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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Jul 28

Spot on! By Finnish (female) painter Elin Danielson, who captured the procrastination already in 1890 💎

Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's not procrastination i'm thinking

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Jul 26

Have a look at this really nice paper by @cassiejclarke.bsky.social and the team describing the interplay between tumor metabolism and immune and ECM microenvironments!

Cassie Clarke @cassiejclarke.bsky.social · Jul 23

🧪To the science feed you go... if you like #neutrophil #metabolism #metastasis #UPP1 #Uracil #fibronectin, then you are in for a treat 👇

Cassie Clarke @cassiejclarke.bsky.social · Jul 23

Delighted to share that our work “Uridine Phosphorylase-1 supports metastasis by altering immune and extracellular matrix landscapes” was published today in @emboreports.org, describing how neutrophil metabolism influences niche priming to support metastasis (1/14) www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Jul 15

What a great resource!

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jul 11

Am I back from the best conference ever? Yes! But do I also see a crucial tool for the analysis of the #ECMatrix in scRNAseq? Also yes!! Another fantastic tool in collaboration with @nabalabuic.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · Jul 11

Perfect timing on the last day of the 2025 #Collagen Gordon Research Conference! Our paper, in collaboration with @valerioizzi.bsky.social describing #MatriCom, a tool to infer ECM communication systems from scRNA-Seq datasets, is now published in @jcellsci.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

MatriCom, a single-cell RNA-sequencing data mining tool to infer cell–extracellular matrix interactions

Highlighted Article: MatriCom is a web application devised to mine single-cell RNA-sequencing datasets to infer extracellular matrix (ECM)–ECM and cell–ECM communication systems across cell population...

doi.org

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Jun 13

To end the academic year we did a lab seminar day and outing. Cool science, thesis and manuscripts coming together because of this amazing group of people ✨

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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · May 12

Honored to have been elected with Patrick Caswell @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social co-chair of the 2029 Gordon Research Conference on Fibronectin, Integrins, and Related Molecules!
We have big shoes to fill: www.grc.org/fibronectin-..., but are up for the challenge!

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · May 9

Had great time in GRC Fibronectin and related molecules (my lab representing the latter 😁) in Tuscany and presented our latest work. Also, new and old friends were found!

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Mar 28

Visited rainy Scotland

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Mar 14

Finalized the collection "Methods and Models in Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer" with @sumbalovakoledova.bsky.social for Journal of Mammary Gland biology and Neoplasia. Check out our editorial on the articles included in the colection 🧪

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Methods and Models in Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer Research - Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

The collection on Methods and Models in Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer Research showcases recent advances in tools and models that enhance our understanding of mammary gland development and b...

link.springer.com

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · Mar 8

When a woman is empowered, the world is empowered.💜️

#InternationalWomensDay

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Mar 8

Wishing happy womens day to all the wonderful women in my life, especially those in my family, my past and present mentors and the rising women scientists in my research group 💎

#womeninscience 🧪

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Feb 28

Friday morning and the PI is going to do some labwork. Everything will go smoothly, right?

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Jan 20

Are you working on #ECM or mechanobiology in the mammary gland or in breast cancer? Together with Jason Northey we are guest editing a collection on the topic for the Journal of Mammary gland biology and Neoplasia. Submission of articles is now open! link.springer.com/collections/...

Mammary tumor tissue stained with collagen (green) and nuclei (red)

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Dec 28

Finishing the year with 1st preprint from the lab! Together with @katajistolab.bsky.social and @valerioizzi.bsky.social we investigated the role of basement membrane protein Lama5 and found it is critical for luminal breast cancer initiation and growth

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Tumour-derived LAMA5 is critical for tumour initiation and controls progression and phenotype in luminal breast cancer

Basement membrane (BM) supports and regulates the structural integrity, function and differentiation of epithelial tissues and protects against stromal invasion of breast cancer cells. Here we show th...

www.biorxiv.org

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Dec 1

But please return the Proofs in 2 days

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Nov 23

Better late than newer! But finally on this side for good 🦋

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Johanna Englund @johannaienglund.bsky.social · Oct 10

Extremely honoured to be awarded funding from Jane and Aatos Erkon säätiö to work on understand the role of #ECM in initiation of #breastcancer @ Institute of Biotechnology University of Helsinki jaes.fi/myonnetyt-av...

2023 - Jane ja Aatos Erkon säätiö

2023 Myönnetyt avustukset Vuonna 2023 myönnetyt avustukset yhteensä: 11 405 838 € (summa voi sisältää julkaisemattomia myönnettyjä avustuksia) Professori Päivi Törmä Aalto-yliopisto Huone...

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