Conway Lab

Academic research group studying mechanobiology

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Congratulations to Dr. Katie Tieu for her successful PhD defense!

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@auditory_rob Brings back memories of thermodynamics

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The Conway lab is excited to share the publication of our new lamin A biosensor, in which we show that nucleoplasmic lamin A is also mechanically loaded. A great collaboration with the Ihalainen group. @danielssonphd
@IhisTeemu
https://t.co/szXnTwiyzQ

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It is extremely gratifying to participate in the training of the next generation of researchers, including providing research opportunities for undergraduate students. We are grateful to the support of so many for helping us to provide these opportunities. @NSF @NIGMS @VCUUROP

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The Conway lab is beaming with pride after learning that our current graduate student, Bronson Frank, and 3 former undergraduate students, Vidal Bejar-Padilla, Santiago Lopez, and Jackson White, were selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. @d0n_quixote #NSFGRFP

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In this study we show that changes in cell mechanics can induce eversion, a change in apical-basal polarity that occurs not as a result of protein trafficking but instead from an inward-out collective movement of cells.

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Excited to share our group's recent publication in collaboration with Tanmay Lele and Richard Dickinson. @narayanan_vani
Rho activation drives luminal collapse and eversion in epithelial acini https://t.co/VvU2iAVGbC

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@jboerckel Reminds me of my daughter asking me, after I attended the intermediate filaments GRC, if there was an expert filaments meeting? At least I didn't have to attend beginning filaments.

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We are also looking to hire a full time research technician:
https://t.co/GD0rYY7VBN

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We are hiring. Post-doctoral candidates with interests in mechanobiology, epithelial biology, biophysics, or biosensors can email Daniel Conway directly or apply here: https://t.co/1wJXMlHQN3

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Check out our recent work examining the role of vinculin in cell-cell and cell-ECM adhesion cross talk. @d0n_quixote
α-catenin Dependent Vinculin Recruitment to Adherens Junctions is Antagonistic to Focal Adhesions https://t.co/EwAdpE49xP

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Excited to share our recent publication examining nuclear mechanics in mechanoadaptation. @danielssonphd @krisnoeldahl
Chromatin condensation regulates endothelial cell adaptation to shear stress https://t.co/hORon6DuLr

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@genehackrman Maybe @jeriksso1 can add this joke to his routine next time.

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Especially grateful to @barbara_boyan for hiring me 9 years ago and giving me the opportunity to start my own research group!

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After 9 years at @VCU_BME, the Conway lab is moving to Ohio State. @OhioState @OhioStateBME @OSUCCC_James

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We are incredibly grateful for all of the hard work of current and past Conway lab postdocs, lab techs, graduate students, and 30+ undergraduates over the last 9 years, without whom none of this would have been possible.

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Congratulations to all 2022 Graduates!
Especially our own Dr. Brooke Danielsson, PhD, Ashley Cardenas-Alviar, BS, Al-noor Ikram, BS, and REU Student Jessica Cornthwaite, BS! #graduation2022 @VCU_BME

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Congratulations to our undergraduate researcher Ashely Cardenas-Alviar for receiving Honorable Mention from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program!

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Congratulations to Dr. Brooke Danielsson for a successful thesis defense! Brooke is heading to @LuskingL for a post-doc position to continue her studies in the field of nuclear mechanics.

[Spencer Szczesny @spence_sz3]

One is a expert opinion/mini-review article on nuclear mechanics and mechanobiology that grew out of a #SB3C2021 workshop authored by @krisnoeldahl, Tanmay Lele, @conway_lab, @ShenoyLab, and @theghoshlab. https://t.co/KhK8yn4S0q