Thanks very much to Prof Damien Lacroix, and to Prof Glen Niebur for making the long trip from @notredame.bsky.social for the viva!

Thanks to Dr Xinshan Li & Prof @enrico-dallara.bsky.social for help supervising after my move to @qmul.ac.uk. A fun collaboration - one I very much hope to continue!

Cheers Claire! Seeing those copy-edited proofs never gets old!

Absolutely Joel, we need a straightforward transcriptional readout of mechanotransduction... maybe for Christmas 🙏

So true, a bit of a holy grail for now. Closest I've seen is this lovely marker of specific Piezo1 activity, so you can actually see mechanosensing. Beautifully presented by @kkalyviotis.bsky.social in London. Playfully named GenEPi, just in time for ski season! 🏂
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cheers Claire! Merry Christmas to you & yours too! 🎅🏻

😂 it's a mandatory part of the induction, yes 💁🏻‍♂️

Fantastic to have him show us the wonders of intra-vital imaging at the Bloomsbury Centre for Skeletal Research Meeting, thanks to Scott & team at the RVC for fabulous hosting as always!

What an entrance! Congrats Tomas! 👏👏👏

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