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17 of 17Last updated : 19 April 2024 02:34 The ever-growing world of gastruloids: autogenous models of mammalian embryogenesis Authors (2)Adrienne SullivanSilvia Santos Current Opinion in Genetics and Development Published 1 October 2023 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details H4K16ac activates the transcription of transposable elements and contributes to their cis-regulatory function Authors (11) Debosree Pal Manthan Patel Fanny Boulet Jayakumar Sundarraj Olivia A Grant Miguel R Branco Srinjan BasuSilvia Santos Nicolae Radu ZabetPaola Scaffidi Madapura M Pradeepa Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 1 July 2023 Crick labsPaola ScaffidiSilvia SantosFull details Epigenetic control of cell potency and fate determination during mammalian gastrulation Authors (1)Adrienne Sullivan Genes Published 25 May 2023 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details Time-keeping and decision-making in living cells: Part II Authors (6) John J Tyson Attila Csikasz-Nag Didier Gonze Jae Kyoung KimSilvia Santos Jana Wolf Interface focus Published 10 June 2022 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details Time-keeping and decision-making in living cells: Part I Authors (6) John J Tyson Attila Csikasz-Nagy Didier Gonze Jae Kyoung KimSilvia Santos Jana Wolf Interface focus Published 6 June 2022 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details Single cell biology-a Keystone Symposia report Authors (42) Jennifer Cable Michael B Elowitz Ana I Domingos Naomi Habib Shalev Itzkovitz Homaira Hamidzada[...] Samantha A Morris John I Murray Kate E Galloway Michael Ratz Merrit Romeike Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details The apparent requirement for protein synthesis during G2 phase is due to checkpoint activation Authors (8) Sarah Lockhead Alisa Moskaleva Julia Kamenz Yuxin Chen Minjung Kang Anay R ReddySilvia Santos James E Ferrell Cell Reports Published 14 July 2020 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details An optimized protocol for ChIP-Seq from human embryonic stem cell cultures Authors (2)Adrienne SullivanSilvia Santos STAR Protocols Published 18 September 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesSilvia SantosBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details From clocks to dominoes: lessons on cell cycle remodelling from embryonic stem cells Authors (2)Joe PadgettSilvia Santos FEBS Letters Published 1 July 2020 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details GATA3 mediates a fast, irreversible commitment to BMP4-driven differentiation in human embryonic stem cells Authors (13)Alexandra Gunne-BradenAdrienne SullivanBorzo Gharibi Rahuman SM Sheriff Alok Maity Yi-Fang Wang[...]Michael HowellRobert Goldstone Roy WollmanPhil EastSilvia Santos Cell Stem Cell Published 7 May 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesSilvia SantosHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingHuman Embryonic Stem CellFull details Eternal sunshine of the spotless cycle Authors (2) Lendert GelensSilvia Santos Molecular Systems Biology Published 1 April 2019 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details An atlas of human kinase regulation Authors (9) David Ochoa Mindaugas Jonikas Robert T Lawrence Bachir El Debs Joel Selkrig Athanasios Typas Judit VillénSilvia Santos Pedro Beltrao Molecular Systems Biology Published 1 December 2016 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details Positive feedback keeps duration of mitosis temporally insulated from upstream cell-cycle events Authors (4) Ana Rita Araujo Lendert Gelens Rahuman SM SheriffSilvia Santos Molecular Cell Published 20 October 2016 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details Prediction of functionally important phospho-regulatory events in Xenopus laevis oocytes Authors (9) Jeffrey R JohnsonSilvia Santos Tasha Johnson Ursula Pieper Marta Strumillo Omar Wagih Andrej Sali Nevan J Krogan Pedro Beltrao PLoS Computational Biology Published 27 August 2015 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details Spatial positive feedback at the onset of mitosis Authors (4)Silvia Santos Roy Wollman Tobias Meyer James E Ferrell Cell Published 22 June 2012 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details Spatial positive feedback at the onset of mitosis Authors (0) Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details Growth factor-induced MAPK network topology shapes erk response determining PC-12 cell fate Authors (0) Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
The ever-growing world of gastruloids: autogenous models of mammalian embryogenesis Authors (2)Adrienne SullivanSilvia Santos Current Opinion in Genetics and Development Published 1 October 2023 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
H4K16ac activates the transcription of transposable elements and contributes to their cis-regulatory function Authors (11) Debosree Pal Manthan Patel Fanny Boulet Jayakumar Sundarraj Olivia A Grant Miguel R Branco Srinjan BasuSilvia Santos Nicolae Radu ZabetPaola Scaffidi Madapura M Pradeepa Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 1 July 2023 Crick labsPaola ScaffidiSilvia SantosFull details
Epigenetic control of cell potency and fate determination during mammalian gastrulation Authors (1)Adrienne Sullivan Genes Published 25 May 2023 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
Time-keeping and decision-making in living cells: Part II Authors (6) John J Tyson Attila Csikasz-Nag Didier Gonze Jae Kyoung KimSilvia Santos Jana Wolf Interface focus Published 10 June 2022 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
Time-keeping and decision-making in living cells: Part I Authors (6) John J Tyson Attila Csikasz-Nagy Didier Gonze Jae Kyoung KimSilvia Santos Jana Wolf Interface focus Published 6 June 2022 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
Single cell biology-a Keystone Symposia report Authors (42) Jennifer Cable Michael B Elowitz Ana I Domingos Naomi Habib Shalev Itzkovitz Homaira Hamidzada[...] Samantha A Morris John I Murray Kate E Galloway Michael Ratz Merrit Romeike Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Published 1 December 2021 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
The apparent requirement for protein synthesis during G2 phase is due to checkpoint activation Authors (8) Sarah Lockhead Alisa Moskaleva Julia Kamenz Yuxin Chen Minjung Kang Anay R ReddySilvia Santos James E Ferrell Cell Reports Published 14 July 2020 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
An optimized protocol for ChIP-Seq from human embryonic stem cell cultures Authors (2)Adrienne SullivanSilvia Santos STAR Protocols Published 18 September 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesSilvia SantosBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
From clocks to dominoes: lessons on cell cycle remodelling from embryonic stem cells Authors (2)Joe PadgettSilvia Santos FEBS Letters Published 1 July 2020 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
GATA3 mediates a fast, irreversible commitment to BMP4-driven differentiation in human embryonic stem cells Authors (13)Alexandra Gunne-BradenAdrienne SullivanBorzo Gharibi Rahuman SM Sheriff Alok Maity Yi-Fang Wang[...]Michael HowellRobert Goldstone Roy WollmanPhil EastSilvia Santos Cell Stem Cell Published 7 May 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesSilvia SantosHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingHuman Embryonic Stem CellFull details
Eternal sunshine of the spotless cycle Authors (2) Lendert GelensSilvia Santos Molecular Systems Biology Published 1 April 2019 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
An atlas of human kinase regulation Authors (9) David Ochoa Mindaugas Jonikas Robert T Lawrence Bachir El Debs Joel Selkrig Athanasios Typas Judit VillénSilvia Santos Pedro Beltrao Molecular Systems Biology Published 1 December 2016 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
Positive feedback keeps duration of mitosis temporally insulated from upstream cell-cycle events Authors (4) Ana Rita Araujo Lendert Gelens Rahuman SM SheriffSilvia Santos Molecular Cell Published 20 October 2016 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
Prediction of functionally important phospho-regulatory events in Xenopus laevis oocytes Authors (9) Jeffrey R JohnsonSilvia Santos Tasha Johnson Ursula Pieper Marta Strumillo Omar Wagih Andrej Sali Nevan J Krogan Pedro Beltrao PLoS Computational Biology Published 27 August 2015 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
Spatial positive feedback at the onset of mitosis Authors (4)Silvia Santos Roy Wollman Tobias Meyer James E Ferrell Cell Published 22 June 2012 Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details
Growth factor-induced MAPK network topology shapes erk response determining PC-12 cell fate Authors (0) Crick labsSilvia SantosFull details