#MPQCRetreat2023 Scientific controversy: Should we develop ‘intelligent’ #ECM-inspired materials with or without cells??? Congratulations to Dr Jacqui McGovern and Dr @shahrouzamini for a superb debate, which favoured cell-based materials in the end! 👏👏👏@MaxPlanckQLD
#MPQCRetreat2023 Inspiring talk by guest speaker MPICI Director Silvia Vignolini on the engineering of hierarchical photonic structures. Learning how to translate phylogeny concepts to materials science to extract materials design principles🌻@MaxPlanckQLD #BiologicalMaterials
This is it! A year after #MPQCRetreat2022 in Qld, it is now Day1 of #MPQCRetreat2023 in Germany. Catching up with @MaxPlanckQLD colleagues and enjoying a rich and diverse program of lectures, debates, deep down sessions and more, around the fascinating materials science of #ECM!
I want to add that this is not my first time applying (see photo 4 years when I failed) and my heart aches for those who didn’t make it. This is a tough system but don’t loose heart, it’s not a reflection of yourself and there will be happier days soon. ❤️
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Shocked but super empowered to receive @arc_gov_au support for my #DECRA#DE24, using bioinspired engineering to understand how bone cells and ECM work together to give rise to bones 🦴 @QUT, @MaxPlanckQLD, @TRI_info. Thank you reviewers, people and family along the way 🙏🙌
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For #NationalScienceWeek, #CureCancer volunteer Oli shows us how to make clouds in a jar, courtesy of bone cancer researcher @BockNat, who recommends this experiment to help encourage a love for science in kids! ☁️
🦠 More experiments here: https://t.co/Mj1i9T1HEq
Thrilled to receive the @ABSTE1 Emerging Investigator Award last week in NZ, thank you Team/Mentors, I owe you this success! Thanks to my family too who relentlessly supports me behind the scene. I even received a 1.6m-long drawing (check out the sheep)!🥰🙏@MPQC@TRI_info@QUT
@ASBTE1 Thank you @Khoonono and @ASBTE1, it is an immense privilege for me to humbly receive this award… 🙏 Kia Ora 🌿Looking forward to the years ahead and building the BTE research and community 🧫🦴 @QUT @MaxPlanckQLD @TRI_info@ANZBMS_ECIC
📢 New paper out 👀#AdvancedHealthcareMaterials! 👩🔬Check out how GelMA hydrogels and biomimetic culture allow engineering of mineralized, adipose, and tumor tissue microenvironments for cancer studies in vitro and in vivo!! ☺️ @MaxPlanckQLD @QUT@ASBTE1@AgatheBessot@TRI_info
To better understand the role of BM-adipocytes in advanced prostate cancer, @BockNat and co-workers developed bioengineered tumor platforms using GelMA hydrogels.
This approach could be critical in the future to treat early-stage tumor formation.
👉https://t.co/Pxvpa1G1Ml
This proud moment when your student publishes their first PhD paper 🥹 Time to let them shine! 😁 Watch her ppl, her name is Agathe Bessot and she is a rising #STEM star in #Bioengineering in #Oncology! More details soon in #AdvancedHealthcareMaterials ✨ @MaxPlanckQLD @ASBTE1 ✨