Yanlan Mao
@yanlanmao.bsky.social
Professor of Developmental Biophysics.
Crossing all disciplines, through science, art and food | UCL | LMCB | IPLS
www.tissuemechanicslab.com
Science communication and #SciArt via www.datascaperealities.com
Loves hiking, glamping and sourdough baking
Crossing all disciplines, through science, art and food | UCL | LMCB | IPLS
www.tissuemechanicslab.com
Science communication and #SciArt via www.datascaperealities.com
Loves hiking, glamping and sourdough baking
Woo hoo! Congratulations Giulia and totally well deserved. So proud!
Huge congrats Giulia! my fellow @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social @buzzbaum.bsky.social @yanlanmao.bsky.social lab member. Very well deserved :)
We are delighted to announce that @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @ucllifesciences.bsky.social has been awarded the 2026 BSCB Postdoctoral researcher medal
You can read about Giulia's work on how tissues withstand mechanical stress here:
bscb.org/postdoctoral...
You can read about Giulia's work on how tissues withstand mechanical stress here:
bscb.org/postdoctoral...
January 22, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Woo hoo! Congratulations Giulia and totally well deserved. So proud!
Registration and submissions for poster presentations will remain open for a few more weeks: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Registration and submissions for poster presentations will remain open for a few more weeks: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Obligatory Christmas cooking shots, the matcha coconut tiramisu was a new invention, worked a treat!
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Obligatory Christmas cooking shots, the matcha coconut tiramisu was a new invention, worked a treat!
Festive greetings everyone! Hope you enjoy some precious family time filled with games, wintery walks and of course good food! Mine has started! See you in 2026!
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Festive greetings everyone! Hope you enjoy some precious family time filled with games, wintery walks and of course good food! Mine has started! See you in 2026!
Registration deadline extended to 5th January. Festive greetings!
Registration deadline 20th Dec! We have generous travel grants for early career researchers! April is a beautiful time to visit China!
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Registration deadline extended to 5th January. Festive greetings!
Festive fun with the lab ice skating in Greenwich!
December 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Festive fun with the lab ice skating in Greenwich!
Final week to register! #EMBOevents
Sign up now for the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal #homeostasis and repair" in #Haining, China, 6–10 April 2026.
Deadline: 20 December 2025
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-homeostasis
#EMBOBiophysicalRepair #EMBOevents 🧪
Deadline: 20 December 2025
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-homeostasis
#EMBOBiophysicalRepair #EMBOevents 🧪
December 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Final week to register! #EMBOevents
Festive dried figs #sourdough bread baking, smells so good!
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Festive dried figs #sourdough bread baking, smells so good!
Honoured to meet @ardemp.bskyverified.social yesterday during his visit to @ucl.ac.uk What an inspirational talk, full of clarity, humour and humility. Too bad I didn’t take a video of the piezo tattoo!
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Honoured to meet @ardemp.bskyverified.social yesterday during his visit to @ucl.ac.uk What an inspirational talk, full of clarity, humour and humility. Too bad I didn’t take a video of the piezo tattoo!
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Looking forward to this highly interactive meeting! Great cross-disciplinary speakers & opportunities for contributed talks, sign up !! 👇👇👇
#CellBio community, this one is for you! Applications are open for the #LakeConference on Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues – co-hosted with Circuit Neuroscience Basel!
📆 April 20-22, 2026
📍 Seattle, USA
🔬 All career stages welcomed.
Apply to attend by 12/12: alleninstitute.org/events/aics-...
📆 April 20-22, 2026
📍 Seattle, USA
🔬 All career stages welcomed.
Apply to attend by 12/12: alleninstitute.org/events/aics-...
2026 Lake Conference: Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues
Join the Allen Institute for Cell Science and Circuit Neuroscience Basel in Seattle, Washington, April 20–22, 2026, for a 3 day conference, Modeling...
alleninstitute.org
October 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Looking forward to this highly interactive meeting! Great cross-disciplinary speakers & opportunities for contributed talks, sign up !! 👇👇👇
Registration deadline 20th Dec! We have generous travel grants for early career researchers! April is a beautiful time to visit China!
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Registration deadline 20th Dec! We have generous travel grants for early career researchers! April is a beautiful time to visit China!
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SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
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Our next #ForceTalk is Prof Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social on "Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair"
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Our next #ForceTalk is Prof Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social on "Coping with mechanical stress: tissue dynamics during development, homeostasis and repair"
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
🗓️ 26 Nov 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
Online & open to all 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/force-talk-yanlan-mao
#mechanobiology @kingsnmes.bsky.social
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Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social
Too many pumpkins left after Halloween? Turn some into delicious sourdough bread or mochi, don’t waste them!
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Too many pumpkins left after Halloween? Turn some into delicious sourdough bread or mochi, don’t waste them!
Thank you @rodrigofg.bsky.social and Lola Martin Bermuda for organising this great meeting in Baeza! Beautiful architecture and beautiful science!
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thank you @rodrigofg.bsky.social and Lola Martin Bermuda for organising this great meeting in Baeza! Beautiful architecture and beautiful science!
Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Register for your place at this exciting @embo.org workshop in China now! Places are filling up fast! @biologists.bsky.social
Brilliant first day with Datascape Realities at #NewScientistLive2025!
October 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Brilliant first day with Datascape Realities at #NewScientistLive2025!
#newscientistlive this weekend!
Come visit our Datascape Realities station to see the coolest scientific data in #virtualreality this weekend! www.datascaperealities.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#newscientistlive this weekend!
Come visit our Datascape Realities station to see the coolest scientific data in #virtualreality this weekend! www.datascaperealities.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Come visit our Datascape Realities station to see the coolest scientific data in #virtualreality this weekend! www.datascaperealities.com
What an incredible scientific trip to Japan, first to participate in the Multimodal ECM symposium organised by @hirofujiwara.bsky.social where Ricardo Barrientos won a poster prize, and then to visit @RIKENBDR in Kobe. Fantastic science, stunning views, beautiful food! Thank you Hiro!
September 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What an incredible scientific trip to Japan, first to participate in the Multimodal ECM symposium organised by @hirofujiwara.bsky.social where Ricardo Barrientos won a poster prize, and then to visit @RIKENBDR in Kobe. Fantastic science, stunning views, beautiful food! Thank you Hiro!
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Our paper on the nonequilibrium mechanics and remodelling of collagen-IV networks is finally out on @prxlife.bsky.social! It has been a long and exciting scientific journey, led by @billiemeadowcroft.bsky.social! @ivnpla.bsky.social @yanlanmao.bsky.social
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
Nonequilibrium Remodeling of Collagen IV Networks in Silico
Active bond remodeling enables collagen IV networks to have a range of responses to strain while maintaining their mechanical integrity.
journals.aps.org
September 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Our paper on the nonequilibrium mechanics and remodelling of collagen-IV networks is finally out on @prxlife.bsky.social! It has been a long and exciting scientific journey, led by @billiemeadowcroft.bsky.social! @ivnpla.bsky.social @yanlanmao.bsky.social
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
An exciting new paper from the lab! Check it out:
Thrilled to share the first story from my postdoc! 🎉 A wonderful experiment + simulations collaboration. In the Drosophila wing, we find that 3D cell shapes affect signalling range and fine-tune developmental patterning www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thread below ⬇️
August 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
An exciting new paper from the lab! Check it out:
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM