#ECMatrix
You have been summoned from labs far and wide!
ASMB x Manchester Cell-Matrix Centre (@mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social) Basement Membrane Workshop
📆3-5 Dec 2026 at @manchester.ac.uk
Alliances will be made
Secrets will be shared
👉https://www.asmb.net/basement-membrane-workshop
#ECMatrix
2026 ASMB Basement Membrane workshop in Manchester!
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November 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Not a photograph of deep space.
Magenta rings, blue cores, green moons, all adipocytes.

Winner 5 of 5: Iram Fatima Siddiqui from @healthsciences.mcgill.ca explains “Cosmic Bubbles of Adipocytes” at our e-Symposium Nov 11, 12pm ET.

Register: www.asmb.net/e-symposia

#ECMatrix
October 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Looks like a cathedral window. But, it isn’t❗️
Know what the tiles are?👀
@anamaporras.bsky.social, from @ufresearch.bsky.social is one of the ASMB Image Contest winners and will explain “Myo-saic of the Matrix” at our e-Symposium on Nov 11, 12 pm ET
Register: www.asmb.net/e-symposia
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October 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Crimson blooms in a green thicket. Not a garden. Any guesses?🤔
Neha Dinesh, St. Michel's @utoronto.ca, an ASMB 2026 Image Contest winner, explains “The Collagen Flora”, from her PhD work at @healthsciences.mcgill.ca, at our e-Symposium on Nov 11, 12 pm ET
Register: www.asmb.net/e-symposia
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October 27, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Two tissues meet, and the cells line up.
Can you tell which⁉️
Marisa Merino from @livunicancer.bsky.social, an ASMB 2026 Image Contest winner, explains “Cellular Constellations at Tissue Boundaries”at our e-Symposium on Nov 11, 12pm ET
Register: asmb.net/e-symposia
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October 23, 2026 at 6:16 PM
What are you looking at?👀
Take a guess, then come find out if you were right!
Tina Burkhard from @ucusurrey.bsky.social presents “Matrix in 3D,” an ASMB 2026 Image Contest winner, at our e-Symposium: Wed Nov 11, 12pm ET.🔬
Register: www.asmb.net/e-symposia
#ECMatrix #MatrixBiology
October 22, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The jury has a very tough job to select the Dick Heinegård awardee! Vastly different topics, equally impressive. The future is very bright #ECMatrix #MBE2026
July 3, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The future of #ECMatrix is very bright!! #MBE2026
July 3, 2026 at 6:05 AM
What a wonderful first #ECR session hosted by @themeshwork.bsky.social! Join in the vibrant community and the future of #ECMatrix is super bright! #MBE2026
June 29, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We are ready to start #MBE2026!! SHOUT-OUT to @valerioizzi.bsky.social for leading this conference, super excited about the next few days #ECMatrix #ScienceNoBoundaries
June 29, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Sylvie Ricard-Blum (@universitelyon.bsky.social) on receiving the ISMB Distinguished Investigator Award!🎉
From glycosaminoglycans to MatrixDB, her work has shaped modern #ECMatrix biology, bioinformatics, & systems biology.
🎥Watch in #ASMB2025 series👇
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Sylvie Ricard-Blum, ISMB Distinguished Investigator 2025
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May 16, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Congratulations to Prof. Peter Yurchenco from @rwjms.bsky.social on his #ASMB2025 Senior Investigator Award!🎉
From laminin polymerization to basement membrane repair, his work has shaped #ECMatrix biology and muscular dystrophy research
🎥 More in our #ASMB2025 series 👇
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Peter Yurchenco, ASMB Senior Investigator Award 2025
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May 15, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Yao Yao from @usf.edu on receiving the 2025 Renato Iozzo Award!🎉
His work on laminin regulation of the blood-brain barrier shows how #ECMatrix shapes CNS health and neurological diseases🧠
🎥More from him in our #ASMB2025 interview:
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Yao Yao, the Renato Iozzo Award, ASMB 2025
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May 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Neha Dinesh from @unityhealthto.bsky.social @utoronto.ca on receiving the 2025 ASMB Founders Award! 🎉
Her work on fibronectin and mechanotransduction explores #ECMatrix role in development and disease. 🔬
🎥 Watch our #ASMB2025 interview to learn more👇
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Neha Dinesh, ASMB Founders Award 2026
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May 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
At #ASMB2025, keynote speaker, Dr. Viola Vogel, Professor at @ethz.ch , shared how mechanical forces regulate proteins, cell signaling, and #ECMatrix in health, repair, and disease🔬

Hear more on the importance of studying mechanobiology👇
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Viola Vogel, ASMB 2025 Keynote Speaker
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May 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Joanne Murphy-Ullrich, Prof Emeritus, on being named the 2026 BSMB Medal Award recipient!🎉
As a pioneer in #ECMatrix signaling, she has shaped our understanding of fibrosis, cancer, and more while inspiring generations of scientists through mentorship. @uabcdib.bsky.social
April 21, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Two of medicine's hardest problems: fibrosis & cancer. #ECMatrix is at the center.
Giuseppe Mazza, CEO of Engitix and an honorary Professor at @ucl.ac.uk, is pioneering ECM-driven drug discovery to tackle them.
Hear from him in our #ASMB2025 Biotech & Pharma series
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Giuseppe Mazza, CEO of Engitix
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April 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
AI meets #ECMatrix👀
Dr. Mathieu Petitjean, CEO of PharmaNest Inc, is advancing digital pathology to quantify fibrosis at the single-fiber level, unlocking new biomarker insights🔬
📽️ Watch his interview in our #ASMB2025 Biotech & Pharma Leader Series.
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Mathieu Petitjean, CEO of PharmaNest
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April 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
From #ECMatrix biology to FDA-approved diagnostics, Dr. Morten Karsdal, CEO of Nordic Bioscience, leads innovation. 📽️Watch his interview on biomarkers, collagen, & translating science to clinical impact in our #ASMB2025 Biotech & Pharma Series.
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Morten Karsdal, CEO of Nordic Biosciences
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April 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Our next #SneakPeek 👀 just dropped!!
Join us as we sit down with #ECMatrix leaders shaping what's next in biotech & pharma.
Featuring Nordic Bioscience, PharmaNest Inc, Engitix & Nippi Institute of Biomatrix.
🎥Full #ASMB2025 interviews drop all week.
Follow along👇
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Biotech and Pharma leaders
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April 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Next in our #ASMB2025 series, meet Suneel Apte from @clevelandclinic.bsky.social, whose work on ADAMTS proteases have opened doors to new therapeutic possibilities.
Dive into his story: youtu.be/OTdOK_tmEQQ 📽️
#ASMB #amsocmatbio #ECM #ECMatrix #ASMB25 #ASMB2025
Meet Our Presidents: Suneel Apte
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March 17, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Happy Thursday! 👋🏻Meet our #NextGen #ECMatrix leaders! Meet Eileen Hwang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor at University of Utah, specializing in retina conditions 👀 her lab studies #SticklerSyndrome, and #CollagenIX!

Check out the full interview👉🏻 youtu.be/SKdAKjVvheY?...
Dr. Eileen Hwang, Junior PI
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February 26, 2026 at 9:37 PM
🧪Our special issue "𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱" (Curr Opin Biomed Eng, Vol.37 Mar 2026) is out 🎉

🔬Thanks to all authors, may this spark cross‑disciplinary collaboration!
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#Mechanobiology #ECMatrix #Biomaterials
Cellular and molecular aspects of mechanobiology of the extracellular matrix
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January 11, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Next week HCS joins @amsocmatbio.bsky.social for our 2025 Annual Meeting in Baltimore!

Don’t miss our Guest Society session, award presentations, and annual council and business meeting!

Details at hcs.memberclicks.net/hcs-annual-m...

#ASMB2025 #ECMatrix #ASMBaltimore2025
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM