😱 AHHHH!!! 1 week left for #cellmech2025 !!!! Do you have everything ready to come to Leuven?? Check our programme here 👉 buff.ly/XqP8rmF If you present your work, check this 👉 buff.ly/wYloavk

🔔🧪 Call for Papers – #Mechanobiology of the #ExtracellularMatrix 🧬🛠️ Excited to serve as Guest Editor — together with Jacopo di Russo and Jennifer Young — of a new 𝐧𝐩𝐣 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 Collection on “Mechanobiology of the ECM”. Deadline: 14 May 2026! www.nature.com/collections/...

🚨Preprint alert!🚨 Very happy that our lab could contribute to this new aging story by the @lderooij.bsky.social group, building a Human Aging Atlas with over 375,000 profiled endothelial cells, so many insights including a mechanical twist to our aging endothelium.

We’re organizing a conference at @ijmonod.bsky.social in Paris, January 2026, in memory of M.P. Sheetz — pioneer in cell mechanics and mechanobiology, co-discoverer of kinesin, and founder of @mbisg.bsky.social. Join us to explore his legacy. mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org

😱 I cannot believe that #cellmech2025 is starting in just 2 weeks!!! 🫣

I am delighted to share that I have been awarded the Francqui Research Professorship 🥳 This achievement is above all a collective success and I sincerely thank all the researchers of my lab www.cellmechanobiology.com, past and present, for their incredible work! web.umons.ac.be/fs/fr/sylvai...

Out now: Simulating Organogenesis in #COMSOL: Tissue Patterning with Directed Cell Migration We provide a detailed walkthrough of how to implement #DCM partial integro-differential equation models - enabling accessible simulations of tissue patterning and morphogenesis. arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08930

My lab @mpi-muenster.bsky.social is looking for a computational biologist with a passion for imaging and spatial biology. A staff scientist position with long-term perspective! Apply and spread the word 🙏 jobs.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/jobposting/0...

🔥 Let's warm up for the #cellmech2025 !! Here are some fun facts about the history of the University!👇 🎉 Founded in 1425, KU Leuven is turning 600! That’s older than the printing press. Europe's oldest Catholic university still going strong.

🏖️ Enjoying your summer?? I'm sorry to disturb, but did you realize that #cellmech2025 starts in 1 month?? 🎤 Do you have an oral talk or a poster? Before you rush to start preparing it, make sure you follow the instructions!👉

🍕 Hungry? Did you know that our conference dinner is taking place at #FacultyClub? 😍 It is in Leuven's UNESCO-protected Grand Beguinage! We will have dinner in a beautiful banquet room and end the night with a DJ! 🧐 buff.ly/xYxf7Pa

Excited to share our discovery www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... that the #centrosome is prone to breakage! Using #motile cells, we identify centrosome breakage during #pathfinding, caused by #actin #forces, & prevented by #Dyrk3 Kudos to 1st author Madeleine & thanks to all collaborators! (1/6)

Check out our latest paper in Science Advances, in which we built a constriction-based microfluidic device to measure the deformability of oocytes to assess their mechanical properties with minimal impact. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Excited about the new work from Z. Dunajova & S. Tasciyan (with the Sixt lab @ISTA) - how the mechanical heterogeneity of the environment can be (by itself!) a driver of tumor cell dissemination! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Combination of in vitro exp, simulations and KPZ stat phys!👇🧵1/n

Check out this beautiful quantitative study of cell mechanics, led by James Conboy, in collaboration with Fred MacKintosh & Pouyan Boukany! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to share our new review with Emmanuel on tissue patterning in organ morphogenesis! We explore how repetitive patterns form, starting with the concept of L-systems and highlighting an ERK-mediated curvature feedback. Please check it out! sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very happy to see our preprint on how the mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo1 controls intercellular junction maturation by balancing cortex and membrane tension now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social Congratulations to Ahsan & team! journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

🚨 New publication alert! Excited to share our latest work SLC7A11 protects amoeboid-disseminating cancer cells from oxidative stress: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Excited to share our most recent study on #integrintraffic #cancer #migration #focaladhesion by @ivaskalab.bsky.social @drpaulinamoreno.bsky.social Niklas Jäntti et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interested in how cells respond when squeezed? Check the review paper just published by Laura Faure, @valeriaventurini.bsky.social and myself on this. Really thorough and clear revision by Laura and Valeria!

How can cells self-organize rapidly into complex patterns during development? Let’s explore a powerful and underappreciated mechanism: Directed Cell Migration (DCM). Preprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1101/2025... 👇Thread 🧵(1/11)

👋What work will you present at #cellmech2025 ?? 🔬My exciting experiment 💻My cool model 🔬💻A bit of both Reply in the comments below with the corresponding icon! 👀 👇👇

⌛ 😶 😶 In only 2 months #cellmech2025 will kick off!!!! Make sure you register before the deadline👉 buff.ly/mE4DjT6 ✈️ Do you need help planning your trip? 👉 buff.ly/ga7yziF 😍 Looking forward to meeting you all in Leuven!!

🧐 Do you want to know more about the beautiful city where #cellmech2025 is taking place? 👇 buff.ly/ImeNmkl

👋🌞 Hey everyone! Some of you may be on holidays, but here we are still working to make #cellmech2025 the best experience for you! 🚄 ✈️ Did you already book your trip to Leuven?? 💸 Remember that we have special travel fares for flights and trains! buff.ly/R0A6EJs

🚨 Our final program is online!!! You can now check the schedule for Invited Speakers, Oral talks, Poster sessions, etc! 👇

⚠️ ⌛ 2 days left to submit your image to our Scientific Art Contest! 👉 Selected images will be displayed in a “scientific art gallery” during the conference 🏆 The winner will be chosen by audience vote, and the results will be announced at the conference. 🎨 👇 Submit!! buff.ly/jCzHnlb

Seriously, how cool is our conference program?🧐 😍 👇 buff.ly/1FDdbf4 Can't wait to see y'all in Leuven in 4 months!!😱

🧵A thread of threads of our invited speakers 👇

⚠️ Big news!! Our official conference program is online!! buff.ly/1FDdbf4 🐥 Early bird deadline: May 31, 2025 ✍️ Presenting author deadline: May 31, 2025 Register now👉 buff.ly/HWLb3RR 🎨 Submit your beautiful scientific image👉 buff.ly/hySqSV6

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟  Prof. Georg Halder (@KU_Leuven & VIB) 🧬🔬 A pioneer in organ growth & cancer research, his lab uncovered the Hippo pathway and now studies liver regeneration & cancer🧠🧫

🎨 CellMech 2025 presents the Scientific Art Contest! Submit a stunning image from your research and have it featured in our art gallery during the conference. 🗳️ Audience will vote for the winner! Deadline: 6 June 2025 📅 Details: buff.ly/edJ17gy #CellMech2025 #SciArt

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟 (1/2) 🧠 Laurent Nguyen (@ULiege) is Research Director FRS-FNRS & Scientific Director Giga Institute, studying how neurons migrate to shape the brain.

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟  (1/2) Meet @sarawickstrom.bsky.social ! 🧬🔬 Director at MPI for Molecular Biomedicine, she explores how mechanical forces shape and maintain epithelial tissues.

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟  (1/2) Meet @creinhartking ! 🔬📚 Chair of Bioengineering at Rice University, she investigates cell & tissue mechanobiology in cancer and atherosclerosis.

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟  Meet @Kkitparker ! 🔬🎖️ Harvard & West Point professor, bioengineer, and U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Colonel. His lab explores cellular mechanotransduction in the heart 🫀.

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟  (1/2) Meet @vickysanzmoreno.bsky.social , a leader in cancer research! 🧬🔬 Her work on cytoskeletal dynamics in metastatic cells is shaping new anti-metastasis therapies.

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟  (1/2) Meet @hirashima0203.bsky.social ! 🔬📊 Assistant Professor at @MBI, @NUS, he explores collective cell behavior in development, homeostasis & reproduction...

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟 (1/2) 🧫🔬 @johannaivaska.bsky.social leads the Cell Adhesion & Cancer Lab, focusing on integrins, mechanosensing, and their role in cancer progression.

🚨 We are excited to announce the Scientific Art Contest!!! 🎨 Selected images will be displayed in a “scientific art gallery” during the conference. 🥇 The winner will be chosen by audience vote, and the results will be announced at the conference. Submit here👇

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟  (1/2) 🧬🥼 @renkawitzteam.bsky.social explores how immune cells move and interact!

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟 (1/2) 🔬📐@iberd.bsky.social uses mathematical modeling & experiments to uncover how tissues develop in 4D !

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟 (1/2) 🧬🔬 Dr. Pere Roca-Cusachs (@ibecbarcelona.eu) explores how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces! From transcription factor mechanosensitivity to ECM mechanics.

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟 (1/2) 🧫🔬@gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social, expert in soft matter physics, explores how living cells combine mechanical strength with the ability to generate forces & change shape.

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟 (1/2) 🔬📈 @ehannezo.bsky.social explores how biological systems self-organize, from cytoskeletal forces to organ architecture !

🚪We are closing the abstract submission in a few hours! Amazing the number of contributions we've received so far!! 📝 Our scientific committee will be quite busy😅 Thanks all for wanting to share your work!! This makes us even more excited 😍 Still time for a few more though👉🏼

🚨Only a few hours left to register for @cellmech2025.bsky.social, deadline by March 16, 2025 ! 👇🏼

🚨 Exciting News! As we count down to #CellMech2025, we’re highlighting our incredible keynote speakers! 🌟 (1/2) 🥚🔬 @memilieterret.bsky.social, co-director of the "Oocyte Mechanics & Morphogenesis" team at Collège de France, explores how oocyte mechanics shape embryo development

⌛ ⌛ Deadline is coming... and no, we won't extend it again 🧐

🕊️ Early bird registrations are open!!! ✍️ Register here: buff.ly/RkiIZwP