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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Thank you very much for the opportunity to share my story!

Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

(5/5) Representation matters. Seeing people from different backgrounds succeed helps others imagine that they, too, have a place in science. I am very grateful to Stelios and to NCB for the opportunity to speak up and share my story.

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

(4/5) My scientific path is a testament to what can happen when people are given the chance to learn, grow, and belong. Science has always been an international endeavor, strengthened by the exchange of ideas across borders and by researchers with diverse lived experiences.

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

(3/5) I hope to contribute my voice to conversations about opportunity, equality, and diversity in science. This is particularly important at a time when many institutions and governments are rolling back protections and opportunities, particularly for LGBTQIA+ people and immigrants.

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

(2/5) I reflected on the educational and scientific opportunities that came with moving to Toronto, the unexpected path that led me to become an academic researcher, and the training and mentorship I was fortunate to receive along the way.

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Fantastic talks and chats at the #GfE2026 #GfESEBDDSDB2026! with @gfeev.bsky.social @sebioldev.bsky.social #DSDB Thanks to the organizers for giving Newsha Mortazavi a chance to share her cool work. Congrats to @amulyavhejjaji.bsky.social for winning Best Poster Prize. So proud of both students!

Amulya collecting her first place Best Poster Prize!

(left to right) Myself, Amulya, and Newsha at the conference.

The acknowledgement slide from Newsha's interesting talk

A group photo of the attendees of the Meeting

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Erez Raz @erezraz.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

A new paper from the lab is out- www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A great collaboration between our lab in Muenster (Led by Dennis Hoffmann), Nir Gov (Weizmann/University of Cambridge), Ben Simons (University of Cambridge) and Tal Agranov (University of Cambridge).

sciencedirect.com

Corrections in single-cell migration path in vivo are controlled by pulses in polar Rac1 activation

Directed migration of single cells is central to a large number of processes in development and adult life. Corrections to the migration path of cells…

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Massive credit to co-first authors @dorotheeb.bsky.social and Newsha M. for insightful discussions and writing to shape the review!

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Excited to share our latest review on biomechanical forces shape endothelial plasticity and morphogenesis! We delve into dynamic feedback between mechanical cues & molecular pathways that drive two key processes: endothelial-to-hematopoietic & -mesenchymal transition. doi.org/10.1016/j.se...

Schematic illustration showing biomechanical forces and signaling transmission in endothelial cells.

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

6/6 Finally, if you are/know someone interested in graduate opportunities in an exciting department & a vibrant, multicultural city, and passionate about science, reach out! We will be recruiting for the 2026 grad student cycle at U of T to study cardiovascular morphogenesis and fate determination!

Image of University of Toronto from BlogTO

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

5/6 None of this would have been possible without my incredible team whose talent, passion and dedication have driven our discoveries forward! It’s been a privilege to turn our bold ideas into meaningful advances together @dorotheeb.bsky.social‬ @amulyavhejjaji.bsky.social Newsha M.

Group picture at institute retreat at the Austrian Alps. Left to right: Amulya, Newsha, Felix, Dorothee

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

4/6 So many have contributed to this journey so far, and I want to thank the instrumental support from my mentors during my postdoc Didier ‪@stainierlab.bsky.social‬ and junior group leader phases Erez ‪@erezraz.bsky.social‬.

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

3/6 Building on the momentum of our work in Münster, we aim to further uncover how the heart and the vasculature take shape—probing how dynamic forces from the extracellular matrix and blood flow influence cardiovascular cell fate and tissue morphogenesis.

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

2/6 With continued co-affiliation with @uni-muenster.de‬. Many thanks to the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute of Cell Biology for their support in the past 3 years of starting my lab! And the generous funding and support from @dfg.de‬ @sfb1348.bsky.social‬ and SFB1450.

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Felix Gunawan (he/him) 🇨🇦🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 @gunawanlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

1/6 Thrilled to share that I have joined the Department of Cell & Systems Biology at the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor! Grateful for the journey so far and incredibly excited for what’s ahead at @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social @utoronto.ca‬. csb.utoronto.ca/faculty/feli...

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