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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jul 23

Rest in chaos, Hellraiser! 🤘🤘🤘

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Jul 16

Rijuta Lamba, Alexandra Naba @nabalabuic.bsky.social, @valerioizzi.bsky.social and team present MatriCom, a single-cell RNA-sequencing data mining tool to infer cell–ECM interactions.
Highlight: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
#OpenAccess

Figure showing the building MatriComDB, an omnibus database of matrisome protein interactions.

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jul 14

Loved every moment at the GRC! Thank you @tomvanagtmael.bsky.social for taking care of the power hour and letting us connect with the new, fantastic wave of #ECMatrix scientists!!

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jul 14

And we are all absolutely in love with this idea 🌳🌳🌳

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jul 13

@mghnmrtn.bsky.social you did a fantastic job all throughout the GRC!! 🔥🔥🔥

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jul 12

Next time!!! ♥️💪💪💪

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jul 12

And what about *they also made a commentary of our work*??? I really really love JCS!!!
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

MatriCom – the extracellular matrix reloaded

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is made up of hundreds of proteins, including structural core ‘matrisome’ proteins, factors that associate with and regulate ECM architecture and dynamics, and ECM recep...

journals.biologists.com

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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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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · Jun 5

A great way to start the day 😃
@valerioizzi.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork

Screenshot of an email announcing the acceptance of our manuscript decribing a new computational tool called MatriCom in the Journal of Cell Science

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Apr 13

It's all a scheme by big antivirus software companies!!!! 😂😂😂

Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · Apr 12

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · Apr 12

LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."

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The Meshwork @themeshwork.bsky.social · Mar 24

Anyone attending the ECM Nexus Joint Meeting of the German, Danish and Finnish Societies for Matrix Biology in Freiburg??? Let's catch up!!! Find us in poster #32!!! @matrixbiologie.bsky.social @valerioizzi.bsky.social @ccstorytime.bsky.social @nystromlab.bsky.social #ECMnexus

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Mar 21

Way to go Oulu!! 💪💪💪

Finland's first support center for racism victims in oulu

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Mar 12

A fantastic seminar coming your way? Yes!! But is it also free? Yes!!! But is it also about the ECM? YES!!!! Register now!!! 👇👇👇

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Sara Wickstrom @sarawickstrom.bsky.social · Mar 5

Registration is still open to this exciting meeting! Besides cutting edge science and nice people, it’s also a fantastic location to take a bit of a break from it all!

TanentzapfLab @tanentzapflab.bsky.social · Jan 22

A reminder to colleagues interested in Cell-Matrix adhesion & anything ECM related that registration is now open for the Fibronectin, Integrins & related molecules Gordon Research Conference. Incredible list speakers! incredible location! it will 🔥 🔥 🔥 Please join us! www.grc.org/fibronectin-...

2025 Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Joan Chang @tranejoan.bsky.social · Mar 5

Our lab's #1st manuscript from our #1st #PhD Katie is on #bioRxiv! Check it out 👇🏻

#macrophage regulation of fibroblast #collagen #circadian rhythm. #ImmunoECMatrix w/ @profandrewmac.bsky.social @tracyh9494.bsky.social @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social

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

Macrophages promote collagen deposition through circadian regulation of fibroblasts

Collagen deposition in fibroblasts, the primary collagen-producing cells, is regulated by both macrophages and the circadian rhythm, although how these regulatory processes interact with one another i...

www.biorxiv.org

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Mar 3

Please do and let us know! 💪

Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Mar 3

ProToDeviseR is finally out!!! 🤩 A fantastic tool to draw rich protein topology schemes in a second, by my super talented postdoc Petar!! As usual from Izzilab, all in #rshiny!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

ProToDeviseR: an automated protein topology scheme generator - BMC Bioinformatics

Background Amino acid sequence characterization is a fundamental part of virtually any protein analysis, and creating concise and clear protein topology schemes is of high importance in proteomics stu...

link.springer.com

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DGMB @matrixbiologie.bsky.social · Feb 10

Come and join us at our annual meeting in Freiburg! There is still time to submit your abstract! Deadline 21.02.! 👇
www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...

Flyer for the annual meeting of the German Society for Matrix Biology: Matrix Nexus - The Extracellular Matrix: From Molecular Foundations To Life. The flags of Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Finland are shown on the outline of Germany, three intertwined snakes/dragons in red, yellow, and blue are looking up to the title, and a pin indicates the location of Freiburg, where the meeting will be held 26.03.-28.03.2025.

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Feb 8

I have the greatest respect for all of you who are trying to find ways to make people understand how MAGA is destroying research in the US, I really do! But what about you show the world what happens when too much is too much and shut all down for good? I mean, #STARTARIOT!
youtu.be/1KffbnerH-A?...

HELLYEAH - STARTARIOT (Official Lyric Video)

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Feb 4

Super excited to host @tranejoan.bsky.social for @unioulu.bsky.social seminar series!!! Cool stuff about #collagen coming in 3...2...1...

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jan 28

And how cool is that?? 🤩🤩🤩

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jan 28

My pleasure to work with you @tomvanagtmael.bsky.social !!

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jan 17

Do you want to know more about MatriCom by @nabalabuic.bsky.social and yours truly? AI got you covered (and it's pretty cool)!!! 🤩👇👇👇
sciencecast.org/casts/j1a65m...

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jan 15

Proud of my university @unioulu.bsky.social ! 💪

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Valerio Val Izzi @valerioizzi.bsky.social · Jan 14

Come join us in Freiburg! EXTENDED DEADLINES AND FANTASTIC SPEAKERS!!

Chloé Yeung @ccstorytime.bsky.social · Nov 16

The #ECMatrix community is a friendly bunch and many will be this joint German-Nordic-Belgian 3-day meeting in Freiburg! Early bird registration until Jan 15th 2025 www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...

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