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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Aug 6

📣2025 MBSANZ Barry Preston Award

We’re excited to announce that Professor Sarah Knox (UCSF) is the 2025 MBSANZ Barry Preston Recipient!

Sarah will be joining us at the 13th International Proteoglycan / MBSANZ Scientific Meeting.

👉https://mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au/

MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Aug 6

📣Poster abstract submission and rego for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the Annual Scientific Meeting of MBSANZ have been extended!

📅Poster Abstract deadline - 29/8/25

📅New Early Bird deadline - 29/8/25

Register now!

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#Proteoglycans #ECM

13th PG & MBSANZ 2025 Conference – In conjunction with the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Matrix Biology Society of Australia and New Zealand

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Jun 18

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of @mbsanz.bsky.social

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

More information below - mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au

MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Jun 15

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of @mbsanz.bsky.social

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

More information below - mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Jun 12

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of @mbsanz.bsky.social

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Jun 8

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of
@mbsanz.bsky.social

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Jun 4

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of @mbsanz.bsky.social

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

More information below - mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au

MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Jun 2

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of
@mbsanz.bsky.social

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · May 28

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of @mbsanz.bsky.social

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · May 25

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of
@mbsanz.bsky.social!

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · May 21

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of
@mbsanz.bsky.social!

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

More information below - mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · May 19

Join us in Lorne for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the annual scientific meeting of @mbsanz.bsky.social!

Meet our Speakers! Over the next few weeks, we will feature each of the fantastic speakers who will join us in Lorne.

More information below - mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au

MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · May 9

Abstract submission and registration for the 13th International Proteoglycan Meeting & the Annual Scientific Meeting of MBSANZ are now open!

📅Abstract deadline - 30/5/25

📅Early Bird deadline - 31/7/25

Register now to secure your spot!

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#Proteoglycans #ECM

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Mar 26

Congratulations to @mbsanz.bsky.social MCR Paper of the Year 2024 Recipients, Brooke Pereira & Shona Ritchie, (co-led by @tcox.bsky.social ), for their latest work looking at the role of Nidogen-2 in pancreatic cancer published in Science Advances!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Temporally resolved proteomics identifies nidogen-2 as a cotarget in pancreatic cancer that modulates fibrosis and therapy response

Temporal mass spectrometry proteomics, advanced microscopy, and in vivo modeling reveal nidogen-2 as a cotarget in PDAC.

www.science.org

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Mar 26

Congratulations to @mbsanz.bsky.social ECR Paper of the Year 2024 Recipient, Sunny Lee (led by @giselleyeo.bsky.social ), for their work studying the interaction between tropoelastin and mesenchymal stromal cells, published in Advanced Science!

advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Matrix Protein Tropoelastin Prolongs Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Vitality and Delays Senescence During Replicative Aging

Consistent with elastin loss during organismal aging, the extracellular matrix component tropoelastin is downregulated during cellular replicative senescence. Exogenous supplementation of tropoelasti....

advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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MBSANZ @mbsanz.bsky.social · Mar 20

📣Join us at the 13th International Proteoglycan & #MBSANZ Scientific Meeting

🗓️ Dates: 27 - 31 October 2025
📍 Where: Mantra Lorne, Victoria, Australia

Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage with cutting-edge developments in #proteoglycan & #ECM research

👉 mbsanz2025.smalltalkevents.com.au

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