Deplancke lab – Laboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics
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The central research focus of the Laboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics (LSBG) is to understand genome organization, regulation, and variation and is broadly partitioned according to three major research pillars:
Adipo
In the “Adipo” pillar, we are characterizing the regulatory mechanisms driving mesenchymal stromal cell heterogeneity and function in adipose biology and other metabolically relevant processes.
Geno
In the “Geno” pillar, we are examining how variation in the regulatory code affects molecular and organismal diversity.
Techno
In the “Techo” pillar, we are developing novel microfluidic, high-throughput sequencing, single cell omic, and computational approaches, which are used to address biological questions in the other two pillars.
Latest news
14.02.2022
Bioengineers in Deplancke’s group have found a way to radically increase the efficiency of single-cell RNA-sequencing, a powerful tool that can “read” the genetic profile of an individual cell. Published in Nature Methods, the method is dubbed “DisCo” for “deterministic, mRNA-capture bead and cell co-encapsulation dropleting system”.
26.11.2021
Presentation of Prof. Bart Deplancke with laudation by Prof. Didier Trono at the Cloëtta Prize Ceremony in Zurich.
12.10.2021
A warm welcome to two new PhD students who have recently joined our lab: Jose Antonio Vasquez Porto Viso and Antoni Gralak.
01.06.2021
We thank Dr. Wanze Chen and Dr. Marjan Biocanin for their precious collaboration with our lab for the past few years, and we wish them all the best for their bright scientific careers ahead!
Our creations / innovations / inventions
Catalyze4life
Catalyze4life’s mission is to support translational projects and to educate to innovate
Junior European Drosophilia Investigators (JEDI)
The JEDIs are early career scientists working on Drosophila melanogaster in Europe.
Contact
Office Number: SV 3823
Administration: Joanna Rusnok
Office Number: SV 3515