@FabianPassini
Joined November 2019
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Samuel P. Nobs@NobsSamuel1 May 2025
It is a great pleasure to announce that @NobsLab will move to the Institute for Research in Biomedicine @BellinzonaIrb, launching the new Microbiome Immune Interactions group. We will continue our quest to investigate how the microbiome impacts immunity in lung diseases.
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ZelzerLab@ZelzerLab17 Mar 2025
Exciting news! Our paper, "Piezo2 in sensory neurons regulates systemic and adipose tissue metabolism," was selected for the Editors' Choice section of @scisignal ! 🎉🔬 Check out the highlight here: 🔗 science.org/doi/10.1126/scis… @FabianPassini

Metabolic pressure from sensory neurons

A mechanosensitive ion channel in a sensory neuron population suppresses the function of thermogenic tissues.

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Excited to share our paper now out in @Cell_Metabolism from my postdoc at @ZelzerLab. We found an unexpected role for Piezo2 in sensory neurons in regulating systemic metabolism and adipose thermogenesis 👇
ZelzerLab@ZelzerLab6 Feb 2025
Thrilled to see our paper now published @Cell_Metabolism led by @FabianPassini: Piezo2 in sensory neurons regulates systemic and adipose tissue metabolism (1/5 🧵) cell.com/cell-metabolism/abs…
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Big thanks to all amazing colleagues and collaborators: @Eli26669331, @BavatBornstein, @SarahRu63600780, @KupermanYael, Sharon Krief, @EviMasschelein, Tevie Mehlman, Alexander Brandis, @AddadiSefi, Shira Huri-Ohev Shalom, @proferikrichter, Tal Yardeni, Amir Tirosh, @BockKatrien!
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ZelzerLab@ZelzerLab6 Feb 2025
Thrilled to see our paper now published @Cell_Metabolism led by @FabianPassini: Piezo2 in sensory neurons regulates systemic and adipose tissue metabolism (1/5 🧵) cell.com/cell-metabolism/abs…
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digiovannilab@digiovannilab4 Dec 2024
Macrophages do not only eat...they help you walk😉 nature.com/articles/s41586-0… @digiovannilab @BellarditaC 🙏

Macrophages excite muscle spindles with glutamate to bolster locomotion

Nature - A population of macrophages with exclusive molecular and functional signatures in the muscle spindles express machinery for synthesizing and releasing glutamate, and a cellular component,...

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Samuel P. Nobs@NobsSamuel1 Nov 2024
It is a great pleasure to announce today the launch of the @NobsLab! Located at the University of Zurich, we will study microbiome-immune interactions and how they regulate diseases of the lung, in particular infection and chronic inflammation.
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ZelzerLab@ZelzerLab11 Jan 2024
We know it might be a bit cheesy, but having a fun lunch together is FONDUEmental! 🫕 🧀 🇨🇭
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Time to meet Markus @mittnenzweig! The junior group leader and his team will follow cells on their path to development – in order to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms. Welcome to the #mdcBerlin! More details: 👇|👉 mdc-berlin.de/news/news/foll… @BIMSB_MDC @WeizmannScience
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I am very happy to share that I will start my own lab at @BIMSB_MDC this fall. Looking forward to many exciting collaborations in Berlin and beyond🙂! We have open PhD and postdoc positions. (1/3)
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Congratulations to Tobias Götschi and friends - a newly published human study directly linking PIEZO1 gain of function to increased patellar tendon stiffness: doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol…

PIEZO1 gain-of-function gene variant is associated with elevated tendon stiffness in humans |...

Prolonged periods of increased physical demands can elicit anabolic tendon adaptations that increase stiffness and mechanical resilience or conversely can lead to pathological processes that deteri...

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Great talk Katrien! @debocklab at @WeizmannScience
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ZelzerLab@ZelzerLab24 Mar 2023
Check out our latest work on the mechanosensitive ion channel ASIC2 in proprioceptive function and skeletal regulation @ExpPhysiol (1/4🧵). physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…

The mechanosensitive ion channel ASIC2 mediates both proprioceptive sensing and spinal alignment

By translating mechanical forces into molecular signals, proprioceptive neurons provide the CNS with information on muscle length and tension, which is necessary to control posture and movement....

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ZelzerLab@ZelzerLab17 Mar 2023
Very excited to see our paper on limb skeleton development is now published at @Dev_Cell! lead by @SvetaMarkman, It was an enjoyable journey and super fun collaboration with the @IdoAmitLab @MorZada3 @AmirGiladi and Eyal David (1/5🧵) authors.elsevier.com/a/1gloV…
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Shang Ma@ShangMa59 Mar 2023
I’m super excited that Ma lab is functionally open at Children’s Research Institute @CRI_UTSW. Welcome to visit our lab website (keep updating). We are recruiting at all levels @UTSWGradSchool please help me spread the words.
Children’s Research Institute at UT Southwestern@CRI_UTSW9 Mar 2023
Introducing Shang Ma (@ShangMa5), Ph.D., CRI's newest faculty member, whose lab is pioneering research on how cells sense & respond to mechanical stimuli in health & disease. Hear his insights on joining CRI and his research goals. #mechanotransduction cri.utsw.edu/meet-dr-shang-m…

Meet Dr. Shang Ma - Children's Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) | Dallas Texas

Shang Ma, Ph.D., recently joined the institute as CRI’s newest faculty member and principal investigator. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia and his Ph.D. in...

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Sweta Agrawal@hokuba7 Mar 2023
Please retweet: The Agrawal lab is hiring! 2 FT jobs just went live aimed at recent grads wanting a few years of research experience. Competitive salary, low cost of living, nat'l forest just 10 min away, and the exciting chance to build a new lab culture from the ground up🧵
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ZelzerLab@ZelzerLab7 Feb 2023
Taking muscle spindle biology into the 21st century. In our latest study published @eLife we generated a comprehensive transcriptomic and proteomic datasets of the entire muscle spindle. (🧵1/4) elifesciences.org/articles/8…

Molecular characterization of the intact mouse muscle spindle using a multi-omics approach

Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of the murine intact muscle spindle provide comprehensive datasets of its different tissues and identify new tools to study its development and function.

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Shang Ma@ShangMa512 Jan 2023
My last paper from Patapoutian @ardemp lab is finally online today! This work was one of my first projects in the lab, but last finished and published 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️(1/8) science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Excessive mechanotransduction in sensory neurons causes joint contractures

Oversensitive proprioceptive neurons disrupt musculoskeletal development in a mouse model of arthrogryposis.

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Saab, Aiman S.@aiman_saab9 Nov 2022
Happy to share our study on the role of potassium in regulating metabolic coupling in white matter! Fantastic work by my PhD student Zoe Looser. Thanks to all co-authors. #oligodendrocyte, #axon, #neuroscience biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Potassium regulates axon-oligodendrocyte signaling and metabolic coupling in white matter

The integrity of myelinated axons relies on homeostatic support from oligodendrocytes (OLs), which is essential for brain function. However, the mechanisms by which OLs detect axonal spiking and...

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ZelzerLab@ZelzerLab17 Jul 2022
Check out our latest pre-print brining muscle spindle and proprioception biology into the molecular era. We thank all the people involved @BavatBornstein @LiaYerushalmi @LabMinchul @bewickgsphysiol (1/2). biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Molecular characterization of the intact muscle spindle using a multi-omics approach

The proprioceptive system is essential for the control of coordinated movement, posture and skeletal integrity. The sense of proprioception is produced in the brain using peripheral sensory input...

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