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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
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. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abq1366
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
Reinforcing the cell identity network to improve the function of aged cells
(2022–2024) NHMRC IDEAS Grants
Expanding The Scope Of Multimodal Single Cell Sequencing To Establishing A Gene Screening Platform
(2022–2023) Innovation Connections
(2021) Innovation Connections
Understanding and controlling the age-stage of somatic cells
Doctor Philosophy
Deciphering the age-altered transcription factor network and its control over regenerative potential
Doctor Philosophy
Leveraging integrative multiomic data to enable controlled cell state transition
Doctor Philosophy
Aging of intestinal stem cells and associated niche
Jardé, Thierry, Nefzger, Christian M., Polo, Jose M. and Abud, Helen E. (2020). Aging of intestinal stem cells and associated niche. The Stem Cell Niche during Ageing. (pp. 25-40) edited by Susie Nilsson. Cambridge, MA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.asn.2020.05.001
Production of high-titer lentiviral particles for stable genetic modification of mammalian cells
Larcombe, Michael R., Manent, Jan, Chen, Joseph, Mishra, Ketan, Liu, Xiaodong and Nefzger, Christian M. (2019). Production of high-titer lentiviral particles for stable genetic modification of mammalian cells. Mouse cell culture. (pp. 47-61) edited by Ivan Bertoncello. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9086-3_4
Nefzger, Christian M., Alaei, Sara and Polo, Jose M. (2015). Isolation of reprogramming intermediates during generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Cell reprogramming: methods and protocols. (pp. 205-218) New York, NY USA: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2848-4_17
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
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. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abq1366
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Class-switch recombination occurs infrequently in germinal centers
Roco, Jonathan A., Mesin, Luka, Binder, Sebastian C., Nefzger, Christian, Gonzalez-Figueroa, Paula, Canete, Pablo F., Ellyard, Julia, Shen, Qian, Robert, Philippe A., Cappello, Jean, Vohra, Harpreet, Zhang, Yang, Nowosad, Carla R., Schiepers, Arien, Corcoran, Lynn M., Toellner, Kai-Michael, Polo, Jose M., Meyer-Hermann, Michael, Victora, Gabriel D. and Vinuesa, Carola G. (2019). Class-switch recombination occurs infrequently in germinal centers. Immunity, 51 (2), 337-350.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2019.07.001
TAF5L and TAF6L maintain self-renewal of embryonic stem cells via the MYC regulatory network
Seruggia, Davide, Oti, Martin, Tripathi, Pratibha, Canver, Matthew C., LeBlanc, Lucy, Di Giammartino, Dafne C., Bullen, Michael J., Nefzger, Christian M., Sun, Yu Bo Yang, Farouni, Rick, Polo, Jose M., Pinello, Luca, Apostolou, Effie, Kim, Jonghwan, Orkin, Stuart H. and Das, Partha Pratim (2019). TAF5L and TAF6L maintain self-renewal of embryonic stem cells via the MYC regulatory network. Molecular Cell, 74 (6), 1148-+. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.03.025
Generation of mouse-induced pluripotent stem cells by lentiviral transduction
Liu, Xiaodong, Chen, Joseph, Firas, Jaber, Paynter, Jacob M., Nefzger, Christian M. and Polo, Jose M. (2019). Generation of mouse-induced pluripotent stem cells by lentiviral transduction. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1940, 63-76. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9086-3_5
Propagation and maintenance of mouse embryonic stem cells
Paynter, Jacob M., Chen, Joseph, Liu, Xiaodong and Nefzger, Christian M. (2019). Propagation and maintenance of mouse embryonic stem cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1940, 33-45. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9086-3_3
Tong, Janette, Lee, Kyung Min, Liu, Xiaodong, Nefzger, Christian M., Vijayakumar, Prasidhee, Hawi, Ziarih, Pang, Ken C., Parish, Clare L., Polo, Jose M. and Bellgrove, Mark A. (2019). Generation of four iPSC lines from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) individual and a healthy sibling in an Australia-Caucasian family. Stem Cell Research, 34 101353. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2018.11.014
Pflueger, Christian, Tan, Dennis, Swain, Tessa, Trung Nguyen,, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Nefzger, Christian, Polo, Jose M., Ford, Ethan and Lister, Ryan (2018). A modular dCas9-SunTag DNMT3A epigenome editing system overcomes pervasive off-target activity of direct fusion dCas9-DNMT3A constructs. Genome Research, 28 (8), 1193-1206. doi: 10.1101/gr.233049.117
Identification of dynamic undifferentiated cell states within the male germline
La, Hue M., Makela, Juho-Antti, Chan, Ai-Leen, Rossello, Fernando J., Nefzger, Christian M., Legrand, Julien M. D., De Seram, Mia, Polo, Jose M. and Hobbs, Robin M. (2018). Identification of dynamic undifferentiated cell states within the male germline. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 2819. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04827-z
Chen, Joseph, Nefzger, Christian M., Rossello, Fernando J., Sun, Yu B. Y., Lim, Sue Mei, Liu, Xiaodong, de Boer, Suzan, Knaupp, Anja S., Li, Jinhua, Davidson, Kathryn C., Polo, Jose M. and Barberi, Tiziano (2018). Fine tuning of canonical Wnt stimulation enhances differentiation of pluripotent stem cells independent of beta-catenin-mediated T-cell factor signaling. Stem Cells, 36 (6), 822-833. doi: 10.1002/stem.2794
Ratnadiwakara, Madara, Archer, Stuart K., Dent, Craig I., De Los Mozos, Igor Ruiz, Beilharz, Traude H., Knaupp, Anja S., Nefzger, Christian M., Polo, Jose M. and Anko, Minna-Liisa (2018). SRSF3 promotes pluripotency through Nanog mRNA export and coordination of the pluripotency gene expression program. Elife, 7. doi: 10.7554/eLife.37419
Gazina, Elena V., Morrisroe, Emma, Mendis, Gunarathna D. C., Michalska, Anna E., Chen, Joseph, Nefzger, Christian M., Rollo, Benjamin N., Reid, Christopher A., Pera, Martin F. and Petrou, Steven (2018). Method of derivation and differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells generating synchronous neuronal networks. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 293, 53-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.08.018
Knaupp, Anja S., Buckberry, Sam, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Lim, Sue Mei, Ford, Ethan, Larcombe, Michael R., Rossello, Fernando J., de Mendoza, Alex, Alaei, Sara, Firas, Jaber, Holmes, Melissa L., Nair, Shalima S., Clark, Susan J., Nefzger, Christian M., Lister, Ryan and Polo, Jose M. (2017). Transient and permanent reconfiguration of chromatin and transcription factor occupancy drive reprogramming. Cell Stem Cell, 21 (6), 834-845+. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.11.007
Cell type of origin dictates the route to pluripotency
Nefzger, Christian M., Rossello, Fernando J., Chen, Joseph, Liu, Xiaodong, Knaupp, Anja S., Firas, Jaber, Paynter, Jacob M., Pflueger, Jahnvi, Buckberry, Sam, Lim, Sue Mei, Williams, Brenda, Alaei, Sara, Faye-Chauhan, Keshav, Petretto, Enrico, Nilsson, Susan K., Lister, Ryan, Ramialison, Mirana, Powell, David R., Rackham, Owen J. L. and Polo, Jose M. (2017). Cell type of origin dictates the route to pluripotency. Cell Reports, 21 (10), 2649-2660. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.11.029
Liu, Xiaodong, Nefzger, Christian M., Rossello, Fernando J., Chen, Joseph, Knaupp, Anja S., Firas, Jaber, Ford, Ethan, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Paynter, Jacob M., Chy, Hun S., O'Brien, Carmel M., Huang, Cheng, Mishra, Ketan, Hodgson-Garms, Margeaux, Jansz, Natasha, Williams, Sarah M., Blewitt, Marnie E., Nilsson, Susan K., Schittenhelm, Ralf B., Laslett, Andrew L., Lister, Ryan and Polo, Jose M. (2017). Comprehensive characterization of distinct states of human naive pluripotency generated by reprogramming. Nature Methods, 14 (11), 1055-1062+. doi: 10.1038/NMETH.4436
Marino, Eliana, Richards, James L., McLeod, Keiran H., Stanley, Dragana, Yap, Yu Anne, Knight, Jacinta, McKenzie, Craig, Kranich, Jan, Oliveira, Ana Carolina, Rossello, Fernando J., Krishnamurthy, Balasubramanian, Nefzger, Christian M., Macia, Laurence, Thorburn, Alison, Baxter, Alan G., Morahan, Grant, Wong, Lee H., Polo, Jose M., Moore, Robert J., Lockett, Trevor J., Clarke, Julie M., Topping, David L., Harrison, Leonard C. and Mackay, Charles R. (2017). Gut microbial metabolites limit the frequency of autoimmune T cells and protect against type 1 diabetes (vol 18, pg 552, 2017). Nature Immunology, 18 (11), 1271-1271. doi: 10.1038/ni1117-1271c
Marino, Eliana, Richards, James L., McLeod, Keiran H., Stanley, Dragana, Yap, Yu Anne, Knight, Jacinta, McKenzie, Craig, Kranich, Jan, Oliveira, Ana Carolina, Rossello, Fernando J., Krishnamurthy, Balasubramanian, Nefzger, Christian M., Macia, Laurence, Thorburn, Alison, Baxter, Alan G., Morahan, Grant, Wong, Lee H., Polo, Jose M., Moore, Robert J., Lockett, Trevor J., Clarke, Julie M., Topping, David L., Harrison, Leonard C. and Mackay, Charles R. (2017). Gut microbial metabolites limit the frequency of autoimmune T cells and protect against type 1 diabetes (vol 18, pg 552, 2017). Nature Immunology, 18 (8), 951-951. doi: 10.1038/ni0817-951c
Marino, Eliana, Richards, James L., McLeod, Keiran H., Stanley, Dragana, Yap, Yu Anne, Knight, Jacinta, McKenzie, Craig, Kranich, Jan, Oliveira, Ana Carolina, Rossello, Fernando J., Krishnamurthy, Balasubramanian, Nefzger, Christian M., Macia, Laurence, Thorburn, Alison, Baxter, Alan G., Morahan, Grant, Wong, Lee H., Polo, Jose M., Moore, Robert J., Lockett, Trevor J., Clarke, Julie M., Topping, David L., Harrison, Leonard C. and Mackay, Charles R. (2017). Gut microbial metabolites limit the frequency of autoimmune T cells and protect against type 1 diabetes. Nature Immunology, 18 (5), 552-562. doi: 10.1038/ni.3713
DEAD-box RNA binding protein DDX5: not a black-box during reprogramming
Nefzger, Christian M. and Polo, Jose M. (2017). DEAD-box RNA binding protein DDX5: not a black-box during reprogramming. Cell Stem Cell, 20 (4), 419-420. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.03.006
New monoclonal antibodies to defined cell surface proteins on human pluripotent stem cells
O'Brien, Carmel M., Chy, Hun S., Zhou, Qi, Blumenfeld, Shiri, Lambshead, Jack W., Liu, Xiaodong, Kie, Joshua, Capaldo, Bianca D., Chung, Tung-Liang, Adams, Timothy E., Tram Phan,, Bentley, John D., McKinstry, William J., Oliva, Karen, McMurrick, Paul J., Wang, Yu-Chieh, Rossello, Fernando J., Lindeman, Geoffrey J., Chen, Di, Jarde, Thierry, Clark, Amander T., Abud, Helen E., Visvader, Jane E., Nefzger, Christian M., Polo, Jose M., Loring, Jeanne F. and Laslett, Andrew L. (2017). New monoclonal antibodies to defined cell surface proteins on human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cells, 35 (3), 626-640. doi: 10.1002/stem.2558
Alaei, S., Knaupp, A. S., Lim, S. M., Chen, J., Holmes, M. L., Anko, M. L., Nefzger, C. M. and Polo, J. M. (2016). An improved reprogrammable mouse model harbouring the reverse tetracycline-controlled transcriptional transactivator 3. Stem Cell Research, 17 (1), 49-53. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2016.05.008
A versatile strategy for isolating a highly enriched population of intestinal stem cells
Nefzger, Christian M., Jarde, Thierry, Rossello, Fernando J., Horvay, Katja, Knaupp, Anja S., Powell, David R., Chen, Joseph, Abud, Helen E. and Polo, Jose M. (2016). A versatile strategy for isolating a highly enriched population of intestinal stem cells. Stem Cell Reports, 6 (3), 321-329. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.01.014
A predictive computational framework for direct reprogramming between human cell types
Rackham, Owen J. L., Firas, Jaber, Fang, Hai, Oates, Matt E., Holmes, Melissa L., Knaupp, Anja S., Suzuki, Harukazu, Nefzger, Christian M., Daub, Carsten O., Shin, Jay W., Petretto, Enrico, Forrest, Alistair R. R., Hayashizaki, Yoshihide, Polo, Jose M. and Gough, Julian (2016). A predictive computational framework for direct reprogramming between human cell types. Nature Genetics, 48 (3), 331-335. doi: 10.1038/ng.3487
Snai1 regulates cell lineage allocation and stem cell maintenance in the mouse intestinal epithelium
Horvay, Katja, Jarde, Thierry, Casagranda, Franca, Perreau, Victoria M., Haigh, Katharina, Nefzger, Christian M., Akhtar, Reyhan, Gridley, Thomas, Berx, Geert, Haigh, Jody J., Barker, Nick, Polo, Jose M., Hime, Gary R. and Abud, Helen E. (2015). Snai1 regulates cell lineage allocation and stem cell maintenance in the mouse intestinal epithelium. The EMBO Journal, 34 (10), 1319-1335. doi: 10.15252/embj.201490881
Nefzger, Christian M., Alaei, Sara, Knaupp, Anja S., Holmes, Melissa L. and Polo, Jose M. (2014). Cell surface marker mediated purification of iPS cell intermediates from a reprogrammable mouse model. Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments (91). doi: 10.3791/51728
Firas, Jaber, Liu, Xiaodong, Nefzger, Christian M. and Polo, Jose M. (2014). GM-CSF and MEF-conditioned media support feeder-free reprogramming of mouse granulocytes to iPS cells. Differentiation, 87 (5), 193-199. doi: 10.1016/j.diff.2014.05.003
Kelly, Richard D. W., Rodda, Andrew E., Dickinson, Adam, Mahmud, Arsalan, Nefzger, Christian M., Lee, William, Forsythe, John S., Polo, Jose M., Trounce, Ian A., McKenzie, Matthew, Nisbet, David R. and St John, Justin C. (2013). Mitochondrial DNA haplotypes define gene expression patterns in pluripotent and differentiating embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells, 31 (4), 703-716. doi: 10.1002/stem.1313
Kaur, Gurpreet, Costa, Mauro W., Nefzger, Christian M., Silva, Juan, Fierro-Gonzalez, Juan Carlos, Polo, Jose M., Bell, Toby D. M. and Plachta, Nicolas (2013). Probing transcription factor diffusion dynamics in the living mammalian embryo with photoactivatable fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Nature Communications, 4 (1) 1637. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2657
A molecular roadmap of reprogramming somatic cells into iPS cells
Polo, Jose M., Anderssen, Endre, Walsh, Ryan M., Schwarz, Benjamin A., Nefzger, Christian M., Lim, Sue Mei, Borkent, Marti, Apostolou, Effie, Alaei, Sara, Cloutier, Jennifer, Bar-Nur, Ori, Cheloufi, Sihem, Stadtfeld, Matthias, Figueroa, Maria Eugenia, Robinton, Daisy, Natesan, Sridaran, Melnick, Ari, Zhu, Jinfang, Ramaswamy, Sridhar and Hochedlinger, Konrad (2012). A molecular roadmap of reprogramming somatic cells into iPS cells. Cell, 151 (7), 1617-1632. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.11.039
Nefzger, Christian M., Su, Colin T., Fabb, Stewart A., Hartley, Brigham J., Beh, Siew J., Zeng, Wendy R., Haynes, John M. and Pouton, Colin W. (2012). Lmx1a allows context-specific isolation of progenitors of GABAergic or Dopaminergic neurons during neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells, 30 (7), 1349-1361. doi: 10.1002/stem.1105
Khaira, S. K., Nefzger, C. M., Beh, S. J., Pouton, C. W. and Haynes, J. M. (2011). Midbrain and forebrain patterning delivers immunocytochemically and functionally similar populations of neuropeptide Y containing GABAergic neurons. Neurochemistry International, 59 (3), 413-420. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2011.02.016
Nefzger, Christian M., Haynes, John M. and Pouton, Colin W. (2011). Directed expression of Gata2, Mash1, and Foxa2 synergize to induce the serotonergic neuron phenotype during in vitro differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells, 29 (6), 928-939. doi: 10.1002/stem.640
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.
Reinforcing the cell identity network to improve the function of aged cells
(2022–2024) NHMRC IDEAS Grants
Expanding The Scope Of Multimodal Single Cell Sequencing To Establishing A Gene Screening Platform
(2022–2023) Innovation Connections
(2021) Innovation Connections
(2020–2023) Taif University
Generation of human intestinal stem cells by direct reprogramming
(2020–2022) NHMRC Project Grant
(2020–2022) Taif University
Understanding and controlling the age-stage of somatic cells
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Deciphering the age-altered transcription factor network and its control over regenerative potential
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Leveraging integrative multiomic data to enable controlled cell state transition
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Network reinforcement to improve the function of aged cells
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Analyse single-cell gene regulatory networks to find biomarkers and drug targets in age-related diseases
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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The Role of Genetic Regulators of Cardiovascular Disease
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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