Publications
2026
Cellular assembly and functional resilience of the mammalian RNA exosome.
EMBO J. 45(15):5423-5456Functional genomic screens uncover FERMT2 as a critical regulator of YAP/TAZ-driven tumorigenicity.
Cell Death Differ.A Plastic EMP1+ to LGR5+ Cell State Conversion as a Bypass to KRASG12D Pharmacologic Inhibition in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.
Cancer Discov. 16(2):320-344A multivalent adaptor mechanism drives the nuclear import of proteasomes.
Nat Commun.In vivo CRISPR/Cas9 screens identify new regulators of B cell activation and plasma cell differentiation.
J Exp Med. 223(3)2025
Loss-of-function genetic screen unveils synergistic efficacy of PARG inhibition with combined 5-fluorouracil and irinotecan treatment in colorectal cancer.
Clin Transl Med. 15(12):e70543MECOM is a master repressor of myeloid differentiation through dose control of CEBPA in acute myeloid leukemia.
Blood. 146(25):3098-3105Lymphotoxin alpha eradicates acute myeloid leukemia and simultaneously promotes healthy hematopoiesis in mice.
Sci Transl Med. 17(826):eadu3313Acidosis orchestrates adaptations of energy metabolism in tumors.
Science. 390(6769):eadp7603Engineered microRNA scaffolds for potent gene silencing in vivo.
Sci Rep. 15(1):21419ERH regulates type II interferon immune signaling through post-transcriptional regulation of JAK2 mRNA.
Nucleic Acids Res. 53(12)Transcriptional and epigenetic rewiring by the NUP98::KDM5A fusion oncoprotein directly activates CDK12.
Nat Commun. 16(1):4656mTORC1 cooperates with tRNA wobble modification to sustain the protein synthesis machinery.
Nat Commun. 16(1):4201Cancer cells impair monocyte-mediated T cell stimulation to evade immunity.
Nature. 637(8046):716-7252024
A multivalent adaptor mechanism drives the nuclear import of proteasomes
625870.Murine neonatal cardiac regeneration depends on Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor signaling.
Sci Rep. 14(1):22661Suppression of toxic transgene expression by optimized artificial miRNAs increases AAV vector yields in HEK-293 cells.
Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 32(3):101280Alkylamine-tethered molecules recruit FBXO22 for targeted protein degradation.
Nat Commun. 15(1):5409Tumor necrosis factor α promotes clonal dominance of KIT D816V+ cells in mastocytosis: role of survivin and impact on prognosis.
Blood. 143(11):1006-1017Cancer Evolution: A Multifaceted Affair.
Cancer Discov. 14(1):36-482023
CBFA2T3-GLIS2-dependent pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia is driven by GLIS2 and sensitive to navitoclax.
Cell Rep. 42(9):113084The NCOR-HDAC3 co-repressive complex modulates the leukemogenic potential of the transcription factor ERG.
Nat Commun. 14(1):5871ABCC1 and glutathione metabolism limit the efficacy of BCL-2 inhibitors in acute myeloid leukemia.
Nat Commun. 14(1):5709SPOP targets the immune transcription factor IRF1 for proteasomal degradation.
Elife. 12Precision RNAi using synthetic shRNAmir target sites.
Elife. 12Cooperation between bHLH transcription factors and histones for DNA access.
Nature. 619(7969):385-393HUWE1 controls tristetraprolin proteasomal degradation by regulating its phosphorylation.
Corresponding preprint Elife. 12MYC determines lineage commitment in kras driven primary liver cancer development.
J Hepatol.SBNO2 is a critical mediator of STAT3-driven hematological malignancies.
Blood.EVI1 drives leukemogenesis through aberrant ERG activation.
Blood. 141(5):453-466X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein represents a promising therapeutic target for relapsed/refractory ALL.
EMBO Mol Med. 15(1):e145572022
DNA sequence and chromatin modifiers cooperate to confer epigenetic bistability at imprinting control regions.
Nat Genet.Different Gene Sets Are Associated With Azacitidine Response In Vitro Versus in Myelodysplastic Syndrome Patients.
Hemasphere. 6(11):e792Lysosomal enzyme trafficking factor LYSET enables nutritional usage of extracellular proteins.
Science. 378(6615):eabn5637Comprehensive CRISPR-Cas9 screen identifies factors which are important for plasmablast development.
Front Immunol. 13:979606BRD4 degradation blocks expression of MYC and multiple forms of stem cell resistance in Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia.
Am J Hematol. 97(9):1215-1225Discovery of potent and selective HER2 inhibitors with efficacy against HER2 exon 20 insertion-driven tumors, which preserve wild-type EGFR signaling.
Nat Cancer. 3(7):821-836A Rapid, Highly Sensitive and Open-Access SARS-CoV-2 Detection Assay for Laboratory and Home Testing.
Corresponding preprint Front Mol Biosci. 9:801309Dysregulated RNA polyadenylation contributes to metabolic impairment in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Nucleic Acids Res. 50(6):3379-33932021
Acquired resistance to anti-MAPK targeted therapy confers an immune-evasive tumor microenvironment and cross-resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma.
Nat Cancer. 2(7):693-708AKIRIN2 controls the nuclear import of proteasomes in vertebrates.
Nature. 599(7885):491-496Inhibition of CBP synergizes with the RNA-dependent mechanisms of Azacitidine by limiting protein synthesis.
Nat Commun. 12(1):6060Results of WICOVIR Gargle Pool PCR Testing in German Schools Based on the First 100,000 Tests.
Front Pediatr. 9:721518Selective Requirement of MYB for Oncogenic Hyperactivation of a Translocated Enhancer in Leukemia.
Cancer Discov. 11(11):2868-2883Core-binding factor leukemia hijacks the T-cell-prone PU.1 antisense promoter.
Blood. 138(15):1345-1358Prevalence of RT-qPCR-detected SARS-CoV-2 infection at schools: First results from the Austrian School-SARS-CoV-2 prospective cohort study.
Lancet Reg Health Eur. 5:100086Sensitivity and specificity of the antigen-based anterior nasal self-testing programme for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection in schools, Austria, March 2021.
Euro Surveill. 26(34)Functional Analysis of Non-Genetic Resistance to Platinum in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Reveals a Role for the MBD3-NuRD Complex in Resistance Development.
Cancers (Basel). 13(15)2020
Leukemia Cell of Origin Influences Apoptotic Priming and Sensitivity to LSD1 Inhibition.
Cancer Discov. 10(10):1500-15132021
Acquired resistance to anti-MAPK targeted therapy confers an immune-evasive tumor microenvironment and cross-resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma
Nature Cancer. 2:693–7082020
STAG1 vulnerabilities for exploiting cohesin synthetic lethality in STAG2-deficient cancers.
Life Sci Alliance. 3(7)2021
A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen to identify phagocytosis modulators in monocytic THP-1 cells.
Sci Rep. 11(1):12973A functional LSD1 coregulator screen reveals a novel transcriptional regulatory cascade connecting R-loop homeostasis with epigenetic regulation.
Nucleic Acids Res. 49(8):4350-43702020
SFPQ Depletion Is Synthetically Lethal with BRAFV600E in Colorectal Cancer Cells.
Cell Rep. 32(12):108184Cohesin-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms Mediate Chromosomal Contacts between Promoters and Enhancers.
Cell Rep. 32(3):107929Reduced replication origin licensing selectively kills KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer cells via mitotic catastrophe.
Cell Death Dis. 11(7):499The EMT modulator SNAI1 contributes to AML pathogenesis via its interaction with LSD1.
Blood. 136(8):957-9732021
Isolating live cell clones from barcoded populations using CRISPRa-inducible reporters.
Nat Biotechnol. 39(2):174-178Precision Medicine in Hematology 2021: Definitions, Tools, Perspectives, and Open Questions.
Hemasphere. 5(3):e536Ubiquitylation of MYC couples transcription elongation with double-strand break repair at active promoters.
Mol Cell. 81(4):830-844.e132020
CDK6 is an essential direct target of NUP98 fusion proteins in acute myeloid leukemia.
Blood. 136(4):387-400A human tissue screen identifies a regulator of ER secretion as a brain-size determinant.
Science. 370(6519):935-9412021
Head-to-head comparison of direct-input RT-PCR and RT-LAMP against RT-qPCR on extracted RNA for rapid SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics.
medRxiv. 2021.01.19.212500792020
Parallel PRC2/cPRC1 and vPRC1 pathways silence lineage-specific genes and maintain self-renewal in mouse embryonic stem cells.
Sci Adv. 6(14):eaax5692Multilayered VBC score predicts sgRNAs that efficiently generate loss-of-function alleles.
Nat Methods. 17(7):708-7162019
All-trans retinoic acid enhances, and a pan-RAR antagonist counteracts, the stem cell promoting activity of EVI1 in acute myeloid leukemia.
Cell Death Dis. 10(12):944Interconversion between Tumorigenic and Differentiated States in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cell Stem Cell. 25(2):258-272.e9Apelin inhibition prevents resistance and metastasis associated with anti-angiogenic therapy.
EMBO Mol Med. 11(8):e92662020
Inducible knock-out of BCL6 in lymphoma cells results in tumor stasis.
Oncotarget. 11(9):875-8902019
Functional-genetic approaches to understanding drug response and resistance.
Curr Opin Genet Dev. 54:41-47A kinase-independent role for CDK8 in BCR-ABL1+ leukemia.
Nat Commun. 10(1):47412018
CDK6 Antagonizes p53-Induced Responses during Tumorigenesis.
Cancer Discov. 8(7):884-8972019
Sequencing cell-type-specific transcriptomes with SLAM-ITseq.
Nat Protoc. 14(8):2261-22782017
Polycomb protein RING1A limits hematopoietic differentiation in myelodysplastic syndromes.
Oncotarget. 8(70):115002-115017Tumor Trp53 status and genotype affect the bone marrow microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia.
Oncotarget. 8(48):83354-833692018
TCEA1 regulates the proliferative potential of mouse myeloid cells.
Exp Cell Res. 370(2):551-5602019
The histone chaperone CAF-1 cooperates with the DNA methyltransferases to maintain Cd4 silencing in cytotoxic T cells.
Genes Dev. 33(11-12):669-6832018
CD44 is a RAS/STAT5-regulated invasion receptor that triggers disease expansion in advanced mastocytosis.
Blood. 132(18):1936-19502019
MTHFD1 interaction with BRD4 links folate metabolism to transcriptional regulation.
Nat Genet. 51(6):990-998Quantification of experimentally induced nucleotide conversions in high-throughput sequencing datasets.
BMC Bioinformatics. 20(1):258Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy.
Nature. 565(7740):505-5102018
Dorsal tegmental dopamine neurons gate associative learning of fear.
Nat Neurosci. 21(7):952-962Mutations in Vps15 perturb neuronal migration in mice and are associated with neurodevelopmental disease in humans.
Nat Neurosci. 21(2):207-2172019
Integrative analysis of pooled CRISPR genetic screens using MAGeCKFlute.
Nat Protoc. 14(3):756-7802018
Necroptosis microenvironment directs lineage commitment in liver cancer.
Nature. 562(7725):69-75The novel BET bromodomain inhibitor BI 894999 represses super-enhancer-associated transcription and synergizes with CDK9 inhibition in AML.
Oncogene. 37(20):2687-2701Drug-induced inhibition of phosphorylation of STAT5 overrides drug resistance in neoplastic mast cells.
Leukemia. 32(4):1016-1022Pooled Generation of Lentiviral Tetracycline-Regulated microRNA Embedded Short Hairpin RNA Libraries.
Hum Gene Ther Methods. 29(1):16-29MLL-fusion-driven leukemia requires SETD2 to safeguard genomic integrity.
Nat Commun. 9(1):1983SLAM-ITseq: sequencing cell type-specific transcriptomes without cell sorting.
Development. 145(13)SLAM-seq defines direct gene-regulatory functions of the BRD4-MYC axis.
Science. 360(6390):800-8052017
A vital sugar code for ricin toxicity.
Cell Res. 27(11):1351-1364An optimized lentiviral vector system for conditional RNAi and efficient cloning of microRNA embedded short hairpin RNA libraries.
Biomaterials. 139:102-1152018
Senescence-associated reprogramming promotes cancer stemness.
Nature. 553(7686):96-1002017
Synthetic lethality between the cohesin subunits STAG1 and STAG2 in diverse cancer contexts.
Elife. 62018
The IAP family member BRUCE regulates autophagosome-lysosome fusion.
Nat Commun. 9(1):5992017
STAT3 Regulation of Citrate Synthase Is Essential during the Initiation of Lymphocyte Cell Growth.
Cell Rep. 19(5):910-9182016
MEK1 is required for the development of NRAS-driven leukemia.
Oncotarget. 7(49):80113-801302017
Topologically associating domains and chromatin loops depend on cohesin and are regulated by CTCF, WAPL, and PDS5 proteins.
EMBO J. 36(24):3573-3599Thiol-linked alkylation of RNA to assess expression dynamics.
Nat Methods. 14(12):1198-1204Transcription elongation factors represent in vivo cancer dependencies in glioblastoma.
Nature. 547(7663):355-359Coupling shRNA screens with single-cell RNA-seq identifies a dual role for mTOR in reprogramming-induced senescence.
Genes Dev. 31(20):2085-2098BET-Bromodomain Inhibitors Engage the Host Immune System and Regulate Expression of the Immune Checkpoint Ligand PD-L1.
Cell Rep. 18(9):2162-2174Inhibition of Pol I transcription treats murine and human AML by targeting the leukemia-initiating cell population.
Blood. 129(21):2882-2895DNA Cross-Bridging Shapes a Single Nucleus from a Set of Mitotic Chromosomes.
Cell. 170(5):956-972.e23CCL2 is a KIT D816V-dependent modulator of the bone marrow microenvironment in systemic mastocytosis.
Blood. 129(3):371-382Histone Acetyltransferase Activity of MOF Is Required for MLL-AF9 Leukemogenesis.
Cancer Res. 77(7):1753-1762Molecular role of the PAX5-ETV6 oncoprotein in promoting B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
EMBO J. 36(6):718-735Prediction of potent shRNAs with a sequential classification algorithm.
Nat Biotechnol. 35(4):350-3532016
SWI/SNF regulates a transcriptional program that induces senescence to prevent liver cancer.
Genes Dev. 30(19):2187-2198Mapping the chemical chromatin reactivation landscape identifies BRD4-TAF1 cross-talk.
Nat Chem Biol. 12(7):504-102017
Loss-of-function genetic tools for animal models: cross-species and cross-platform differences.
Nat Rev Genet. 18(1):24-402016
Id2 and E Proteins Orchestrate the Initiation and Maintenance of MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cancer Cell. 30(1):59-74An Inducible Retroviral Expression System for Tandem Affinity Purification Mass-Spectrometry-Based Proteomics Identifies Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-like Protein (MLKL) as an Heat Shock Protein 90 (HSP90) Client.
Mol Cell Proteomics. 15(3):1139-50The CDK9 Inhibitor Dinaciclib Exerts Potent Apoptotic and Antitumor Effects in Preclinical Models of MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cancer Res. 76(5):1158-692014
Development of siRNA payloads to target KRAS-mutant cancer.
Cancer Discov. 4(10):1182-11972015
Functional-genetic dissection of HDAC dependencies in mouse lymphoid and myeloid malignancies.
Blood. 126(21):2392-403Identification of bromodomain-containing protein-4 as a novel marker and epigenetic target in mast cell leukemia.
Leukemia. 29(11):2230-7Disruption of STAT3 signalling promotes KRAS-induced lung tumorigenesis.
Nat Commun. 6:6285The histone chaperone CAF-1 safeguards somatic cell identity.
Nature. 528(7581):218-24Erratum: Pharmacological targeting of the Wdr5-MLL interaction in C/EBPα N-terminal leukemia.
Nat Chem Biol. 11(10):815Transcriptional plasticity promotes primary and acquired resistance to BET inhibition.
Nature. 525(7570):543-547Direct and indirect targeting of MYC to treat acute myeloid leukemia.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 76(1):35-46Hyperactivation of mTORC1 and mTORC2 by multiple oncogenic events causes addiction to eIF4E-dependent mRNA translation in T-cell leukemia.
Oncogene. 34(27):3593-604Cooperative loss of RAS feedback regulation drives myeloid leukemogenesis.
Nat Genet. 47(5):539-432014
BRD4: a BET(ter) target for the treatment of AML?
Cell Cycle. 13(5):689-902015
Control of a neuronal morphology program by an RNA-binding zinc finger protein, Unkempt.
Genes Dev. 29(5):501-12Efficacy and mechanism of action of volasertib, a potent and selective inhibitor of Polo-like kinases, in preclinical models of acute myeloid leukemia.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 352(3):579-89CDK6 as a key regulator of hematopoietic and leukemic stem cell activation.
Blood. 125(1):90-1012014
Preclinical efficacy of MEK inhibition in Nras-mutant AML.
Blood. 124(26):3947-55Reversible suppression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) expression in vivo by inducible RNA interference.
PLoS One. 9(7):e1012632015
Combining the differentiating effect of panobinostat with the apoptotic effect of arsenic trioxide leads to significant survival benefit in a model of t(8;21) acute myeloid leukemia.
Clin Epigenetics. 7:22014
ZRF1 controls the retinoic acid pathway and regulates leukemogenic potential in acute myeloid leukemia.
Oncogene. 33(48):5501-10In vivo RNAi screening identifies a mechanism of sorafenib resistance in liver cancer.
Nat Med. 20(10):1138-46CDK9-mediated transcription elongation is required for MYC addiction in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Genes Dev. 28(16):1800-142013
An optimized microRNA backbone for effective single-copy RNAi.
Cell Rep. 5(6):1704-132014
Pax5 loss imposes a reversible differentiation block in B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Genes Dev. 28(12):1337-50MLL3 is a haploinsufficient 7q tumor suppressor in acute myeloid leukemia.
Cancer Cell. 25(5):652-65Downregulation of RUNX1/CBFβ by MLL fusion proteins enhances hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal.
Blood. 123(11):1729-38Differentiation therapy for the treatment of t(8;21) acute myeloid leukemia using histone deacetylase inhibitors.
Blood. 123(9):1341-52Stage-specific control of early B cell development by the transcription factor Ikaros.
Nat Immunol. 15(3):283-93Regulation of NO synthesis, local inflammation, and innate immunity to pathogens by BET family proteins.
Mol Cell Biol. 34(3):415-272013
Role of SWI/SNF in acute leukemia maintenance and enhancer-mediated Myc regulation.
Genes Dev. 27(24):2648-622012
Small-molecule inhibition of BRD4 as a new potent approach to eliminate leukemic stem- and progenitor cells in acute myeloid leukemia AML.
Oncotarget. 3(12):1588-992013
The Polycomb complex PRC2 supports aberrant self-renewal in a mouse model of MLL-AF9;Nras(G12D) acute myeloid leukemia.
Oncogene. 32(7):930-82012
Cancer stem cell definitions and terminology: the devil is in the details.
Nat Rev Cancer. 12(11):767-75NKT cell adjuvant-based tumor vaccine for treatment of myc oncogene-driven mouse B-cell lymphoma.
Blood. 120(15):3019-29A pipeline for the generation of shRNA transgenic mice.
Nat Protoc. 7(2):374-93A cluster of cooperating tumor-suppressor gene candidates in chromosomal deletions.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109(21):8212-7An insertional mutagenesis screen identifies genes that cooperate with Mll-AF9 in a murine leukemogenesis model.
Blood. 119(19):4512-232011
Forward and reverse genetics through derivation of haploid mouse embryonic stem cells.
Cell Stem Cell. 9(6):563-742012
Anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 is essential for the development and sustained growth of acute myeloid leukemia.
Genes Dev. 26(2):120-52011
RNAi screen identifies Brd4 as a therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukaemia.
Nature. 478(7370):524-8An integrated approach to dissecting oncogene addiction implicates a Myb-coordinated self-renewal program as essential for leukemia maintenance.
Genes Dev. 25(15):1628-40Reversible suppression of an essential gene in adult mice using transgenic RNA interference.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(17):7113-8Flt3-ITD alters chemotherapy response in vitro and in vivo in a p53-dependent manner.
Exp Hematol. 39(4):473-485.e4A rapid and scalable system for studying gene function in mice using conditional RNA interference.
Cell. 145(1):145-58Functional identification of optimized RNAi triggers using a massively parallel sensor assay.
Mol Cell. 41(6):733-46Toolkit for evaluating genes required for proliferation and survival using tetracycline-regulated RNAi.
Nat Biotechnol. 29(1):79-832010
p53 loss promotes acute myeloid leukemia by enabling aberrant self-renewal.
Genes Dev. 24(13):1389-402Genome-wide RNA-mediated interference screen identifies miR-19 targets in Notch-induced T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Nat Cell Biol. 12(4):372-92009
A reconfigured pattern of MLL occupancy within mitotic chromatin promotes rapid transcriptional reactivation following mitotic exit.
Mol Cell. 36(6):970-83TAp63 induces senescence and suppresses tumorigenesis in vivo.
Nat Cell Biol. 11(12):1451-7Functional identification of tumor-suppressor genes through an in vivo RNA interference screen in a mouse lymphoma model.
Cancer Cell. 16(4):324-35Mouse models of human AML accurately predict chemotherapy response.
Genes Dev. 23(7):877-892008
An oncogenomics-based in vivo RNAi screen identifies tumor suppressors in liver cancer.
Cell. 135(5):852-642007
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Effective use of high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue for relapsed adult Wilms' tumor and a novel alteration in intron 1 of the WT1 gene.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 26(12):820-3[Cyclosporin A-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in MRI].
Rofo. 176(9):1326-7Transcriptional basis of KRAS oncogene-mediated cellular transformation in ovarian epithelial cells.
Oncogene. 23(26):4536-552003
Dissection of signal-regulated transcriptional modules by signaling pathway interference in oncogene-transformed cells.
Adv Enzyme Regul. 43:379-91Squamous cutaneous epithelial cell carcinoma in two CML patients with progressive disease under imatinib treatment.
Eur J Haematol. 70(4):231-42002
Gene expression profiling in RAS oncogene-transformed cell lines and in solid tumors using subtractive suppression hybridization and cDNA arrays.
Adv Enzyme Regul. 42:63-822000
A genome-wide survey of RAS transformation targets.
Nat Genet. 24(2):144-521999
Gene expression profiling of fibroblasts resistant toward oncogene-mediated transformation reveals preferential transcription of negative growth regulators.
Oncogene. 18(39):5448-542025
Modelling and deciphering tumour metabolism in CRISPR screens.
Nat Rev Cancer. 25(1):1-22019
Publisher Correction: Sequencing cell-type-specific transcriptomes with SLAM-ITseq.
Nat Protoc. 14(8):25972018
Publisher Correction: Mutations in Vps15 perturb neuronal migration in mice and are associated with neurodevelopmental disease in humans.
Nat Neurosci. 21(8):11392015
An inducible retroviral expression system for tandem affinity purification mass-spectrometry-based proteomics identifies MLKL as an HSP90 client.
Mol Cell Proteomics.