Publication in Nature Cell Biology 2022 : Mesp1 controls the chromatin and enhancer landscapes essential for spatiotemporal patterning of early cardiovascular progenitors

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Mesp1 controls the chromatin and enhancer landscapes essential for spatiotemporal patterning of early cardiovascular progenitors.
Lin X, Swedlund B, Ton MN, Ghazanfar S, Guibentif C, Paulissen C, Baudelet E, Plaindoux E, Achouri Y, Calonne E, Dubois C, Mansfield W, Zaffran S, Marioni JC, Fuks F, Göttgens B, Lescroart F, Blanpain C.
Nat Cell Biol. 2022 Jul;24(7):1114-1128. doi: 10.1038/s41556-022-00947-3. Epub 2022 Jul 11.PMID: 35817961
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Spanish Order of Civil Merit awarded to the lab

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On June 16, H.E. Ambassador of Spain in Belgium awarded the laboratory the Orden del Mérito Civil (Order of Civil Merit).  She wanted to highlight the discoveries made by the laboratory on the Fat1 gene, thanks to the collaboration with many Spanish hospitals.

EOS granted to a project coordinated by Prof. Cédric Blanpain

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An EOS (Excellence of Science) grant has been granted to a consortium led by Prof. Blanpain. This four-year program, which wants to promote joint research between researchers in the Flemish and French-speaking communities, is the most important research programs in Belgium.

The granted project, coordinated by Prof. Cédric Blanpain, also involves Stein Aerts (KU Leuven), Liesbet Lagae (Interuniversity Microelectronics Center), Jean-Christophe Marine (KU Leuven) and Yvan Saeys (Universiteit Gent).

Together, they will work on the Cell-cell cOmmuNicaTion As a driver of Cancer cell state identiTy and Decode the impact of cell-cell communications on the identity of tumor states in skin cancers.

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EMBO long-term fellowship to Chen Jiang

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A long-term fellowship has been granted to Chen Jiang (postdoctoral researcher in the lab) by the EMBO, a prestigious organization of more than 1800 leading researchers that promotes excellence in life sciences.   Thanks to this prestigious fellowship, Chen will be able to work on the mechanisms regulating stem cell multipotency during tissue repair and tumor initiation.

Publication in Nature Cancer 2021 : NR2F2 controls malignant squamous cell carcinoma state by promoting stemness and invasion and repressing differentiation

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NR2F2 controls malignant squamous cell carcinoma state by promoting stemness and invasion and repressing differentiation.
Federico Mauri, Corentin Schepkens, Gaëlle Lapouge, Benjamin Drogat, Yura Song, Ievgenia Pastushenko, Sandrine Rorive, Jeremy Blondeau, Sophie Golstein, Yacine Bareche, Marie Miglianico, Erwin Nkusi, Milena Rozzi, Virginie Moers, Audrey Brisebarre, Maylis Raphaël, Christine Dubois, Justine Allard, Benoit Durdu, Floriane Ribeiro, Christos Sotiriou, Isabelle Salmon, Jalal Vakili and Cédric Blanpain. Nature Cancer, volume 2, pages 1152–1169 (2021)
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