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Rick Mulders

Leiden University Medical CenterORCID 0000-0002-6151-0595Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:scATAC-seq· 1

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Ingrid MeulenbeltiD· 2 shared Y.F. RamosiD· 2 shared Bas van LooiD· 1 shared Ceri‐Anne E. SuurmondiD· 1 shared Giorgia MazziniiD· 1 shared Hil G. E. MeijeriD· 1 shared Janine N. PostiD· 1 shared Jeroen LeijteniD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Nuclear Factor I genes drive chondrogenic cell-fate commitment

Rick Mulders, Mathew Nickel Maunu, Marcella van Hoolwerff, Giorgia Mazzini, Lucas Jansen Klomp, Hil G. E. Meijer, Janine N. Post, Y.F. Ramos, Ingrid Meulenbelt

The paper maps chondrogenic cell-fate trajectories in hiPSCs using scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq, identifying NFIA and NFIB as key regulators driving chondrogenic commitment.

bioRxiv · Apr 22, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology

Intracellular crowding links dimensionality to cell fate through a mechano-metabolic signalling axis

Marieke Meteling, Bas van Loo, Ceri‐Anne E. Suurmond, Rick Mulders, Roos Wijngaarden, Kannan Govindaraj, Liesbet Geris, I. Meulenbelt, Y.F. Ramos, Liliana Moreira Teixeira, Jeroen Leijten

This study shows that cell culture dimensionality affects intracellular crowding, which influences cell fate through a mechano-metabolic signaling pathway, improving chondrogenic differentiation in microtissue cultures.

bioRxiv · Jan 22, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology