Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez
NICHD T32 fellow
HSRU postdoctoral fellow
Pew Latin American fellow
Development & Stem cell bio
#ucsc 🌈 UNMSM 🇵🇪 UNSAM 🇦🇷
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezNew paper alert!🤩Super proud that our story led by superstar postdocs @liujinghui.bsky.social and @nerlielisa.bsky.social is finally out! We found how electrical signals are key for promoting organ regenerative growth!!! A thread 🧵https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec0687
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezHappy to announce that our latest paper is now out! Have you ever wondered how neural tissues control their size? In this paper, we show that cell division orientation is critical in both the cortex and retina. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezJoin us in congratulating the winners of our 2026 Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Biomedical Science, Fashion & Culture, Fashion & Design, and Art History! This year, we awarded $850,000 to 14 immigrants and cultural leaders. vilcek.co/4aemyr2
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- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezHow do cells orchestrate themselves to achieve a directional movement as a group? Hi, I’m @sayukihirano.bsky.social. In this thread, I’ll highlight key mechanisms of how cells communicate with each other to perform directional collective migration.
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez🧵Good news out of #NIH today. (1) NIH is extending #ESI and #K99/R00 eligibility to accommodate researchers whose eligibility would have ended during the previous shutdown. Take a look at NOT-OD-26-020. If your ESI status would have ended in 2025, you get an automatic extension through 2026/03/31.
- Day 1 #bronnerfest
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezNotice of Temporary Extension of Eligibility for the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00): for Individuals whose final due date was September-November 2025 and January-March 2026. As always, reach out to your PO/IC contact to discuss. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezI’m recruiting new members to the Farrell Lab this summer. We will have space for 1 postdoc (since Abhinav is leaving to start his own lab at U Arizona!!) and 2 postbacs, since my current two will leave for PhD programs at the end of the summer. More details in thread:
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezNew paper out in @bmc.springernature.com 🤩👏 A routine 5-ethynyl uridine (EU) RNA labeling experiment in a sea anemone turned into detective work for @malinkjosavik.bsky.social, @ktgarschall.bsky.social & @prhsteinmetz.bsky.social 🕵️♀️
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezPlease check out these amazing women! They are fantastic scientists, committed mentors, supportive friends and honestly super stars! 🤩@bradylabs.bsky.social @mydennis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/podcast...
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezOur new paper reveals critical new regulators of stem cell differentiation that control where the right kinds of cells are made in planarians. In particular, we find Anosmin—a gene responsible for Kallmann Syndrome—as a restrictor of neurogenesis. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #basicresearch
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezBuscamos una/un postdoc entusiasta y motivada para unirse al grupo de Paleogenómica y Biología Evolutiva en @liigh-unam.bsky.social para liderar un proyecto enfocado a muestras humanas prehispánicas. Interesadxs por favor enviar CV y carta de intención a fsanchez@liigh.unam.mx. Por favor #RT.
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez🚨 Only a few days left to apply for maybe the best microscopy course there is!!! 🚨 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
- PIs & Group Leaders, do your trainees need to learn light microscopy and image analysis? Send them to us! Financial aid is available! Applications due Friday 1/30. meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezIn @natureportfolio.nature.com: CytoTape is a protein-based recording system that lets cells store long-term gene activity histories in situ. It enables multiplexed, single-cell measurements over days to weeks without continuous live imaging 👏 @changyanglinghu.bsky.social & @denisejcai.bsky.social
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez📡🧵 Excited to release an updated version of our preprint: Zebrahub-Multiome: Uncovering Gene Regulatory Network Dynamics During Zebrafish Embryogenesis 🧪🧬🖥️🐠 doi.org/10.1101/2024... A tour-de-force by @yangjoonkim with an unexpected discovery!
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezWe’re delighted to see this out today! Latest work from the lab reveals insights into the evolution of brain immunity and the developmental and evolutionary plasticity of lymphatic endothelial cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezPregnancy loss is common in humans, and chromosomal abnormalities are the leading cause. Using genetic data from ~140,000 IVF embryos, we show that maternal variation in meiosis genes influences recombination and aneuploidy risk. First authors: @saracarioscia.bsky.social & @aabiddanda.github.io
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezOur photoswitchable HaloTag is out in Angewandte Chemie @angewandtechemie.bsky.social ! We now also show that this system can be used to control emitter density in SMLM. Congrats to Franzi, Bego, and our amazing collaborators. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezGreat thread about one of my very favorite cellular structures! Also home to one of our labs favorite proteins, Canoe/Afadin
- How can structures at the vertex of 3 cells have effects at the tissue level? Join me, @laura-rustarazo.bsky.social, to explore how tricellular junctions (TCJs) act as local tension sensors and regulators of global tissue organization. 🧵⤵️ doi.org/10.1126/scie...
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezA very curious paper from the De Robertis lab shows how Cerberus - a growth factor that inhibits Wnt signalling, and IGF - a growth factor that activates MAPK signalling, can synergistically induce a new head (aka ectopic archencephalic differentiation) in Xenopus embryos. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
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- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez#FluorescenceFriday Proud of our the last paper @cellcommlab.bsky.social & 1st one of @jboixcampos.bsky.social We continue to study #CellMigration & how cells decide where to go: ↖️↗️⬇️? (movie of the actin #cytoskeleton) Full www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @focalplane.bsky.social @science.org 🧪🔬
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezWork by the 4D Nucleome Consortium, led by Job Dekker, PhD, reveals a systematic map of the structure and function of the human: direc.to/ooab #genome @jobdekker.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social @nature.com @marionicodemi.bsky.social @creminslab.bsky.social @gladstoneinst.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezOrganoid technology is one of the most significant advancements deriving from developmental biology. Yet, many aspects of the biology of organoid itself remain elusive, one of which is the role of mesenchymal stem cells. This review: doi.org/10.1016/j.cd... by Wang et al discusses this in detail.
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezAxolotl can regrow lost limbs, matching their body size. How? Our new theory-experiment paper in @pnas.org proposes how oppositely oriented morphogen gradients scaling with animal size promote proportional growth. Great collaboration with @tatianasg.bsky.social @cmcb-tud.bsky.social
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezECM as a cell-cycle brake. Led by Liyuan Sui (Dahmann lab), we show that the ECM gates Yorkie nuclear entry to halt proliferation at final size via G2 arrest in the Drosophila wing disc. Programmed ECM degradation later enables re-entry + proper adult wing size. Link 👇 #Mechanobiology #ECM
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezJoin us to study developmental cell biology with a focus on cell migration and morphogenesis. More info about our research: www.bischofflab.com Job posting and application details: focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology... #Science #CellBio #DevBio #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PhDPosition #Drosophila
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezNow final version out: Our manuscript connecting histone modifications with metabolism: How H4K16 acylations regulate inter +intranucleosomal interactions and confer resilience to metabolic challenges in vivo. Thanks to the team+ @sandrani.bsky.social Enjoy 👇👇 www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezWe often think of our genes as the script of our fate. But genes are not the whole story. www.quantamagazine.org/how-metaboli...
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Reviews Editor. An exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a contribution to an important journal in the field of #cellbiology. Deadline 2 Feb. More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
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- Go @mikepiacentino.bsky.social !!!!
- I’m thrilled to share the first preprint from the Piacentino Lab @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social! We show that developing inner ear requires a secreted lipid chaperone, APOD, working in a positive feedback loop to amplify FGF/MAPK signaling. 👂 #DevBio Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezExcited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧵 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩 @poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezOur study illustrates how a single TE family can sculpt the regulatory architecture underlying a complex developmental cascade. It adds to a growing number of studies supporting Barbara McCintock’s prescient vision of TEs as “controlling elements” 💕 Hope you enjoy our preprint!
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- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezThe 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting website is LIVE!!! Go see the incredible list of scientists who will be speaking at the meeting next summer! (...and check the site early next year for info on registration and abstract submission.) scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezPlease apply for the @cshlxeno course: Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease April 7 - 21, 2026 Application Deadline: January 16. youtu.be/T6wu7XYOP3E?...
- Reposted by Estefania Sanchez-VasquezAnother fascinating - and totally serendipitous - example of how human biological sex isn't always binary, despite executive orders that it is. In this case an XX/XY mosaic individual was a fertile female. Other XX/XY mosaics can be phenotypically male.
- A fascinating case report. The DNA of a female murder victim was genotyped and it turns out that she has been a chimera: a mixture of 46XX/46XY cell lines. The analysis (STR-based) found: 1. The maternal chromosome was identical between the two cell lines. www.fsigenetics.com/article/S187... 1/6
