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Podcast published in the framework of the “Beating Cancer Together” Celebration organized by the Belgian Foundation against Cancer in April 2021.

Link to the broadcast : https://www.rtbf.be/article/cedric-blanpain-ulb-on-manque-d-argent-pour-lutter-contre-le-cancer-10696753

Cédric Blanpain, Prix Francqui-Collen : “Ce qu’on découvre n’est jamais ce qu’on cherchait”.
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Le Vif, numéro 2, 14 janvier 2021, p.20-23.
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Fat1 deletion promotes hybrid EMT state, tumour stemness and metastasis.
Pastushenko I, Mauri F, Song Y, de Cock F, Meeusen B, Swedlund B, Impens F, Van Haver D, Opitz M, Thery M, Bareche Y, Lapouge G, Vermeersch M, Van Eycke YR, Balsat C, Decaestecker C, Sokolow Y, Hassid S, Perez-Bustillo A, Agreda-Moreno B, Rios-Buceta L, Jaen P, Redondo P, Sieira-Gil R, Millan-Cayetano JF, Sanmatrtin O, D’Haene N, Moers V, Rozzi M, Blondeau J, Lemaire S, Scozzaro S, Janssens V, De Troya M, Dubois C, Pérez-Morga D, Salmon I, Sotiriou C, Helmbacher F, Blanpain C.
Nature. 2020 Dec 16. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03046-1. 
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Cédric Blanpain has been awarded by the Francqui-Collen Prize 2020.  This prize is the highest scientific distinction in Belgium.  He is the 25th researcher from the Université libre de Bruxelles to win this prestigious prize.  On December 16th his Majesty the King Philippe will award him the prize officially.  

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In this podcast, Prof. Cédric Blanpain talks about the fight against cancer, the issues of aging and vaccination. Which prospects in research against cancer and aging? What future for researcher-entrepreneurs? What is the relationship between large pharmaceutical companies and public research? 
Link to the podcast on the web site of L’Echo 

Heterotypic cell-cell communication regulates glandular stem cell multipotency.
Centonze A, Lin S, Tika E, Sifrim A, Fioramonti M, Malfait M, Song Y, Wuidart A, Van Herck J, Dannau A, Bouvencourt G, Dubois C, Dedoncker N, Sahay A, de Maertelaer V, Siebel CW, Van Keymeulen A, Voet T, Blanpain C.
Nature. 2020 Aug;584(7822):608-613. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2632-y. 
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Mechanisms of stretch-mediated skin expansion at single-cell resolution.
Aragona M, Sifrim A, Malfait M, Song Y, Van Herck J, Dekoninck S, Gargouri S, Lapouge G, Swedlund B, Dubois C, Baatsen P, Vints K, Han S, Tissir F, Voet T, Simons BD, Blanpain C
Nature 2020 Jul 29. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2555-7
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Defining the design principles of postnatal tissue growth
Dekoninck S, Hannezo E, Aragona A, Sifrim A, Malfait M, Gargouri S, de Neunheuser C, Dubois C, Voet T, Simons Benjamin D, Blanpain C
Cell. 2020 Apr 5. pii: S0092-8674(20)30277-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.015. [Epub ahead of print]
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