just published in @TrendsCellBio! We reflected on the value of joint peer review between early career researchers and mentors and you can read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Thank you so much @TanosBarbara and @MennellaLab for being the examiners at my PhD defense! It was great to have the chance to discuss my PhD project with you!
Congratulations Viviana! @VMacarelli @FlorianMerkle @Cambridge_Uni Great excuse to get together with some cilia peeps. We are missing a picture here… hopefully we can do that soon!
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Even if attending online, I had a great time listening to all the amazing talks! And thanks to the organisers for printing and putting up my poster anyway! Looking forward to the next meeting! @EuroCilia2024
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Amazing tool!
Our paper "CilioGenics: an integrated method and database for predicting novel ciliary genes" is out in @NAR_Open ! academic.oup.com/nar/advance… A preprint of this work was posted in April 2023.
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1. We reviewed the literature for motifs described as sufficient for proteins localisation to primary cilia 2. We used these sequences to generate cytoplasmic and membrane-localised reporter constructs and tested their ability to target primary cilia of hIPSC-derived neurons
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3. We generated stable hiPSC lines expressing a membrane construct with or without the successful targeting sequence. This has been a big part of my PhD project and we hope these resources will be useful for the cilia community!
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Viviana Macarelli retweeted
Please read, send feedback and retweet link to free full-text work on how a variant cell cycle coordinates differentiation of multi ciliated cells: rdcu.be/dJmnv
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Had an amazing time at #FASEBCilia2024 and had the chance to meet amazing people!! – at St Paul, MN
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Viviana Macarelli retweeted
New research led by Carolyn Ott, a senior scientist @JLS_Lab, provides the most detailed & comprehensive description yet of cilia in the mouse visual cortex, giving scientists new insights into the formation & function of this small & elusive organelle. 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.0…
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Excited to share that my PhD project has been published in @FrontCellDevBio! Introducing the ZebraReg platform. Hoping our work at @ZeClinics & @nmercaderh lab paves the way for new therapies to combat heart attacks in humans. 🐟 ❤️@scils_eu @ZebrafishRock frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Thrilled to share our recent preprint where we explore ciliary targeting sequences in hIPSC-derived neurons @FlorianMerkle @EdwardCHarding biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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🤞🤞🤞Best of luck to PhD student @VMacarelli from @IMS_MRL who is taking part in #STEMforBritain today! #stem4brit presenting her poster on 'THE ROLE OF PRIMARY CILIA IN METABOLIC SENSING IN HYPOTHALAMIC NEURONS'
STEM for BRITAIN 2024 is in @UKParliament on Monday 4th March! Congratulations to all our finalists listed at stemforbritain.org.uk/. Who will win one of our shiny medals🎖️? #stem4brit @RoyalSocBio @RAEngNews @RoySocChem @IMAmaths @PhysicsNews @physoc @NutritionSoc @UKRI_News
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Had an amazing time at the #UKCilia2023 meeting, talking about #primarycilia and connecting with many new fantastic people!
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Can't wait to be there!
This looks like a fantastic meeting, where @VMacarelli, a talented PhD student from my team, will be presenting our disovery of a compact sequence that targets proteins to primary cilia in all ciliated cell lines we've tested so far, including human neurons. RT and apply!
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Proud to be part of the @Cambridge_Fest with my photo realized as part of Cambridge Creative Encounters!
A busy time coming up for @IMS_MRL researchers #Camfest events this month. An #EscapeRoom: Research Breakthrough; a #CreativeEncounters project and an Art meets Science project @Cambridge_Fest. Find out more and join us if you can 👇👇👇👇 mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/blog/ims-m…
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Viviana Macarelli retweeted
Really excited for our event today on Drug Discovery, Computation and Dementia @ClareCollege with @ChenCortina @FlorianMerkle and many others All thanks to @CambridgeC2D3
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