AI and tissue clearing-based technologies for health. Director at Helmholtz Munich, Full professor at LMU Munich, and CEO of Deep Piction (@deeppiction.bsky.social) We’re🇩🇪🇹🇷🇭🇷🇨🇳🇮🇹🇮🇳🇸🇮🇴🇲🇨🇱🇭🇺🇧🇬🇺🇦🇷🇴🇦🇹🇹🇼🏳‍🌈https://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mzdugoljnh2aIf nobody in your lab disagrees with you, I would be worried. A PhD student may see a problem you missed. The test is how you react: take the objection seriously, and when they're right, say so in front of the team. I want to train scientists who develop better ideas than mine.02 Nov 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdugoljnh2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mzdkzytwjf2tWhat does obesity do to nerves across the whole body? 🧠 With MouseMapper, our deep-learning suite, we mapped nerves and immune cells in vDISCO-cleared mice (31 organs) and found damaged infraorbital nerves with whisker-sensing deficits. In Nature 👇🏻 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10535-202 Nov 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdkzytwjf2thttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mycwkkmjss2nWe recently introduced LipiGO 🤩: targeted mRNA delivery beyond the liver 🧬 A step toward cell-level precision in medicine: drastically enhanced immune-cell targeting for future in vivo therapies, including CAR-T. https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.15.676334v220 Oct 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycwkkmjss2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mxrftmv4h223We recently introduced DISCO-seq 🤩: scRNA-seq after tissue clearing 🧬 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.10.693352v1 Image whole organs or bodies in 3D at cellular resolution. Select regions for unbiased scRNA-seq. From glioblastoma to whole-body SARS-CoV-2 S1 mapping 👇🏻 #DISCOseq13 Oct 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxrftmv4h223https://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mru4pti62k2bSARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulates & persists in the body for years👇🏻. We develop advanced imaging/AI to cure Long COVID & beyond👇🏻. Join us 🤗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10535-2 https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(24)00438-4 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.10.693352v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.04.720441v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.15.676334v230 Jul 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mru4pti62k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mrpmxd6ivc2jBrain vascular aging isn’t a single path. Our new work shows that the aging brain diverges into two states: 🧠 Hypovascular (expected) 🧠 Hypervascular (surprising), with BBB leakage, inflammation and cognitive decline. Our study👇🏻: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.04.720441v128 Jul 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpmxd6ivc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mo6ke6l5is2cSee our science at Deep Piction, how we use it to develop new precision medicine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jun 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6ke6l5is2chttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mmvw6usa6k27Our recent work in @Nature, MouseMapper uses foundation-model AI, mapping perturbations in mouse body cell-by-cell, revealed unexpected facial nerve damage. Proud to see >75K accesses & >60 news stories in the first week. Paper->> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10535-2 Next https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.10.693352v1.full.pdf28 May 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmvw6usa6k27https://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mmcq4lmar22gToday in Nature, we report MouseMapper: foundation-model AI to map disease perturbations across the entire mouse body cell-by-cell. In obesity, it revealed body-wide inflammation & unexpected facial nerve damage. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10535-2 More at: https://x.com/erturklab/status/2057118078991786072?s=2020 May 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcq4lmar22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mlvhdkli422p🧠 Does brain aging always mean vessel loss? We found the opposite in some aged brains: maladaptive hypervascularization, linked to cognitive decline and blood-brain barrier damage. Check it out below! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.04.720441v1.full.pdf15 May 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvhdkli422phttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mlpsf5b6rk2xhappy to share our new protocol paper on wildDISCO for whole-body immunolabeling, tissue clearing & 3D imaging of intact mice at cellular resolution using standard IgG antibodies, for mapping of neuronal, vascular, lymphatic and immune systems across the entire body. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41596-026-01363-913 May 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpsf5b6rk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mi4skotowk2rOne thing nobody teaches you in academia: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲. We spend 10+ years learning how to do science, write grants, and present data. But when the job offer finally comes, most people just… accept it. Because we're relieved. Because we think the salary is fixed.28 Mar 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4skotowk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/erturklab.bsky.social/post/3mhdm64qcac2vUsing vDISCO tissue clearing, and a new ultrabright chemical labeling strategy. This work introduces LINCS for rapid, scalable 3D connectivity mapping from single neurons to whole brains, advances for high-throughput circuit mapping. Great work by Rui Lin lab. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627325006579?via%3Dihub18 Mar 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:ipveryj5epjac3cftblstca7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdm64qcac2v