Laboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer
Laboratory of Stem Cells and Cancer
Collagen signaling and matrix stiffness regulate multipotency in glandular epithelial stem cells in mice.
Jiang C, Centonze A, Song Y, Chrisnandy A, Tika E, Rezakhani S, Zahedi Z, Bouvencourt G, Dubois C, Van Keymeulen A, Lütolf M, Sifrim A, Blanpain C.
Nat Commun. 2024 Dec 18;15(1):10482. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54843-5.
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Dynamic regulation of tissue fluidity controls skin repair during wound healing.
Sarate RM, Hochstetter J, Valet M, Hallou A, Song Y, Bansaccal N, Ligare M, Aragona M, Engelman D, Bauduin A, Campàs O, Simons BD, Blanpain C.
Cell. 2024 Aug 11:S0092-8674(24)00825-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.031. Online ahead of print.
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Prof. Cédric Blanpain has been elected as a new member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Founded in 1780, this Academy is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. Its members are selected through a competitive process that recognizes individuals for their excellence, leadership, and their preeminent contribution to their discipline and to society.
On April 18, 2024, Prof Cédric Blanpain received the 52th Fondation ARC Leopold Griffuel Award for basic research.
This award is one of the most prestigious in the field of scientific research, and the first prize of cancer research in Europe.
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Prof. Blanpain supports Télévie research on Belgian TV at this occasion : RTL info reporting
Will we ever be able to get rid of breast cancer? Alexandra Van Keymeulen, Maître de recherche FNRS in the laboratory, tries to answer the question in a podcast.
Prof. Cédric Blanpain has been invited to give his opinion as part of the newspaper article prepared on the theme “A world in which we no longer die of cancer is possible”.
Un monde dans lequel on ne meurt plus du cancer est possible. Ludivine Ponciau. Le Vif L’Express, janvier 2024, p. 12-23.
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On December 9th, Cédric Blanpain was the guest of the broadcast”Les éclaireurs” on RTBF, Belgian french-speaking TV and radio channel.
The recording is freely available via this page.
The extracellular matrix dictates regional competence for tumour initiation.
Bansaccal N, Vieugue P, Sarate R, Song Y, Minguijon E, Miroshnikova YA, Zeuschner D, Collin A, Allard J, Engelman D, Delaunois AL, Liagre M, de Groote L, Timmerman E, Van Haver D, Impens F, Salmon I, Wickström SA, Sifrim A, Blanpain C.
Nature. 2023 Nov;623(7988):828-835. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06740-y. Epub 2023 Nov 15.
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On November 14, during the ceremony of granting noble favors, Professor Blanpain was elevated to the rank of baron by the King of the Belgians. He received this prestigious noble favor for his research work against cancer.
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