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Delphine Gourdon - Prof. in Biomedical Engineering - Univ. of Glasgow 🧪 #Mechanobiology #BreastCancer #Biomaterials #ECMatrix #TumorMicroenvironment #Tribology #WomenInSTEM www.gourdonlab.org

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 14

🔔🧪 Call for Papers – #Mechanobiology of the #ExtracellularMatrix 🧬🛠️

Excited to serve as Guest Editor — together with Jacopo di Russo and Jennifer Young — of a new 𝐧𝐩𝐣 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 Collection on “Mechanobiology of the ECM”.

Deadline: 14 May 2026!

www.nature.com/collections/...

Mechanobiology of the Extracellular Matrix

This Collection aims to highlight fundamental and translational advances in ECM mechanobiology.

www.nature.com

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · 3d

😞 Very sad indeed! RIP

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · 6d

🧪Fantastic program! It's wonderful to see both familiar and new faces. Kudos to the organizers of #CellMech2025!

Carsten Schulte @carstenschulte4.bsky.social · 7d

Glasgow representation is strong @cellmech2025.bsky.social with @unistrathclyde.bsky.social & @uofglasgow.bsky.social @theglasgowcemi.bsky.social cell mechanobiologists united 😊!

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Carsten Schulte @carstenschulte4.bsky.social · 7d

Glasgow representation is strong @cellmech2025.bsky.social with @unistrathclyde.bsky.social & @uofglasgow.bsky.social @theglasgowcemi.bsky.social cell mechanobiologists united 😊!

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · 17d

🌅 Nice sunset yesterday on the #Clyde in #Glasgow 🥰!

#WestEnd #Scotland

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · 26d

🏚️😢🖤 Tragedy in silence!
#Afghan #women and girls #die in rubble as male #rescuers, following Taliban gender rules, refuse to #touch them after the massive September #earthquake. ⚫️😖

#AfghanWomen
#StopTalibans
#SilentSufferingAfghanistan

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Afghanistan earthquake: What we know and what we don't - BBC News

Hundreds of people are thought to have died in the quake, which struck in a mountainous eastern region.

www.bbc.co.uk

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Une de Libé 🤣🤣

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Sep 7

🤜 #Scotland First Minister said his government now recognizes the #State of #Palestine, has stopped public payments to #armsfirms selling to #Israel, and urged the UK to suspend all #arms export licences to Israel.

❌🗡️💣 Stop #selling #weapons to Israel!

www.gov.scot

The Scottish Government

The devolved government for Scotland has a range of responsibilities that include: the economy, education, health, justice, rural affairs, housing, environment, equal opportunities, consumer advocacy ...

www.gov.scot

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Sep 6

No, summer is not gone yet🌺

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 30

Dune carnations

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Guillaume Meurice @guillaumemeurice.bsky.social · Aug 29

rdv le dimanche 07/09. 🥳🔥
cc @laradionova.bsky.social

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌺 It not the North Shore in Oahu, nor is it Nazaré in Portugal. Nope, it’s Lacanau in France, where the waves are just as nice 😎
#nicewaves #surfing #gironde #StormErin

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 29

My Happy Friday post 🌺.

Storm Erin - induced waves at “my” ocean 2 days ago 🥰 Last days of vacation but it feels so good 🌊

#Landes #Tarnos #Beach #Waves #HouleCyclonique #LifeIsGood

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 25

Really cool findings, congrats!

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 24

🌺 My Happy Sunday Post
Taking a break from science and politics to share my favorite local #cuties with you all! 🥰

#HighlandCows
#FurryCoo #Scotland
#IsleOfMull

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 18

🧪From 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: Over three million #citations, an #h-index approaching 1,700 and many 2025 papers that have been cited over 1,000 times. Can this be #legitimate ??? 👿😳🤬

#PaperMills #Fraud
#Fake #Publications
#GoogleScholars

(Google removed the page but archived at buff.ly/0yVjvpu)

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 17

My happy Sunday post! 😍
#Scotland #LoveScotland
#Donkeys #EquineSky

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 17

Such a shame 😤

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 14

Mechanobiology of the Extracellular Matrix

This Collection aims to highlight fundamental and translational advances in ECM mechanobiology.

www.nature.com

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Aug 9

🔔🧪This PNAS article shows that #fraud is more #common than we think: Paper #mills products are fabricated, #fake papers sold for a #fee to authors! Unfortunately, #universities are omitted, and I'm unsure if all actively discourage fraud, especially to boost #rankings 🤔

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS

Science is characterized by collaboration and cooperation, but also by uncertainty, competition, and inequality. While there has always been some c...

www.pnas.org

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Jul 27

🌺 My happy Sunday post!
#Puffins
#IsleOfMay

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Jul 26

I liked this article about how #protests are planned in #Scotland, but opponents of #Trump's golf courses fear they may bolster his ego 🥺

#ScotlandIsAlreadyGreat
#StopTrump
#AntiMAGA

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘People have seen through him and he’s not welcome’: Scotland tees up for Trump visit

Protests planned but those who spent years opposing president’s golf courses worry about playing to his ego

www.theguardian.com

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Jul 24

Et Radio Nova pour moi!

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🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Jul 21

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Jul 20

🌺 Happy Sunday!
Snapshot from the Farne Islands puffin webcam 🥰

#Puffins
#FarneIslands

🦋 Gourdon Lab 🦠🔬 @delphe.bsky.social · Jul 18

🧪Reposting from @lammerdinglab.bsky.social

Jan Lammerding - Lab @lammerdinglab.bsky.social · Jul 18

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