Cellular Microenvironment
A community for everyone interested in the role of the cellular microenvironment in health and disease, with a fine multidisciplinary blend of cell biology, biomaterials, mechanobiology, biophysics, biomedical engineering, bioimaging, pharmacology, and clinical application.
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@theglasgowcemi.bsky.social
@rita-s-almeida.bsky.social
Researcher @CICECO - Sustainable biomaterials and biofabrication towards precision medicine🦎 Science doesn’t care what you believe ☀️
@gbmev.bsky.social
German scientific society for all those interested in biochemistry, molecular biology, biomedicine, biotechnology, cell biology, genetics...
@franzeprogatzky.bsky.social
Group Leader Kennedy Institute Oxford Wellcometrust Career Development Fellow Peripheral #glia in barrier tissue #immunology (gut, lung, skin) #NewPI #FirstGen | Mother | she/her 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
@paulatherton.bsky.social
Lecturer/Group Leader at Liverpool University in the Dept of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. Interested in cell signalling and mechanotransduction in cancer biology
@chloerodgers.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Glasgow and occasional illustrator Mechanobiology, tissue engineering, melanoma, cancer immunology, 3D culture models
@fm-fernandes.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Sorbonne Université. Extracellular matrix, biomimetic materials, biofabrication, freezing and cryopreservation! https://francisco-fernandes.lcmcp.science
@ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social
Principal Investigator - CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine Bioengineer - uses magnets/machines to organize stem cells and ECM, cause ECM flows, and apply forces to explore how tissues initiate, maintain and lose organization
@massivassi.bsky.social
Mechanobiology enthusiast, intrigued by blue sky science and committed to translation
@thebyronlab.bsky.social
🔬 Cell adhesion networks lab 🥼 A new cell systems biology team 📍 University of Manchester, UK 🔗 https://linktr.ee/TheByronLab
@grnfluoresceblg.bsky.social
Staff scientist, Gerst lab, Weizmann Inst. Husband, father Topics: Science, Molec/Cell Biology, RNA, microscopy, Tunneling Nanotubes, Sci fi. Life in Israel (Hebrew) Blogs: https://greenfluorescentblog.wordpress.com https://flyingsaucermovies.wordpress.com
@huveneerslab.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam / Vascular Biology / Mechanotransduction / Junctions / Adhesion / Cell migration / Angiogenesis / Atherosclerosis / Capillary malformations / https://www.medicalbiochemistry.nl/stephan-huveneers
@rodrigofg.bsky.social
Epithelial morphogenesis, microscopy and image analysis. Cytoskeleton and cell adhesion. Author of pyjamas.readthedocs.io and bitbucket.org/rfg_lab/junkie. Keeping a group of brilliant scientists entertained at www.quantmorph.ca. Also marathons and sushi.
@martialmillet.bsky.social
PhD Candidate - Bordeleau Lab (Université Laval - QC, Canada) Cancer Mechanobiology / Alternative splicing ⚙️🔬 FAK, the one FA protein to rule them all 🇨🇦🇲🇫 Google Scholar : https://t.co/kPAuplVlbQ
@jung-sillah.bsky.social
🧫Sculpting 3D landscapes for neuroblastoma @ChildrensPhila| @DanaFarber alum | PhD @Cambridge_Uni 🌈🥟🧬🧪🥼 https://www.piotrjung-sillah.com
@calderwoodlab.bsky.social
The Calderwood Lab (Yale University, USA) uses biochemistry, cell biology and structural biology to study cell adhesion, signaling and the cytoskeleton.
@jle84.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Interested in TME, cancer biology and cancer immunology. Guarnerio Lab: https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/labs/guarnerio-laboratory.html
@fzaucke.bsky.social
Head of a reserach lab at the University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University. Interested in the role of the #cartilage and #bone #extracellular #matrix in common and rare skeletal diseases, in particular #osteoarthritis and #osteogenesis imperfecta
@henrydebelly.bsky.social
Postdoc in Orion Weiner's lab at UCSF. I work at the interface of Cell Biology and Biophysics. I am into: #Actin, #Membrane, #CellMigration, #Polarity, #Cats, #Mechanobiology #Cheese #CellBiology
@hannahdonnelly.bsky.social
BBSRC Discovery Fellow & Proleptic Lecturer in Cell Engineering at the Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment, the University of Glasgow. Bioengineering primary & secondary lymphoid organs in vitro 🦴🩸
@cellmorphosero.bsky.social
How cells stick to things and move around, microscopy, cats, garden bugs, forays into machine learning, occasional political snark. Asst Prof University of Bath, UK 🏳️🌈
@sebcallens.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at TU Eindhoven | Chair-elect TERMIS SYIS-EU | Engineering (micro)tissues, 3D printing, mehanobiology, microscopy | husband & dad | he/him 🇳🇱🇬🇧🇧🇪
@halloulab.bsky.social
Group of Adrien Hallou @kiroxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk Biophysics & spatial biology of cell fate decisions & tissue dynamics Alumnus @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @normalesup.bsky.social Franco-British Young Leader 2024 🇨🇵🇬🇧
@vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social
Professor of Cancer Cell and Metastasis Biology. CRUK Senior Fellow. Institute of Cancer Research. London. https://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/researchers-and-groups/professor-victoria-sanz-moreno
@mchastney.bsky.social
Cell biologist interested in cell adhesion, cancer and mechanobiology. Postdoc at Turku Bioscience, Finland
@erainerolab.bsky.social
We are in @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social, School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield. We are interested in understanding how the extracellular matrix controls cancer cell migration, growth and metabolism. @plosbiology.org Editorial Board Member
@peiferlabunc.bsky.social
Cell adhesion, cytoskeletal regulation, Wnt signaling & wherever science leads us + wildflowers & my own idiosyncratic views. First gen college grad Diversity, equity & Inclusion are core American Values https://peiferlab.web.unc.edu
@marianaago.bsky.social
🇵🇹&🇦🇷 Postdoctoral researcher @ IBEC Microenvironments for Medicine
@levayerr.bsky.social
Epithelial cell death, cell extrusion, self-organisation, mechanotransduction and many other things
@ccstorytime.bsky.social
Cell-matrix biologist looking at circadian rhythm and exercise in tendon tissue (collagen) homeostasis. Group leader at @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social https://research.regionh.dk/da/persons/
@valerioizzi.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of bioinformatics, Group Leader at University of Oulu (Finland). All about Extracellular Matrix, Matrisome, Computational Matrix Biology and, sometimes, heavy metal! \m/ My opinions are my own (and pretty bad, usually)!
@douglaspdyer.bsky.social
Immune cell recruitment, glycocalyx, chemokines and extracellular matrix at the Manchester Centre for Cell Matrix research and Lydia Becker Institute for Immunology he/him https://www.wellcome-matrix.org/people/doug-dyer/ #glycotime
@tomvanagtmael.bsky.social
Professor of matrix biology, University of Glasgow. Interests: extracellular matrix biology/disease, collagen, cerebrovascular disease, small vessel disease, stroke. Views are my own.
@juliesdimartino.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at @nymedcollege 🐣🐁#cancer biologist #metastasis #ECM #microscopy #empoweredwomenInScience #newPI
@tanentzapflab.bsky.social
A Cell & Developmental Biology lab @UBC. working on the role of cell junctions in development, stem cells, tissue homeostasis.
@so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social
Posting our lab life studying the neuronal cytoskeleton and chromatin with cool microscopes🔬Proud #GenX, #firstgen college, #intj @RITscience @stonybrooku Alum Verified: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8481-0403
@davidbryantlab.bsky.social
#CellPolarity lab using #3Dculture to study how cells collectively move in cancer. Professor, University of Glasgow. Senior Group Leader, @cruk-si.bsky.social. UKRI Future Leader Fellow.
@guijacquemet.bsky.social
Associate Prof at Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. Cell biologist interested in microscopy and image analysis. My opinions are my own. cellmig.org
@goetzjacky.bsky.social
Cancer and Cell biologist🦀, CLEMist🔬, fan of #mechanobiology, #metastasis, #extracellularvesicles, #imaging. Lab website : https://www.goetzlab.fr/ Also, Amateur & addict triathlete 🚴♂️🏊👟.
@themeshwork.bsky.social
Bringing together Extracellular Matrix researchers (and not only) 👩🔬 / Admin: Konstantina Kyriakopoulou / Content by Dimitra Manou / 📧themeshwork2020@gmail.com /🔗 https://qrco.de/bePRN8
@dgpnanomedlab.bsky.social
Edgar C. Hendrickson Chair in Biomedical Engineering - Professor of Biomedical Engineering and General Surgery at The Ohio State University. Nanotechnology, non-viral gene and cell therapies in regenerative medicine and cancer.
@pietraslab.bsky.social
We're the Alexander Pietras Lab, exploring the complexities of the brain tumor microenvironment. We study how therapies like radiotherapy reshape it and seek innovative ways to outsmart tumors. AP posts @ Lund University trained @ MSKCC and @ Fred Hutch
@johannajoyce.bsky.social
Professor, University of Lausanne 🇨🇭 and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research President-Elect, European Association for Cancer Research Mentor, Teacher, Advocate, Mum @joycelab.bsky.social
@joycelab.bsky.social
We are dedicated to understanding and ultimately helping treat cancer Led by @johannajoyce.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social, @ludwigcancer.bsky.social, @fbm-unil.bsky.social www.joycelab.org; https://agora-cancer.ch/laboratory/joyce-lab/
@andreasmoor.bsky.social
Professor at ETH Zurich, PI of the Systems Physiology lab, https://bsse.ethz.ch/lsp, captivated by cellular interactions, precision medicine, spatial biology, and the tumor microenvironment.
@tme-caf-ecm.bsky.social
Fibroblastic cells + ECM = functional unit. I study these #TumorMicroenvironment units in #PancreaticCancer interception, tumorigenesis, immunosuppression, stroma function evaluation, & drug responses. https://www.foxchase.org/edna-cukierman My posts!
@hatzakislab.bsky.social
Professor of single protein and single cell biophysics . Utilizing machine learning for quantitative analysis of live cell imaging and single particle tracking https://www.hatzakislab.com orcid.org/0000-0003-4202-0328
@castrojohnbosco.bsky.social
Bioengineer/Phd student @Utwente using material science and technologies to understand mechanobiology in single cell and multicellular tissue systems
@nabalabuic.bsky.social
Our laboratory studies the extracellular matrix #ECM in health and disease using #Proteomics and #CompBiology | Founder of the Matrisome Project @matrisome.bsky.social | https://nabalab.uic.edu
@martafidalgo.bsky.social
👩🏻🔬 PhD student interested in #vascular biology, #cancer and #metastasis | working with bone metastasis and their microenvironment @grauperalab.bsky.social @carrerasijc.bsky.social, @rgergom.bsky.social's lab @irbbarcelona.org MSCN fellow @evomet_itn 🧬🔬
@giorgioseano.bsky.social
Head of the Tumor Microenvironment Laboratory at Institut Curie. #CancerResearch, #Neuro-oncology, #BrainTumor, #GBM, #Glioblastoma, #ResistanceMechanism, #TumorMicroenrironment, #TME, #Mechanobiology, #CellPlasticity https://institut-curie.org/team/seano
@maikbischoff.bsky.social
Peifer lab postdoc at #UNC looking for opportunities to start a lab in Europe. Morphogenesis, collective cell migration, cytoskeleton, cell-adhesion and self-organization/emergent behavior in #Drosophila. Animal photos: 📷 instagram.com/maikscritters 🐸🐍
@jorgeferreira.bsky.social
Cell biologist at i3S - University of Porto Associate Professor - Faculty of Medicine of Porto At the crossroads between nuclear mechanics and cell division. https://integrativenucleus.weebly.com/
@giudica.bsky.social
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) at the University of Strathclyde. PI at CeMi. Interested in Smart Microscopy, Cell Engineering, Bioimage Analysis and Organs-On-Chip. Formerly Harvard and Federico II 🏳️🌈 📍Glasgow https://dicaprio.bioe.strath.ac.uk
@marcocantini.bsky.social
Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Glasgow #bioengineering #mechanobiology #biomaterials #tissueengineering #regenerativemedicine #ECMatrix https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/staff/marcocantini/
@lornahm.bsky.social
PhD student working on (bio)active matter based computation | physics, biology, information, and everything in between!! 🔬 University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 🏴
@tlmcambridge.bsky.social
TLM is an initiative to build a network for researchers interested in theory and modelling of biological phenomena. We are on twitter @TLM_Cambridge, @TLM_Cambridge@mstdn.science. Or follow our website for more details: tlmcambridge.blog
@eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social
We study the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying tissue morphogenesis @poldresden.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @embo.org https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/barriga
@raimonsunyer.bsky.social
Assistant professor at @unibarcelona.bsky.social • Previous RyC • NIH & @ibecbarcelona.bsky.social alumni • Interested in #CellMigration & #mechanobiology
@labdupont.bsky.social
We study #mechanobiology focusing on mechanotransduction, mitochondria, metabolism, and transcription factors @University of Padua.
@delphe.bsky.social
Delphine Gourdon - Prof. in Biomedical Engineering - Univ. of Glasgow 🧪 #Mechanobiology #BreastCancer #Biomaterials #ECMatrix #TumorMicroenvironment #Tribology #WomenInSTEM www.gourdonlab.org
@aeloseguiartola.bsky.social
Head of the Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology Lab @TheCrick, Lecturer @KingsCollegeLon| Previously #MooneyLab @Harvard and @PCusachs Lab.
@xaviertrepat.bsky.social
Scientist of Living Matter. ICREA Professor at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona. The need to know.
@rochalab.bsky.social
Laboratory of Biomaterials and Nanotechnology @ KU Leuven, interested in mechanobiology, 3D cell models, cancer metastasis, biosensors and nanoparticles. Fluorescence microscopy aficionados 🔬 https://susanarocha.github.io/
@epimechfc.bsky.social
📚 We're your source for papers on various #EpithelialMechanics topics 🔍 & platform to share your research and passion 🔬🧑🔬 🙋♀️Like to write a thread with us? The next one can be yours! 👉 DM us! 💬 @onenimesa.bsky.social & @juliaeckert.bsky.social
@carmeloferrai.bsky.social
RNAPII &Transcription Regulation -Chromatin Conformation & Nuclear Architecture - ESCs & Neuronal Differentiation - Nuclear Mechanotransduction - Cell Plasticity UMG, Göttingen, Germany
@tiskratsch.bsky.social
Professor in Cardiovascular Mechanobiology and Bioengineering https://iskratschlab.com @Queen Mary University of London
@jdhl18.bsky.social
Cell Biologist. Manchester Metropolitan University. Cell-ECM adhesion and proteomics, often in the context of cancer. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h9DWslsAAAAJ&hl=en Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8953-7079
@martinhumphries.bsky.social
Professor of Biochemistry, University of Manchester. Career interest in mechanisms of cell-matrix adhesion. Current interest in mechanosensing in pancreatic cancer and vascular dementia.
@kriskilian.bsky.social
Professor@UNSW - Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, Bioengineering | 💕biomaterials, biofabrication, cell and tissue engineering, organoids, morphogenesis, mechanobiology | He/Him | 🌀 kilianlab.com
@mechanobiology-uct.bsky.social
We study pathogen, cell & tissue mechanobiology in cardiac diseases and cancers ~ Team from Cameroon, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa, Togo & Uganda. mechanobiology.uct.ac.za
@rouxlab.bsky.social
A mix of physics and biology, understanding shapes in biology, from molecules to tissues. http://www.orelrouxlab.org
@manuelthery.bsky.social
cytoskeleton self-organization / shape, patterns and symmetry / minimal and artificial cells / biophysics teacher @ ESPCI ParisTech www.cytomorpholab.com
@sarawickstrom.bsky.social
Stem cell and mechanobiologist at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Biomedicine and University of Helsinki
@merrylabnotts.bsky.social
Glycoscience, Cancer and Stem Cells with a sprinkle of Biomaterials | University of Nottingham 🧬 ALL VIEWS PERSONAL TO THE GROUP
@bengoult.bsky.social
Talin as a memory molecule #MeshCODE. Talin shock absorbing materials #TSAM. Professor of Mechanistic Cell Biology at University of Liverpool Dad, Husband. Hobbies: Mechanobiology, talin, looking at the sky
@christoseland.bsky.social
Prof. Cancer Biophysics at University of Sheffield. Investigating Nuclear Myosin, Nuclear Organisation and Mechanobiology in Cancer with single molecule Biophysics Web: Toseland-lab.com
@renkawitzteam.bsky.social
Our lab unravels the mechanobiology and cellbiology of immune cells, their migration & cytoskeleton, their organelles, and their cell-matrix interplay using #imaging, #screening, and #bioengineering @bmc-lmu.bsky.social www.renkawitz-lab.com
@trcox.matrixandmetastasis.com
Professor & Head of the Cancer Matrix & Metastasis Lab at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research & UNSW Sydney Gadigal Country 🇦🇺 🏳️🌈 🔬Pancreatic / Lung / Breast / Bowel Cancer & all things extracellular matrix 🧫 → https://linktr.ee/thomasrcox ←
@ivaskalab.bsky.social
Research group interested in everything around cancer and integrins (more details on our website!). Posts by Ivaska Lab members. Website: https://ivaskalab.utu.fi/
@deniswirtz.bsky.social
VP for Research, T.H. Smoot Professor Depts Chemical and Biomolecular Engn, Pathology, Oncology, INBT Johns Hopkins University 3D multi-omic, CAR T therapy, cell migration and mechanics Lab: https://wirtzlab.johnshopkins.edu
@kimiawitte.bsky.social
From cell-based computation to living biomaterial engineering. Chancellor’s Fellow & Lecturer at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Biophysics, organogenesis, acoustofluidics/microfluidics, philosophy minus ethics, fine art!
@mornorse.bsky.social
Family & dog - bake, whittle, run, cycle & draw. Nerve repair & biomaterials I teach biology & bioengineering. views=own; he/him. 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 🌍 🌌 It’s way too red! Blog @ https://bio-mat-sketches-mor.blogspot.com
@manuelsalmeron.bsky.social
Keen bioengineer - ICREA Research Professor at @ibecbarcelona.eu and Professor at the University of Glasgow.
@carstenschulte4.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary cell biologist fascinated by (extra)cellular mechanobiology in (patho)physiology. Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Engineering @University of Strathclyde & CeMi. Tweets about science & other stuff in which I engage. Views are my own.
@theglasgowcemi.bsky.social
We are a Glasgow-based multidisciplinary team of bio- and cell engineers. We focus on understanding the interactions between materials, proteins and cells to gain insight into engineering cell behaviour and translating technologies into better healthcare.