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Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
@AlejandroAgCa
🇲🇽 Ex utero embryogenesis and stem-cell embryo models. 1st gen scientist. Group Leader at 4DCP, HHMI Janelia, USA.
Ashburn, VA
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
    @AlejandroAgCa
    Sep 10, 2024
    Thanks to MIT Technology Review for selecting me as one of the 35 innovators under 35 for 2024!
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    MIT Technology Review
    @techreview
    Sep 10, 2024
    The Download: introducing our 35 Innovators Under 35 list for 2024 trib.al/eXYFtVL
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
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    Mar 19, 2024
    Embryo coffe at my new home @HHMIJanelia. I'm beyond excited to open my lab at such amazing institution.
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
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    Oct 26, 2022
    I feel really honored of receiving the Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award from MIT, specially as a 1st generation graduate student from a low-income family in Mexico. This was only possible thanks to the efforts of my family, and also the support of my advisor @jacob_hanna
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    Koch Institute at MIT
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    Oct 26, 2022
    Cheers to the winners of the Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award, @alejandroagca @weizmannscience & @melanietalata @impvienna! The award recognizes life sciences grad students from outside the US who embody an infectious enthusiasm for discovery science ki.mit.edu/news/2022/intr…
    Alejandro Aguilera and Melanie de Almeida
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
    @AlejandroAgCa
    Mar 17, 2021
    Thrilled to share that our paper describing a platform for growing the mouse embryo from pre-gastrulation to advanced organogenesis is out today on Nature! nature.com/articles/s4158…
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
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    Aug 1, 2022
    Super happy to see our work out today in Cell.
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    Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna - يعقوب حنا
    @jacob_hanna
    Aug 1, 2022
    Our crazy journey on this continues - New Hanna lab @CellCellPress paper is out: "Post-Gastrulation Synthetic Embryos Generated Ex Utero Solely from Mouse Naïve ESCs" by the amazing @TaraziShadi @AlejandroAgCa @carinejoubran @noashefi & @MazaItay cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
    @AlejandroAgCa
    Jun 22, 2021
    Excited to be presenting this Friday 25th my recent work on ex utero culture of mouse embryos #ISSCR2021. Join for the Theme Session MDD 4 Modelling Development. I am honoured to have received the Zhongmei Chen Award for Scientific Excellence and Abstract Merit Award
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
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    Dec 15, 2022
    I had a blast traveling to MIT for the Angelika Amon young scientist award ceremony. It was a dream to present my work at the Luria auditorium at the Kock Institute, and to meet so many amazing scientists. Thanks to Angelika's family and MIT for this opportunity!
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    Koch Institute at MIT
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    Dec 14, 2022
    “Today I could see some of the same love and passion for science that I saw in Angelika, and that just what we wanted to capture.” The KI celebrates Alejandro Aguilera Castrejón and Melanie de Almeida, winners of the Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award. news.mit.edu/2022/koch-inst…
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
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    Sep 30, 2021
    Nice to see our work (and one of my embryo images) featured in the latest Nature Outlook: The next frontier of human embryo research
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    Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna - يعقوب حنا
    @jacob_hanna
    Sep 30, 2021
    Latest Nature outlook issue feature: "The next frontier for human embryo research" nature.com/articles/d4158…
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
    @AlejandroAgCa
    Apr 22, 2021
    Join us for the next public journal club this Saturday
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    Public Journal Club Developmental Biology
    @PJCDevBio
    Apr 22, 2021
    MOUSE EMBRYOS CAN NOW BE GROWN IN A BOTTLE?! Join us this saturday to discuss this major breakthrough with @AlejandroAgCa from the @jacob_hanna ´s lab ! 👇 1/10
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
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    May 14, 2021
    One of the problems for scientist with 2 last names science.sciencemag.org/content/372/65…
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
    @AlejandroAgCa
    Apr 20, 2021
    Everything is thanks to you Jacob!
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    Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna - يعقوب حنا
    @jacob_hanna
    Apr 20, 2021
    Super proud of my student @AlejandroAgCa for receiving the 2021 Dan David Prize for PhD students. Watch out from him..he is only getting started! @DanDavidPrize @WeizmannScience
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
    @AlejandroAgCa
    Sep 15, 2022
    Amazing work from Ebisuya lab that opens many new possibilities.
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    Miki Ebisuya
    @EbisuyaMiki
    Sep 15, 2022
    New paper from the lab! We developed an optogenetic tool, OptoShroom3, to induce apical constriction in illuminated cells(left). By controlling cell shapes, OptoShroom3 can induce tissue shape changes, including lumen shrinkage of neural organoids(right). doi.org/10.1038/s41467…
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
    @AlejandroAgCa
    May 14, 2021
    Replying to @AlejandroAgCa
    "I have always been proud to use my two surnames, honoring both of my parents and my cultural heritage"
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    Alejandro Aguilera Castrejon
    @AlejandroAgCa
    Apr 26, 2021
    It will be an honor to present in the conference with the best flyer ever! Don't miss the chance to register to YEN2021
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    Young Embryologist Network
    @YEN_community
    Apr 26, 2021
    Last week to register for #YEN2021 ⚠️ Don't miss the chance to e-meet other early career researchers in the #devbio field youngembryologists.org/yen-2021/
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