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Our Datascape Realities (www.datascaperealities.com) team and I will be exhibiting at #NewScientistLive again this year! Bring family and children to learn about our research and collaborations between scientists and artists! live.newscientist.com/experiences-...

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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Scientific and medical progress will be stunted if we don’t find a way to sustainably fund these important resources!

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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

How do growing organs get their shape? 🧬 @yanlanmao.bsky.social's team has discovered that continual renewal of the basement membrane, a protein scaffold surrounding tissues, helps determine cell shape during development. Read the full story here: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

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Basement membrane turnover found to shape cells during development

UCL researchers reveal how turnover of the basement membrane controls cell shape during development, uncovering a key mechanism that helps growing tissues form correctly.

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This epic paper, which has been a heroic 10 year journey for the lead author, Ricardo Barrientos, is finally out in Cell today! Many thanks to all co-authors, especially Billie Meadowcroft and Andela Saric for their beautiful MD simulations www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Basement membrane turnover controls cell shape

Basement membranes are scaffolds of proteins, like collagen, that give organs shape. During development, basement membranes must adapt to the growing organ. We infer how fast the basement membrane ada...

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This should be a great meeting! Join us!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Bring your family, friends and pupils to join us for a fun day of science! @compscitsui.bsky.social @alomshaha.bsky.social

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Ana Hernandez Rodriguez @analiahr.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I just had the opportunity to share my work at the @embo.org workshop in Haining, China. Great discussions, very welcoming community and amazing venue! Thank you to @yanlanmao.bsky.social, Suhong Xu, Yi Arial Zeng and Xuebiao Yao for organising! I look forward to the next one!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

@embo.org and @biologists.bsky.social Workshop has officially started in Haining, China!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Taking a few days off to travel in Yangshuo (Guilin) before attending @embo.org Workshop in Haining next week, but I might just stay in #Yangshuo forever with this view and food!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Wild garlic foraging season - teaching kids to notice the details in life, and it can be fun and tasty! Extra tasty when you work hard to find it, and make it into giant pasties!

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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Paywalled but visible to many uni-based people Apparently... Much reduced MRC success rate for grants now in pipeline Reduced MRC future funding for 'applicant-led' research But 'life sciences remain a priority'.... Lot of room for more clarity (and recognition of effects on ECRs)

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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.. A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting... A 🧵

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Woo hoo! Congratulations Giulia and totally well deserved. So proud!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Obligatory Christmas cooking shots, the matcha coconut tiramisu was a new invention, worked a treat!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Festive greetings everyone! Hope you enjoy some precious family time filled with games, wintery walks and of course good food! Mine has started! See you in 2026!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Registration deadline extended to 5th January. Festive greetings!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Festive fun with the lab ice skating in Greenwich!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Festive dried figs #sourdough bread baking, smells so good!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Honoured to meet @ardemp.bskyverified.social yesterday during his visit to @ucl.ac.uk What an inspirational talk, full of clarity, humour and humility. Too bad I didn’t take a video of the piezo tattoo!

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Edouard Hannezo @ehannezo.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Looking forward to this highly interactive meeting! Great cross-disciplinary speakers & opportunities for contributed talks, sign up !! 👇👇👇

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Registration deadline 20th Dec! We have generous travel grants for early career researchers! April is a beautiful time to visit China!

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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT

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Mechanics of Life Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Programme @mechanicsoflife.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Our next #ForceTalk is Prof Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social on "Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair" 🗓️ 26 Nov 2025 🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao #mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social

Background of DNA strand with logos of King's College London and the Leverhulme Trust and text Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair Professor Yanlan Mao University College London Force Talks Mechanics of Life Leverhulme DSP seminar series

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Too many pumpkins left after Halloween? Turn some into delicious sourdough bread or mochi, don’t waste them!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Thank you @rodrigofg.bsky.social and Lola Martin Bermuda for organising this great meeting in Baeza! Beautiful architecture and beautiful science!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Brilliant first day with Datascape Realities at #NewScientistLive2025!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Come visit our Datascape Realities station to see the coolest scientific data in #virtualreality this weekend! www.datascaperealities.com

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

What an incredible scientific trip to Japan, first to participate in the Multimodal ECM symposium organised by @hirofujiwara.bsky.social where Ricardo Barrientos won a poster prize, and then to visit @RIKENBDR in Kobe. Fantastic science, stunning views, beautiful food! Thank you Hiro!

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

An exciting new paper from the lab! Check it out:

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...

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Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair

The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…

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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The inaugural Tsinghua-UCL Summer School on Artificial Evolution brought together brilliant young minds from around the globe for an immersive experience in cutting-edge science, cultural exchange and collaboration. Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...

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Tsinghua and UCL launch inaugural Summer School on Artificial Evolution

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Come see this, in collaboration with #datascaperealities www.datascaperealities.com

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Brilliant first day at Cell Contact and Adhesions GRC - no science to be share so here are my morning run views

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Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Changes to Starting and Consolidator Grant eligibility finally in place! #erc

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