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Registration open for 'Physics of Cells & Tissues 3.0' IISc Bangalore (Feb 21-22, 2025) - an exciting lineup of 22 speakers working on intracellular dynamics, active matter, cellular decision-making & mechanobiology. sites.google.com/iisc.ac.in/phy… BE, IISc Bangalore Developmental Biology Club Physics, IISc

Our heartfelt condolences to Linda and all affected by this devastating news. Prof Michael Sheetz was an inspirational Founding Director of MBI and we would not be here today without his foresight and leadership. We hope to continue his legacy in mechanobiology for years to come.

Our Future Leaders in Mechanobiology series continues this month! Sign up to hear from Avery Rui Sun: Deciphering the distinct roles of extracellular matrix ligands and mechanics in cardiac aging bit.ly/CEMB-FLiMB

Excited about the 3rd annual version of this symposium 'Physics of Cells & Tissues' starting tomorrow, co-organized with Ramray Bhat. sites.google.com/iisc.ac.in/phy… BE, IISc Biological Sci, IISc Physics, IISc Chemical Engineering, IISc Living Machines-NCBS Inst. of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology IndiaBioscience.org Mechanobiology Institute Indian Society of Developmental Biologists Bangalore Developmental Biology Club

🧬A new imaging technique developed by the Liu Lab uses a novel DNA barcode system to track hundreds of RNA & protein molecules in single cells within thick biological samples, providing a full picture of how these structures are organized inside tissues. janelia.org/news/new-metho…

Work from groups of @ramrayb & Prosenjit Sen at IISc Bangalore shows that the ECM of ovarian cancer spheroids makes them hollow and elastic, increasing resilience to disintegration in confinement bit.ly/41OWZsB

Why do circulating ovarian cancer clusters hve #ECM? How do clusters survive confining anatomies? Do clusters show heterogeneity in mechanics? Team led by Tavishi Dutt & Jimpi Langthasa frm IISc Bangalore answer in bit.ly/41OWZsb Ack: IFCPAR/CEFIPRA Ministry of Electronics & IT DBT/WT India Alliance

Excited to announce that MBI-MPG Conference 2025: Mechanobiology in Time and Space. Dates: 9-12 Sep 2025 Venue: Shaw Foundation Alumni House, NUS, Singapore Website: mbi.nus.edu.sg/events/mbiconf… The deadline for early bird registration is May 31, 2025 Join us!

📢3 weeks left until the abstract deadline for our joint MBI-MPI #mechanobiology conference this September in Singapore! Mechanobiology Institute Max Planck Society Early career scientists - there are travel awards available to present your work! 🔗mbi.nus.edu.sg/events/mbiconf…

It’s been a long time coming but… so happy my Ph.D. work (part of) is now published on Nature Materials 🥳 I remember it all too well about this project, the serendipity and the exciting stories…🧵Jennifer Young Mechanobiology Institute NUSBME NUS nature.com/articles/s4156…

It’s finally out!!🥳 Check out our paper in Nature Materials on a new hybrid scaffold where we discover ECM-specific cues that regulate cardiac aging 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4156… This is the lab’s 1st research paper, led by my 1st Nus Bioeng PhD student 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐧🤩 Tweetorial👇

There’s tons out there about fibroblast #mechanobiology in disease. In Confinement Mechanobiology Lab at MBI’s new review in APL Bioengineering, Yeji gives you the who/what/where/when/how/why of mechanosensitive fibroblast activation, from CAFs to FAFs and nearly everything in between! pubs.aip.org/aip/apb/articl…

A hybrid ECM-hydrogel with tunable mechanical stiffness and biochemical composition of young or aged cardiac tissue is used to identify the specific contributions of ECM ligands and mechanics for fibroblast aging. Jennifer Young nature.com/articles/s4156…

Check out our lab's latest review by 𝑭𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑺 Mechanobiology Institute NUSBME in Current Opinion in Cell Biology Elsevier | ScienceDirect 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl… We teamed up w/Brian Aguado UC San Diego Bioengineering to highlight region- & sex-specificity of #ECM signaling in the aging heart!🫀 Hope you enjoy!

Interested in a #postdoc on cardiac #mechanobiology? Our lab has a fully funded position via our recently awarded HFSP grant to study the biophysical processes that build insect hearts🪲🪰🫀 Come join us Mechanobiology Institute for some cool evo-devo-mechanobio work! 👇 mbi.nus.edu.sg/jobs/seeking-p…

📢 We are hiring! The Dept. of Bioengineering IISc Bangalore invites applications for Assistant Professor (tenure-track) positions in all areas of bioengineering. Know more & apply: iisc.ac.in/careers/facult…

Huge congrats to Dr. Shen Xingyu (aka Dr. TZP) on a successful PhD defense today on #ECM & ovarian aging!! #mechanobiology Xingyu now holds special spot in lab history as the 1st PhD student grad 🎓🥳 What a pleasure to co-advise Xingyu w/Rong Li Mechanobiology Institute 🤩 📷 Lucie Kim

Happy to share latest review from the lab: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…. Stay tuned with our upcoming special issue on Environmental control of oogenesis and ovarian dynamics in Seminars in Cell & Dev. Biology!

Delighted to have our wonderful collab with Ramray Bhat published in Small. A challenging, engaging, and beautifully satisfying journey! We show how chemical cues govern structural organisation by controlling both the stability and plasticity of complex multicellular forms.