ESC & iPSC News Volume 18.10 | Mar 15 2023

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    2023-03-15 | ESC & iPSC 18.10


    ESC & iPSC News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 18.10 – 15 March, 2023
    TOP STORY

    Generation of Functional Oocytes from Male Mice In Vitro

    Researchers efficiently converted the XY chromosome set to XX without an additional Y chromosome in mPSCs.
    [Nature]

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    Massively Parallel Characterization of CRISPR Activator Efficacy in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Neurons

    Investigators employed hPSCs with thousands of randomly integrated barcoded reporters to assess epigenetic features that influenced CRISPRa efficacy. Basal expression levels were influenced by genomic context and dramatically changed during differentiation to neurons.
    [Molecular Cell]

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    Strength of CAR Signaling Determines T Cell versus ILC Differentiation from Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Mechanistically, scientists showed that antigen-independent CAR signaling during lymphoid development enriched for innate lymphoid cell 2 (ILC2)-primed precursors at the expense of T cell precursors.
    [Cell Reports]

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    Developmental Trajectory of Pluripotent Stem Cell Establishment in Arabidopsis Callus Guided by a Quiescent Center-Related Gene Network

    The authors revealed the developmental trajectory of middle cell layer initiation and maintenance in callus tissue originating from Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyls.
    [Development]

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    Excess of Guide RNA Reduces Knockin Efficiency and Drastically Increases On-Target Large Deletions

    Researchers used nano differential scanning fluorimetry, a label and immobilization-free assay, to demonstrate that an equimolar ratio of Cas9 and guide RNA was optimal.
    [iScience]

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    Enhanced Cell Penetration and Pluripotency Maintenance of hiPSCs in 3D Natural Chitosan Scaffolds

    Scientists reported an approach to improve cell penetration depth of hiPSCs in 3D scaffolds modified with hiPSCs conditioned medium.
    [Macromolecular Bioscience]

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    Novel Method of Differentiating Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells To Mature Cardiomyocytes via Sfrp2

    The authors asked if secreted frizzled related protein 2 (Sfrp2) would drive the differentiation of human iPSCs into cardiomyocytes. They found that Sfrp2 induced robust cardiac differentiation.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Apoptosis Inhibition Enhances Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Generation during T Cell Reprogramming

    Investigators highlight the superiority of lymphocyte-origin cells over ESCs in functional immune cell differentiation.
    [Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications]

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    Generation of One Induced Pluripotent Cell (iPSC) Line (BBANTWi011-a) from a Patient Carrying an IPO8 Bi-Allelic Loss-of-Function Mutation

    An iPSC line was generated started from peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a patient carrying a homozygous variant in the IPO8 gene.
    [Stem Cell Research]

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    Survey results on the needs and challenges in the human pluripotent stem cell field
    REVIEWS

    Ferroptosis: The Functions of Nrf2 in Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    The authors give a succinct overview of lipid peroxidation and discuss the major players in the ferroptotic cascade. They also discuss the important role of the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling pathway in mediating lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis.
    [Cellular Signalling]

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    Pluripotent Stem Cells: Basic Biology or Else Differentiations Aimed at Translational Research and the Role of Flow Cytometry

    Regarding pluripotent stem cells, expression of bonafide marker proteins such as Oct4, Nanog, Sox2, Klf4, c-Myc, and Lin28 have been considered giving a perfect readout for pluripotent stem cells and assessed using an analytical flow cytometer.
    [Cytometry Part A]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Sydney Researchers Awarded $47 Million for Medical Research

    Researchers from the University of Sydney have been awarded $47 million to support 32 research projects, including investigations of younger-onset dementia, the treatment of blinding eye diseases through stem cell therapy, and the impact of e-cigarette use by adolescents.
    [The University of Sydney]

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    May 15 – 19, 2023
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    JOB OPPORTUNITIES

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    University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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    UCSF Diabetes Center – San Francisco, California, United States

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    The University of British Columbia – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Postdoctoral Research Associate – Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – New York, New York, United States

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