Helen Matthews
@helenkmatthews.bsky.social
Cell biologist
Group leader & Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of Sheffield
Cell shape, cytoskeleton and mechanics in cancer
Cancer researcher who had #breastcancer
https://www.helenmatthewslab.org/
Group leader & Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of Sheffield
Cell shape, cytoskeleton and mechanics in cancer
Cancer researcher who had #breastcancer
https://www.helenmatthewslab.org/
PhD students @isabelladavis00.bsky.social and @zhebao.bsky.social doing a great job representing @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social at the Crick Cancer Conference this week
October 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
PhD students @isabelladavis00.bsky.social and @zhebao.bsky.social doing a great job representing @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social at the Crick Cancer Conference this week
Sad to say goodbye to our brilliant mRes student Alessia Atzori. Alessia has done fantastic work on the transcription factors that control cell motility (watch this space for future publications) and is heading to Newcastle for a PhD
August 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Sad to say goodbye to our brilliant mRes student Alessia Atzori. Alessia has done fantastic work on the transcription factors that control cell motility (watch this space for future publications) and is heading to Newcastle for a PhD
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 👏
Fantastic lab hike with @erainerolab.bsky.social yesterday. Included a much needed ice cream stop at Chatsworth House (bakewell tart flavoured ice cream 😋)
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July 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Fantastic lab hike with @erainerolab.bsky.social yesterday. Included a much needed ice cream stop at Chatsworth House (bakewell tart flavoured ice cream 😋)
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
Enjoyed this April Fools joke in my son's Phoenix Comic this morning @phoenixcomics.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Enjoyed this April Fools joke in my son's Phoenix Comic this morning @phoenixcomics.bsky.social
Rare footage of a theorist at the bench @mehmetcanucar.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rare footage of a theorist at the bench @mehmetcanucar.bsky.social
Back in Sheffield and excited to play with an exciting new bit of kit - our new @lumicks.bsky.social c-trap optical tweezers with @mattdnewton.bsky.social
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March 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Back in Sheffield and excited to play with an exciting new bit of kit - our new @lumicks.bsky.social c-trap optical tweezers with @mattdnewton.bsky.social
@insigneoinstitute.bsky.social
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
@insigneoinstitute.bsky.social
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
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
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
👏👏👏🎉🎉 #proudPI
@mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
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
@vichart33.bsky.social and Meg representing the lab at @bscb-official.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social #biologists100
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March 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
@vichart33.bsky.social and Meg representing the lab at @bscb-official.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social #biologists100
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Ewa Paluch kicks off the mechanobiology session at #biologists100
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Ewa Paluch kicks off the mechanobiology session at #biologists100
Fantastic talk from PhD student Zhe Bao from @erainerolab.bsky.social @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social in the Cell Growth & Proliferation session at #biologists100
March 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Fantastic talk from PhD student Zhe Bao from @erainerolab.bsky.social @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social in the Cell Growth & Proliferation session at #biologists100
What a view for #biologists100 the drinks reception
March 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What a view for #biologists100 the drinks reception
Sun is out in Liverpool for #biologists100
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@bscb-official.bsky.social
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March 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sun is out in Liverpool for #biologists100
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Happy to receive news of a tree planted in the @biologists.bsky.social forest thanks to a peer review I did for @jcellsci.bsky.social
Such a great biodiversity initiative
forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...
Such a great biodiversity initiative
forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...
March 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Happy to receive news of a tree planted in the @biologists.bsky.social forest thanks to a peer review I did for @jcellsci.bsky.social
Such a great biodiversity initiative
forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...
Such a great biodiversity initiative
forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...
🚨 PhD position available for Oct 25
🔬Using advanced microscopy to understand how keratin networks control tissue mechanics
An interdisciplinary #cellbiology #biophysics collaboration with Ruby Peters & @alicepyne.bsky.social
👇 Apply by March 14
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🔬Using advanced microscopy to understand how keratin networks control tissue mechanics
An interdisciplinary #cellbiology #biophysics collaboration with Ruby Peters & @alicepyne.bsky.social
👇 Apply by March 14
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
February 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🚨 PhD position available for Oct 25
🔬Using advanced microscopy to understand how keratin networks control tissue mechanics
An interdisciplinary #cellbiology #biophysics collaboration with Ruby Peters & @alicepyne.bsky.social
👇 Apply by March 14
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🔬Using advanced microscopy to understand how keratin networks control tissue mechanics
An interdisciplinary #cellbiology #biophysics collaboration with Ruby Peters & @alicepyne.bsky.social
👇 Apply by March 14
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
First day in the lab of 2025! Made it in through ice and snow. Thank goodness I got new hiking boots for Christmas
..and that Sheffield is the kind of place where hiking boots are considered appropriate workwear at any time of year.
..and that Sheffield is the kind of place where hiking boots are considered appropriate workwear at any time of year.
January 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
First day in the lab of 2025! Made it in through ice and snow. Thank goodness I got new hiking boots for Christmas
..and that Sheffield is the kind of place where hiking boots are considered appropriate workwear at any time of year.
..and that Sheffield is the kind of place where hiking boots are considered appropriate workwear at any time of year.
Finally at #actin2024 another great @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social talk from Joe Tyler from Jason King's lab on actin waves
December 13, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Finally at #actin2024 another great @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social talk from Joe Tyler from Jason King's lab on actin waves
Another great talk on mitosis at #actin2024 by Jeanne Lefevere-Laoide from Ewa Paluch's lab talking about mechanisms of post-mitotic respreading
December 13, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Another great talk on mitosis at #actin2024 by Jeanne Lefevere-Laoide from Ewa Paluch's lab talking about mechanisms of post-mitotic respreading
December 13, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Here's a better picture of Zhe as the previous one cropped his face!
December 13, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Here's a better picture of Zhe as the previous one cropped his face!
Opening #actin2024 is Sheffield's own Zhe Bao from @erainerolab.bsky.social @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Opening #actin2024 is Sheffield's own Zhe Bao from @erainerolab.bsky.social @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social
It's December, the whole lab is in Bristol, we're drinking mulled cider, this can only mean one thing.....it's nearly time for ACTIN 2024!
December 13, 2024 at 8:15 AM
It's December, the whole lab is in Bristol, we're drinking mulled cider, this can only mean one thing.....it's nearly time for ACTIN 2024!
Our @sheffielduni.bsky.social campus is lit up in purple tonight for pancreatic cancer awareness day. Thanks to Dr Vic Hart, our postdoc who works on pancreatic cancer, for organising this. We're thinking of all the patients and families affected by this terrible disease today.
November 22, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Our @sheffielduni.bsky.social campus is lit up in purple tonight for pancreatic cancer awareness day. Thanks to Dr Vic Hart, our postdoc who works on pancreatic cancer, for organising this. We're thinking of all the patients and families affected by this terrible disease today.
Stunning sunrise on the way to Liverpool this morning #peakdistrict #uksnow
November 21, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Stunning sunrise on the way to Liverpool this morning #peakdistrict #uksnow