Rachel Lawson
@rlawson954.bsky.social
Third year PhD Student in Helen Matthews Lab at The University of Sheffield, exploring the biomechanics of mitotic cells in an epithelium.
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Wishing everyone a bright and happy Deepavali!
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Wishing everyone a bright and happy Deepavali!
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New release of #BigTrace plugin is out. Together with @aafkegros.bsky.social from Simone Köhler group we added a fully automatic tracing mode. + more macro functions and bug fixes github.com/ekatrukha/Bi...
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
New release of #BigTrace plugin is out. Together with @aafkegros.bsky.social from Simone Köhler group we added a fully automatic tracing mode. + more macro functions and bug fixes github.com/ekatrukha/Bi...
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🔔🧪 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/...
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.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🔔🧪 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/...
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/...
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Now in @natnano.nature.com: We need to acknowledge that - as with all new tech - AI also poses hazards we need to be aware of. Thanks @besfordgroup.bsky.social (Quinn A. Besford 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦) for leading this effort.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The rising danger of AI-generated images in nanomaterials science and what we can do about it - Nature Nanotechnology
Generative AI has made it trivial to generate fake microscopy images that are indistinguishable from real images, even for experts. As researchers in nanoscience, it is time for us to face this realit...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Now in @natnano.nature.com: We need to acknowledge that - as with all new tech - AI also poses hazards we need to be aware of. Thanks @besfordgroup.bsky.social (Quinn A. Besford 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦) for leading this effort.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Is your red the same as my red?
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Is your red the same as my red?
Thank you so much for this incredible opportunity at an incredible institution!!
What happens to packed cells in a monolayer during mitosis? @rlawson954.bsky.social presented varying experiments investigating shape and force changes, cell-cell junctions, and mechanics in mitotic cells, suggesting important roles for keratin and desmosomes #MBIMPG2025 @helenkmatthews.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thank you so much for this incredible opportunity at an incredible institution!!
Still blown away that I’m getting the chance to be here in Singapore for the MBI Mechanobiology conference, and not only that but also having the chance to present my #PhD work as a talk. Incredible opportunity and getting also to hear about amazing research from around the world 🌍
#mechanobiology
#mechanobiology
September 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Still blown away that I’m getting the chance to be here in Singapore for the MBI Mechanobiology conference, and not only that but also having the chance to present my #PhD work as a talk. Incredible opportunity and getting also to hear about amazing research from around the world 🌍
#mechanobiology
#mechanobiology
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Have you ever thought about inflating tissues?
Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues?
New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling
Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues?
New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling
July 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Have you ever thought about inflating tissues?
Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues?
New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling
Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues?
New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧵 with pressure control, multiscale buckling, controlled wrinkling
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Great talks by PhD students @isabelladavis00.bsky.social and Meg at the Sheffield Pancreatic Cancer Research Network meeting 👏
July 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Great talks by PhD students @isabelladavis00.bsky.social and Meg at the Sheffield Pancreatic Cancer Research Network meeting 👏
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A beautiful day in the sunshine for our lovely lab summer social ☀️ @isabelladavis00.bsky.social @helenkmatthews.bsky.social @rlawson954.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A beautiful day in the sunshine for our lovely lab summer social ☀️ @isabelladavis00.bsky.social @helenkmatthews.bsky.social @rlawson954.bsky.social
Had a great time at Physics Within The Cell hosted by the IOP today, and it was such an honour to share my work on epithelial division mechanics there ☺️
Thank you! @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
#biomechanics #mitosis #phdlife #conferences
Thank you! @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
#biomechanics #mitosis #phdlife #conferences
June 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Had a great time at Physics Within The Cell hosted by the IOP today, and it was such an honour to share my work on epithelial division mechanics there ☺️
Thank you! @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
#biomechanics #mitosis #phdlife #conferences
Thank you! @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
#biomechanics #mitosis #phdlife #conferences
May 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Happy to publish this News & Views article highlighting exciting new work from Rod Bremner's lab that shows that cell populations with a short cell cycle are intrinsically more susceptible to forming tumours
May 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Happy to publish this News & Views article highlighting exciting new work from Rod Bremner's lab that shows that cell populations with a short cell cycle are intrinsically more susceptible to forming tumours
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Neuroscientists have identified a brain signal in mice that kick-starts the process of overwriting fearful memories once danger is passed — a process known as fear extinction.
https://go.nature.com/3REKSZb
https://go.nature.com/3REKSZb
‘Fear extinction’ signal in mouse brain offers clues about how to treat PTSD
Mechanism involving neurons that stimulate fear, and ones that suppress it, could help to explain conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
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April 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Neuroscientists have identified a brain signal in mice that kick-starts the process of overwriting fearful memories once danger is passed — a process known as fear extinction.
https://go.nature.com/3REKSZb
https://go.nature.com/3REKSZb
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Acceptable image-editing practices are partly a matter of common sense. But researchers say journals and funders could help scientists by standardizing policies.
https://go.nature.com/437FWT6
https://go.nature.com/437FWT6
The do’s and don’ts of scientific image editing
Acceptable image-editing practices are partly a matter of common sense. But researchers say journals and funders could help scientists by standardizing policies.
go.nature.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Acceptable image-editing practices are partly a matter of common sense. But researchers say journals and funders could help scientists by standardizing policies.
https://go.nature.com/437FWT6
https://go.nature.com/437FWT6
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April 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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It took an extension to the extension of the extension, but after more than 3 years of negotiations, governments around the globe—but notably, not the United States—have finally agreed on a treaty to improve how the world prevents, prepares for, and responds to future pandemics. scim.ag/4lDYcLe
Global pandemic treaty finalized, without U.S., in ‘a victory for multilateralism’
Three years in the making, the accord aims to increase equity and avoid errors of the COVID-19 pandemic
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April 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It took an extension to the extension of the extension, but after more than 3 years of negotiations, governments around the globe—but notably, not the United States—have finally agreed on a treaty to improve how the world prevents, prepares for, and responds to future pandemics. scim.ag/4lDYcLe
Great to hear about the research going on in @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social at University of Sheffield. Short talks from @helenkmatthews.bsky.social and @erainerolab.bsky.social about the projects going on in their labs 😊
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Great to hear about the research going on in @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social at University of Sheffield. Short talks from @helenkmatthews.bsky.social and @erainerolab.bsky.social about the projects going on in their labs 😊
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Scientists identify key protein driving ovarian cancer spread
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Scientists identify key protein driving ovarian cancer spread
A new study has identified the protein ADAMTS5 as playing a crucial role in the spread of ovarian cancer cells, offering a potential new target for future treatments.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Scientists identify key protein driving ovarian cancer spread
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Excited to share that our latest paper is out today!!!
'The protease ADAMTS5 controls ovarian cancer cell invasion, downstream of Rab25' - great effort by Sherry and Rachele (1/6)
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'The protease ADAMTS5 controls ovarian cancer cell invasion, downstream of Rab25' - great effort by Sherry and Rachele (1/6)
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FEBS Press
Metastatic progression is characterised by extensive remodelling of the extracellular matrix, primarily mediated by secreted proteases, including ADAMTS family members. Rainero and colleagues found t....
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April 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Excited to share that our latest paper is out today!!!
'The protease ADAMTS5 controls ovarian cancer cell invasion, downstream of Rab25' - great effort by Sherry and Rachele (1/6)
@febsj.bsky.social
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
'The protease ADAMTS5 controls ovarian cancer cell invasion, downstream of Rab25' - great effort by Sherry and Rachele (1/6)
@febsj.bsky.social
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Happy Caturday to all those science cats helping their owners with their research 😂☺️
#caturday #sciencecats #phdlife #biology
#caturday #sciencecats #phdlife #biology
March 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy Caturday to all those science cats helping their owners with their research 😂☺️
#caturday #sciencecats #phdlife #biology
#caturday #sciencecats #phdlife #biology
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Meanwhile in Harrogate... Rachel & Bella from the lab are presenting at @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social #physicsoflife2025
March 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Meanwhile in Harrogate... Rachel & Bella from the lab are presenting at @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social #physicsoflife2025
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Congratulations to Bella for winning a poster prize at @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social 2025
👏👏👏🎉🎉 #proudPI
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👏👏👏🎉🎉 #proudPI
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March 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Congratulations to Bella for winning a poster prize at @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social 2025
👏👏👏🎉🎉 #proudPI
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👏👏👏🎉🎉 #proudPI
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