Marta has been selected as a new member of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme, which provides financial support, networking opportunities, and mentoring to young group leaders in the life sciences. Read more about it here
News
New review: early human development and stem cell-based human embryo models.
Marta Shahbazi and Vincent Pasque review our current knowledge of early human embryo development and the stem cell-based embryo models that have been developed to investigate it. Read the whole review here
A morphogenetic checkpoint controls germline entry in the mouse embryo
How do pluripotent cells enter the germline at the right time and place? We have discovered that contact with extracellular matrix proteins inhibits embryonic cells from becoming germ cells.
Read the entire story at Science
New publication: connecting delamination and differentiation during gastrulation
Gastrulation is a crucial developmental event that entails simultaneous changes in cell fate, tissue shape and cell numbers. We developed a three-dimensional culture of embryonic stem cells to understand how these events are coordinated.
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Marta wins the Suffrage Science Award
We are delighted to announce that Marta has won the Suffrage Science Award, which celebrates the achievements of women in science.
Marta Shahbazi wins Suffrage Science award
2024 Suffrage Science Awards recognises pioneering women in the life sciences
Our lab has been awarded an ERC starting grant
We are delighted to announce that our lab has been awarded and ERC starting grant to study how tissue morphology affects pluripotent stem cell identity and fate during mouse and human embryo development.
https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/erc_2021_stg_results_all_domains.pdf