Qin Ni
@qinni09.bsky.social
Mechanobiology. Biophysics. BME. Experiment. Modeling. PostDoc at Sean Sun lab, Johns Hopkins
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
New preprint out! We uncover a compensatory network linking cell mechanics, PI3K/Akt signaling, and ion exchanger NHE1. Actomyosin disruption activates PI3K/Akt → NHE1, generating a biphasic response in mechanosensation.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Chemical Compensation to Mechanical Loss in Cell Mechanosensation
Mammalian cells sense and respond to environmental changes using a complex and intelligent system that integrates chemical and mechanical signals. The transduction of mechanical cues into chemical cha...
doi.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
New preprint out! We uncover a compensatory network linking cell mechanics, PI3K/Akt signaling, and ion exchanger NHE1. Actomyosin disruption activates PI3K/Akt → NHE1, generating a biphasic response in mechanosensation.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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BREAKING: More international graduate students at Johns Hopkins University have lost their student visas. The total is now "several dozen," up from around 12. We are the first outlet to report on this, here is what you need to know:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
‘Several dozen’ Johns Hopkins student visas revoked
Days earlier, that number was closer to 12.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
BREAKING: More international graduate students at Johns Hopkins University have lost their student visas. The total is now "several dozen," up from around 12. We are the first outlet to report on this, here is what you need to know:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
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Together with EMBO, we provide funding for workshops, practical and lecture courses in Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico and South Korea.
📆 The next application deadline is 1 March 2025.
Apply here: https://bit.ly/41hbB47
📆 The next application deadline is 1 March 2025.
Apply here: https://bit.ly/41hbB47
February 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Together with EMBO, we provide funding for workshops, practical and lecture courses in Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico and South Korea.
📆 The next application deadline is 1 March 2025.
Apply here: https://bit.ly/41hbB47
📆 The next application deadline is 1 March 2025.
Apply here: https://bit.ly/41hbB47
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2 PhD students recently met at a conference & Trump's slashing of research & science bound them
With only 3 other scientists they started a movement that's growing around the country
On March 7 in Washington DC, and state capitals, "Stand Up for Science" will take place
All details below & bravo!
With only 3 other scientists they started a movement that's growing around the country
On March 7 in Washington DC, and state capitals, "Stand Up for Science" will take place
All details below & bravo!
‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
www.science.org
February 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
2 PhD students recently met at a conference & Trump's slashing of research & science bound them
With only 3 other scientists they started a movement that's growing around the country
On March 7 in Washington DC, and state capitals, "Stand Up for Science" will take place
All details below & bravo!
With only 3 other scientists they started a movement that's growing around the country
On March 7 in Washington DC, and state capitals, "Stand Up for Science" will take place
All details below & bravo!
Reposted by Qin Ni
Entering the twilight zone? Federal firings continue. Last week NIH, CDC, today NSF. Careers & livelihoods of scientists. Science will slowly grind to a halt … with these & budget cuts, labs will shut, univs are shrinking incoming class numbers … an irreversible loss. 🧪
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce
NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.
www.npr.org
February 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Entering the twilight zone? Federal firings continue. Last week NIH, CDC, today NSF. Careers & livelihoods of scientists. Science will slowly grind to a halt … with these & budget cuts, labs will shut, univs are shrinking incoming class numbers … an irreversible loss. 🧪
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
First post on 🦋! I will be
presenting our recent work at #BPS2025. Want to know how cell mechanics interacts with chemical signals to generate compensatory and non-monotonic dynamics? Join my talk on Tuesday at 4 PM in RM511. I’ll also be presenting a poster on Monday, come to chat!
presenting our recent work at #BPS2025. Want to know how cell mechanics interacts with chemical signals to generate compensatory and non-monotonic dynamics? Join my talk on Tuesday at 4 PM in RM511. I’ll also be presenting a poster on Monday, come to chat!
February 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
First post on 🦋! I will be
presenting our recent work at #BPS2025. Want to know how cell mechanics interacts with chemical signals to generate compensatory and non-monotonic dynamics? Join my talk on Tuesday at 4 PM in RM511. I’ll also be presenting a poster on Monday, come to chat!
presenting our recent work at #BPS2025. Want to know how cell mechanics interacts with chemical signals to generate compensatory and non-monotonic dynamics? Join my talk on Tuesday at 4 PM in RM511. I’ll also be presenting a poster on Monday, come to chat!