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- Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University
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2024
Journal Article
The activity of early-life gene regulatory elements is hijacked in aging through pervasive AP-1-linked chromatin opening
Patrick, Ralph, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Deshpande, Nikita, Huang, Yifei, Zhang, Jingyu, Chen, Xiaoli, Yang, Ying, Tiwari, Kanupriya, Esmaeili, Mohammadhossein, Tran, Minh, Mohamed, Amin R., Wang, Binxu, Xia, Di, Ma, Jun, Bayliss, Jacqueline, Wong, Kahlia, Hun, Michael L., Sun, Xuan, Cao, Benjamin, Cottle, Denny L., Catterall, Tara, Barzilai-Tutsch, Hila, Troskie, Robin-Lee, Chen, Zhian, Wise, Andrea F., Saini, Sheetal, Soe, Ye Mon, Kumari, Snehlata, Sweet, Matthew J. ... Nefzger, Christian M. (2024). The activity of early-life gene regulatory elements is hijacked in aging through pervasive AP-1-linked chromatin opening. Cell Metabolism, 36 (8), 1858-1881.e23. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.06.006
2024
Journal Article
Superior induced pluripotent stem cell generation through Phactr-3-driven mechano-modulation of both early and late phases of cell reprogramming
Chowdhury, Mohammad Mahfuz, Zimmerman, Samuel, Leeson, Hannah, Nefzger, Christian Maximilian, Mar, Jessica Cara, Laslett, Andrew, Polo, Jose Maria, Wolvetang, Ernst and Cooper-White, Justin (2024). Superior induced pluripotent stem cell generation through Phactr-3-driven mechano-modulation of both early and late phases of cell reprogramming. Biomaterials Research, 28 0025, 0025. doi: 10.34133/bmr.0025
2024
Journal Article
Wnt dose escalation during the exit from pluripotency identifies tranilast as a regulator of cardiac mesoderm
Wu, Zhixuan, Shen, Sophie, Mizikovsky, Dalia, Cao, Yuanzhao, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Tan, Siew Zhuan, Alvarez, Yanina D., Sun, Yuliangzi, Chen, Xiaoli, Zhao, Qiongyi, Kim, Daniel, Yang, Pengyi, Hill, Timothy A., Jones, Alun, Fairlie, David P., Pébay, Alice, Hewitt, Alex W., Tam, Patrick P.L., White, Melanie D., Nefzger, Christian M. and Palpant, Nathan J. (2024). Wnt dose escalation during the exit from pluripotency identifies tranilast as a regulator of cardiac mesoderm. Developmental Cell, 59 (6), 705-722.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.01.019
2023
Journal Article
Transient naive reprogramming corrects hiPS cells functionally and epigenetically
Buckberry, Sam, Liu, Xiaodong, Poppe, Daniel, Tan, Jia Ping, Sun, Guizhi, Chen, Joseph, Nguyen, Trung Viet, de Mendoza, Alex, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Frazer, Thomas, Vargas-Landín, Dulce B., Paynter, Jacob M., Smits, Nathan, Liu, Ning, Ouyang, John F., Rossello, Fernando J., Chy, Hun S., Rackham, Owen J. L., Laslett, Andrew L., Breen, James, Faulkner, Geoffrey J., Nefzger, Christian M., Polo, Jose M. and Lister, Ryan (2023). Transient naive reprogramming corrects hiPS cells functionally and epigenetically. Nature, 620 (7975), 863-872. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06424-7
2023
Journal Article
Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion release
Labzin, Larisa I., Chew, Keng Yih, Eschke, Kathrin, Wang, Xiaohui, Esposito, Tyron, Stocks, Claudia J., Rae, James, Patrick, Ralph, Mostafavi, Helen, Hill, Brittany, Yordanov, Teodor E., Holley, Caroline L., Emming, Stefan, Fritzlar, Svenja, Mordant, Francesca L., Steinfort, Daniel P., Subbarao, Kanta, Nefzger, Christian M., Lagendijk, Anne K., Gordon, Emma J., Parton, Robert G., Short, Kirsty R., Londrigan, Sarah L. and Schroder, Kate (2023). Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion release. Science Signaling, 16 (782) eabq1366, eabq1366. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abq1366
2023
Journal Article
High ploidy large cytoplasmic megakaryocytes are hematopoietic stem cells regulators and essential for platelet production
Heazlewood, Shen Y., Ahmad, Tanveer, Cao, Benjamin, Cao, Huimin, Domingues, Melanie, Sun, Xuan, Heazlewood, Chad K., Li, Songhui, Williams, Brenda, Fulton, Madeline, White, Jacinta F., Nebl, Tom, Nefzger, Christian M., Polo, Jose M., Kile, Benjamin T., Kraus, Felix, Ryan, Michael T., Sun, Yu B., Choong, Peter F. M., Ellis, Sarah L., Anko, Minna-Liisa and Nilsson, Susan K. (2023). High ploidy large cytoplasmic megakaryocytes are hematopoietic stem cells regulators and essential for platelet production. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 2099, 1-18. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37780-7
2022
Journal Article
Retrotransposon instability dominates the acquired mutation landscape of mouse induced pluripotent stem cells
Gerdes, Patricia, Lim, Sue Mei, Ewing, Adam D., Larcombe, Michael R., Chan, Dorothy, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Walker, Lucinda, Carleton, Alexander L., James, Cini, Knaupp, Anja S., Carreira, Patricia E., Nefzger, Christian M., Lister, Ryan, Richardson, Sandra R., Polo, Jose M. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2022). Retrotransposon instability dominates the acquired mutation landscape of mouse induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 7470, 1-18. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35180-x
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2022
Journal Article
Organization of gene programs revealed by unsupervised analysis of diverse gene–trait associations
Mizikovsky, Dalia, Naval Sanchez, Marina, Nefzger, Christian M, Cuellar Partida, Gabriel and Palpant, Nathan J (2022). Organization of gene programs revealed by unsupervised analysis of diverse gene–trait associations. Nucleic Acids Research, 50 (15) e87, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac413
2022
Journal Article
Benchmarking of ATAC Sequencing Data From BGI’s Low-Cost DNBSEQ-G400 Instrument for Identification of Open and Occupied Chromatin Regions
Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Deshpande, Nikita, Tran, Minh, Zhang, Jingyu, Alhomrani, Majid, Alsanie, Walaa, Nguyen, Quan and Nefzger, Christian M. (2022). Benchmarking of ATAC Sequencing Data From BGI’s Low-Cost DNBSEQ-G400 Instrument for Identification of Open and Occupied Chromatin Regions. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 9 900323, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.900323
2022
Journal Article
Intestinal stem cell aging signature reveals a reprogramming strategy to enhance regenerative potential
Nefzger, Christian M., Jardé, Thierry, Srivastava, Akanksha, Schroeder, Jan, Rossello, Fernando J., Horvay, Katja, Prasko, Mirsada, Paynter, Jacob M., Chen, Joseph, Weng, Chen-Fang, Sun, Yu B. Y., Liu, Xiaodong, Chan, Eva, Deshpande, Nikita, Chen, Xiaoli, Li, Y. Jinhua, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Engel, Rebekah M., Knaupp, Anja S., Tsyganov, Kirill, Nilsson, Susan K., Lister, Ryan, Rackham, Owen J. L., Abud, Helen E. and Polo, Jose M. (2022). Intestinal stem cell aging signature reveals a reprogramming strategy to enhance regenerative potential. npj Regenerative Medicine, 7 (1) 31, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41536-022-00226-7
2022
Journal Article
Temporal perturbation of histone deacetylase activity reveals a requirement for HDAC1–3 in mesendoderm cell differentiation
Sinniah, Enakshi, Wu, Zhixuan, Shen, Sophie, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Chen, Xiaoli, Lim, Junxian, Helfer, Abbigail, Iyer, Abishek, Tng, Jiahui, Lucke, Andrew J., Reid, Robert C., Redd, Meredith A., Nefzger, Christian M., Fairlie, David P. and Palpant, Nathan J. (2022). Temporal perturbation of histone deacetylase activity reveals a requirement for HDAC1–3 in mesendoderm cell differentiation. Cell Reports, 39 (7) 110818, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110818
2022
Conference Publication
Softer, faster, better! - Substrate mechanics drives superior somatic cell reprogramming outcomes
Cooper-White, Justin, Chowdhury, Mahfuz, Wolvetang, Ernst, Zimmerman, Samuel, Mar, Jessica, Polo, Jose, Laslett, Andrew and Nefzger, Christian (2022). Softer, faster, better! - Substrate mechanics drives superior somatic cell reprogramming outcomes. TERMIS 6th World Congress, Maastricht, Netherlands, 15-19 November 2021. New Rochelle, NY United States: Mary Ann Liebert.
2022
Journal Article
BAF complex-mediated chromatin relaxation is required for establishment of X chromosome inactivation
Keniry, Andrew, Jansz, Natasha, Gearing, Linden J., Wanigasuriya, Iromi, Chen, Joseph, Nefzger, Christian M., Hickey, Peter F., Gouil, Quentin, Liu, Joy, Breslin, Kelsey A., Iminitoff, Megan, Beck, Tamara, Tapia del Fierro, Andres, Whitehead, Lachlan, Jarratt, Andrew, Kinkel, Sarah A., Taberlay, Phillippa C., Willson, Tracy, Pakusch, Miha, Ritchie, Matthew E., Hilton, Douglas J., Polo, Jose M. and Blewitt, Marnie E. (2022). BAF complex-mediated chromatin relaxation is required for establishment of X chromosome inactivation. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 1658, 1658. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29333-1
2022
Journal Article
Breaking constraint of mammalian axial formulae
Hauswirth, Gabriel M., Garside, Victoria C., Wong, Lisa S. F., Bildsoe, Heidi, Manent, Jan, Chang, Yi-Cheng, Nefzger, Christian M., Firas, Jaber, Chen, Joseph, Rossello, Fernando J., Polo, Jose M. and McGlinn, Edwina (2022). Breaking constraint of mammalian axial formulae. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 243, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27335-z
2021
Journal Article
Bone marrow regulatory T cells are a unique population, supported by niche-specific cytokines and plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and required for chronic graft-versus-host disease control
Nicholls, Jemma, Cao, Benjamin, Le Texier, Laetitia, Xiong, Laura Yan, Hunter, Christopher R., Llanes, Genesis, Aguliar, Ethan G., Schroder, Wayne A., Phipps, Simon, Lynch, Jason P., Cao, Huimin, Heazlewood, Shen Y., Williams, Brenda, Clouston, Andrew D., Nefzger, Christian M., Polo, Jose M., Nilsson, Susan K., Blazar, Bruce R. and MacDonald, Kelli P. A. (2021). Bone marrow regulatory T cells are a unique population, supported by niche-specific cytokines and plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and required for chronic graft-versus-host disease control. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9 737880, 737880. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.737880
2021
Journal Article
Interplay between the EMT transcription factors ZEB1 and ZEB2 regulates hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell differentiation and hematopoietic lineage fidelity
Wang, Jueqiong, Farkas, Carlos, Benyoucef, Aissa, Carmichael, Catherine, Haigh, Katharina, Wong, Nick, Huylebroeck, Danny, Stemmler, Marc P., Brabletz, Simone, Brabletz, Thomas, Nefzger, Christian M., Goossens, Steven, Berx, Geert, Polo, Jose M. and Haigh, Jody J. (2021). Interplay between the EMT transcription factors ZEB1 and ZEB2 regulates hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell differentiation and hematopoietic lineage fidelity. PLoS Biology, 19 (9) e3001394, 1-33. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001394
2021
Journal Article
Nicotinamide riboside attenuates age-associated metabolic and functional changes in hematopoietic stem cells
Sun, Xuan, Cao, Benjamin, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Pham, Tony, Sun, Yu Bo Yang, Williams, Brenda, Heazlewood, Shen Y, Deshpande, Nikita, Li, Jinhua, Kraus, Felix, Rae, James, Nguyen, Quan, Yari, Hamed, Schröder, Jan, Heazlewood, Chad K, Fulton, Madeline, Hatwell-Humble, Jessica, Das Gupta, Kaustav, Kapetanovic, Ronan, Chen, Xiaoli, Sweet, Matthew J, Parton, Robert G, Ryan, Michael T, Polo, Jose M, Nefzger, Christian M and Nilsson, Susan K (2021). Nicotinamide riboside attenuates age-associated metabolic and functional changes in hematopoietic stem cells. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 2665, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22863-0
2020
Journal Article
TINC- A Method to Dissect Regulatory Complexes at Single-Locus Resolution- Reveals an Extensive Protein Complex at the Nanog Promoter
Knaupp, Anja S, Mohenska, Monika, Larcombe, Michael R, Ford, Ethan, Lim, Sue Mei, Wong, Kayla, Chen, Joseph, Firas, Jaber, Huang, Cheng, Liu, Xiaodong, Nguyen, Trung, Sun, Yu B Y, Holmes, Melissa L, Tripathi, Pratibha, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Rossello, Fernando J, Schröder, Jan, Davidson, Kathryn C, Nefzger, Christian M, Das, Partha P, Haigh, Jody J, Lister, Ryan, Schittenhelm, Ralf B and Polo, Jose M (2020). TINC- A Method to Dissect Regulatory Complexes at Single-Locus Resolution- Reveals an Extensive Protein Complex at the Nanog Promoter. Stem Cell Reports, 15 (6), 1246-1259. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.11.005
2020
Journal Article
Mesenchymal Niche-Derived Neuregulin-1 Drives Intestinal Stem Cell Proliferation and Regeneration of Damaged Epithelium
Jardé, Thierry, Chan, Wing Hei, Rossello, Fernando J., Kaur Kahlon, Tanvir, Theocharous, Mandy, Kurian Arackal, Teni, Flores, Tracey, Giraud, Mégane, Richards, Elizabeth, Chan, Eva, Kerr, Genevieve, Engel, Rebekah M., Prasko, Mirsada, Donoghue, Jacqueline F., Abe, Shin-ichi, Phesse, Toby J., Nefzger, Christian M., McMurrick, Paul J., Powell, David R., Daly, Roger J., Polo, Jose M. and Abud, Helen E. (2020). Mesenchymal Niche-Derived Neuregulin-1 Drives Intestinal Stem Cell Proliferation and Regeneration of Damaged Epithelium. Cell Stem Cell, 27 (4), 646-662.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.06.021
2020
Journal Article
Reprogramming roadmap reveals route to human induced trophoblast stem cells
Liu, Xiaodong, Ouyang, John F., Rossello, Fernando J., Tan, Jia Ping, Davidson, Kathryn C., Valdes, Daniela S., Schröder, Jan, Sun, Yu B. Y., Chen, Joseph, Knaupp, Anja S., Sun, Guizhi, Chy, Hun S., Huang, Ziyi, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Firas, Jaber, Tano, Vincent, Buckberry, Sam, Paynter, Jacob M., Larcombe, Michael R., Poppe, Daniel, Choo, Xin Yi, O’Brien, Carmel M., Pastor, William A., Chen, Di, Leichter, Anna L., Naeem, Haroon, Tripathi, Pratibha, Das, Partha P., Grubman, Alexandra ... Polo, Jose M. (2020). Reprogramming roadmap reveals route to human induced trophoblast stem cells. Nature, 586 (7827), 101-107. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2734-6
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding and controlling the age-stage of somatic cells
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Di Yu
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Doctor Philosophy
Leveraging integrative multiomic data to enable controlled cell state transition
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Matt Sweet
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Doctor Philosophy
Network reinforcement to improve the function of aged cells
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Deciphering the age-altered transcription factor network and its control over regenerative potential
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Imaging and Sequencing Analysis of Cellular Regulation and Communication within Spatial Context in Cancer Tissue
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic regulation of Wnt-dependent mesendoderm differentiation from pluripotency
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nathan Palpant
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