Chao Lab

Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory at National Taiwan University
PI - Grace Chao

[Chao Lab @gracechao]

Faculty Positions Open at NTU Biomedical Engineering!

We are recruiting faculty at all ranks in Biomaterials, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Electronics.

Deadline: Apr 15, 2026
Details: https://t.co/voaNOBmMGq

[Lammerding Lab @LammerdingLab]

Please spread the word about this foundation dedicated to dilated cardiomyopathy caused by mutations in the LMNA gene. It helps connect patients and provide them with resources and connections to clinicians and researchers.

[Prof Linda Gay Griffith @LindaGGriffith1]

Building a human ear on the back of the mouse, 3D printed bone regeneration scaffolds, and human liver-on-a-chip, were warm-ups for building a human endometrium in lab. Want a difficult problem that is the root of women's health? Study menstruation. 🧵https://t.co/UTTAFR9zZn

[Lammerding Lab @LammerdingLab]

Interested in nuclear #mechanobiology? Join us for the first ever @FASEBorg Science Research Conference on the Mechanobiology of the Nucleus #MBNSRC.
Submit abstracts by August 31, 2025.
Find more information at: https://t.co/jLVJ3vtN7x
Please share and see you in October!

[Jennifer Young @nano_jenn]

Interested in a #postdoc on cardiac #mechanobiology? Our lab has a fully funded position via our recently awarded @HFSP grant to study the biophysical processes that build insect hearts🪲🪰🫀

Come join us @MBIsg for some cool evo-devo-mechanobio work! 👇

https://t.co/BVOWW3ofLn

[Nature Materials @NatureMaterials]

A hybrid ECM-hydrogel with tunable mechanical stiffness and biochemical composition of young or aged cardiac tissue is used to identify the specific contributions of ECM ligands and mechanics for fibroblast aging. @nano_jenn

https://t.co/1ysfJPB1Xv

[Andrew Holle @ahcells]

Interested in a #postdoc on nuclear #mechanobiology? We have a fully funded position in the @ConfinementLab designed to help you meet your career goals while researching the rapidly growing field of cellular #confinement. Please get in touch for more info!

[zack chiang @z_chiang]

The peer-reviewed version of expansion in situ genome sequencing is now out in Science!

The news is bittersweet – when we first revealed this last September, I never guessed it would be my final paper in academia, but a lot has changed. A few parting thoughts:

[Chao Lab @gracechao]

Our international collaboration is finally out!

[Farid Alisafaei @FaridAlisafaei]

1️⃣For years, scientists have known that mechanical tension influences cell behavior. But in our recent study in @NatureMaterials we found that it is not just the amount of tension—it is the direction!
https://t.co/DCnYZYs29Z

[Sanju Sinha @Sanjusinha7]

Aging physically reshapes our tissues, and we know very little about it.

We found that an aging hallmark - Telomere Shortening - leaves imprints on tissue architecture that can be captured in routine H&E images and can predict telomere length.

[Lakshya Jain @lxeagle17]

I'm teaching databases this semester at Berkeley. My students all seem unusually brilliant. Not many go to office hours, and not too many folks post on the course forum asking project questions.

Weirdly, the exam had the lowest recorded average in my 10 semesters teaching it.

[Nadeen Chahine @NadeenChahine]

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report. NIH awards supported 407,782 jobs and translated to a return on investment of $2.56 for every $1 in awards. ⁦@aimbe⁩ ⁦@ORSsociety⁩ ⁦@BMESociety⁩ ⁦@ASBMR⁩ https://t.co/njsClsOs9l

[Matthew Connelly @mattspast]

This one Columbia department, Biomedical Engineering, produced 140 inventions in the past five years, leading to 30 industry licenses and 20 new startups.

[Lammerding Lab @LammerdingLab]

Great opportunity to hear from an amazing scientist about some exciting science and mechanobiology.

[Chao Lab @gracechao]

Piezo in nuclear envelope

Chemically induced proximity reveals a Piezo-dependent meiotic checkpoint at the oocyte nuclear envelope | Science https://t.co/pQxQn0psc6

[Chao Lab @gracechao]

Kicking off the 5th International Symposium on Mechanobiology in #Tainan, despite typhoon Kong-Rey. Mechanobiology rain or shine!

[ICBME @ICBMESG]

📢 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗖𝗕𝗠𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻!
Join us in exploring innovations in biomedical engineering with leading experts and researchers from around the world. Register now: https://t.co/oCGvkYwKTi
#ICBME2024 #BiomedicalEngineering

[Chao Lab @gracechao]

Crazy stuff and needs to be tried immediately!

Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing molecules | Science https://t.co/9N7LKZifWo

[Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD @acagamic]

A mindmap for PhD students struggling with their thesis structure

[CU Boulder 🦬 @CUBoulder]

A Band-Aid for the heart? 🤕

A CU-led team has developed a new way to 3D print ultra-tough, customizable biomaterials that could be used to patch the heart, repair cartilage, stitch wounds without a needle and more.

Read more! ➡️ https://t.co/VMECw8N3Yx