I am invited by the organizers to give a talk on Islet Cell-Fate Dynamic at UNIGE’s Diabetes Center Seminar Series. The seminar will take place on October 5th, 2020 at CMU, room B04.2222
Speaking at Diabetes Center Seminar (UNIGE) 2020
Interview in our Department’s newsletter
If you want to read about my interview for “This week`s employee” in K2 News – our department newsletter please follow this link: https://k2info.w.uib.no/en/2020/09/03/ukens-ansatt-simona-chera/
Nordic Meeting on Development, Stem Cells, and Regeneration 2020
The second Nordic meeting on Development, Stem Cells, and Regeneration will be organised jointly by the Finnish Society for Developmental Biology (FSDB), Swedish Developmental Biology Organisation (SWEDBO) and affiliated Norway / Denmark researchers as a WEBINAR from 11 am on Wednesday…
BETAUPREG: partners on a Ro-No Collaborative Research Project
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…
Open call for NCMM Associate Investigators 2020
What is NCMM? Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM) is an international biomedical research centre, with the overall objective of translating basic medical research into clinical practice. NCMM is a part of UiO’s interdiciplinary focus on life sciences. In the…
PhD thesis defense under lock down
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…
Member of Editorial Board for Communications Biology
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…
PhD thesis defense: Thomas Aga Legøy
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,…
Research Paper: In vivo Environment Swiftly Restricts Human Pancreatic Progenitors Toward Mono-Hormonal Identity via a HNF1A/HNF4A Mechanism
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…
Research Paper: Encapsulation boosts islet-cell signature in differentiating human iPSC
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…
Speaking at EASD Islet Study Group (ISG) 2020
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…
Research Paper: hyperglycemia effects on human pancreatic progenitor differentiation, conveyed by oxidative stress
Our latest work on iPSC-derived human pancreatic progenitors differentiation is now out for Early View: The main goal of this study was to characterize global effect of brief and prolonged in vivo hyperglycaemia exposure on the cell fate acquisition and…