@wtccmr

Matrix biology, cell-matrix research at the University of Manchester. Personal tweets.

 Manchester, England
wellcome-matrix.org/
Joined November 2015
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We’re delighted to share that the latest paper from Clair Baldock’s lab entitled "Collagen VI microfibril structure reveals mechanism for molecular assembly and clustering of inherited pathogenic mutations" has been published in Nature Communications. rdcu.be/eAKuA
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We'll always have matrix... Happy holidays to all our members and collaborators
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Gamechanger for vesicle Control! We present an approach to remotely control endosomal distribution in living cells (even in #3Dmatrix) with high precision. #Magnetogenetics meets #Rabs! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @integrintraffic @wtccmr @Gregor_lab @imgprague @mcoppey #CellBiology
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For anyone interested in the ⁦@UProteoglycans⁩ 2025 meeting in beautiful Manchester please register here, all experience levels welcome ⁦@MerryLabNotts⁩ ⁦@LabRichter⁩ ⁦@KwokLab⁩ ⁦@BSMB1⁩ ⁦@IntSocMatBio⁩ ⁦@wtccmr⁩ forms.office.com/pages/respo…

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So pleased to share the first study from our @CRUK @MCRCnews RadNet collab led by the amazing @NabinaPun98 with @TravislabUoM and Prof. Illidge @UCytlak @CRGGlasgow @LydiaBeckerIII @wtccmr biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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A grey morning in Manchester but, if yesterday’s discussions were anything to go by it’s going to be a sparkling day of illuminating science at the @wtccmr
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On @FBMH_UoM Innovation Day, we’re excited to continue to celebrate Qing-Jun Meng, Faculty Researcher of the Year! Qing-Jun’s pioneering work on circadian clocks and rhythms is transforming our understanding of health and wellness.
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Another two representations from @wtccmr, Mike on Boots-funded skin research (it works!), and Julia on #inclusive #research and #culture!
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Today, we celebrate the innovative and impactful work being done in @FBMH_UoM! A special shoutout to Joan Chang for their dedication to supporting and celebrating postdocs—not only in Manchester but across the UK! 👏 Thank you, Joan, for all that you do! #PostdocAppreciation #ResearchExcellence
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Genomics research helps us understand diseases better. It enables us to improve treatments and personalise healthcare. Yet for science to benefit everyone, we need to support greater diversity in genomic data. [1/3] wellcome.org/news/genomics-h…

Genomics has endless potential, if everyone is included | News | Wellcome

Learn why genomic diversity matters, where the gaps are and how we can improve to better global health and scientific progress.

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A #masterclass from @MJ_Humphries on #adhesomes and #mechanosensing. What a way to wrap up an amazing #MBE2024! Also @wtccmr representation bookending the meeting ⭐
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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!)
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A superb Centre Symposium this week- buzzing with discussion, new developments, new Centre members - all demonstrating the vital interaction between technology & academia - The future is bright for #matrix research 🥳 @wtccmr @FBMH_UoM @wellcometrust
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Woo hoo!! Congratulations to Becky Preston on a successful PhD defence today 🥳- Circadian dynamics & matrix protein turnover in the kidney glomerulus- with Qing Jun Meng’s lab 🤩 & funded by @Kidney_Research 🙏 🙏awesome examiners Julie Gibbs & Matt Bailey @edinburgh_renal
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Today on our final day of ASMB we had chairs and co chairs from Universities of Oulu (Finland), Manchester (UK), and Vanderbilt (USA). @amsocmatbio
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Today on our final day of ASMB we had presenters from Universities of South Florida (USA), California San Francisco (USA), Manchester (UK), Cornell (USA), Vanderbilt (USA), Duke (USA), Kings College London (USA), and the RIKEN laboratory (Japan). @amsocmatbio
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We would love to hear from you! Did you attend ASMB this year? What is your biggest takeaway?
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We are a #LovelyBunch! HUGE shoutout from @roy_zent on the hard work from @RLWczyk and team, as well as #AnnaFildes @wtccmr and our very own #KendraLaDuca for putting this together! A plug for "our" journal #MatrixBiology and the upcoming special issue(s)!
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Basement membrane features and tomography can vary significant even within the same tissue - the corneal epithelial basement membrane ranges between 30 nm and 400 nm thick! Abrams Et al. January 2000. Cell Tissue Res (1): 39-46. @amsocmatbio
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The final Day of ASMB is here. We are sad to see some of our colleagues leave but we have come away with so much!
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