Janko Kajtez

Online Now! Engineered intestinal crypt geometry uncovers YAP1-dependent fetal-to-adult transition dlvr.it/TQwPkM #stemcells

🔬 I’m happy to share our new preprint on bioRxiv, where we introduce connectoids — a human stem cell–based, compartmentalized model to reconstruct the nigrostriatal pathway in vitro. 📰 Read more here: researchgate.net/publication/39…

A recent survey of nearly 900 postdocs at the Max Planck Society reveals: 🔹 28% show signs of severe depression 🔹 25% struggle with severe anxiety 🔹 More than half oppose contract caps that force them out after 4–6 years 🔹 International researchers (75% of the cohort) face extra hurdles: bureaucracy, language barriers, even bullying Postdocs carry much of the research load, yet remain overworked, undervalued, and uncertain about their future. If global research institutions can’t retain talent, support mental health, and offer real career pathways, how sustainable is the system? Link to the Nature article: f.mtr.cool/amjakpixqx

✨New #Citation: Published via @ScienceMagazine, @jankokaj & his team demonstrated a novel reprogramming strategy for the direct conversion of fibroblasts into neurons—within suspension 3D microcultures.🧠 💡Calcium Imaging Powered by Calbryte™ 520 science.org/doi/full/10.11…

New paper from @ParmarLab now out in @ScienceAdvances! We present a 3D reprogramming platform for direct conversion of patient fibroblasts into functional and transplantable neurons. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Excellent study from @gauravsinghrat using stem cell-derived neural tube models to study regionalization and cell fate: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are hiring! Postdoctoral position available in the Little Group, Copenhagen University. We study kidney organoids using microscopy, transcriptomics, bioinformatics, bioengineering... all the fun stuff!!! employment.ku.dk/all-vacancies/…

Dr @jankokaj awarded a @lundbeckfonden Experiment grant for his research on the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier. Read the full story 👇 renew.science/stories/dr-jan…

So excited to share our new @NaturePortfolio review on modeling human brain development using organoids! 🧠 Loved collaborating with the brilliant @mad_lancaster , led by the incredible @MarcellaBirtele Check it out! 🔬 #Neuroscience #BrainOrganoids rdcu.be/d3llp

New preprint just out: after real-time deformability cytometry (#RTDC), fluorescence RT-DC, and DC-based cell sorting, the DC family now goes viscoelastic… Great work by @therealfelixr and the master piece for this PhD thesis. @MPZ_PhysMed @MPI_Light doi.org/10.1101/2023.1…

Injectable 3D microcultures enable intracerebral transplantation of mature neurons directly reprogrammed from patient fibroblasts biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

Want a 3D printed platform for fluidically connected human brain organoid culture? Our researchers tells you how 👉 rb.gy/pn4ezn @jankokaj @edo_sozzi @ParmarLab @medfak_LU @Lund_Stem #neuroscience #cellculture #brain #research #3Dprinted

Multiple brain organoid culture in a fluidically interconnected 3D printed wells: all in one plat 🧠@Biofabrication @jankokaj @edo_sozzi @ParmarLab @CnrIgb @CNRsocial_

We are delighted that our work, which describes non-synaptic function of Syngap1 in human cortical neurogenesis, has now been published in Nature Neuroscience nature.com/articles/s4159… led by incredibly talented @MarcellaBirtele @DossoAshley

My first paper was about 3D printing PDMS into organic based microgels. It was the state of the art until now! Awesome work by Senthil and Co. on pushing the limits of 3D printing! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Now online: Protocol for optical clearing and imaging of fluorescently labeled ex vivo rat brain slices doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro… @STARProtocols @ParmarLab @Ottossonlab

Check our latest paper "Human Fetal brain organoids"🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠🧠😎 @ParmarLab @edo_sozzi @petter_storm @jankokaj @MarcellaBirtele Out in @Dev_journal 👇 journals.biologists.com/dev/article-ab…

Must read 🧵! I learned a lot (I already knew/felt) and it added nice and spicy details I’m now happy to also know. TL;DR: peer reviews are more a habit than something we need.

Swedish Medical Products Agency grants approval for clinical study of new stem cell based Parkinson’s Disease treatment: bit.ly/3yVd3Kz #parkinsons #parkinsonsdisease #medicine @Cambridge_Uni @ParmarLab @MichaelJFoxOrg

What a great journey through Brain organoids, Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology!!!!! @ParmarLab doi.org/10.3389/fcell.… Congratulations and thanks to all of you🥳🥳🥳🥳@edo_sozzi @jankokaj @Ottossonlab