October is breast cancer awareness month. 🎀 I spoke with Australian Breast Cancer Research on what to look out for, when to take action, and how to look out for your loved ones. The earlier breast cancer is detected, the better the chances of survival. www.instagram.com/reel/DQX9N45...

Very excited to be at the Proteoglycan and Matrix Biology Society of ANZ conference this week! 🔬👩‍💻Looking forward to some great talks and seeing colleagues. (Also, churros for afternoon tea 😮)

Closing out the meeting is Tim Sargeant with an engaging plenary on the “trash bags” of the cell (autophagy)!

Pleasure to then chair fascinating presentations in the ECR/MCR session at the ANZSCDB Adelaide Meeting 🪑🗣️

Nice talk by our student @mogana-rajkumar.bsky.social on ROCK signalling in Metastasis at the ANZSCDB Adelaide Meeting.

Attending the 13th Adelaide Meeting of the ANZSCDB today, kicked off with a mesmerising seminar from @melaniedwhite.bsky.social.

Medical Research Future Fund: Advocates urge increased disbursements amid US research cuts “the government could release as much as $1.4 billion each year, more than double the current amount.” Funding delivers breakthroughs! ⁦‪ www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

What an honour to be able to don the puffy hat again yesterday, to give the oration at a University of Adelaide graduation ceremony for the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology. Truly delighted to be asked. Congrats to all the graduates and wishing you the very best!

Bubna-Litic, M., & Mayor, R. (2025). Beyond mechanosensing: How cells sense and shape their physical environment during development. Current opinion in cell biology, 94, 102514. #EpithelialMechanicsReview buff.ly/Ea2ZoFg

[email protected], @sarawickstrom.bsky.social & team discover that Piezo1 balances membrane & cortex tension to stabilize intercellular junctions & maintain the epithelial barrier. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... #OpenAccess

Tiny molecular spirals in cells can scale up to control the twist and turn of entire tissues, an important step towards understanding left-right symmetry in tissues and organs. buff.ly/2pSf3xS

Just simple antibody optimisations, but it feels good to be back doing lab work after a year away from the bench. 🔬🥼👩‍🔬 #immunofluorescence #confocal

Was my pleasure to moderate the panel today at the inaugural Female Fellows symposium “Balancing Acts”. An insightful, open and frank discussion on juggling a scientific career with caring, part time work and leave, and a real sense of solidarity.

Absolutely thrilled to receive an AIPS 2025 SA Young Tall Poppy Award! Wouldn't be possible without our wonderful team, dedicated patient advocates, & various funding bodies that allowed me to connect with scientific/non-scientific groups to communicate our research. www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre...

Finally got the time to put together my awesome new Lego, The Evolution of STEM 🧬🔬🧪🚀

Come work with us! Seeking a Research Associate/Fellow to work on our NHMRC funded project using nanofabrication to model tumour ECM structures.

Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more

A bit late to the party, but finished Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. POV as a reader: captivating, funny, gripping story, relatable in professional sense. As a woman in science: Fantastic to see how far we’ve come, but some aspects still unfortunately resonate. Recommend!

ITGB1/FERMT1 mechanoactivation enhances CD44 characteristic stemness in oral squamous cell carcinoma via ubiquitin-dependent CK1α degradation www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Differential cellular origins of the extracellular matrix of tumor and normal tissues according to colorectal cancer subtypes www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to share our review on methodology for measuring and manipulating mechanical forces with specific focus on developmental biology! Congrats to authors @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social @mccreery.bsky.social and hats off to the community for developing awesome tools www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Inhibiting fibronectin assembly in the breast tumor microenvironment increases cell death and improves response to doxorubicin https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.12.637963v1

Hey folks! I got a tattoo of my beloved PIEZO ion channel on my arm! Now I can show how they activate (flatten) under pressure by flexing—Will add a bit of performance art to my science talks 🧪🧠.

Today on #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, I’m reflecting on where I’m at. Pausing and slowing things down to raise a family takes its toll on an academic career in so many invisible ways, but it pushes me to work harder. This little babe (me!) knows it’s worth it.

Really enjoyed this session put together by @themeshwork.bsky.social. Always good to hear about the latest research and meet new people in the mechano field!

Swirling motion of breast cancer cells radially aligns collagen fibers to enable collective invasion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635980v1

🔔📢 Next event is fast approaching, so here is the complete program for next week's "Advances in Mechanobiology" session. @drsarahboyle.bsky.social @carstenschulte4.bsky.social @mathildemathieu.bsky.social Moderator: @ccstorytime.bsky.social Info: themeshwork2020.wixsite.com/info/up-comi...

Looking forward to being a part of this @themeshwork.bsky.social session dedicated to Mechanobiology! ⚙️🧬6 Feb, 9:30pm ACDT.

Sarate, R. M., Hochstetter, J., Valet, M., Hallou, A., Song, Y., Bansaccal, N., ... & Blanpain, C. (2024). Dynamic regulation of tissue fluidity controls skin repair during wound healing. Cell, 187(19), 5298-5315. #EpithelialMechanics https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.031

What are lumens and how do forces control tissue form and fate through lumen size? Join me, @dhirajindana.bsky.social, in this short thread to explore this question through some fascinating papers.

Extremely happy for our team led by @tmem-samuel.bsky.social to have secured an NHMRC Ideas Grant, investigating how distinct ECM structures can influence cancer growth and metastasis. But, more support needed for EMCR apps to foster next gen of emerging leaders. www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre...

The National Association of Research Fellows (NARF), has joined the sky! All things Australian #biomedicalresearch, robust #peerreview #researchfunding #EMCRs #basicscience #NHMRC #ARC #advocacy narf.org.au

Make your voice heard, use the QR code to make a submission to the National Strategy for Heath and Medical Research. A rare opportunity to contribute to priority settings and an overall strategy for #biomedical research in Australia. #NHMRC #MRFF #EMCRs

Great news, Carsten! 👉The #6thISMB in #Glasgow will unite #mechanobiology communities from Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the US, integrating basic research, medicine, and industry support. CeMi @theglasgowCeMi.bsky.social and UofG @uofglasgow.bsky.social are excited and prepared for a large turnout!

A guide from Nature to landing your next job in science - in industry or academia 🧪 ✅ A personal tip - always make sure to send a follow-up email after your interview - it takes little time, and shows you really care about the position.. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social

Our paper "Enhanced RHO‐ROCK signaling is associated with CRELD2 production and fibroblast recruitment in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma" is now published in the Cytoskeleton Special Issue: Myosin and Myosin-Dependent Cell Processes. doi.org/10.1002/cm.2...

Ion channel earrings 😄

Our paper on chromosomal abnormalities in normal breast tissue from BRCA carriers came out last week. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thought this would be a great opportunity to gather the #mechanobiology community. Please feel free to spread the word. go.bsky.app/G5cQqYT

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

Check out a new paper just published in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Brückner, D., & Broedersz, C. P. (2024). Learning dynamical models of single and collective cell migration: a review. Reports on Progress in Physics. #EpithelialMechanicsReview https://buff.ly/3OmMaX3

If you're searching for the Mechanobiology community and starter pack, here it is: Thought this would be a great opportunity to gather the #mechanobiology community. Please feel free to spread the word. go.bsky.app/G5cQqYT

If your #NHMRC ideas grant was unsuccessful and you have a story to share about the impact of this on your #biomedicalresearch, career, team - get in touch. Federal DOH have asked #NARF to collect stories of impact of low funding. #SaveOzScience #DiscoveriesNeedDollars #EMCRs

First Skeet. Still cross-posting on X for now (same handle), but hoping to rediscover the scientific community over here!