Yanlan Mao
@yanlanmao.bsky.social
Professor of Developmental Biophysics.
Crossing all disciplines, through science, art and food | UCL | LMCB | IPLS
www.tissuemechanicslab.com
Science communication and #SciArt via www.datascaperealities.com
Loves hiking, glamping and sourdough baking
Crossing all disciplines, through science, art and food | UCL | LMCB | IPLS
www.tissuemechanicslab.com
Science communication and #SciArt via www.datascaperealities.com
Loves hiking, glamping and sourdough baking
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SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
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Our next #ForceTalk is Prof Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social on "Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair"
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Our next #ForceTalk is Prof Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social on "Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair"
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
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Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social
Too many pumpkins left after Halloween? Turn some into delicious sourdough bread or mochi, don’t waste them!
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Too many pumpkins left after Halloween? Turn some into delicious sourdough bread or mochi, don’t waste them!
Thank you @rodrigofg.bsky.social and Lola Martin Bermuda for organising this great meeting in Baeza! Beautiful architecture and beautiful science!
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thank you @rodrigofg.bsky.social and Lola Martin Bermuda for organising this great meeting in Baeza! Beautiful architecture and beautiful science!
Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social
Brilliant first day with Datascape Realities at #NewScientistLive2025!
October 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Brilliant first day with Datascape Realities at #NewScientistLive2025!
#newscientistlive this weekend!
Come visit our Datascape Realities station to see the coolest scientific data in #virtualreality this weekend! www.datascaperealities.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#newscientistlive this weekend!
Come visit our Datascape Realities station to see the coolest scientific data in #virtualreality this weekend! www.datascaperealities.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Come visit our Datascape Realities station to see the coolest scientific data in #virtualreality this weekend! www.datascaperealities.com
What an incredible scientific trip to Japan, first to participate in the Multimodal ECM symposium organised by @hirofujiwara.bsky.social where Ricardo Barrientos won a poster prize, and then to visit @RIKENBDR in Kobe. Fantastic science, stunning views, beautiful food! Thank you Hiro!
September 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What an incredible scientific trip to Japan, first to participate in the Multimodal ECM symposium organised by @hirofujiwara.bsky.social where Ricardo Barrientos won a poster prize, and then to visit @RIKENBDR in Kobe. Fantastic science, stunning views, beautiful food! Thank you Hiro!
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Our paper on the nonequilibrium mechanics and remodelling of collagen-IV networks is finally out on @prxlife.bsky.social! It has been a long and exciting scientific journey, led by @billiemeadowcroft.bsky.social! @ivnpla.bsky.social @yanlanmao.bsky.social
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
Nonequilibrium Remodeling of Collagen IV Networks in Silico
Active bond remodeling enables collagen IV networks to have a range of responses to strain while maintaining their mechanical integrity.
journals.aps.org
September 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Our paper on the nonequilibrium mechanics and remodelling of collagen-IV networks is finally out on @prxlife.bsky.social! It has been a long and exciting scientific journey, led by @billiemeadowcroft.bsky.social! @ivnpla.bsky.social @yanlanmao.bsky.social
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
An exciting new paper from the lab! Check it out:
Thrilled to share the first story from my postdoc! 🎉 A wonderful experiment + simulations collaboration. In the Drosophila wing, we find that 3D cell shapes affect signalling range and fine-tune developmental patterning www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thread below ⬇️
August 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
An exciting new paper from the lab! Check it out:
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
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The inaugural Tsinghua-UCL Summer School on Artificial Evolution brought together brilliant young minds from around the globe for an immersive experience in cutting-edge science, cultural exchange and collaboration.
Read more:
www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...
Read more:
www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...
Tsinghua and UCL launch inaugural Summer School on Artificial Evolution
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The inaugural Tsinghua-UCL Summer School on Artificial Evolution brought together brilliant young minds from around the globe for an immersive experience in cutting-edge science, cultural exchange and collaboration.
Read more:
www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...
Read more:
www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences...
Our #DatascapeRealities new exhibition featured on BBC!
Wasps are on @bbclondon.bsky.social this evening! @waspwoman.bsky.social and Datascape Realities talk about wasps and the brilliant new exhibition created in collaboration with the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. Go check it out!
June 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Our #DatascapeRealities new exhibition featured on BBC!
Come see this, in collaboration with #datascaperealities www.datascaperealities.com
Zoom inside a virtual wasp’s nest and experience the hidden, intimate ‘World of Wasps’ – their homes, their lifestyles and their relationships. See our upcoming exhibition based on @ucl.ac.uk research. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
June 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Come see this, in collaboration with #datascaperealities www.datascaperealities.com
Brilliant first day at Cell Contact and Adhesions GRC - no science to be share so here are my morning run views
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Brilliant first day at Cell Contact and Adhesions GRC - no science to be share so here are my morning run views
Changes to Starting and Consolidator Grant eligibility finally in place! #erc
Planning to apply for #research #funding from the ERC?
From the next application rounds, expect changes to the:
• proposal structure
• evaluation process
• extra funding you can request
• eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027)
More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv
From the next application rounds, expect changes to the:
• proposal structure
• evaluation process
• extra funding you can request
• eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027)
More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv
Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes
With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...
europa.eu
June 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Changes to Starting and Consolidator Grant eligibility finally in place! #erc
Congratulations to @shuenlim.bsky.social for passing her PhD viva with flying colours! And many thanks to her wonderful examiners @helenweavers.bsky.social and @miewong.bsky.social !
May 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Congratulations to @shuenlim.bsky.social for passing her PhD viva with flying colours! And many thanks to her wonderful examiners @helenweavers.bsky.social and @miewong.bsky.social !
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Did you know that Bioimage Archive has a specific database for people to share AI-ready imaging datasets? I did not until @yanlanmao.bsky.social told me! Please deposit! If people regularly submitted, it would have a huge collective impact on bioimage analysis. www.ebi.ac.uk/bioimage-arc...
BioImageArchive < The European Bioinformatics Institute < EMBL-EBI
The BioImageArchive – a free, publicly available online resource which stores and distributes biological images
www.ebi.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Did you know that Bioimage Archive has a specific database for people to share AI-ready imaging datasets? I did not until @yanlanmao.bsky.social told me! Please deposit! If people regularly submitted, it would have a huge collective impact on bioimage analysis. www.ebi.ac.uk/bioimage-arc...
Brilliant opportunity for @giuliapaci.bsky.social !
Meet the 2025 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence (PI) fellows
Eight developmental and stem cell biologists transitioning from postdoc to principal investigator
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
Eight developmental and stem cell biologists transitioning from postdoc to principal investigator
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PI Fellows 2025 | Development | The Company of Biologists
PI Fellows 2025 | Development | The Company of Biologists
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May 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Brilliant opportunity for @giuliapaci.bsky.social !
Been away for a few weeks, reawakening the #sourdough starter with a multi seeded loaf, and it’s a beauty!
April 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Been away for a few weeks, reawakening the #sourdough starter with a multi seeded loaf, and it’s a beauty!
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Early-career researchers can apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'New Technologies for Studying and Reprogramming Development' organised by Alex Dunn,
@zevgartner.bsky.social , @adrianjacobo.bsky.social and Matthew Kutys.
📆Apply by 23 May
biologists.com/workshops/no...
#BiologistsWorkshops
@zevgartner.bsky.social , @adrianjacobo.bsky.social and Matthew Kutys.
📆Apply by 23 May
biologists.com/workshops/no...
#BiologistsWorkshops
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Early-career researchers can apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'New Technologies for Studying and Reprogramming Development' organised by Alex Dunn,
@zevgartner.bsky.social , @adrianjacobo.bsky.social and Matthew Kutys.
📆Apply by 23 May
biologists.com/workshops/no...
#BiologistsWorkshops
@zevgartner.bsky.social , @adrianjacobo.bsky.social and Matthew Kutys.
📆Apply by 23 May
biologists.com/workshops/no...
#BiologistsWorkshops
West coast tour done, time for a relaxing run in #Vancouver!
April 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
West coast tour done, time for a relaxing run in #Vancouver!