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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Late in sharing, but big congrats to our postdoc Dunja Al-Nuaimi who recieved the Seal of Excellence Postdoc Fellowship from ÖAW 🎉, supporting SELFORM3, a project exploring how self-organizing tissues integrate Mechanics, Matrix, and Metabolism during development. #Mechanobiology #ECM #Metabolism

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🫀🧲Master's Thesis @ Abdel Fattah Lab (CeMM) and Mendjan Lab (IMBA), Vienna Develop next-generation human cardiac #organoids (cardioids) with magnetic bioprinting. Seeking students with a passion for interdisciplinary research/ #Bioengineering. Apply here: cemm.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/iy0ni...

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CeMM @cemm.oeaw.ac.at · 29/04/2026

🚀 #𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 #𝗖𝗲𝗠𝗠𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! We continue our focus on disease model systems with two CeMM groups: @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social & Georg Busslinger 🧵👇

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CeMM @cemm.oeaw.ac.at · 29/04/2026

🧠 @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social’s group develops bioengineering tools to study how mechanical forces shape tissue organization. "We are also studying how excessive forces cause tissue disorganization, like that seen in traumatic brain injuries," he said at the 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥. 👉 bit.ly/4dYxvQ4

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Join us🚨! We’re looking for an ambitious Master’s student to join our Multiscale #Mechanobiology & #Bioengineering Lab at CeMM (Vienna) for a 9–12m #microfluidics project on #engineering the neurovascular unit in #TBI🧠 Lab: abdelfattahlab.org Apply: cemm.at/join-cemm/op...

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Big congrats to our Dunja Al-Nuaimi on receiving the highly competitive APART-MINT fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)! 🎉 She’ll lead the bioengineering of new microfluidic chips to study neuro-vascular interactions during traumatic injuries. Well deserved!

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

What an incredible #cellmech2025 packed with science, ideas, and inspiration! 🚀 We loved sharing our work on ECM dynamics, mechanics & energy consumption in early development (Dunja Al-Nuaimi & Sowmya Sunkara). Grateful for this vibrant community ➡️ see you at CellMech 2027!

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Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

#BloodBrainBarrier "microglia are not necessary for the maintenance of BBB structure, function, or gene expression in the healthy brain" Evidence from >95% microglia depletion by PLX5622, a CSF1R inhibitor (1 mo) & BBB ultrastructure @cprofaci.bsky.social #Neuron 2024 www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

🚨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.

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CeMM @cemm.oeaw.ac.at · 09/07/2025

On 7–8 July, CeMM Recess 2025 brought our postdoc community together!👩‍🔬👨🏾‍🔬 From scientific talks to bold science pitches, feedback, & evening quiz, a retreat full of ideas & inspiration! Thanks to organisers Barbara Maier, @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social, @dseruggia.bsky.social, & to all who joined! 👏

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CeMM @cemm.oeaw.ac.at · 24/06/2025

🔬 As we near the end of #EquationsForLife, today we spotlight @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social's Group! They use the #ReactionDiffussion equation to characterize the process of tissue organization and maintenance in physiology, and how disease disrupts it. 🔎 bit.ly/4ef2Pbe

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epithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

What’s the link between Origami and morphogenesis? This is the world of Actuation, I’m @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social, and I’ll share with you insights, experiments and an outlook on how epithelia use mechanical forces to gain geometrical and functional complexity.

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

very nice and comprehensive. methods to assess tissue stress. thanks for compiling this.

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

a very important tool for #ECMatrix enthusiasts!! I'm sure this will come in handy for many researchers.

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

A very informative thread on this emerging field, the metabolic dimension of #mechanobiology!! nicely done.

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Our #TBI project got funded! Driven by what happens when forces are too much to handle, we will engineer tools to traumatize organoids and focus on #ECMatrix dynamics, #mechanobiology, and molecular-to-multicellular tissue organization. Happy to collaborate! Happening @ CeMM

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Jorge Barrasa Fano @barrasa-fano.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

👋Hello #mechanobiology community! Next year we are organizing the CellMech conference in Leuven! We will soon be announcing (super amazing) invited speakers, registration deadlines, etc I'll try to keep the🦋community updated, but best is to subscribe to the mailing list 📧👇 cellmech2025.org

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Let's make this community even stronger! join, spread the word.

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Interested in metal transporters, #SLC, metal toxicity? check out the amazing work of Andrè Ferdigg from @supertifurgalab.bsky.social 👇

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Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Pre-announcing the EMBO/EMBL symposium "Mechanobiology Across the Tree of Life", Heidelberg, 9-12 June 2026. It is still very very far away, but save the date 🗓️. With Alba Diz-Munoz, @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social , Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social, Enrique Rojas. www.embl.org/about/info/c...

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

If you're interested in magnetic actuation and #mechanobiology, this is a very nice review! 🧲⚙️🧫

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

@bioeng-talk.bsky.social is posting here as well! Speaking of moving to new places (🦋), in this episode, a bunch of us discuss why we moved to Europe to continue our academic careers. Tune in to hear about our experiences and what motivated us to make the leap.

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Laura de Rooij @lderooij.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Excited to join the 🦋 community, and even more excited to share that the lab has its very own logo & website! 🖥️🔎 Visit us at derooijlab.org to explore our work, stay updated on ongoing projects, papers, and more!

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Abdel Rahman Abdel Fattah @ar-abdelfattah.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Let the first post be about our lab website! Happy to announce it's up and running. Our vision of controlling tissue organization and probing its mechanics is rather magnetic 🧲⚙️🧫🧬! #mechanobiology 👉 www.abdelfattahlab.org

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