We are inteterested in the dynamic regulation of chromatin in stem cells and differentiation (e.g. Kumar et. al., Cell Reports, 2019; Navarro et. al., Nat Comms, 2020; Kumar et. al., Nat Cell Bio, 2 022, Weigert etl. al. Nat Cell Bio, 2023). We will further develop various genome-wide profiling methods (Kumar et. al., Nature Protocols, 2024, including single cell methods (Lyu et. al., manuscript in preparation), and expand a number of collaborations studying the role of epigenetic modifications and nuclear organization on the regulation of pluripotency, lineage commitment and cancer. We have also have various proteomics projects (Schlesinger et.al, iScience, in Press) for which we acquired an Exploris 120.
Recent publications
Schlesinger D, Dirks C, Navarro C, Lafranchi L, Eirich J, Elsässer SJ. A large-scale sORF screen identifies putative microproteins and provides insights into their interaction partners, localisation and function. iScience. (2025) - in press
Kumar B, Navarro C, Kwong Yung PY, Lyu J, Salazar Mantero A, Katsori AM, Schwämmle H, Martin M, Elsässer SJ. Multiplexed chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing for quantitative study of histone modifications and chromatin factors. Nature Protocols (2024).
Lyu J, Segueni J, Hetey S, Elsässer SJ, Noordermeer D, “Matters Arising: Lack of evidence that G-quadruplexes promote CTCF binding in-vivo”, under review, Molecular Cell
Lafranchi L, Spinner A, Hornisch M, Schlesinger D, Navarro C, Brinkenstråhle L, Shao R, Piazza I, Elsässer SJ. Pooled overexpression screening identifies PIPPI as a novel microprotein involved in the ER stress response. bioRxiv (2024) - in revisions.