Very excited and grateful to be part of this cluster. The FMD lab will provide expertise in FCS and FLIM to study membrane organisation in complex environments.

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The CIC furthermore hosts @eva-kreysing-lab.bsky.social Darius Köster Amit Singh Vishen and of course Jitu Mayor.

We'll make an effort to get everyone on bluesky and keep you posted on the science 🔭🧪

Presenting our latest results!!

Glad to have been part of the team! Huge thanks to everyone especially @evapillai.bsky.social @niklasgampl.bsky.social and @franzelab.bsky.social !!!

#xenopus #mechanobiology

In frog brains (orange-blue), developing axons from the eye (yellow-white) follow a specific path to reach their final destination. Along the way, they make a characteristic turn. This turning is mediated by both chemical and mechanical signals. The exact nature of this chemo-mechanical coupling is what the researchers in this study aimed to understand.

During #brain development, axons grow along precise pathways. Scientists have now discovered that tissue stiffness & chemical signalling interact with each other.

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@fau.de @embl.org @franzelab.bsky.social

#research #neuroscience

If you are considering an interdisciplinary PhD between mechanobiology, physics and neuroscience please check the project below. The deadline for the MIBTP programme is coming up soon.

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Find the project at the bottom of the page:
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Thanks :)

Environmental stiffness regulates neuronal maturation via Piezo1-mediated transthyretin activity - Nature Communications How the environment regulates neuronal maturation during brain development is poorly understood. Here, Kreysing et al. identify brain stiffness as a key factor and determine a mechanotransduction path...

Environmental stiffness regulates neuronal
maturation via Piezo1-mediated transthyretin activity.

My main postdoc paper is finally online!

Thanks to all the co-authors, the entire Franze lab and the Káradóttir lab.
@franzelab.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Chancellors Studentship is an excellent opportunity to do your PhD in the UK. If you are interested in doing your PhD at the interface between physics, neurobiology and mechanobiology, please get in touch.

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