What does it take to truly understand #cancer in all of its complexity?
Delighted to share our Review in Cell "Cancer ecosystems: A dynamic interplay across scales" with Daniela Quail, where we propose a multi-scale framework connecting tumor ecology with physiology 🧪⚕️
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Our newly redesigned lab website is now live: naba.lab.uic.edu
Built to meet #ADA standards, the new site improves accessibility, usability, and overall experience for all visitors.
Shout-out to Tali for leading this effort!
Take a look and let us know what you think.
#Accessibility #ADACompliance
Excited to serve guest-edit a Topical Collection for #JoVE focused on “Methods for #ECM Research in Development, Health, and Disease”!
Interested in contributing and helping enhance #Reproducibility in science? Feel free to reach out or submit an abstract here: app.jove.com/methods-coll...
Absolutely!
Here is the link to the article with no sign up, registration or fees are required, courtesy of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social: authors.elsevier.com/c/1moIw,LVEy...
Today I would like to share a publication that is particularly meaningful to me. Our tribute to my late mentor, Richard Hynes, has just been published in Matrix Biology.
I hope you will take a moment to read and celebrate the legacy of an extraordinary scientist and mentor.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Single-cell Proteomics🔥 #MarfanSyndrome
Aortic Root
Fbn1 C1041G/+🐭
2.4k proteins
3.5k cells
487 proteins/cell👈
7 Smooth Muscle Cell subtypes
Prss2, Lrp1 as modulated SMC markers
vs scRNAseq
+SeqIF (21 Ab)
#AortaEd
Sarah Parker lab #MolCellProteomics 2026
www.mcponline.org/article/S153...
📢 Upcoming webinar!
🔬 What therapies can tell us about fibrosis
@nystromlab.bsky.social (University of Freiburg) on how therapies and rare skin diseases reveal mechanisms of fibrosis + ECM remodeling
🗓 Mar 25, 2026
⏰ 3pm CET | 10am NY
💻 Zoom
Register ⬇️ forms.gle/ryWj3AwxeLSP...
Excited to have contributed to this review on #BloodProteomics: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congrats to first author Asier Larrea Sebal and many thanks to @ypriverol.bsky.social for the invitation to contribute!
#Proteomics #BigData #OpenScience #Reproducibility
Very interesting study, @saezlab.bsky.social! I would be curious to see what ECM-ECM and cell-ECM networks emerge if you analyzed the scRNA-Seq datasets using #MatriCom: matrinet.shinyapps.io/matricom/.
What is coming for #SDRF is huge; we have managed in 20 templates most of the relevant experimental design in #proteomics, including non-MS; #crosslinking, #metaproteomics (soil, water, human gut), DIA/DDA; clinical metadata, oncology proteomics; and single cell #SCP github.com/bigbio/sdrf-...
Picture of postdoc Krista Habing at her desk in the Naba lab
Delighted to welcome our newest postdoc, Krista Habing, to the lab!
Krista will develop novel proteomics technology to gain insights into the #ECM. She will also explore the roles of SNED1 in craniofacial development.
Welcome Krista! I look forward to the many discoveries we'll make together 👩🔬
🎊 Big congratulations to Leanna Leverton on successfully defending her PhD dissertation!
It has been a pleasure and a privilege to watch her grow as a researcher. Her hard work, curiosity, and persistence led to exciting discoveries about the #ECM and a fantastic defense!
Congrats Dr. Leverton 🎓
We’re collaborating with analysis tool providers and instrument vendors to standardize file formats for every @pride-ebi.bsky.social submission: github.com/PRIDE-Archiv...
Want your voice heard? Share your feedback by opening an issue on the guidelines. github.com/PRIDE-Archiv... or PR.
@amsocmatbio.bsky.social @matrixbiologie.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @themeshwork.bsky.social @mbsanz.bsky.social @change-ecm.bsky.social @dsmb-dk.bsky.social @ishas-org.bsky.social Help us spread the word!
Flyer of the Matrix Biology Europe conference listing invited speakers
Registration for #MBE2026 is now open!
Join us in Oulu 🇫🇮 for the flagship European meeting dedicated to fundamental #ECM research.
ECRs and trainees, this is a unique chance to connect with leaders in the field, present your work, gain visibility, and build your network!
More at www.mbe2026.org
Join us for another exciting seminar on February 26th! 🔬
This month's speakers Dr. Matt Jones and his PhD student Nikita Mildren will cover ECM adhesion across the cell cycle!
Register by scanning the QR code or via the link: forms.gle/bkwmfwSsuKrt...
Information on the conference on vascular development and maintenance held in Bavaria, Germany in September 2026. Conference is held in a historical monastery on a lake in beautiful Bavaria. Registration is now open! Lots of great speakers that are leaders in the field. We will pick a large number of talks from abstracts to elevate early career investigators. Join us!
🚨 SAVE-THE-DATE 🚨
SEEON ANGIOSCIENCE! Fantastic, long-running meeting on Development & Maintenance of the Vasculature.
🗓️ Sept 2026
🌍 Bavaria, Germany
Registration open! Join us!
vwfb.de/start/regist...
The ability to imagine — to play pretend — has long been thought to be unique to humans. A new study suggests one of our closest living relatives can do it too. n.pr/46jw3mL
🎉The ASMB Image Contest is back!
Share your best matrix‑focused images!
🏆 Get featured and present your work at e‑Symposium
💸 Discount for a future ASMB meeting
🎁 First 10 entries get an ASMB tumbler!
📅 Deadline: May 31, 2026
👉 Details & submission: www.asmb.net/image-contest
SDRF 1.1 is almost here 🎉 Big format & tooling updates ahead. Thanks to the community! We’ll keep refining together. One key question just opened: should we remove prefixes for samples, data files & factor values? Join the discussion 👉 github.com/bigbio/prote... or let me know here.
Thank you @uicancercenter.bsky.social for featuring our work in collaboration with Dr. Pamela Kreeger now published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social!
cancer.uillinois.edu/news/naba-is...
GetHIRED! REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - Application due Thursday, March 5 Ideal for Postdoctoral Researchers Academic Job Market Insight -Take stock of what you want -Know your options -Prepare outstanding job packet materials -Organize your research & chalk talks -Perfect your interview & avoid the pitfalls Course Features -Six asynchronous online modules -Virtual meetings with an experienced facilitator -Peer feedback, support, & expert advice Course Dates: April 14 – June 23, 2026 Course Fee: SDB Members: $499; Non-Members: $599 Deadline: March 5, 2025 Society for Developmental Biology logo QR Code for GetHIRED! website
#Postdocs! Going on academic job market? Apply for SDB GetHIRED! Take stock of what you want, know your options, prepare an outstanding job packet, organize your research & chalk talks, perfect your interview. Deadline: March 5 sdbonline.org/gethired
New year, fresh start for our webinar series 🥳 January 27th, 3pm CET (9am NY) we are excited to bring you "Collagens Across Evolution: Structure and Function" 🧬 Invited speakers: Dr. Abhishek Jalan & Dr. Debora Monego. Let's go to the structural side 🥰
Applications are open for the 2026 Computational Cell Types Workshop! 🧠📈
Join us on May 11-14 for this hackathon-style event bringing together researchers interested in exploring transcriptomic datasets, developing tools, and connecting with peers.
https://bit.ly/3LFBAN3
Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Reviews Editor. An exciting opportunity for a talented scientific editor to make a contribution to an important journal in the field of #cellbiology. Deadline 2 Feb.
More at: www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...
A person holding out their arm while people line up on it. The hedline is: One mentor isn’t enough. Here’s how I built a network of mentors
"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors."
One mentor isn’t enough, wrote Erika Moore in this 2021 Working Life essay. https://scim.ag/3Zfm0e8 #NationalMentoringMonth
I am very much looking forward to participating in the 2026 #ECM Pharmacology Congress!
ecm-congress.org
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