📢Paper alert: Matrix degradation enhances stress relaxation, regulating cell adhesion and spreading | www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵Often our studies focus on how the mechanics of the environment impact cell behavior...but it's a two-way street...cells can also effect changes on their environment...

Thank you @bmes-cmbe.bsky.social for the gala dinner last night to celebrate the CMBE Rising Star Awardees! ⭐️ Hoping more of these superstars join BlueSky! @marianhh.bsky.social @rituraman.bsky.social @fraleylab.bsky.social