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mchastney.bsky.social
Cell biologist interested in cell adhesion, cancer and mechanobiology. Postdoc at Turku Bioscience, Finland
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#ECMatrix researchers, please share: Just under 2 weeks until the abstract deadline (21st Feb) for the 3-day Matrix Nexus meeting in Freiburg. Topics include #cancer #collagens #proteoglycans #proteases #tissueengineering & a session dedicated to #ECRs! www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...

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🚀 SAVE THE DATE! The 4th BioImage Informatics Finland (BIIF) Symposium is happening 📅 May 22-23, 2025! Join researchers & facility experts to discuss the latest in image analysis & data management. 📍Seili, Turku Archipelago 🇫🇮 Stay tuned for program & registration #BIIF2025 Photo: Visit Seili

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I put together a small guide on how to get started with Fiji. Please distribute to anyone who might benefit form this! zenodo.org/records/1477... #imageanalysis #fiji #imagej #training

submitted 29 days ago • 5 comments

The deadline for abstract submission has now been extended until the 10th Feb!

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We are hiring!! How do basement membranes become stable structures during tissue growth? How can we measure turnover and dynamics? Come and join our team to help us answer these questions! @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @stramerlab.bsky.social More info 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN927/r...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

A reminder to colleagues interested in Cell-Matrix adhesion & anything ECM related that registration is now open for the Fibronectin, Integrins & related molecules Gordon Research Conference. Incredible list speakers! incredible location! it will 🔥 🔥 🔥 Please join us! www.grc.org/fibronectin-...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

For early career researchers interested in the Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules GRS/GRC this May, don’t forget to sign up! The deadline for submitting an abstract to be considered for an oral presentation for the GRS is less than a week away! Register here: www.grc.org/fibronectin-...

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Very glad to see this study finally out (and mentioned on bsky already!)- it's been a huge #collaboration across different groups🙏🏻 Fibroblasts recycles (in a #circadian manner) #collagen to make new fibrils, which is enhanced in #fibrosis. doi.org/10.7554/eLif... @elife.bsky.social

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

📣 Everything you always wanted to know about the #ECM (but were afraid to ask). Join me at @themeshwork.bsky.social seminar series in December to learn about the latest developments of the #Matrisome project @matrisome.bsky.social! Sign up here forms.gle/W3QFUheh9hf5... and help us spread the word!

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Here is the most recent preprint from our most recent PhD graduate, Dr Nicolas Pasquier. Orientation of mucinous CRC apicobasal polarity is regulated by tumor-stroma interactions. This work was a collaboration with the Jaulin lab at the Gustave Roussy Institute. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Delighted to share our latest paper: "The glomerular circadian clock temporally regulates basement membrane dynamics and the podocyte glucocorticoid response" Expertly led by Rebecca Preston & in collaboration with clock superstar Qing Jun Meng pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39515644/ Key findings 👇👇

submitted 99 days ago • 2 comments

Introductory post on 🦋! We're a research group headed by Prof. Johanna Ivaska interested in understanding how integrins contribute to every step of cancer progression. We're located at the Turku Bioscience Center in Turku, Finland! Find out more about us and our interests here: ivaskalab.utu.fi

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