Can Aztekin

Group Leader @MPI_Bio and Friedrich Miescher Lab/Branco Weiss Fellow. Studying how to regrow limbs! Alum: @EPFL ELISIR / @Cambridge_Uni @GurdonInstitute

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

🚨Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders?
In our new paper in @ScienceMagazine, we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸
🔗 https://t.co/oTjoiiJyBj #EvoDevo

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

@sundakao @UChicagoMed @UChicago Congratulations Dawei!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

🎉 Congratulations to Gioele La Manno, winner of the 2026 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for his innovative experiments that have uncovered intricate layers of organization in the brain’s lipids—and have deciphered how these fatty molecules shape the diversity of brain cells.

Learn more: https://t.co/BXadFUvupC

[Tugce Aktas @_taktas_]

I am thrilled to share our newest work in collaboration with Zack Smith’s lab. This is one of the 3 papers created by this fruitful partnership mainly driven by our star postdoc Yusuke Kijima.
https://t.co/ipgZC4KHls

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

Had such a blast throughout this symposium and event! And Team 2 wins the trivia!! 😂 🏆🧠

[STEMCELL Technologies @STEMCELLTech]

We loved being part of the inaugural Early Career Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Symposium in Seattle!

Catch our live @stemcellpodcast episode we recorded with Drs. Crystal Rogers and Ariel Waisman, coming Oct. 13.

Thanks @AllenInstitute, @ISSCR, @SocDevBio, and everyone else!

[Meng Zhu @zhumeng123]

Two years since the 1st submission, our work on limb heterochrony is finally out! 🎉🎊@CellCellPress
Delayed hindlimb dev vs forelimb is a widely conserved trait in mammals. We show that maternal O2 regulates this phenotype 👉🏻 https://t.co/YYjSh6oJEI

[Giovanni D'Angelo @Gio_Dangel0]

#lipidtime: It's a lipid universe. Today in Nature we publish the Lipid Brain Atlas, the first map of membrane lipid composition across the entire mouse brain, a layer of organisation that cell-type and transcript maps had left out. #lipidomics #neuroscience #BrainAtlas

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

And if you’re new to budoids, you can find the original study describing their development and applications here 👇 https://t.co/gf6tvzgzJR

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

Our step-by-step protocol for generating mesodermal/limb bud organoids (“budoids”) from mouse stem cells or primary limb buds is now out! 🧫🦵

We hope it makes the system easier to adopt and build on in other labs!
https://t.co/qosM7EoSN2

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

Fantastic news! 🎉 Huge congratulations to our postdoc @SilviaDaPra for being awarded an @EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship! Exceptionally well deserved. We're so proud of you and excited to see what comes next 🐸 #FrogPower !

https://t.co/pvZnkhRDUd

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

Thrilled to receive the 2026 Schering Young Investigator Award! 🥳🤩

A huge thank you to all students, postdocs, collaborators, and mentors who have been part of this journey.

Many thanks to the jury and the Schering Stiftung for this honor.

https://t.co/tyBh3CmAsJ

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

🔬 Diverse species. Stem cells. Highly international team. 🐸🐭
We’re looking for a Technical Assistant to join our stem cell–based research.
Interested?
Apply here 👉 https://t.co/wdTYrV7J6T

[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! 📩

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

🔬 Diverse species. Stem cells. Highly international team. 🐸🐭
We’re looking for a Technical Assistant to join our stem cell–based research.
Interested?
Apply here 👉 https://t.co/wdTYrV7J6T

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Two new Science studies in mice explore the roots of vertebrate limb regeneration and show that manipulating tissue mechanics, oxygen levels, and epigenetic signals can unlock regenerative potential.

The findings have the potential to open new doors for improved healing in humans.

📄: https://t.co/pVbAeTUm0o
📄: https://t.co/tAEMnwCSTd

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

🚨Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders?
In our new paper in @ScienceMagazine, we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸
🔗 https://t.co/oTjoiiJyBj #EvoDevo

[EPFL @EPFL_en]

Researchers at EPFL have discovered how oxygen-sensing explains why amphibians regenerate limbs and mammals do not.

https://t.co/7AKImpLpat

[EPFL @EPFL]

Une équipe de l'EPFL a découvert comment la détection de l'oxygène explique pourquoi les amphibiens régénèrent leurs membres et pas les mammifères.

https://t.co/ggHYWeOvR4

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

@dhanuush_ @limbregen11 @ScienceMagazine Thank you Dhanuush!

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

🚨Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders?
In our new paper in @ScienceMagazine, we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸
🔗 https://t.co/oTjoiiJyBj #EvoDevo

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

@_taktas_ Thanks Tugce :) and yes 🧿🧿

[Can Aztekin @CanAztekin]

@sumrubayin @LecuitLab @ScienceMagazine Thank you Sumru!!!