Lectures and seminars StratRegen Seminar Series with Thomas Braun
Welcome to a new seminar in the StratRegen Lunch Seminar Series on THURSDAY the 19th of November 2026, 12.00-13.00 in seminar room Peter Reichard, Biomedicum, Campus Solna.

Title: Reprogramming the mammalian heart for regeneration
Speaker: Professor Thomas Braun, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
Publications
Cell Type-Specific Targeting of Different Smooth Muscle Cell Populations by Intersectional Genetics.
Wang L, Staps M, Günther S, El Agha E, Bellusci S, Kuenne C, Du J, Schneider A, Braun T
Circulation 2026 Aug;154(6):565-583
Trdn-as directs m6A-dependent transcriptional termination for accurate triadin isoform switching, preventing aberrant dyads and cardiomyopathy.
Hofmann T, Hettrich S, Idrissou BMG, Waechter C, Weiss M, Hachim S, Kreher S, Staps M, Cañes Esteve L, Pankuweit S, Milting H, Looso M, Marty I, Engelhardt S, Braun T, Boettger T
Nat Commun 2026 Jul;17(1):
Coordinated Developmental Remodeling of IGF/FGF-MAPK Signaling and Cytoskeletal Plasticity Coincides with the Loss of Cardiac Regenerative Capacity.
Kubin N, Gajawada P, Körtl T, Schneider A, Han L, Zelarayán LC, Braun T, Sossalla S, Choi YH, Richter M
Cells 2026 May;15(10):
The deubiquitinase USP5 prevents accumulation of protein aggregates in cardiomyocytes.
Eibach Y, Kreher S, Poetsch MS, Kho AL, Gaertner U, Clemen CS, Schröder R, Guo K, Milting H, Meder B, Potente M, Richter M, Schneider A, Meiners S, Gautel M, Braun T
Sci Adv 2025 Jan;11(4):eado3852
Enlargement of the muscle stem cell pool in linc-MYH-deficient mice does not prevent sarcopenia during aging.
Yin Q, Labib C, Boettger T, Braun T
Front Cell Dev Biol 2025 ;13():1667437
Regulation of NSL by TAF4A is critical for genome stability and quiescence of muscle stem cells.
Georgieva AM, Sreenivasan K, Ding D, Villeneuve C, Wickström SA, Günther S, Kuenne C, Gärtner U, Guo X, Zhou Y, Yuan X, Braun T
Nat Commun 2025 Sep;16(1):8726
Rbpms2 prevents major cardiac defects in cardiomyocyte-specific Rbpms-deficient mice.
Lin S, Dieterich C, Britto-Borges T, Günther S, Kreher S, Eibach Y, Kuenne C, Schneider A, Braun T
Dev Cell 2025 Oct;60(20):2791-2806.e6
Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation enables heart regeneration in adult mice.
Li X, Wu F, Günther S, Looso M, Kuenne C, Zhang T, Wiesnet M, Klatt S, Zukunft S, Fleming I, Poschet G, Wietelmann A, Atzberger A, Potente M, Yuan X, Braun T
Nature 2023 Oct;622(7983):619-626
Reversible reprogramming of cardiomyocytes to a fetal state drives heart regeneration in mice.
Chen Y, Lüttmann FF, Schoger E, Schöler HR, Zelarayán LC, Kim KP, Haigh JJ, Kim J, Braun T
Science 2021 Sep;373(6562):1537-1540
Sandwiches and coffee will be provided.
Host
Elif Eroglu
Principal ResearcherEnric Llorens Bobadilla
Principal ResearcherStratRegen supports researchers, research programs and infrastructure at the Karolinska Institutet (KI) within the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine based on scope, quality, and the potential to strengthen and develop the field.