Research scientist interested in #cancer and #aging. Studies the ends of #chromosomes - #telomeres 🧬 - and what happens when they get fu€&ed up💥... and all this using #zebrafish! 🐟🐟🐟 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8363-7183https://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3mfr24r7oyc2aThe "brave new world" of biomedical research: organs-on-chips, organoids and computational models. 🔬 🧪 🐁 🐟 A must read... 👇 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00563-326 Feb 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr24r7oyc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3mfccnv2m6c2gThe Greenland shark, the longest-lived vertebrate, does not avoid heart aging. Instead, it resists heart disease and maintains organ function into extreme old age. Preserving a "youthful state" is not the only path to longevity. Preprint by Cellerino lab👇 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.20.695706v120 Feb 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfccnv2m6c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3mebc6gsxq22vI am excited to begin a #Sabbatical at @ki.se (Genander Lab). We are expanding our #zebrafish findings (PMID: 37142828, 40490553) to human #organoids to study #cGAS-#STING #inflammation and #telomerase rescue in the #GI tract. 🧬🩺 Special thanks to @EMBO.org @cnrs.fr for the support. #Aging #TBDs07 Feb 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebc6gsxq22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3mckim6pwvs22Me answering 5 questions on #science and #aging during my recent visit to the @leibnizfli.bsky.social Institute in Jena, Germany. ☺️ https://youtu.be/nJZu0Su0lbs?si=sDdgO102P9f10_8f16 Jan 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckim6pwvs22https://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3m4lokjerec2yHappy and proud with our lab’s presentations at Second @frenchzebrafish.bsky.social meeting in Toulouse! Go Fish 🇫🇷🐟!01 Nov 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4lokjerec2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3m2rhkufpg22w📢 Hiring 2 Postdocs (CNRS Research Engineer) @ IRCAN (Université Côte d’Azur), Nice 🇫🇷. Spread the word, please. Focus: intestine aging & immunity in fish 🐟 Start Nov–Dec 2025 • ~€3,175/mo Apply: ImmunoGUT (zebrafish) → tinyurl.com/3jx9a4ks GUTPOWER (reef fish) → tinyurl.com/mt2ekpks09 Oct 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rhkufpg22whttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3m2rhkufpg22w📢 Hiring 2 Postdocs (CNRS Research Engineer) @ IRCAN (Université Côte d’Azur), Nice 🇫🇷. Spread the word, please. Focus: intestine aging & immunity in fish 🐟 Start Nov–Dec 2025 • ~€3,175/mo Apply: ImmunoGUT (zebrafish) → tinyurl.com/3jx9a4ks GUTPOWER (reef fish) → tinyurl.com/mt2ekpks09 Oct 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rhkufpg22whttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lzlxslayks25Interested in cGAS-STING? Come and join us on 21st of October 2025 (9:30-12:30) in Nice, France! https://univ-cotedazur.fr/recherche-innovation/structures-de-recherche/academies-dexcellence/academie-4/nucleic-acid-sensing-and-innate-immunity-academy-4-seminar-series-19-le-galet-chu-pasteur-nice-october-21st-202524 Sep 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlxslayks25https://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lyxa3lbejk23Aging: “So far, no one has managed to rejuvenate anyone.” What are #telomeres? How can #zebrafish help in the study of #aging? Miguel Godinho Ferreira, a Portuguese scientist working in France, answers. Let's talk about longevity and aging. (Portuguese only) https://www.publico.pt/2025/09/16/ciencia/entrevista/envelhecimento-ate-ninguem-conseguiu-rejuvenescer-ninguem-214729216 Sep 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxa3lbejk23https://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lyphk5reyc2pGreat opportunity to meet with French zebrafish community! Our lab will gladly join! Go fish! 🐟 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyphk5reyc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lyajp5zmes2eIt is so nice to have this trail on our recent work. Thank you, @cyrilpedia.bsky.social! The follow up is just around the corner! 🙂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2025 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyajp5zmes2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lxrcr462k22qOur paper was offered the cover of The EMBO Journal. 😀 We discovered that activation of cGAS-STING causes aging in response to very short telomeres. Zebrafish deficient in telomerase and sting, reverse premature death, reduced fertility, frailty and cancer. 👉 tinyurl.com/nhd4bfb9 https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44318-025-00482-501 Sep 2025 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxrcr462k22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lxkpwa22ys2bNot all species age the same way 😉 “We conclude that M. musculus maintains long telomeres in blood and tail throughout life” Congrats Rhian and Dudy et al! 👏 House mouse maintains constant telomere length throughout life url: https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/53/16/gkaf830/824231429 Aug 2025 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkpwa22ys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lucsbnvu2c22Proud to contribute to this (Yes!) #Telomere study by Farida Djouad team. Morpholinos against zebrafish #TRF2 induce macrophage #senescence and block fin regeneration. #Parabiosis, #MacrophageTracking & #Transcriptomics show #p16-high, and low pro-inflammation. Go Fish! 🐟🐟🐟 www.thno.org/v15p7308.htm https://www.thno.org/v15p7308.htm19 Jul 2025 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lucsbnvu2c22https://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lrvbj4ctdk2nThanks for the highlight, ‪@zebrafishrock.bsky.social‬! This is the first last author manuscript of Bruno Lopes-Bastos. We are very happy for this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvbj4ctdk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lrfhev6ies2lJoin us in Lisbon for the GIMM Festival: #Aging and #Longevity, happening September 4–6! Explore the future of aging with 20+ invited international experts. Secure your spot on: gimm.pt/gimm-festival/ @nataging.nature.com12 Jun 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfhev6ies2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lral2ld3hs2pHere’s the EMBO Journal highlight on our paper! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lral2ld3hs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lqubfupnk22zIt was a pleasure to invite our neighbour Corine BERTOLOTTO to IRCAN. It was a great review of the lab's work and a very nice return to Hopital Pasteur, Nice. "Uveal melanomas: identification of new prognosis biomarkers and therapeutic targets"05 Jun 2025 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqubfupnk22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lqrkkp5b322rTODAY - You are still on time for early bird registration for the GIMM Festival on #Aging and #Longevity! Lisbon from 4–6 September 2025.04 Jun 2025 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrkkp5b322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/miguelgf.bsky.social/post/3lqavxa2am224Our latest preprint! We show that telomeric antisense oligonucleotides alleviate premature #aging in #telomerase mutant #zebrafish. A collaboration with the labs of Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna and Marina Mione. Congrats Bruno for his first corresponding author paper!👏 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.23.65569428 May 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:jteuithsd5askrcvcldqolwu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqavxa2am224