Master’s programme at the Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, is still open for applications. Deadline: 28 February 2026.

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Mechano-Signaling Systems in Multicellular Tissues This Collection aims to advance understanding of mechano-signaling in multicellular systems by integrating physics, biology, and mechanobiology through ...

We’re welcoming submissions to our Mechano-Signaling Systems in Multicellular Tissues Collection in npj Biological Physics and Mechanics.

Working on mechanobiology or related topics? Please consider submitting your latest findings by 27 March 2026!

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Super excited that our group will be supported by an ERC Starting Grant!

In project "InfoFate" we will study how cells use information in dynamical, neighborhood & mechanical signals to make decisions.

We'll have PhD and Postdoc positions available, please get in touch if interested!

Cellular memory: The clever strategy cells use to move through narrow environments In wound healing, immune response, and cancer metastasis, cells migrate through the body – often squeezing through narrow, confined spaces. Together with experimental collaborators, Prof. Dr. David Br...

Cells migrate during wound healing, immune response, and cancer metastasis, often squeezing through narrow spaces. @davidbrueckner.bsky.social and his collaborators found that cells have a kind of memory: they can “remember” how they previously navigated such constrictions. @biozentrum.unibas.ch

My host department Physiology will hold its annual symposium Models of Physiology & Disease at the NUS campus on 24–26 September 2025. If you’ll be in town, please register and join us!

Registration: nus.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Website: medicine.nus.edu.sg/phys/sites/P...

Curvature feedback for repetitive tissue morphogenesis – Bridging algorithmic principles and self-regulatory systems Tissue patterning during organ development consists of intricate morphogenetic processes, driven by the interplay of physical and genetic cues among c…

Excited to share our new review with Emmanuel on tissue patterning in organ morphogenesis! We explore how repetitive patterns form, starting with the concept of L-systems and highlighting an ERK-mediated curvature feedback. Please check it out! sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Early bird registration deadline is approaching (May 31)! Also don’t forget to apply if you’re interested in giving a short talk or requesting travel support.

🔈 Honored to host Tsuyoshi Hirashima @hirashima0203.bsky.social as an invited speaker at #ICDB2025!
Tsuyoshi combines imaging and modeling to reveal how collective cell behaviors shape tissue morphogenesis. 🧪📐

Excited to announce that MBI-MPG Conference 2025: Mechanobiology in Time and Space.

Dates: 9-12 Sep 2025
Venue: Shaw Foundation Alumni House, NUS, Singapore
Website: www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/events/mbico...

The deadline for early bird registration is May 31, 2025

Join us!

Abstracts

🚪We are closing the abstract submission in a few hours!

Amazing the number of contributions we've received so far!!

📝 Our scientific committee will be quite busy😅

Thanks all for wanting to share your work!! This makes us even more excited 😍

Still time for a few more though👉🏼

Abstracts When submitting your abstract, please indicate which topic(s) from the list best suit(s) your submission. This is to assist with the review process and the creation of the conference program itself.

🚨 📈 Exciting news!

😰 Did you run out of time to submit an abstract?? Are you still waiting for your PI´s feedback on your abstract?? Guess what!?

Yes! We´ve extended the abstract submission deadline for CellMech 2025, until March 16!!

Hurry up!! 👉

GitHub - Sugimuralab/BayesianForceInference_GoogleColab Contribute to Sugimuralab/BayesianForceInference_GoogleColab development by creating an account on GitHub.

Bayesian Force Inference is now on GitHub!
Together with GetVertex, an ImageJ/Fiji plugin for extracting input data from skeletonized images, this enables code-free quantification of forces during epithelial development.
github.com/Sugimuralab/...

Joint A*STAR - King’s College London PhD Studentships in Biomedical Science 2025/26 King's College London is seeking outstanding and motivated students to join our university and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).

@stroudlab.bsky.social and I have a joint PhD position available as part of the A*STAR Research Attachment Programme. You'll have the opportunity to work across two continents in supportive environments on how nuclear envelope biology affects disease and aging. Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

🚨 We are thrilled to announce our amazing list of keynote speakers!!

@PCusachs
@GeorgHalder
@hirashima0203.bsky.social
@iberd.bsky.social
@johannaivaska.bsky.social
@gijsjekoenderink.bsky.social
@laurentnguyen.com
@renkawitzteam.bsky.social
@Sixt_Lab
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This download link where anyone can download (authors.elsevier.com/a/1kGMt3si8P...) will expire in early February 2025.

However, the preprint version is available anytime at: jxiv.jst.go.jp/index.php/jx....

Thank you for your attention!

Our review on "Collective Sperm Movement in Mammalian Reproductive Tracts" is out in Seminars in Cell & Dev Bio!
We explore a possibility of mechano-chemical systems driving collective sperm dynamics.

Have a look!! authors.elsevier.com/a/1kGMt3si8P...

I just found out about the 2025 RIKEN BDR Symposium, and it looks amazing! If you’re into cutting-edge research, this is a great chance to present and connect.

The deadline for short talk submissions is December 15!!

Lab meeting with the Hirashima lab - the Node Meet the Hirashima lab, situated at the Mechanobiology Institute and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore.

Meet the Hirashima Lab @hirashima0203.bsky.social at @mbisg.bsky.social and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore. The lab studies the emergence of collective cell behavior and its connection to biological functions in #DevBio and reproduction.

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