Berna Sozen

Developmental Biologist, Assistant Professor @Yale @YaleMed | PD Alumni @Cambridge_uni @Caltech | Early Embryogenesis & Stem Cells👩🏻‍🔬 from Antalya 🇹🇷

[Berna Sozen @BernaSozen_]

Elated to share my lab’s first paper just published @Nature
We present a new strategy from a single stem cell type to study events in human development.
After past weeks flurry of excitement on this topic, we hope you’ll enjoy our complementary story too.

https://t.co/844iYjQ7L7

[Monique Pedroza @pedroza_monique]

We’re pleased to share our first publication from the Sozen lab, now out @Nature! Through our 3D strategy, we capture spontaneous emb. + exembr. lineage bifurcation to study aspects of early human embryo patterning, starting from a single stem cell type.
https://t.co/X6Vk6YrE2m

[Alfonso Martinez Arias @AMartinezArias]

I am constantly surprise by the barrier that many postdocs looking for a job in the #biosci find when they have a #preprint. They are often told: don’t bother to apply until you publish your paper. Brief rantish 🧵

[Takashi Akera @TakashiAkeraLab]

Incredible honor to receive the @Vilcek prize for creative promise on biomedical sciences🎉 Huge congrats to Karolin Luger, @AashishManglik , and @BernaSozen_ 🥳 It was great meeting you all! The next application deadline is coming up, apply!!

[Berna Sozen @BernaSozen_]

Huge congratulations @zhumeng123!! Highly recommended reaching out if you’re looking for a great lab to join!

[Meng Zhu @zhumeng123]

Cambridge → Boston → Cambridge again: I’m thrilled to return to Cambridge(UK) to open my lab @GurdonInstitute @Cambridge_Uni !🥳
(https://t.co/Sz66CrQmRo)
We study how dev timing shapes and being shaped by plasticity, evolution & ageing.
🚩Hiring at all levels: pls email! 📩

[Adriana N. Vélez Avilés @Adri_MD_PhD_St]

Thanks for the support, truly honored to be part of Yale Genetics 🩵

[Yale Department of Genetics @YaleGenetics]

🌟 Congratulations to Yale Genetics' own @BernaSozen_ on receiving a Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science! This award from @Vilcek honors emerging immigrant scientists making exceptional early-career contributions.👏👏 👏

[The Vilcek Foundation @Vilcek]

Join us in congratulating the winners of our 2026 Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Biomedical Science, Fashion & Culture, Fashion & Design, and Art History! This year, we awarded $850,000 to 14 immigrants and cultural leaders. https://t.co/bz9SjVcJer

These prizes are given to the exceptional immigrant professionals and visionaries whose contributions shape our world for the better.

Put your hands together for:

🔬🇦🇹Karolin Luger—Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science

🏛️🇲🇽Tanya Meléndez-Escalante—Vilcek Prize in Fashion & Culture

🪡🇻🇳Peter Do—Vilcek Prize in Fashion & Design

🧬🇯🇵Takashi Akera—CPP in Biomedical Science

🥼🇮🇳Aashish Manglik—CPP in Biomedical Science

🧫🇹🇷Berna Sozen—CPP in Biomedical Science

📸🇵🇪Diego Bendezu—CPP in Fashion & Culture

🎞️🇫🇷Jalan and Jibril Durimel—CPP in Fashion & Culture

📰🇨🇦Natalie Nudell—CPP in Fashion & Culture

👗🇹🇬Jacques Agbobly—CPP in Fashion & Design

🪞🇨🇴Marcelo Gutierrez—Fashion & Design

🍃🇻🇳Uyen Tran—CCP in Fashion & Design

🏺🇺🇸Matthew Bogdanos—Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History

[Bedzhov lab / Embryonic Self-Organization @emselor]

We found a new function of the core pluripotency transcription factors Oct4 and Sox2 in the early embryo!

Check out our paper: https://t.co/XQ43VeLSR0

Congratulations to Deepthi @Dptcm95 and the rest of the team!
🐁

[Yale Department of Genetics @YaleGenetics]

Congratulations to Yale Genetics faculty Dr. Berna Sozen @BernaSozen_ and Dr. Steven Reilly @ReillyLikesIt, who have been named 2025 Pew Biomedical Scholars! 🎊🧬🔬https://t.co/aIUn4M2OmH
#PewBiomedicalScholars #Genetics

[Yale Department of Genetics @YaleGenetics]

Funding cuts are pushing U.S. academic science to a breaking point. From grad students to tenured faculty, researchers face shrinking jobs, frozen grants, and growing pressure to leave the field or the country. @k_langin https://t.co/ADBwA4LIPz

[Berna Sozen @BernaSozen_]

@Adri_MD_PhD_St @YaleGenetics So proud of you 🤍⭐️

[Adriana N. Vélez Avilés @Adri_MD_PhD_St]

Just received my F31 score, and I'm in awe. So ecstatic the effort was noticed. Huge thanks to the team backing me up through this process, especially my PI @BernaSozen_ 🤍 Grateful to be part of @YaleGenetics #womenshealthresearch let’s gooo!!!

[Berna Sozen @BernaSozen_]

@JZylicz @AnaBoskovic18 @AraMariaceleste @reNEW_Global @UCPH_health Congrats to Arnau and the Zylicz lab!! It was great! ⭐

[The Boroviak Lab @boroviak_lab]

Had an incredible time at @Yale! Huge thanks for the warm welcome and the chance to share our work at the seminar. Thrilled by the engaging discussions and brilliant minds! Special thanks to @BernaSozen_ Maurizio Chioccioli and @h4rrymcnamara!

[Berna Sozen @BernaSozen_]

a real pleasure to write this piece with @martinperaJAX and Patrick Tam, where we reflect on recent insights and open questions in early human development:

https://t.co/sc5iEoWnWs

[Martin Pera @martinperaJAX]

Pluripotent cell states and fates in human embryo models https://t.co/Dfvm1eYi57
Thanks to Berna and Patrick for a great effort

[Berna Sozen @BernaSozen_]

@NonsoNduka3 @Nature Thank you so much for kind words! I had such great time at Cincinnati Children’s!

[Berna Sozen @BernaSozen_]

Our latest out today @Nature!
We revisit a century-old theory and show that metabolic gradients work hand-in-hand with genetic&signalling instructions to shape the embryo. Glucose isn't just an energy source, it acts as a major conductor of the body plan🍬
https://t.co/mfx6Hk7nma

[Lydia Finley @lydfinley]

Things I wish more people knew about doing science in the US (thread):

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

Thrilled to announce that our lab is relocating to the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society @maxplanckpress and @MPI_Bio in winter 2025. We’ll have open positions— please help us spread the word and stay tuned for more updates! 🐸 🐁 🥳

[Stem Cell Podcast @stemcellpodcast]

🍭 @DominicaCao, Jenna Bergmann (@bergmann_jenna), and a team in Dr. @BernaSozen_'s lab examined the role of glucose in #gastrulation!

Read the @Nature paper: https://t.co/CE6EDCiOga

Listen to the discussion in our latest episode: https://t.co/NLAAgAMWjl

[Berna Sozen @BernaSozen_]

Love this tandem talk format!

[Stowers Institute @ScienceStowers]

The first talk of day 3 at #SRCKC24 is from @BernaSozen_ and #PhD student @pedroza_monique from @Yale! #DevBio #ResearchConference