During injury, macrophages are the swiss knife: they do it all! Clean up, repair, protect.... But how is each step molecularly regulated? Our talented postdoctoral fellow Nicolas Denans tackled this problem by using scRNA-Seq, transgenic reporter lines and live imaging. He discovered that macrophages are activated sequentially and independently not by one but by 3 anti-inflammatory states!
Take a look: Nicolas is on the job market and has a wealth of data for future projects!
News
22 October 2024
The findings show how some animals adapt to dramatic seasonal fluctuations, potentially providing clues for how they may cope with a changing climate
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Video
23 January 2023
Jeremy Sandler, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher at the Stowers Institute provided a #LookInTheLab highlighting the research happening in the Piotrowski Lab.
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News
21 December 2022
Join us as we review scientific discoveries of 2022, ranging from the human genome to planarian flatworms, from regeneration to metabolism
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Press Release
20 September 2022
New research used the highly regenerative zebrafish to investigate the timing and genetic programs of macrophages in the repair and regeneration of a zebrafish sensory organ.
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