Martin Pera

Genetics of growth rate in induced pluripotent stem cells: Stem Cell Reports cell.com/stem-cell-repo…

An endodermal subpopulation generates neural and mesodermal fates in the posterior chick embryo biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

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H3K9me3 as a gatekeeper of lineage-specific enhancers in embryonic progenitor cells biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Garge, R.K., Lynch, V., Fields, R. et al. The proteomic landscape and temporal dynamics of human and mouse gastruloid development. Nat Cell Biol 28, 1015–1030 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s41556…

Optogenetic WNT signaling drives germ layer self-organization in a human gastruloid model biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Comprehensive Lineage Tracing Maps the Landscape of Cell Fate Decisions in Mouse Embryogenesis biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Modeling human B cell development with pluripotent stem cells biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Tan, J.P., Liu, Y., Fu, Y. et al. A three-dimensional spatial transcriptome atlas reconstructs early organogenesis in primate Carnegie stages 9 and 10 embryos. Nat Cell Biol (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s41556…

Molecular and genetic heterogeneity in iPSCs derived from an outbred laboratory mouse population biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

The vertebrate yolk sac: evolutionary origins and current advances in in vitro models journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

Endogenous cell competition kills pathogenic de novo mutant cells but declines under pH stress biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

BLeaching In-cell Single-molecule burstS (BLISS) reveals a small dynamic fraction of HP1α clusters in undifferentiated embryonic stem cells biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Aquarius RNA helicase Protects Pluripotent Stem Cell Identity biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Fernandez Garcia, M., Retallick-Townsley, K., Pruitt, A. et al. Transcriptomic and phenotypic convergence of neurodevelopmental disorder risk genes in vitro and in vivo. Nat Neurosci (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s41593…

Survival Benefits Outweigh Germline Competition Costs in Kin Chimeras biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

An integrated single cell and spatial omics atlas of human prenatal development biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Bentzen, H.B., Gaillard, M., Nachman, I. et al. A guide to using embedded ethics in human stem-cell-based embryo model research. Nat Cell Biol 28, 665–673 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s41556…

Bistable Otx2–Id1 circuitry governs a developmental transition state in the pluripotency continuum rupress.org/jcb/article-ab…

Sun, S., Zheng, Y., Kim, Y.S. et al. A transgene-free, human peri-gastrulation embryo model presents trilaminar embryonic disc-, amnion- and yolk sac-like structures. Nat Cell Biol (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s41556…