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Alistair P. D. Elfick

University of EdinburghORCID 0000-0002-4429-6232Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell Biology· 1 Developmental Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:flow cytometry· 1

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Abdulaziz AlhussiniiD· 1 shared Ailsa Laird· 1 shared Andrea CaporaliiD· 1 shared Beatrice VillaniiD· 1 shared C. Roland WolfiD· 1 shared Congyue Chen· 1 shared Giulia L. M. BoezioiD· 1 shared James BriscoeiD· 1 shared

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Development and characterisation of an optimised in vitro differentiation protocol for deriving hepatocyte-like cells from mouse embryonic stem cells

Beatrice Villani, Silviya Dimova, Abdulaziz Alhussini, Andrea Caporali, Congyue Chen, Ailsa Laird, C. Roland Wolf, Alistair P. D. Elfick, Richard R. Meehan, Sari Pennings

This study develops and evaluates two cytokine-based protocols to generate functional hepatocyte-like cells from mouse embryonic stem cells, with the advanced cocktail producing more mature cells.

bioRxiv · May 15, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology

PUFFFIN: A novel, ultra-bright, customisable, single plasmid system for labelling cell neighbourhoods

Tamina Lebek, Mattias Malaguti, Giulia L. M. Boezio, Lida Zoupi, James Briscoe, Alistair P. D. Elfick, Sally Lowell

PUFFFIN labels cell neighbourhoods using a fluorescent protein fusion, enabling tracking of cell interactions and profiling non-cell-autonomous responses in mammalian cells.

The EMBO Journal · Jul 12, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology