News

  • Ana Marta Ferreira Maia joins the lab as an Erasmus Student (February 2026) – We are thrilled to welcome Ana to the team as she embarks on her Erasmus project!
  • PhD Student Stig Henrik Andersen presents a Flash Talk in front of editors from top journals at the I&I SymposiumFrom Discovery to Publication” in Legoland Conference Center, Billund (January 2026)
  • Nadja Justesen comes back to the lab to work on her Empirical Bachelor Project (January 2026) – Welcome back, Nadja!
  • PhD Student Diana Faibish (MD) is awarded the 3R Prize 2026 at PhD day 2026. She received this prestigious recognition, for implementing a minimally invasive, ultrasound-guided injection technique that improves animal welfare and reduces the number of animals needed in studies where laparotomy would otherwise be required (January 2026)
  • Dr. Porpiglia is invited to speak at the 2nd European CyTOF Congress in Vienna (AT), highlighting the lab’s cutting-edge work in single-cell proteomics (November 2025)
  • Kundan Prakash Srivastav joins the lab as an Intern (November 2025) – Welcome, Kundan!
  • Shivani Gupta joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow (October 2025) – We are thrilled to have Shivani onboard for her postdoctoral research!
  • Batu Toledo joins the lab as a PhD Student (September 2025) – Excited to welcome Batu to the team!
  • Dr. Porpiglia is invited to deliver a TEDx Talk titled “Regenerative Immunology: A New Frontier in Combating Tissue Aging” at TEDx Catania: +25 Le radici del Futuro, in Catania (IT) (May 2025)
  • Dr. Porpiglia is invited to give a talk titled “Through the lens of CyTOF: from lineage mapping to signatures of muscle stem cell aging” at the 5th Danish Single-Cell CellX SymposiumTechnology towards Cell Biology and Medicine” in Copenhagen (DK) (May 2025)
  • Dr. Porpiglia is invited to speak at the Multiplex Single-Cell Proteomic Technologies Symposium in San Francisco, USA (June 2024), in connection with the launch of the bookRevealing Uncharted Biology with Single Intact Cells” to which she contributed a chapter, “Novel Single-Cell Technologies Advance Our Mechanistic Understanding of Muscle Stem Cell Function in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration” (Elsevier). Dr. Porpiglia highlighted how single-cell mass cytometry has enabled her to identify rare stem cell subsets in skeletal muscle and uncover new biology in the field of regenerative medicine with the potential to develop novel therapeutic strategies for sarcopenia and muscle diseases.
  • Dr. Porpiglia is invited to speak at the 2024 European CyTOF Roadshow, in Copenhagen (DK), and Lund (SE), showcasing the lab’s expertise in mass cytometry technologies (March 2024)
  • Josephine Mie Møller Gjern joins the lab as a Research Assistant (January 2024) – Welcome, Josephine!
  • Dr. Porpiglia is invited to give a talk titled “CD47 revisited: an unexpected role for stem cell aging” at the Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester (MA, USA) (December 2023)
  • Dr. Porpiglia is invited to present her work “Through the lens of CyTOF: resolving signatures of stem cell aging one cell at the time at “New Tools of the Trade in Life Sciences: Technologies that Enable Breakthroughs”, a webinar series hosted by the publisher of the Bio-protocol journal. (November 2023)
  • "VIA Talent Program" Student Nadja Justesen joins the lab (August 2023)
  • Diana Faibish is featured on STAT Magazine (July 2023)
  • Erasums Student Raul Oliveira successfully defends his Bachelor's Thesis at Porto University (July 2023)
  • PhD Student Stig Andersen presents a talk at the CellX Meeting at Aarhus University (June 2023)
  • Dr. Porpiglia speaks at Health Research Day, Aarhus University
  • Erasmus Student Raul Oliveira joins the lab (February 2023)
  • Our collaborative work with the Schäfer’s lab at the University Children’s Hospital in Zurich, "Single-cell profiling of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma reveals RAS pathway inhibitors as cell-fate hijackers with therapeutic relevance", has been featured on the cover of Science Advances (February 2023)
  • Dr. Porpiglia speaks at the 1st Scandinavian CyTOF Symposium at Oslo University (January 2023)
  • PhD Student Stig Andersen presents at the 1st Scandinavian CyTOF Symposium at Oslo University (January 2023)
  • Dr. Porpiglia speaks at the CyTOF User Forum at German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin (DRFZ) (January 2023)
  • Dr. Porpiglia speaks at University Children’s Hospital, Zurich (January 2023)
  • Our manuscript “Elevated CD47 is a hallmark of dysfunctional aged muscle stem cells that can be targeted to augment regeneration” has been featured on the cover of Cell Stem Cell (November 2022)
  • Medical Student Mathilde Hostrup presents a Poster at the Aging Muscle Symposium, Steno Diabetes Center, Aarhus (September 2022)
  • Diana Faibish, MD joins the lab as an Intern (September 2022)
  • Dr. Porpiglia is appointed as an Aarhus Institute for Advanced Studies (AIAS) Associate Fellow (August 2022)
  • Medical Students Mathilde Hostrup and Randi Norgaard Andersen join the lab to work on the Empirical Bachelor Project (January 2022).