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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thanks very much to Prof Damien Lacroix, and to Prof Glen Niebur for making the long trip from @notredame.bsky.social for the viva!

Thanks to Dr Xinshan Li & Prof @enrico-dallara.bsky.social for help supervising after my move to @qmul.ac.uk. A fun collaboration - one I very much hope to continue!

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Apr 18

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Fiona Gibson! 🥳🥳🥳

Fiona has been a fantastic student, consistenly delivering against many challenges throughout her PhD journey, an absolute gem of a first PhD student that I was very lucky to find!

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Apr 15

Just back from a fantastic meeting with the Prof Chris Hernandez lab @UCSF. This @EPSRC project applied organ-chips to investigate the gut-bone axis, with Dr Natalia Munoz Castro putting in lots of hard hours in the lab. Thanks to Chris and Prof @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social for fabulous hosting!

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Mar 31

Cheers Claire! Seeing those copy-edited proofs never gets old!

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Mar 31

🚨 PhD Studentship 🚨

Interested in organoid and organ-chip models of cancer? 🧫

Join us to explore new treatments for osteosarcoma! Funded by Willberry Wonder Pony Charity, join us at @qmul.ac.uk, alongside Dr Lucia Cottone & Prof @fionafreeman.bsky.social!

Details:
www.theverbruggenlab.com/jobs

Jobs & Opportunities — The Verbruggen Lab

www.theverbruggenlab.com

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Mar 31

Huge #ProudPI moment - congratulations to Fiona Gibson on her first first-author paper!

A fun collaboration with lots of colleagues at @insigneoinstitute.bsky.social, Fiona has explored the effects of prostate cancer on the strength of patients' vertebrae.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Altered vertebral biomechanical properties in prostate cancer patients following androgen deprivation therapy

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for localised and metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) is known to improve survival in patients but has been associated…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · Mar 25

We are hiring! Associate or senior editor, biofabrication and microengineered systems #scijobs

US, China, Madrid, Milan
Closing date April 7th

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Associate or Senior Editor (biofabrication and microengineered systems), Nature Communications

Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor (Biofabrication and Microengineered Systems) Organisation: Nature Communications Locations: Beijing, Jersey City, Nanjing, New York, Philadelphia, Shanghai, Milan...

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QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science @qmulsems.bsky.social · Mar 6

Dr Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social, Dr Thilina Lalitharatne and Dr Andrew Spowage @andyspowage.bsky.social gave students and parents hands-on experience with our medical-tech innovations in Malaysia.

www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/news/7101/ma...

#medicaltech #biomedicalengineering #biomed

Malaysia visit promotes Queen Mary’s innovations in medical technology

In February, a team of academics from Queen Mary University of London travelled to Malaysia to demonstrate our innovative biomedical engineering research. Dr Thilina Lalitharatne, Lecturer in Robotic...

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Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary University of London) @qmbci.bsky.social · Feb 4

📖 Today on World Cancer Day, we're delighted to publish a special book celebrating two decades of cancer discoveries since the establishment of the BCI @qmul.ac.uk 🎉

#worldcancerday #WCD2025 #medsky 🧪 @qmulfmd.bsky.social @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news...

Barts Cancer Institute book celebrates two decades of cancer discovery - Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London

Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary Univerity of London, is delighted to announce the publication of a special commemorative book celebrating twenty years of cancer discoveries since the establishment ...

www.bci.qmul.ac.uk

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Hoey Lab @hoeylab.bsky.social · Jan 6

🚀 Exciting PhD / Postdoc Opportunities in Biomedical Engineering/Immunology/Bone at Trinity College Dublin🚀

More information on the project and positions can be found at hoeylab.com/vacancies 🌟

Feel free to share this post with your network #PhD #Postdoc #JobOpportunity #Hiring

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 21

Absolutely Joel, we need a straightforward transcriptional readout of mechanotransduction... maybe for Christmas 🙏

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 20

So true, a bit of a holy grail for now. Closest I've seen is this lovely marker of specific Piezo1 activity, so you can actually see mechanosensing. Beautifully presented by @kkalyviotis.bsky.social in London. Playfully named GenEPi, just in time for ski season! 🏂
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Highly specific and non-invasive imaging of Piezo1-dependent activity across scales using GenEPi - Nature Communications

Stretch-activated ion channel Piezo1 contribures to mechanotransduction in many tissues, but its output is mostly measured indirectly. Here, the authors introduce GenEPi, a fluorescent reporter for di...

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 20

Cheers Claire! Merry Christmas to you & yours too! 🎅🏻

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 20

😂 it's a mandatory part of the induction, yes 💁🏻‍♂️

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 20

Fantastic to have him show us the wonders of intra-vital imaging at the Bloomsbury Centre for Skeletal Research Meeting, thanks to Scott & team at the RVC for fabulous hosting as always!

Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 20

An early Christmas gift to have @karljlewis.bsky.social visit us to round out our @cornelluniversity.bsky.social - @qmul.ac.uk Global Hub collaboration! Exciting early data and much more osteocyte mechanobiology fun to come!

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gentlemanlab.bsky.social @gentlemanlab.bsky.social · Dec 13

📢We're recruiting! Fully funded PhD studentship starting Oct 2025. Interested in #mechanobiology #CancerResearch #Immunology? Awesome project w/
@leonerossetti.bsky.social
&
@koechllab.bsky.social
studying the impact of tissue mechanics on T-cells 👩‍🔬
kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/re.... Deadline 19 Jan

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Ruairi Robertson @ruairirobertson.bsky.social · Dec 10

🔬🧫 We have a funded PhD fellowship, co-supervised by myself, Tina Chowdhury & @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social that will involve developing novel organ-on-chip technologies to study the vaginal microbiome. Deadline 6th January!

www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/cdt/applicat...

PhD Projects for 2025 Entry: QMUL Centre for Predictive in vitro Models

The Centre for Predictive in vitro Models (CPM) represents multidisciplinary research focusing on the development and use of predictive in vitro models at Queen Mary University of London. This incorpo...

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 6

What an entrance! Congrats Tomas! 👏👏👏

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Orthopaedic Research Society @orssociety.bsky.social · Dec 5

The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) has officially joined BlueSky! 🦋

We are here to connect, share, and inspire through cutting-edge #orthopaedic research and innovations. Follow us to stay updated on events, deadlines, and insights from your global #orthocommunity.

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QMUL School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science @qmuleecs.bsky.social · Dec 4

As we join the platform, we thought it would be quite fitting to share one of the first papers on Bluesky, authored by @qmul.ac.uk. Read it here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... @ignactro.bsky.social

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 4

Comical flasks of wine at the Mechanobiology Shaping Life meeting in London! @sebcallens.bsky.social

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 4

👩‍⚕️ 5. EPSRC Funded PhD Studentship: A multi-organ model for breast cancer metastasis to bone and liver

📅 Deadline: 6th January 2025

🔗 www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/cdt/applicat...

PhD Projects for 2025 Entry: QMUL Centre for Predictive in vitro Models

The Centre for Predictive in vitro Models (CPM) represents multidisciplinary research focusing on the development and use of predictive in vitro models at Queen Mary University of London. This incorpo...

www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk

Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 4

👩‍⚕️ 4. EPSRC Funded PhD Studentship: Vaginal probiotics for reproductive health: microbiome organ-chip

📅 Deadline: 6th January 2025

🔗 www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/cdt/applicat...

PhD Projects for 2025 Entry: QMUL Centre for Predictive in vitro Models

The Centre for Predictive in vitro Models (CPM) represents multidisciplinary research focusing on the development and use of predictive in vitro models at Queen Mary University of London. This incorpo...

www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk

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Stefaan Verbruggen @docbruggsbunny.bsky.social · Dec 4

🐶 3. EPSRC Funded PhD Studentship: An organ-chip model of inflammation in the canine cartilage-synovium interface

📅 Deadline: 6th January 2025

Apply for this and other brilliant projects through the CDT application portal: 🔗 www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk/cdt/applicat...

PhD Projects for 2025 Entry: QMUL Centre for Predictive in vitro Models

The Centre for Predictive in vitro Models (CPM) represents multidisciplinary research focusing on the development and use of predictive in vitro models at Queen Mary University of London. This incorpo...

www.cpm.qmul.ac.uk

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