Helen
@helendietmar.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Heidelberg University Hospital, interested in cartilage & the extracellular matrix. Views are my own.
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Helen
@helendietmar.bsky.social
· May 26
Load activated FGFR and beta1 integrins target distinct chondrocyte mechano-response genes
In response to mechanical stimuli, chondrocytes adapt their transcriptional activity, thereby shaping the cellular mechano-response; however, it remai…
www.sciencedirect.com
Super happy to share that the first paper from my postdoc project is now available online! 🥳
#ExCarBon #FOR2407
#matrixbiology #chondrocytes #mechanobiology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ExCarBon #FOR2407
#matrixbiology #chondrocytes #mechanobiology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are already looking forward to hosting the wonderful matrix community in Heidelberg next year! Thanks for your patience while we update the website - in the meantime, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions! #DGMB2026
While we update our website regarding #DGMB2026, you can find a list of confirmed speakers here! 👇 We are so happy to have them and already look forward to lots of exciting science!
#ECRs, we'll have a pre-meeting together with the #EU-CHANGE network - more info coming soon! #ECM #MatrixBiology
#ECRs, we'll have a pre-meeting together with the #EU-CHANGE network - more info coming soon! #ECM #MatrixBiology
September 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
We are already looking forward to hosting the wonderful matrix community in Heidelberg next year! Thanks for your patience while we update the website - in the meantime, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions! #DGMB2026
Had a great couple
of days in Copenhagen, with so many interesting talks and wonderful scientific exchange! Hopefully we’ll see many of you in April at #DGMB2026!
of days in Copenhagen, with so many interesting talks and wonderful scientific exchange! Hopefully we’ll see many of you in April at #DGMB2026!
That’s a wrap for @dsmb-dk.bsky.social HS Workshop and Annual Meeting 2025! Thank you to all our speakers, abstract presenters & our generous sponsors ThermoFisher, Tebubio, Amsbio and Horizon 2020 🙏 Special thanks go to our outgoing chairwoman Christine Chuang and team #ECMatrix
September 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Had a great couple
of days in Copenhagen, with so many interesting talks and wonderful scientific exchange! Hopefully we’ll see many of you in April at #DGMB2026!
of days in Copenhagen, with so many interesting talks and wonderful scientific exchange! Hopefully we’ll see many of you in April at #DGMB2026!
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Time for another #YoungInvestigatorSpotlight, before we all head into the weekend to enjoy [or escape] the sunshine! Meet doctoral researcher Sven Schmidt @nefiew.bsky.social. His publication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
reveals chondroprotective effects of PGE2 during MSC chondrogenesis.
reveals chondroprotective effects of PGE2 during MSC chondrogenesis.
June 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Time for another #YoungInvestigatorSpotlight, before we all head into the weekend to enjoy [or escape] the sunshine! Meet doctoral researcher Sven Schmidt @nefiew.bsky.social. His publication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
reveals chondroprotective effects of PGE2 during MSC chondrogenesis.
reveals chondroprotective effects of PGE2 during MSC chondrogenesis.
Bit sad to leave Davos today after a great #EORS2025. Super grateful to the #on_foundation for awarding me an education grant to help with travel costs! Now to go through my notes and think through some new ideas… 😎
June 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Bit sad to leave Davos today after a great #EORS2025. Super grateful to the #on_foundation for awarding me an education grant to help with travel costs! Now to go through my notes and think through some new ideas… 😎
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Happy Monday! We're starting the week with another #YoungInvestigatorSpotlight - this time it's Leonie Ruths' profile & publication, which you can find here: www.oarsijournal.com/article/S106....
Well done to all the participants of this year's Young Investigator Award session! #matrixbiology
Well done to all the participants of this year's Young Investigator Award session! #matrixbiology
June 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy Monday! We're starting the week with another #YoungInvestigatorSpotlight - this time it's Leonie Ruths' profile & publication, which you can find here: www.oarsijournal.com/article/S106....
Well done to all the participants of this year's Young Investigator Award session! #matrixbiology
Well done to all the participants of this year's Young Investigator Award session! #matrixbiology
Super happy to share that the first paper from my postdoc project is now available online! 🥳
#ExCarBon #FOR2407
#matrixbiology #chondrocytes #mechanobiology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ExCarBon #FOR2407
#matrixbiology #chondrocytes #mechanobiology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Load activated FGFR and beta1 integrins target distinct chondrocyte mechano-response genes
In response to mechanical stimuli, chondrocytes adapt their transcriptional activity, thereby shaping the cellular mechano-response; however, it remai…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Super happy to share that the first paper from my postdoc project is now available online! 🥳
#ExCarBon #FOR2407
#matrixbiology #chondrocytes #mechanobiology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ExCarBon #FOR2407
#matrixbiology #chondrocytes #mechanobiology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A reminder to all of you, especially collagen peeps out there, that @tranejoan.bsky.social will join us next week for a much-anticipated seminar on (circadian) collagen homeostasis!!! Register now for FREE : forms.gle/WfoYTjskw3zd...
@amsocmatbio.bsky.social @matrixbiologie.bsky.social
@amsocmatbio.bsky.social @matrixbiologie.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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New week, new young investigator spotlight! This week it’s Dr. Jessica Sousa Onyeisi - find her recent publication on Syndecan-4 in breast cancer here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New week, new young investigator spotlight! This week it’s Dr. Jessica Sousa Onyeisi - find her recent publication on Syndecan-4 in breast cancer here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📣Attention PhD students and post-docs! Attending the collagen GRC this year? Our society offers a limited number of travel grants for early career researchers: www.matrixbiologie.de/travel-grant...
and don't forget to apply to the collagen GRC by June 8th! www.grc.org/collagen-con...
and don't forget to apply to the collagen GRC by June 8th! www.grc.org/collagen-con...
www.matrixbiologie.de
May 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📣Attention PhD students and post-docs! Attending the collagen GRC this year? Our society offers a limited number of travel grants for early career researchers: www.matrixbiologie.de/travel-grant...
and don't forget to apply to the collagen GRC by June 8th! www.grc.org/collagen-con...
and don't forget to apply to the collagen GRC by June 8th! www.grc.org/collagen-con...
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Let's start this week with a spotlight on @kristinabubb.bsky.social, this year's winner of our society's Young Investigator Award. You can find her recent publication on mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal ageing here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Let's start this week with a spotlight on @kristinabubb.bsky.social, this year's winner of our society's Young Investigator Award. You can find her recent publication on mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal ageing here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Submit your abstract now!! 👇👇👇
#ECMatrix researchers, please share:
Just under 2 weeks until the abstract deadline (21st Feb) for the 3-day Matrix Nexus meeting in Freiburg. Topics include #cancer #collagens #proteoglycans #proteases #tissueengineering & a session dedicated to #ECRs!
www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...
Just under 2 weeks until the abstract deadline (21st Feb) for the 3-day Matrix Nexus meeting in Freiburg. Topics include #cancer #collagens #proteoglycans #proteases #tissueengineering & a session dedicated to #ECRs!
www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...
February 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Submit your abstract now!! 👇👇👇
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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...
www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...
February 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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...
www.matrixbiologie.de/annual-meeti...