Tumour heterogeneity comes at different length scales.This article classifies regulators of cancer into tumour-cell-intrinsic, tissue-microenvironment and organism-level sources, describing engineering strategies to measure and analyse these factors:

On a quest to make my own yogurt and cottage cheese… and all I can think is how useful it would be to have a hot plate and stir bar to prevent milk from burning. Why doesn’t this exist? #ScientistsWhoCook

Excited to start my postdoctoral training @utoronto.ca and @uhn.ca this week! I will work with Dr. Milica Radisic who is a leader in developing organ-on-a-chip technologies and engineering functional microtissues. Glad to be in a new environment committed to funding the future of science 🇨🇦🔬

Cali approves of this important breakthrough in science! #catsky #catsofbluesky #calico #scisky

Had a great visit to Stanford last week and managed to squeeze in a visit to Half Moon Bay! Glad to have soaked up a little extra California sun ☀️ #blueskyartshow #nature #photography

I am incredibly excited to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the CBE Department at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering this fall! Ready for some Florida sunshine 😁

I am THRILLED to officially announce that I have accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison starting January 2026! My lab will use expertise in polymer science, biomaterials, and ECM engineering study osteochondral disease! 🦡 🔬🧪🧫 🦴

Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵

Had a great time working with @natrevbioeng.nature.com to put this review together! Biophysical cues integrate across length scales (molecular, cellular, tissue level, organismal) to drive cancer outcomes. Bioengineers have the tools to measure and model these factors in isolation 🛠️🔬

Overdue debut of my cat Cali on Bluesky for this spring #caturday

Preprint alert! Excited to share this manuscript from my PhD which aims to answer an age-old question. Does size matter? For fat cells, or adipocytes, the answer seems to be yes. We found that larger adipocytes promote aggressive behavior in breast cancer cells. 1/5 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants. This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.

1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:

Glad to see @aimbe-official.bsky.social on this letter. But disheartening that other biomedical research societies are noticeably absent

Cornell announced a hiring freeze today effective until June 30 in response to the recent changes at #HHS and #NIH, following a similar announcement made by Stanford. I wonder if more universities will follow suit? I’ve posted the email below for those who are curious #SciSky #MedSky #AcademicSky

Slashing NIH funding is a direct attack on life-saving research happening in Minnesota and across the country. The Trump administration's proposed cuts would jeopardize breakthroughs in cancer, heart disease, PTSD treatment, and more. We must continue to fight back.

The AACR is deeply concerned that the Administration’s recent actions are threatening NIH and its mission to accelerate progress for patients with cancer and other diseases that afflict millions of Americans. Read our statement: https://buff.ly/4gRXNB8

Despite the current uncertainty of being a scientist, I am excited to share our manuscript demonstrating an interesting mechanism of how swirling motion of breast cancer cells align collagen fibers radially at the tumor-stroma interface to enable their invasion (1/11) @thechaudhurilab.bsky.social

Breaking News: A federal judge temporarily blocked the National Institutes of Health from enacting President Trump’s cuts to research funding in 22 states.

We just received an email that Cornell along with 11 other universities have filed suit against the cut to indirect costs at the #NIH announced on Friday. As far as I can tell, this appears to be in addition to the suit filed by 22 state AGs earlier today #SciSky #MedSky #AcademicSky

Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

Adipocytes get a bad rap but these fat cells uptake nutrients to store them in case of famine. Nguyen et al. engineered adipocytes to increase uptake and deprive tumors of nutrients, slowing their growth. A creative use of my favorite cells! See the paper below 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As an early career scientist, it is extremely disheartening (if unsurprising) to see the NIH targeted by the Trump administration. These executive orders are a reminder of how vulnerable research can be to the crossfire of politics in a climate that demonizes science. How can we respond?

We are hiring! Now recruiting for either Research Scientist (PhD or MS) or Postdoc. Lead projects in chemical biology, bioanalytical methods in live tissues, and/or understanding the immunobiology of the lymph node. Join our supportive + inclusive group! Apply at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...

🔬 We’re Hiring! 🧪 The Single-cell Analytics Innovation Lab @mskcancercenter.bsky.social is expanding and looking for Junior Research Technician! Join our team based in NYC to work on cutting-edge single-cell & spatial genomics methods in collaboration with leading research labs.

When it’s too cold to build a fire outside… the first installation of my 2024 holiday baking season is the Claire Saffitz s’mores tart 🔥

Associate Professor no more! I have been promoted to Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. I am grateful to my all my previous and current trainees, my colleagues at @UVA and elsewhere, my letter writers, and my family. 🙏

Excited to be in NYC this week for the Single-Cell Analysis Enrichment (SCALE) Course @mskcancercenter.bsky.social! Looking forward to learning more about best practices and new approaches for single-cell experiments 🤓🧬

The complex effects of biomaterial and animal characteristics on wound healing and metastatic tumor formation in bone are revealed with single-cell RNA-seq in my most recent PhD work in #Biomaterials with @madhavmantri.bsky.social @fischbachlab.bsky.social & Iwijn De Vlaminck #cornellbme t.ly/WAjXZ

For my first #FluorescenceFriday, I want to share one of my favorite images from my PhD of actin filaments in adipocytes. All of the organelles exist in a thin shell surrounding the central lipid droplet of these cells, which can be over 100 μm in diameter. Form really does follow function! 🔬

Excited to present our research to understand how monocytes move through complex mechanical environments at the "Mass General Brigham Engineering in Medicine Seminar Series" @ 4 p.m. EST tomorrow (Nov. 21). More details are in the attached flyer.

I didn’t see a general starter pack for people in the #BME and #BioE communities so I started to put one together. Let me know if I’ve missed anyone in particular or if you’d like to be added! #ScienceSky #AcademicSky go.bsky.app/9nMCGLK

Hi everyone! Moving platforms feels like the appropriate time for a reintroduction. I’m Garrett, a (recently defended!) PhD candidate interested in how mammary adipose tissue shapes breast cancer progression. Outside of lab, I enjoy baking, hiking, and spending time with my cat. #ScienceSky