We are very happy to be partners on a new research project financed under the EEA and Norway Grants scheme promoting research collaboration between Romania and Norway. Our collaborator, Dr. Ana Vacaru from the Institute for Cellular Biology and Pathology…
While, the University of Bergen is opening slowly, but surely, the thesis defenses are still on-line events. Thomas, my young Padawan, had his trial under fire on 26th of May 2020 with about 40 people attending this event. Technology-wise everything…
We are happy to announce that I joined the Editorial Board for Communication Biology. More details here: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/about/editorial-board#Chera Communication Biology is a new open access journal from Nature Research, publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of…
A new experience for all of us: Thomas will defend his work in a digital event on 26th of May 2020. Trial lecture: Tuesday 26 May 2020, kl.1015 Title: “Pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes” Public defense: Tuesday 26 May 2020,…
Our recent study on iPSC-derived human pancreatic progenitors initial response to in vivo is now published: The main goal of this study was to demultiplex and characterize the initial response of the hiPSC-derived differentiating pancreatic progenitors to the in vivo…
Our study on iPSC-derived human pancreatic progenitors in vitro differentiation is now published: The main goal of this study was to characterize the impact of cell confinement on the pancreatic islet signature during the guided in vitro differentiation of alginate…
Simona has been invited by the organizers Raphaël Scharfmann, Philippe Froguel and Gérard Gradwohlto to give a plenary talk on Islet Cell Plasticity: cellular and molecular mechanisms of islet cell fate and interconversion at this year’s EASD Islet Study Group…