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Interested in nuclear #mechanobiology? Join us for the first ever FASEB Science Research Conference on the Mechanobiology of the Nucleus #MBNSRC.
Find more information and register at: events.faseb.org/event/Mechan...
Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025. Please share and see you in October!

Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…

Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio

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Group photo from the Mechanometabolism Unleashed: The Interface of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism Workshop Held at Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK 22-25 June 2025

The Company of Biologists Workshop - Mechanometabolism Unleashed: The Interface of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism

Thank you to Workshop organisers Marco Foiani, Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Victoria Sanz-Moreno and Giorgio Scita.

#Workshop #Biology #CellBiology #Community #Collaboration #Research

Register for our next ECLC webinar by Marco Montagner, PhD on Understanding the determinants of the invisible phase of metastasis - June 26th, 2025 - USA: 11:00 AM EDT | Europe: 17:00 PM CEST | Australia: 01:00 AM AEST - tinyurl.com/ujer8yw8

The mechanobiology of fibroblast activation in disease Fibroblasts play crucial roles in wound healing, cancer, and fibrosis. Many aspects of these roles are driven by the process known as fibroblast activation. The

There’s tons out there on fibroblast #mechanobiology in disease. In our new review in @aip-publishing.bsky.social, Yeji @cyj8.bsky.social gives the who/what/where/when/how/why of mechanosensitive fibroblast activation, from CAFs to FAFs and nearly everything in between!
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Check out this remarkable debut paper from @jie-xu.bsky.social, a very creative lab alumnus. Very proud!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Science Bluesky, do your thing:
We're organising the International Symposium on Mechanobiology (ISMB) 2026 in #Glasgow & we're looking for research groups in Latin America & Africa who are doing great work in #Mechanobiology or adjacent areas.
Can you indicate some names to me?

Shaping epithelial tissues by stem cell mechanics in development and cancer - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Adult stem cells self-renew and differentiate to build, maintain and repair tissues. This Review discusses recent insights into the contribution of mechanical forces produced by epithelial stem cell a...

Shaping epithelial tissues by stem cell mechanics in development and cancer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My lab is co-organizing the CellMech2025 conference @cellmech2025.bsky.social. I’m excited to announce that the scientific program is now online!
👉🏼 cellmech2025.org/programme/

There’s still time to submit your abstract for the Scientific Art Contest and compete for prizes !

Join us in Singapore in September for the "Mechanobiology in Time and Space" meeting hosted by the Mechanobiology Institute at NUS @mbisg.bsky.social and Max Planck Society @maxplanck.de. Abstracts due soon! www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/events/mbico...

Program and application instructions for the 2025 Mechanobiology of tissue morphogenesis and disease workshop in Baeza, Spain, October 21-23. Apply at https://www.unia.es/estudios-y-acceso/oferta-academica/formacion-continua/workshop-mechanobiology-of-tissue-morphogenesis-and-disease

Interested in Developmental Mechanics??? We are organizing a mechanobiology workshop in Baeza, Spain, October 21-23, 2025. Come join us (and please help us spread the word)!!!

The picture shows the official flyer with more information about the conference, for example the scientific organizing committee and the invited speakers.

Exploring the Frontiers of #Mechanobiology

Mechanobiology Conference III, organized by Prof. @bladoux.bsky.social ( #MPZPM), takes place July 6–12, 2025 in Vietnam. Topics include cell signaling, biomaterials & more.

📅 Deadlines: Abstracts – Apr 30 | Reg – Jun 6

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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-...

I like the hydra system 🤩!

🚨 Last minute call we have an open call for post-docs expiring soon dm me if you’re interested! Several projects on the table around mitochondrial mechanotransduction and its functional roles in vivo!!

Collagen signaling and matrix stiffness regulate multipotency in glandular epithelial stem cells in mice - Nature Communications The mechanisms regulating multipotency in glandular epithelia remain unclear. Here, the authors identify the key role of collagen signaling and ECM stiffness in regulating stem cell multipotency in gl...

Culturing epithelial basal cells on a stiff ECM reactivates embryonic-like multipotency via integrin-AP1(YAP?) signaling from @cedric-blanpain.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks for highlighting our work! Growing area of investigation!!

Human TMC1 and TMC2 are mechanically gated ion channels Fu et al. showed that point mutations in MmTMC1/2 are localized in plasma membrane, and knockdown of UROD, RGP1, or ARL1 promotes plasma membrane localization of HsTMC1/2 in heterologous cells. HsTMC1/2 are activated by mechanical stimuli and function as pore-forming ion channels, supporting their roles as mechanotransduction channels in hair cells.

TMC1/2 activation by mechanical forces in cell lines is compelling! The hearing field has struggled with membrane expression of these proteins, but a CRISPR screen offers a clever workaround. Excited to see if another lab can replicate these findings.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

The organizing committee, Sylvain Gabriele, Marine Luciano, Jorge Barrasa Fano, Yohalie Kalukula, Bart Smeets, Apeksha Shapeti, Hans Van Oosterwyck

👋Hello #mechanobiology community in 🦋!

This is the official account of the 10th Edition of the Cell Mech conference!

🔧We will soon announce the invited speaker list! Visit our website, subscribe to the mailing list, and follow us!:
cellmech2025.org

😍Join us in Leuven 2025!

Differentiating erythroblasts adapt to mechanical stimulation by upregulation of cholesterol biosynthesis via S1P/SREBP-induced HMGCR expression - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Differentiating erythroblasts adapt to mechanical stimulation by upregulation of cholesterol biosynthesis via S1P/SREBP-induced HMGCR expression

Looks like SREBP, triglycerides and cholesterol synthesis is a general #mitochondrial #mechanotransduction response to both ECM elasticity (Romani+Bertolio 2019, Romani 2024) and shear stress
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New preprint from the lab! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

Next week in London: Mechanobiology Shaping Life.
The deadline for registration is tomorrow, 26/11.
iop.eventsair.com/msl2025/

Shear stress-stimulated AMPK couples endothelial cell mechanics, metabolism, and vasodilation Endothelial cells respond to mechanical force by stimulating cellular signaling, but how these pathways are linked to elevations in cell metabolism and whether metabolism supports the mechanical respo...

New links between forces, AMPK, and metabolism in endothelia by Kris DeMali's group on JCS @biologists.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

Differential stiffness between brain vasculature and parenchyma promotes metastatic infiltration through vessel co-option - Nature Cell Biology Uroz et al. report that the distinct mechanical properties of brain vasculature versus parenchyma drive cancer cell migration through a talin-dependent mechanism, enabling vessel co-option and metasta...

Hi #cancer, #ECMatrix, #biomaterials and #mechanobiology folks:
Below a Nat Cell Biol paper from the Chen and Weaver groups, of interest to many of us 🧪👇:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

See you at the Workshop on 'Mechanometabolism Unleashed: The Interface of Cell Mechanics and Metabolism', organized by M.Foiani A.Lennon @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social and
@lab-scita.bsky.social
Apply by 13 Dec biologists.com/workshops/ju...
#BiologistsWorkshops

Nice idea! And thanks for adding me to the community