A very hot and long night packed with science! A big thank you to our 100 amazing volunteers and 700 guests! www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
A very hot and long night packed with science
MPI-CBG part of Dresden Science Night
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Meri Huch Lab
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Exploring #tissue maintenance and repair in health and disease @mpicbg.bsky.social in Dresden using #organoids.
Great evening at Long Night of Science Dresden! 🌟 On 26th June, the Huch Lab welcomed visitors at @mpi-cbg.de to explore liver regeneration, structure, function, and disease. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and shared our enthusiasm for liver research!🧫 Photos: ©Huch Lab and ©MPI-CBG, 2026
Congratulations Meri 🥳🎉
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics@mpi-cbg.de · 4mo ago On April 15th, @leopoldina.org welcomed its new members of Class II Life Sciences. Meritxell Huch @merihuchlab.bsky.social, director @mpi-cbg.de, is among them and received their membership certificate together with fifteen other new members. Congratulations! 🎉 Photo: Marlene Gawrisch | Leopoldina
Mini-Organe im All: 🌌 Ein Forschungsprojekt der #TUDresden untersucht, wie sich Schwerelosigkeit & kosmische Strahlung auf biologische Prozesse auswirken z. B. in Immun-, Nerven- & Muskelzellen. Dafür werden smartphonegroße Minilabore einige Wochen um die Erde kreisen. ℹ️ tud.link/j7nt5j
🎉 Read about how human #liver #cholangiocyte #organoids capture the heterogeneity of liver ductal epithelium. Out now in Cell Reports🧑🔬
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics@mpi-cbg.de · 5mo agoBy altering the growth environment, the group of @merihuchlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de with first authors Javier Bregante & Flaminia Kaluthantrige has developed a liver model that extensively mimics the heterogeneity of the real organ. @cp-cellreports.bsky.social. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Up, up and beyond 🚀 Exciting work lies ahead (and above)👩🚀
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics@mpi-cbg.de · 5mo agoMini organs in space: Research project of the @tudresden.bsky.social together with @mpi-cbg.de investigates the effects of weightlessness on liver tissue. The liver organoids for the project come from Meritxell Huch's research group @merihuchlab.bsky.social. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
We’re kicking off the year with an important milestone! 🎉 Javier just published his first-author paper on how human #liver #cholangiocyte #organoids capture the heterogeneity of liver ductal epithelium in Cell Reports. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Huge congratulations, Javier! 🥂
Human liver cholangiocyte organoids capture the heterogeneity of in vivo liver ductal epithelium
Human liver ductal epithelium is morphologically, functionally, and transcriptionally heterogeneous. Understanding the impact of this heterogeneity ha…
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The @merihuchlab.bsky.social at @mpi-cbg.de developed patient-specific human periportal liver #assembloids. Read the @nature.com article: https://go.nature.com/4qpL7Xw Get the breakdown in this week's episode: https://bit.ly/4p3izlj
Thanks to @stemcellpodcast.com for featuring our work in their most recent episode. If you are interested, give it a listen! 👂 bit.ly/3MVPI55
Ep. 311: "Congenital Heart Disease" Featuring Dr. Deepak Srivastava - The Stem Cell Podcast
Dr. Deepak Srivastava is the President of the Gladstone Institutes and Director of the Roddenberry Stem Cell Center. His lab is focused on the gene networks that guide cardiac development. He talks ab...
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Nice Xmas gift from and for the lab 🎁 🎄
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics@mpi-cbg.de · 8mo agoResearchers from @merihuchlab.bsky.social, together with colleagues from @labshevchenko.bsky.social and clinicians from Dresden and Leipzig developed a patient-specific human periportal liver assembloid. Publication in @nature.com. Full news: www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Researchers from @merihuchlab.bsky.social, together with colleagues from @labshevchenko.bsky.social and clinicians from Dresden and Leipzig developed a patient-specific human periportal liver assembloid. Publication in @nature.com. Full news: www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Patient-specific human liver model to understand disease mechanisms
Dresden research team develops human modular “LEGO-like” model that lays foundation for a new era in liver research.
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@mpi-cbg.de ends the year with a bang. Congratulations @merihuchlab.bsky.social and team.
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics@mpi-cbg.de · 8mo agoResearchers from @merihuchlab.bsky.social, together with colleagues from @labshevchenko.bsky.social and clinicians from Dresden and Leipzig developed a patient-specific human periportal liver assembloid. Publication in @nature.com. Full news: www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Beyond the beginning – development that lasts a lifetime Read this #LifelongDevSI Editorial by Meritxell Huch (@merihuchlab.bsky.social), Mansi Srivastava and Alex Eve (@amjeve.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Beyond the beginning – development that lasts a lifetime
Traditionally, developmental biology has been considered the study of the embryo, and significant events such as metamorphosis or birth signify the pinnacle of development. However, we now better appr...
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End of the @events.embl.org Symposium on Organoids #eesorgan last week - our @embojournal.org editor Ieva Gailite had the pleasure to hand one of the poster prizes to Sagarika Dawka from @merihuchlab.bsky.social
From Bon-Kyoung Koo's Organoids Zoo & Vincenzo Corbo's pancreatic cancer models to Miki Ebisuya-Matsuda's early forebrain development research and the concluding keynote lecture by Matthias Lutolf:There is much to look forward to on the fourth and final day of #EESOrgan @events.embl.org @embo.org
In 2016, Juergen Knoblich was an organizer for the first #EESOrgan. Today,he gave a magnificent talk about cerebral organoids that help to recapitulate processes occurring in humans after birth and linked to various developmental disorders. Amazing research 🤯 @events.embl.org|@embl.org|@embo.org
Good morning from Day 3 of #EESOrgan! We’re kicking things off with Session 4: 'Organoids in regenerative medicine'. We hope you enjoy today’s talks, make new connections, and take home fresh insights to inspire your research. 💡
Day 2 of #EESOrgan: Many different organoids,methods and applications!Highlights:"Generation of urinary tract organoids from human pluripotent stem cells"by Minoru Takasato&"Changing kidney Organoid formats for improved drug development and tissue engineering" by Melissa Little.Can't wait for Day 3!
Amazing talk by Paola Arlotta (Harvard Stem Cell Institute) to kick off #EESOrgan Hugely impressive:They were able to culture brain organoids for 5 years,and created complex models through co-culturing cells from different brain regions. Also enjoyable:A short discussion about brain organoid ethics😇
Excited to join the #EESOrgan as an interdisciplinary event reporter next week. Organoids are transforming biology, disease modelling, and regenerative medicine 🧬🩺 Looking forward to four days of fascinating talks by leading experts, interesting discussions, and much food for thought.
Organoids: modelling organ development and disease in 3D
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Congratulations 🥂 to our PhD student Sagarika who won the #PosterPrize at #EESOrgan @events.embl.org organized by Meri Huch, Madeleine Lancaster @lancasterlab.bsky.social, Karl R. Koehler and Esther Schnapp. Great Work! 👍 #organoids #liver
Yesterday, our Master Student Marina successfully defended her thesis where she studied genetic mutations related to #MASLD and their effects on lipid trafficking in liver organoids. Congratulations, Marina! 🎉🎉
🚀 Join Our Team @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden! Are you passionate about #organoids, #stemcellbiology and project management? We’re searching for a Scientific Project Manager to support our research group. #Projectmanagement #Sciencemanagement Find out more: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/5868456...
Scientific Project Manager (m/f/d) – Max Planck Institut für Molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik
We are looking for: Scientific Project Manager (m/f/d), Full Time, Dresden
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📣Call for Expressions of Interest and Nominations! The @mpi-cbg.de is seeking a Max Planck Director in the field of #BiologicalAI. The position is supported by a collaboration with the Boehringer-Ingelheim Foundation and the @tudresden.bsky.social. 👉More info: www.mpi-cbg.de/fileadmin/UP...
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Check out these liver #assembloids from the @merihuchlab.bsky.social! Drs. Anna Dowbaj and Aleksandra Sljukic generated mouse liver assembloids that model aspects of aspects of biliary liver fibrosis. 📝 go.nature.com/4e11KU9 🗨️ bit.ly/4kRfsMk
The group of Meritxell Huch @merihuchlab.bsky.social together with the Heather Harrington group @math-mpicbg.bsky.social & @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social develop next-generation organoid model that reconstructs liver architecture to better understand liver disease. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Meritxell Huch @merihuchlab.bsky.social, director @mpi-cbg.de, was elected to the Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology Division of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina @leopoldina.org. Congratulations! 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
David Long Hin Tsang from @merihuchlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de took part in yesterday’s FameLab with his talk on liver regeneration. The FameLab 2025 regional heat Dresden took place in the Kleine Haus of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden and was organized by DRESDEN-concept.
Check out the 3-minute talk from David Long Hin Tsang from @merihuchlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de on liver regeneration at the FameLab 2025 regional heat Dresden: youtu.be/OUDr6lTVsMI?...
David Long Hin Tsang "Liver regeneration" FameLab Dresden 2025
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