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Toggle to view hero caption PublicationsYear published2024 (1)2023 (3)2022 (1)2021 (2)2020 (1)2019 (2) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsChemical Biology & High Throughput (10)Gene Expression (10)Genetics & Genomics (10)Model Organisms (10)Signalling & Oncogenes (10)Tumour Biology (10)Genome Integrity & Repair (9)Human Biology & Physiology (8)Cell Biology (6)Cell Cycle & Chromosomes (6)Computational & Systems Biology (6)Immunology (6)Developmental Biology (3)Imaging (2)Infectious Disease (2)Biochemistry & Proteomics (1)Metabolism (1)Structural Biology & Biophysics (1) (-)Stem Cells (10) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (10)Primary research (9)Method (1) Facet Publication typeJournalNature (3)Nature Communications (2)Cancer Cell (1)Cancer Research (1)JCI insight (1)Nature Biotechnology (1)Nature Protocols (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 10 of 10Last updated : 28 March 2024 02:30 A palmitoyl transferase chemical-genetic system to map ZDHHC-specific S-acylation Authors (16) Cory A Ocasio Marc P Baggelaar James Sipthorp Ana Losada de la Lastra Manuel Tavares Jana Volarić[...]Goran TomicCharlotte CarrJulian Downward Ulrike S Eggert Edward W Tate Nature Biotechnology Published 8 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesEd TateJulian DownwardMetabolomicsFlow CytometryChemical BiologyProteomicsLight MicroscopyCell ServicesAdvanced SequencingFull details Antibodies against endogenous retroviruses promote lung cancer immunotherapy Authors (51)Kevin NgJesse BoumelhaKatey EnfieldJorge Almagro Hongui Cha Oriol Pich[...] Se-Hoon LeeSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonJulian DownwardGeorge Kassiotis Nature Published 20 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonPeter Van LooSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonGeorge KassiotisJulian DownwardAxel BehrensFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingProteomicsLight MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details Genomic-transcriptomic evolution in lung cancer and metastasis Authors (47) Carlos Martínez-Ruiz James RM Black Clare Puttick Mark S HillJonas DemeulemeesterElizabeth Larose Cadieux[...] Peter Van Loo Mariam Jamal-Hanjani TRACERx Consortium Charles Swanton Nicholas McGranahan Nature Published 20 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter Van LooCharles SwantonGeorge KassiotisJulian DownwardFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details Lung adenocarcinoma promotion by air pollutants Authors (72)William HillEmilia LimClare Weeden Claudia Lee Marcellus Augustine Kezhong Chen[...] Kevin Litchfield TRACERx Consortium James DeGregori Mariam Jamal-HanjaniCharles Swanton Nature Published 6 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter Van LooCharles SwantonIlaria MalanchiGeorge KassiotisJulian DownwardFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingLight MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details Micro-CT acquisition and image processing to track and characterize pulmonary nodules in mice Authors (6) May Zaw ThinChristopher MooreThomas Snoeks Tammy KalberJulian DownwardAxel Behrens Nature Protocols Published 1 March 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardAxel BehrensIn Vivo ImagingBiological Research FacilityFull details Characterisation of tumour microenvironment remodelling following oncogene inhibition in preclinical studies with imaging mass cytometry Authors (18)Febe VanMaldegemKarishma ValandMegan Cole Harshil PatelMihaela AngelovaSareena Rana[...]Philip HobsonDina LeviMiriam Molina ArcasCharles SwantonJulian Downward Nature Communications Published 8 October 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonJulian DownwardFlow CytometryBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details JunD, not c-Jun, is the AP-1 transcription factor required for Ras-induced lung cancer Authors (13)Josue RuizLinxiang Lan Markus Elmar Diefenbacher Eva Madi RiisingClive Da Costa Atanu Chakraborty[...]Gavin Kelly Jean-Pierre DavidEmma NyeJulian DownwardAxel Behrens JCI insight Published 8 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardAxel BehrensExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details IGF1-mediated human embryonic stem cell self-renewal recapitulates the embryonic niche Authors (17) Sissy E Wamaitha Katarzyna J GrybelGregorio Alanis LobatoClaudia GerriSugako OgushiAfshan Mccarthy[...] Phil Snell Leila ChristieJulian DownwardJames TurnerKathy Niakan Nature Communications Published 7 February 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerKathy NiakanJulian DownwardHuman Embryonic Stem CellScientific computingLight MicroscopyHigh Throughput ScreeningFlow CytometryBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details ATMIN is a tumor suppressor gene in lung adenocarcinoma Authors (10)Hanna FosterJosue RuizChristopher Moore Gordon WH StampEmma Nye Ningning Li Yihang Pan Yulong HeJulian DownwardAxel Behrens Cancer Research Published 15 October 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardAxel BehrensExperimental HistopathologyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details RAC1P29S induces a mesenchymal phenotypic switch via serum response factor to promote melanoma development and therapy resistance Authors (17) Daniël A LionaronsDavid HancockSareena RanaPhil EastChristopher MooreMiguel Murillo[...]Ian Rosewell Ralph Fritsch Richard NeubigMiriam Molina ArcasJulian Downward Cancer Cell Published 8 July 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardDinis CaladoGenetic Modification ServiceExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
A palmitoyl transferase chemical-genetic system to map ZDHHC-specific S-acylation Authors (16) Cory A Ocasio Marc P Baggelaar James Sipthorp Ana Losada de la Lastra Manuel Tavares Jana Volarić[...]Goran TomicCharlotte CarrJulian Downward Ulrike S Eggert Edward W Tate Nature Biotechnology Published 8 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesEd TateJulian DownwardMetabolomicsFlow CytometryChemical BiologyProteomicsLight MicroscopyCell ServicesAdvanced SequencingFull details
Antibodies against endogenous retroviruses promote lung cancer immunotherapy Authors (51)Kevin NgJesse BoumelhaKatey EnfieldJorge Almagro Hongui Cha Oriol Pich[...] Se-Hoon LeeSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonJulian DownwardGeorge Kassiotis Nature Published 20 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesRobert J WilkinsonPeter Van LooSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonGeorge KassiotisJulian DownwardAxel BehrensFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingProteomicsLight MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details
Genomic-transcriptomic evolution in lung cancer and metastasis Authors (47) Carlos Martínez-Ruiz James RM Black Clare Puttick Mark S HillJonas DemeulemeesterElizabeth Larose Cadieux[...] Peter Van Loo Mariam Jamal-Hanjani TRACERx Consortium Charles Swanton Nicholas McGranahan Nature Published 20 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter Van LooCharles SwantonGeorge KassiotisJulian DownwardFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details
Lung adenocarcinoma promotion by air pollutants Authors (72)William HillEmilia LimClare Weeden Claudia Lee Marcellus Augustine Kezhong Chen[...] Kevin Litchfield TRACERx Consortium James DeGregori Mariam Jamal-HanjaniCharles Swanton Nature Published 6 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter Van LooCharles SwantonIlaria MalanchiGeorge KassiotisJulian DownwardFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingLight MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Micro-CT acquisition and image processing to track and characterize pulmonary nodules in mice Authors (6) May Zaw ThinChristopher MooreThomas Snoeks Tammy KalberJulian DownwardAxel Behrens Nature Protocols Published 1 March 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardAxel BehrensIn Vivo ImagingBiological Research FacilityFull details
Characterisation of tumour microenvironment remodelling following oncogene inhibition in preclinical studies with imaging mass cytometry Authors (18)Febe VanMaldegemKarishma ValandMegan Cole Harshil PatelMihaela AngelovaSareena Rana[...]Philip HobsonDina LeviMiriam Molina ArcasCharles SwantonJulian Downward Nature Communications Published 8 October 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonJulian DownwardFlow CytometryBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details
JunD, not c-Jun, is the AP-1 transcription factor required for Ras-induced lung cancer Authors (13)Josue RuizLinxiang Lan Markus Elmar Diefenbacher Eva Madi RiisingClive Da Costa Atanu Chakraborty[...]Gavin Kelly Jean-Pierre DavidEmma NyeJulian DownwardAxel Behrens JCI insight Published 8 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardAxel BehrensExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
IGF1-mediated human embryonic stem cell self-renewal recapitulates the embryonic niche Authors (17) Sissy E Wamaitha Katarzyna J GrybelGregorio Alanis LobatoClaudia GerriSugako OgushiAfshan Mccarthy[...] Phil Snell Leila ChristieJulian DownwardJames TurnerKathy Niakan Nature Communications Published 7 February 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames TurnerKathy NiakanJulian DownwardHuman Embryonic Stem CellScientific computingLight MicroscopyHigh Throughput ScreeningFlow CytometryBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
ATMIN is a tumor suppressor gene in lung adenocarcinoma Authors (10)Hanna FosterJosue RuizChristopher Moore Gordon WH StampEmma Nye Ningning Li Yihang Pan Yulong HeJulian DownwardAxel Behrens Cancer Research Published 15 October 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardAxel BehrensExperimental HistopathologyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
RAC1P29S induces a mesenchymal phenotypic switch via serum response factor to promote melanoma development and therapy resistance Authors (17) Daniël A LionaronsDavid HancockSareena RanaPhil EastChristopher MooreMiguel Murillo[...]Ian Rosewell Ralph Fritsch Richard NeubigMiriam Molina ArcasJulian Downward Cancer Cell Published 8 July 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardDinis CaladoGenetic Modification ServiceExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details