Publications
2025
Cancer cells impair monocyte-mediated T cell stimulation to evade immunity.
Nature. 637(8046):716-725Modelling and deciphering tumour metabolism in CRISPR screens.
Nat Rev Cancer. 25(1):1-2Engineered 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):42012024
Cancer Evolution: A Multifaceted Affair.
Cancer Discov. 14(1):36-48Tumor necrosis factor α promotes clonal dominance of KIT D816V+ cells in mastocytosis: role of survivin and impact on prognosis.
Blood. 143(11):1006-1017Suppression 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):5409Murine neonatal cardiac regeneration depends on Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor signaling.
Sci Rep. 14(1):22661A multivalent adaptor mechanism drives the nuclear import of proteasomes
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MYC determines lineage commitment in kras driven primary liver cancer development.
J Hepatol.X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein represents a promising therapeutic target for relapsed/refractory ALL.
EMBO Mol Med. 15(1):e14557SBNO2 is a critical mediator of STAT3-driven hematological malignancies.
Blood.EVI1 drives leukemogenesis through aberrant ERG activation.
Blood. 141(5):453-466HUWE1 controls tristetraprolin proteasomal degradation by regulating its phosphorylation.
Corresponding preprint Elife. 12Precision RNAi using synthetic shRNAmir target sites.
Elife. 12The 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):5709CBFA2T3-GLIS2-dependent pediatric acute megakaryoblastic leukemia is driven by GLIS2 and sensitive to navitoclax.
Cell Rep. 42(9):113084SPOP targets the immune transcription factor IRF1 for proteasomal degradation.
Elife. 12Cooperation between bHLH transcription factors and histones for DNA access.
Nature. 619(7969):385-3932022
A Rapid, Highly Sensitive and Open-Access SARS-CoV-2 Detection Assay for Laboratory and Home Testing.
Corresponding preprint Front Mol Biosci. 9:801309Comprehensive CRISPR-Cas9 screen identifies factors which are important for plasmablast development.
Front Immunol. 13:979606Lysosomal enzyme trafficking factor LYSET enables nutritional usage of extracellular proteins.
Science. 378(6615):eabn5637DNA 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):e792Discovery 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):821-836BRD4 degradation blocks expression of MYC and multiple forms of stem cell resistance in Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia.
Am J Hematol. 97(9):1215-1225Dysregulated RNA polyadenylation contributes to metabolic impairment in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Nucleic Acids Res. 50(6):3379-33932021
Isolating live cell clones from barcoded populations using CRISPRa-inducible reporters.
Nat Biotechnol. 39(2):174-178Ubiquitylation of MYC couples transcription elongation with double-strand break repair at active promoters.
Mol Cell. 81(4):830-844.e13Head-to-head comparison of direct-input RT-PCR and RT-LAMP against RT-qPCR on extracted RNA for rapid SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics.
medRxiv. 2021.01.19.21250079A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen to identify phagocytosis modulators in monocytic THP-1 cells.
Sci Rep. 11(1):12973Selective Requirement of MYB for Oncogenic Hyperactivation of a Translocated Enhancer in Leukemia.
Cancer Discov. 11(11):2868-2883A functional LSD1 coregulator screen reveals a novel transcriptional regulatory cascade connecting R-loop homeostasis with epigenetic regulation.
Nucleic Acids Res. 49(8):4350-4370Precision Medicine in Hematology 2021: Definitions, Tools, Perspectives, and Open Questions.
Hemasphere. 5(3):e536Acquired resistance to anti-MAPK targeted therapy confers an immune-evasive tumor microenvironment and cross-resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma
Nature Cancer. 2:693–708AKIRIN2 controls the nuclear import of proteasomes in vertebrates.
Nature. 599(7885):491-496Results of WICOVIR Gargle Pool PCR Testing in German Schools Based on the First 100,000 Tests.
Front Pediatr. 9:721518Inhibition of CBP synergizes with the RNA-dependent mechanisms of Azacitidine by limiting protein synthesis.
Nat Commun. 12(1):6060Sensitivity 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)Prevalence 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. 5:100086Functional 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)Core-binding factor leukemia hijacks the T-cell-prone PU.1 antisense promoter.
Blood. 138(15):1345-1358Acquired resistance to anti-MAPK targeted therapy confers an immune-evasive tumor microenvironment and cross-resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma.
Nat Cancer. 2(7):693-7082020
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):708-716Leukemia Cell of Origin Influences Apoptotic Priming and Sensitivity to LSD1 Inhibition.
Cancer Discov. 10(10):1500-1513STAG1 vulnerabilities for exploiting cohesin synthetic lethality in STAG2-deficient cancers.
Life Sci Alliance. 3(7)Reduced replication origin licensing selectively kills KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer cells via mitotic catastrophe.
Cell Death Dis. 11(7):499CDK6 is an essential direct target of NUP98 fusion proteins in acute myeloid leukemia.
Blood. 136(4):387-400The EMT modulator SNAI1 contributes to AML pathogenesis via its interaction with LSD1.
Blood. 136(8):957-973Inducible knock-out of BCL6 in lymphoma cells results in tumor stasis.
Oncotarget. 11(9):875-890A human tissue screen identifies a regulator of ER secretion as a brain-size determinant.
Science. 370(6519):935-941Cohesin-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms Mediate Chromosomal Contacts between Promoters and Enhancers.
Cell Rep. 32(3):107929SFPQ Depletion Is Synthetically Lethal with BRAFV600E in Colorectal Cancer Cells.
Cell Rep. 32(12):1081842019
Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy.
Nature. 565(7740):505-510Quantification of experimentally induced nucleotide conversions in high-throughput sequencing datasets.
BMC Bioinformatics. 20(1):258Sequencing cell-type-specific transcriptomes with SLAM-ITseq.
Nat Protoc. 14(8):2261-2278Apelin inhibition prevents resistance and metastasis associated with anti-angiogenic therapy.
EMBO Mol Med. 11(8):e9266Publisher Correction: Sequencing cell-type-specific transcriptomes with SLAM-ITseq.
Nat Protoc. 14(8):2597MTHFD1 interaction with BRD4 links folate metabolism to transcriptional regulation.
Nat Genet. 51(6):990-998Interconversion between Tumorigenic and Differentiated States in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cell Stem Cell. 25(2):258-272.e9The histone chaperone CAF-1 cooperates with the DNA methyltransferases to maintain Cd4 silencing in cytotoxic T cells.
Genes Dev. 33(11-12):669-683Functional-genetic approaches to understanding drug response and resistance.
Curr Opin Genet Dev. 54:41-47Integrative analysis of pooled CRISPR genetic screens using MAGeCKFlute.
Nat Protoc. 14(3):756-780A kinase-independent role for CDK8 in BCR-ABL1+ leukemia.
Nat Commun. 10(1):4741All-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):9442018
The IAP family member BRUCE regulates autophagosome-lysosome fusion.
Nat Commun. 9(1):599Mutations in Vps15 perturb neuronal migration in mice and are associated with neurodevelopmental disease in humans.
Nat Neurosci. 21(2):207-217SLAM-seq defines direct gene-regulatory functions of the BRD4-MYC axis.
Science. 360(6390):800-805The novel BET bromodomain inhibitor BI 894999 represses super-enhancer-associated transcription and synergizes with CDK9 inhibition in AML.
Oncogene. 37(20):2687-2701Pooled Generation of Lentiviral Tetracycline-Regulated microRNA Embedded Short Hairpin RNA Libraries.
Hum Gene Ther Methods. 29(1):16-29Senescence-associated reprogramming promotes cancer stemness.
Nature. 553(7686):96-100Drug-induced inhibition of phosphorylation of STAT5 overrides drug resistance in neoplastic mast cells.
Leukemia. 32(4):1016-1022Publisher Correction: Mutations in Vps15 perturb neuronal migration in mice and are associated with neurodevelopmental disease in humans.
Nat Neurosci. 21(8):1139Dorsal tegmental dopamine neurons gate associative learning of fear.
Nat Neurosci. 21(7):952-962SLAM-ITseq: sequencing cell type-specific transcriptomes without cell sorting.
Development. 145(13)CD44 is a RAS/STAT5-regulated invasion receptor that triggers disease expansion in advanced mastocytosis.
Blood. 132(18):1936-1950TCEA1 regulates the proliferative potential of mouse myeloid cells.
Exp Cell Res. 370(2):551-560CDK6 Antagonizes p53-Induced Responses during Tumorigenesis.
Cancer Discov. 8(7):884-897MLL-fusion-driven leukemia requires SETD2 to safeguard genomic integrity.
Nat Commun. 9(1):1983Necroptosis microenvironment directs lineage commitment in liver cancer.
Nature. 562(7725):69-752017
Loss-of-function genetic tools for animal models: cross-species and cross-platform differences.
Nat Rev Genet. 18(1):24-40Molecular role of the PAX5-ETV6 oncoprotein in promoting B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
EMBO J. 36(6):718-735CCL2 is a KIT D816V-dependent modulator of the bone marrow microenvironment in systemic mastocytosis.
Blood. 129(3):371-382Prediction of potent shRNAs with a sequential classification algorithm.
Nat Biotechnol. 35(4):350-353BET-Bromodomain Inhibitors Engage the Host Immune System and Regulate Expression of the Immune Checkpoint Ligand PD-L1.
Cell Rep. 18(9):2162-2174Histone Acetyltransferase Activity of MOF Is Required for MLL-AF9 Leukemogenesis.
Cancer Res. 77(7):1753-1762DNA Cross-Bridging Shapes a Single Nucleus from a Set of Mitotic Chromosomes.
Cell. 170(5):956-972.e23Synthetic lethality between the cohesin subunits STAG1 and STAG2 in diverse cancer contexts.
Elife. 6Transcription elongation factors represent in vivo cancer dependencies in glioblastoma.
Nature. 547(7663):355-359An optimized lentiviral vector system for conditional RNAi and efficient cloning of microRNA embedded short hairpin RNA libraries.
Biomaterials. 139:102-115STAT3 Regulation of Citrate Synthase Is Essential during the Initiation of Lymphocyte Cell Growth.
Cell Rep. 19(5):910-918Inhibition of Pol I transcription treats murine and human AML by targeting the leukemia-initiating cell population.
Blood. 129(21):2882-2895Thiol-linked alkylation of RNA to assess expression dynamics.
Nat Methods. 14(12):1198-1204A vital sugar code for ricin toxicity.
Cell Res. 27(11):1351-1364Topologically associating domains and chromatin loops depend on cohesin and are regulated by CTCF, WAPL, and PDS5 proteins.
EMBO J. 36(24):3573-3599Tumor Trp53 status and genotype affect the bone marrow microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia.
Oncotarget. 8(48):83354-83369Coupling shRNA screens with single-cell RNA-seq identifies a dual role for mTOR in reprogramming-induced senescence.
Genes Dev. 31(20):2085-2098Polycomb protein RING1A limits hematopoietic differentiation in myelodysplastic syndromes.
Oncotarget. 8(70):115002-1150172016
Id2 and E Proteins Orchestrate the Initiation and Maintenance of MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cancer Cell. 30(1):59-74The CDK9 Inhibitor Dinaciclib Exerts Potent Apoptotic and Antitumor Effects in Preclinical Models of MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cancer Res. 76(5):1158-69An 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):1139-50MEK1 is required for the development of NRAS-driven leukemia.
Oncotarget. 7(49):80113-80130SWI/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):504-102015
Transcriptional plasticity promotes primary and acquired resistance to BET inhibition.
Nature. 525(7570):543-547Erratum: Pharmacological targeting of the Wdr5-MLL interaction in C/EBPα N-terminal leukemia.
Nat Chem Biol. 11(10):815Direct and indirect targeting of MYC to treat acute myeloid leukemia.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 76(1):35-46Control of a neuronal morphology program by an RNA-binding zinc finger protein, Unkempt.
Genes Dev. 29(5):501-12Combining 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. 7:2Efficacy 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):579-89Cooperative loss of RAS feedback regulation drives myeloid leukemogenesis.
Nat Genet. 47(5):539-43CDK6 as a key regulator of hematopoietic and leukemic stem cell activation.
Blood. 125(1):90-101Hyperactivation of mTORC1 and mTORC2 by multiple oncogenic events causes addiction to eIF4E-dependent mRNA translation in T-cell leukemia.
Oncogene. 34(27):3593-604The histone chaperone CAF-1 safeguards somatic cell identity.
Nature. 528(7581):218-24Functional-genetic dissection of HDAC dependencies in mouse lymphoid and myeloid malignancies.
Blood. 126(21):2392-403Disruption of STAT3 signalling promotes KRAS-induced lung tumorigenesis.
Nat Commun. 6:6285Identification of bromodomain-containing protein-4 as a novel marker and epigenetic target in mast cell leukemia.
Leukemia. 29(11):2230-7An inducible retroviral expression system for tandem affinity purification mass-spectrometry-based proteomics identifies MLKL as an HSP90 client.
Mol Cell Proteomics.2014
ZRF1 controls the retinoic acid pathway and regulates leukemogenic potential in acute myeloid leukemia.
Oncogene. 33(48):5501-10BRD4: a BET(ter) target for the treatment of AML?
Cell Cycle. 13(5):689-90CDK9-mediated transcription elongation is required for MYC addiction in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Genes Dev. 28(16):1800-14Reversible suppression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) expression in vivo by inducible RNA interference.
PLoS One. 9(7):e101263Regulation of NO synthesis, local inflammation, and innate immunity to pathogens by BET family proteins.
Mol Cell Biol. 34(3):415-27Stage-specific control of early B cell development by the transcription factor Ikaros.
Nat Immunol. 15(3):283-93Downregulation 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):1341-52Preclinical efficacy of MEK inhibition in Nras-mutant AML.
Blood. 124(26):3947-55Development of siRNA payloads to target KRAS-mutant cancer.
Cancer Discov. 4(10):1182-1197MLL3 is a haploinsufficient 7q tumor suppressor in acute myeloid leukemia.
Cancer Cell. 25(5):652-65In vivo RNAi screening identifies a mechanism of sorafenib resistance in liver cancer.
Nat Med. 20(10):1138-46Pax5 loss imposes a reversible differentiation block in B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Genes Dev. 28(12):1337-502013
An optimized microRNA backbone for effective single-copy RNAi.
Cell Rep. 5(6):1704-13Role of SWI/SNF in acute leukemia maintenance and enhancer-mediated Myc regulation.
Genes Dev. 27(24):2648-62The Polycomb complex PRC2 supports aberrant self-renewal in a mouse model of MLL-AF9;Nras(G12D) acute myeloid leukemia.
Oncogene. 32(7):930-82012
NKT cell adjuvant-based tumor vaccine for treatment of myc oncogene-driven mouse B-cell lymphoma.
Blood. 120(15):3019-29Cancer stem cell definitions and terminology: the devil is in the details.
Nat Rev Cancer. 12(11):767-75Small-molecule inhibition of BRD4 as a new potent approach to eliminate leukemic stem- and progenitor cells in acute myeloid leukemia AML.
Oncotarget. 3(12):1588-99A cluster of cooperating tumor-suppressor gene candidates in chromosomal deletions.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109(21):8212-7Anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 is essential for the development and sustained growth of acute myeloid leukemia.
Genes Dev. 26(2):120-5A pipeline for the generation of shRNA transgenic mice.
Nat Protoc. 7(2):374-93An insertional mutagenesis screen identifies genes that cooperate with Mll-AF9 in a murine leukemogenesis model.
Blood. 119(19):4512-232011
Reversible suppression of an essential gene in adult mice using transgenic RNA interference.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(17):7113-8Forward and reverse genetics through derivation of haploid mouse embryonic stem cells.
Cell Stem Cell. 9(6):563-74RNAi screen identifies Brd4 as a therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukaemia.
Nature. 478(7370):524-8Functional 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):79-83A rapid and scalable system for studying gene function in mice using conditional RNA interference.
Cell. 145(1):145-58An integrated approach to dissecting oncogene addiction implicates a Myb-coordinated self-renewal program as essential for leukemia maintenance.
Genes Dev. 25(15):1628-40Flt3-ITD alters chemotherapy response in vitro and in vivo in a p53-dependent manner.
Exp Hematol. 39(4):473-485.e42010
Genome-wide RNA-mediated interference screen identifies miR-19 targets in Notch-induced T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Nat Cell Biol. 12(4):372-9p53 loss promotes acute myeloid leukemia by enabling aberrant self-renewal.
Genes Dev. 24(13):1389-4022009
A reconfigured pattern of MLL occupancy within mitotic chromatin promotes rapid transcriptional reactivation following mitotic exit.
Mol Cell. 36(6):970-83Mouse models of human AML accurately predict chemotherapy response.
Genes Dev. 23(7):877-89TAp63 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):324-352008
An oncogenomics-based in vivo RNAi screen identifies tumor suppressors in liver cancer.
Cell. 135(5):852-642007
2004
Transcriptional basis of KRAS oncogene-mediated cellular transformation in ovarian epithelial cells.
Oncogene. 23(26):4536-55[Cyclosporin A-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in MRI].
Rofo. 176(9):1326-7Effective 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):820-32003
Squamous cutaneous epithelial cell carcinoma in two CML patients with progressive disease under imatinib treatment.
Eur J Haematol. 70(4):231-4Dissection of signal-regulated transcriptional modules by signaling pathway interference in oncogene-transformed cells.
Adv Enzyme Regul. 43:379-912002
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):5448-54