Sumru Bayin

This photo was taken at the Gurdon Institute 2022 Retreat, my first as a group leader, John's last one.

John Gurdon's research inspired me in my own scientific pursuits as a stem cell biologist. Starting my lab at
@gurdoninstitute.bsky.social was therefore particularly exciting. Seeing him around daily only underscored his admirable dedication to science and research. RIP John.
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Check out our new beautiful cover page image by @geraldinejowett.bsky.social 😍

Our 2025 GI retreat prize winners are:
🎉Social Engagement: Giada Vanacore and Shay Melamed
🙂 Research Culture: Theresa Gross-Thebing
🙌 Good Citizen: Sam Banjo
🔬Image Competition: @geraldinejowett.bsky.social
🌳Green: Tamara Romero
Thank you all for your great community spirit and positive vibes!

Excited to take on this new role! @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
@gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
@pdncambridge.bsky.social

LRRC58 defines an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex sensitive to cysteine abundance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.23.678073v1

Bioinformatician / Data Scientist (m/f/d) Bioinformatician / Data scientist position in the Aztekin Lab focusing on Structural Regeneration and support the working group together with the other members

🚀 Looking for a Bioinformatician / Data Scientist to join our crew and explore regeneration through single-cell genomics & evolutionary biology! @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
📩 Questions? Contact us ✉️
🔗 Apply here: www.mpg.de/25243280/bio...

Building and rebuilding complex tissues: strategic visions from a research-led workshop ABSTRACT. How complex tissues develop and regenerate post-injury is one of the most fascinating and important processes in biology. Recent technical advances that enable the generation of a quantitati...

New article out now!

Our researchers @sumrubayin.bsky.social, @bensteventon.bsky.social, and @storerlab.bsky.social share key takeaways from a workshop on complex tissue regeneration, highlighting the need for more collaboration and interdisciplinary work.

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FEBS Press It is easier for young animals to regenerate damaged or missing tissues. In this Viewpoint, we propose that this is, in part, attributed to epigenetic changes, with chromatin becoming more closed and....

Excited to share our recent viewpoint with @storerlab.bsky.social led by Kirsten Sadler, on epigenetic mechanisms of regenerative resilience.

Ageing versus developmental silencing: Answers from the epigenome - Sadler - The FEBS Journal - febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Check out the posters from the lab at the @isrbio.bsky.social biennial symposium at Madison by Niamh Divers (today) and Giada Vanacore (tomorrow)!

Thanks to all who joined this meeting and workshop. And to the @isrbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social for helping make it happen! I know of several fruitful collaborations that have stemmed from it

congratulations :))

Building and rebuilding complex tissues: strategic visions from a research-led workshop ABSTRACT. How complex tissues develop and regenerate post-injury is one of the most fascinating and important processes in biology. Recent technical advances that enable the generation of a quantitati...

Excited to share our reflections on our workshop last summer @bensteventon.bsky.social @storerlab.bsky.social
We are grateful to all the attendees & @isrbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social for their support.

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Last two weeks to sign up for the Career Catalyst Mentorship Programme. Opportunities for 1:1 Mentoring. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎉 Congratulations to the Rawlins Lab on receiving an ERC Advanced Grant for their LungDeCode project! 🫁🔬The project lays the foundation for future human lung regeneration.
#ERCGrant #GurdonInstitute #SBS_Cambridge

Congratulations @labrawlins.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Check out this list of posts on @prelights.bsky.social, discussing #preprints in #DevBio and #StemCell biology.

Featured #preLight is by Jethro Lundie-Brown @scicambridge.bsky.social on a preprint by @sumrubayin.bsky.social & co.

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Excited to present our lab’s work at #ISSCR2025 at Hong Kong! Looking forward to catching up with friends and making new ones. Catch me at the concurrent session on “Stem cell models of tissue injury and repair”.

Welcome 2025 Fellows and congratulations to all! Excited to see our @geraldinejowett.bsky.social in the list! @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social

Thank you! 😊😍

Excellent to see our work highlighted in @prelights.bsky.social. Thanks Jethro!

Great talk by Niamh Divers at the @pdncambridge.bsky.social symposium 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you! Looking forward to my visit too.

^Nestin-expressing 🙃

The project was led by @jensbager.bsky.social and team @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social and in collaboration with @bayraktarlab.bsky.social and @andreabrandlab.bsky.social labs.

Excited to share our latest (and first from the lab) preprint where we investigated the molecular mechanisms that drive Nestin-expression progenitor differentiation in the developing cerebellum. 🧠
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A conserved differentiation program facilitates inhibitory neuron production in the developing mouse and human cerebellum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.10.648162v1

Looking forward to tomorrow!

We had an excellent time yesterday welcoming science enthusiasts to @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social and sharing our research as part of @camfest1.bsky.social
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social 🧠

Thank you everyone for joining us in person or online.