Program update: The Pastries and Panel session “Matrix Resources: What Tools Are Out There?” I am co-chairing with @rachellennon.bsky.social is on Monday 7:15am, rooms Holiday 4 and 5!

I first presented the data in this paper at the Philly Podocyte meeting in May 2023 (thanks @ksusztak.bsky.social & Larry Holzman), and a few days ago the paper appeared in @kidneyint.bsky.social . Promising results for new ways to treat Alport syndrome. kidney-international.org/article/S008...

Brilliant Keynote presentation by @rachellennon.bsky.social at #scotmicro2025 symposium in Aberdeen! #microscopy #aberdeen

Great keynote talk by @rachellennon.bsky.social kicked off the day at #ScotMicro2025. Come and see us at poster 35 if you're here - we have chocolates!

Check out our latest review on Basement Membranes! Including scaled representation of protein & glycan components 😊 @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social

The 2025 International workshop on Alport syndrome in Beijing was a blast! Great research, progress & connection within the Alport community! Huge thanks to the hosting teams from China & to @alportuk.bsky.social 🙏🙏 🇨🇳 @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social

This month's issue of #ASNKidneyNews features "The Inferno Within," kidney artistry by AnilzArt embodying the slow and smoldering burn of chronic kidney disease through abstract digital art. kidney.pub/KN1707-18#ASNKidneyNews#ASNKidneyNews

Thrilled to have this finally published! If you are interested in learning about the collagen IV diseases Gould syndrome and Alport syndrome, add this to your reading list. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The 2025 Collagen Gordon Conference was spectacular! Chair Doug Gould with @rachellennon.bsky.social & Alex Nystrom put together such a fabulous line-up. So excited for 2027!!

Our director @rachellennon.bsky.social on how we will achieve the future aims of the centre

Wonderful to be at the 15th International Podocyte Conference in Hamburg! Exciting science & fabulous networking ❤️ Huge 🙏 to @tobias-b-huber.bsky.social & @isgd.bsky.social teams 🙏

Rachel Lennon @rachellennon.bsky.social with 2nd keynote, on the GBM and Alport syndrome at the ECR pre-meeting. Check out the Basement MembraneBASE tool at bmbase.manchester.ac.uk

The Alport Workshop in Beijing in September is looking tremendous! Agenda to be added soon, but register now at tinyurl.com/5674vckz @alportuk.bsky.social @dannygale.bsky.social @rheaultm.bsky.social @rachellennon.bsky.social‬

Come check out the amazing programs! Trainees - this is a great time to network and connect with other collagen researchers from across the globe ☺️ The GRS still has lots of poster slots open!

Curious about collagen?? There is an amazing program for the Collagen Gordon in New Hampshire this year. We have ample speaker slots reserved for abstract submissions. Come and join us! www.grc.org/collagen-con... July 6 - 11, 2025 www.grc.org/collagen-grs... July 5 - 6, 2025 Doug,Rachel,Alex

Please join us for this webinar, in which our speakers — Joaquin Barnoya (Guatemalan Health Minister), @roy-chaudhury.bsky.social (ASN), @rosertorra.bsky.social (ERA) and Marcello Tonelli (ISN) — will discuss the landscape of kidney disease in the public health agenda.

Happy Easter to our amazing community! 🐣🌷 Wishing you a joyful day filled with love and happiness. From all of us at Alport UK! #Easter #Community #AlportUK

A beautiful day in London at the @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social - sharing our enthusiasm for cell-matrix research. Thank you Franck, Joaquina & Chris for great discussions 🙏🙏

A wonderful European Renal Cell Study Group meeting in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern- a great range of exciting science & fabulous networking. Even time for an early run 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Huge thanks to Nicole Endlich & team for hosting & entertaining!!

We’re proud to be taking part in the Rare Renal Disease Roundtable, hosted by Public Policy Projects (PPP). @kidneyresearchuk.org @kidneycareuk.bsky.social @pkdfoundation.bsky.social

I'm delighted to be hosting the Cambridge University Endocrinology Society's annual conference this Friday, entitled: 'From Bench to Bedside (and back again)'. We're really fortunate to have such an exciting line up of speakers, integrating across a wide range of career stages and fields.

#HirofumiKai #MaryAnnSuico #RyuichiNishinakamura #KobeUniversity #KandaiNozu #TomokoHorinouchi #TomohikoYamamura @alportalliance.bsky.social @alportuk.bsky.social #SusieGear #asf @rachellennon.bsky.social @jeffminerphd.bsky.social

The ASN Journal Portfolio seeks early career scientists and junior faculty members interested in participating in the editorial process of peer reviewed journals to join our Junior Associate Editor (JAE) Program. Learn more and apply by May 2. bit.ly/TraineePrograms @rajmehrotra.bsky.social

Today at the Manchester Cell Matrix Centre, we're excited to showcase another Woman in Science, Dharshika Jayalath (Pathiranage), Dharshika is a lab manager, whose research focuses on the circadian clock and circadian rhythms. Watch Dharshika's video here: youtube.com/shorts/bS-KL...

Having a fabulous Bluesky day in Japan! Trip to Minamata with team #Alport & family @moumitabarua.bsky.social @jeffminerphd.bsky.social @alportuk.bsky.social

This International Women's Day 2025, Dr Omolade Allen, Prof Ruth Bromley, Dr Julia Schoonover and Dr Neil Pemberton share their personal experiences and perspectives.

Do you want to know about the ECM and basement membranes in the 🧠 ? Huge effort from Shaun Wright….and those figures! journal-inflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Registration is still open to this exciting meeting! Besides cutting edge science and nice people, it’s also a fantastic location to take a bit of a break from it all!

COL4A5 Intronic Variants at Third to Fifth Nucleotides Cause Alport Syndrome pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39990911/

We #ASMB stand up for #science on March 7 2025 - Because science is for and impacts everyone! Find your local rally site and other ways to get involve here: standupforscience2025.org #ECMatrixIsEverywhere #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceNotSilence #ScienceForAll

Please tune in!

Read more about Nature’s statement on trump2.0 🧪

🔬✨ SCIENCE THAT GLOWS💡🔴 Conor Sugden, Shota Kaseda, Sherwood Lab & UoM’s Genome Editing Unit made basement membranes glow red with mScarlet. This helps scientists see damage & repair in real-time—leading to better treatments! 🏥💙 @conorjsugden.bsky.social @rachellennon.bsky.social

Exciting progress in Alport research! 🎉 The Alport Research Hub, led by Prof. Rachel Lennon, is uniting experts and patients to improve diagnosis, treatment & care. Watch the video to learn all about The Alport Research Hub @rachellennon.bsky.social @kidneyresearchuk.org

🎉Today we celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We are extremely #PROUD of all the #WomenInASMB, their accomplishments, both past and present, and we are excited to see what the future holds! #WomenInSTEM #ECMatrixIsEverywhere #ScienceNoBoundaries

Time To Talk- A campus tour with Amin & Rachel, exploring the Smith Quad with our Quad Master and then inside for board games- Taking time to talk- #Mental health conversations @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social 🙏🙏

For anyone interested in #extracellularmatrix. From fundamental questions in #DevBio to alterations in disease using interdisciplinary approaches across model organisms. And in an amazing research environment in Manchester (with some occasional fun in London 😀)!

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...

A glycine substitution involving the distal exons had a negative impact on renal survival in patients with autosomal dominant #Alport syndrome. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39810285/

Shout out to the fantastic @rachellennon.bsky.social in this video 😍

Fantastic to join the UKKA Advanced Nephrology course in Oxford today- a morning or PKD & Alport with Albert Ong & an excellent audience! Lots to consider on genetics, naming & clinical trials - issues common to both conditions. Snaps from the morning 🏃‍♀️

Please spread the word and sign up for our exciting spring meeting in Nottingham with amazing speakers on the topic of ECM, immunity and infection. An exciting and developing field! paacr4.wixsite.com/bsmb-spring2...

We'll always have matrix... Happy holidays to all our members and collaborators.

Full of festive cheer! A wonderful lab celebration to round off 2024! Happy Holidays 🎄❄️☃️ @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social

Congratulations Jasmin- now Dr Kaivola & Johanna for stellar supervision. What a wonderful public PhD defence- fabulous science celebrated with formality & tradition. Looking forward to the Karonkka 🥳🎉

Mark your calendars!!! #ASMB 2025 Biennial Meeting👇🏻 🗓️When? November 16-19, 2025 🏙️Where? Baltimore 🥅What? #ECMatrix #Marvels ❓Why? 25th anniversary with lots of new features 🥳 plus all the leading #ECMatrix research (and we all know how fundamental it is to life!)

Look what I made! 🦋 With help from Scholar Goggler scholargoggler.com

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 👇👇

A brisk city run before Monday starts-ready for anything now!! 🏃‍♀️❤️🏃‍♀️