First ASMB meeting in the books with great people, amazing science, and some nearby hiking! Had such a blast learning from everyone there, and I’m already looking forward to the next one - only thing that could have made it better was a Philadelphia Phillies with 😭😭😭

This past ASMB was an incredible meeting with lots of milestones: first invited talk as a PI, first conference for the lab, and first poster presentation for the lab. Had a great time reconnecting and meeting new folks!

Did anyone else get this on Spotify wrapped?

We shared some opinions today in this Cell Stem Cell Spotlight - great work spearheaded by superstar undergrad Alexandra Dumas and grad student Ryan Friedman with amazing illustrations by Kyra Smith! Penn Bioengineering Penn Otorhinolaryngology Children's Hospital CHOP Research cell.com/cell-stem-cell…

Congratulations to one of the hardest working people (and undergrads) that I know Alexandra Dumas - woot woot 🥳

Awesome!! Congratulations Annemarie Lang 🎉🎉🎉

There we go!! roro well deserved, congratulations 🎉🎉

Go Hokies today and every day #neVerforgeT ♥️🧡

Finishing up my thesis proposal was great (woohoo🎉), but it MIGHT have felt better to absolutely smoke Matthew Aronson with an overall score of 63-4 in cornhole with Hannah Bonelli 🤣🤣

Congratulations to all the awardees 🎉🎉 honored to be recognized by the Pennsylvania Pediatric Medical Device Consortium at CHOP Research research day!

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Great presentation, Ryan! From basic mechanobiology of vocal folds to druggable targets to treat fibrosis! #proudPI #BMES2024 Penn Bioengineering

Pretty much impossible to beat this!! Amazing science, discussion, and some not too shabby views at the Keystone Symposia on fibrosis 🎿⛷️

Honoring our Scholarship Awardees at the #KSFibrosis25 conference. Congratulations to these rising stars!

Stoked to get this out to the world 😎🥳 Click here to find out the importance of MRTF-A/SRF signaling in vocal fold scarring 👇

We #ASMB stand up for #science on March 7 2025 - Because science is for and impacts everyone! Find your local rally site and other ways to get involve here: standupforscience2025.org #ECMatrixIsEverywhere #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceNotSilence #ScienceForAll

For my PHL friends

Thanks so much for the highlight! MYOCD is definitely upregulated in vocal folds myofibroblasts in our sequencing data (~3.2 logFC) 😎. Great question! Looking forward to building off this story & working towards novel treatments for vocal fold scarring!

Yeah yeah yeah 🐐🐐🐐 Go Kelsey Swingle!

Go birds 🦅