Makinen lab - Lymphatic Biology and Pathology
@taijamakinenlab.bsky.social
Laboratory at the Wihuri Research Institute @wrihelsinki.bsky.social and University of Helsinki. We investigate mechanisms that regulate the lymphatic vasculature and its role in organ-specific physiology and disease processes.
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🏅 MTZ®-MPI Award 2025 goes to
Vishal Mohanakrishnan @vishalmkrishnan.bsky.social
for discovering Type R capillaries that play a vital role in bone remodelling and maintenance throughout life.
The MTZ®foundation yearly honors young MPI scientists for outstanding research.
🔗 Full: s.gwdg.de/44DNyT
Vishal Mohanakrishnan @vishalmkrishnan.bsky.social
for discovering Type R capillaries that play a vital role in bone remodelling and maintenance throughout life.
The MTZ®foundation yearly honors young MPI scientists for outstanding research.
🔗 Full: s.gwdg.de/44DNyT
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🏅 MTZ®-MPI Award 2025 goes to
Vishal Mohanakrishnan @vishalmkrishnan.bsky.social
for discovering Type R capillaries that play a vital role in bone remodelling and maintenance throughout life.
The MTZ®foundation yearly honors young MPI scientists for outstanding research.
🔗 Full: s.gwdg.de/44DNyT
Vishal Mohanakrishnan @vishalmkrishnan.bsky.social
for discovering Type R capillaries that play a vital role in bone remodelling and maintenance throughout life.
The MTZ®foundation yearly honors young MPI scientists for outstanding research.
🔗 Full: s.gwdg.de/44DNyT
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We have asked the new EMBO Members to tell us about themselves and what makes it so compelling to work in #science today. 🧪
In the eighth video of the series, EMBO Members tell us what part of their #research process they enjoy the most and why.
#LifeSciences
In the eighth video of the series, EMBO Members tell us what part of their #research process they enjoy the most and why.
#LifeSciences
October 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We have asked the new EMBO Members to tell us about themselves and what makes it so compelling to work in #science today. 🧪
In the eighth video of the series, EMBO Members tell us what part of their #research process they enjoy the most and why.
#LifeSciences
In the eighth video of the series, EMBO Members tell us what part of their #research process they enjoy the most and why.
#LifeSciences
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This beautiful work from the lab in Uppsala @taijamakinenlab.bs made it to the cover ! Happy to be part of it ! Congrats again to the first author Marle Kraft ! Stunning images
❤️Our July issue is out❤️Discover an Angiopoietin-TIE2-dependent circuit promoting venous malformations, complex disease modelling in cardiac organoids, regulation of cardiac homeostasis by methyonil tRNA synthetase, and more!
www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
www.nature.com/natcardiovas...
July 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This beautiful work from the lab in Uppsala @taijamakinenlab.bs made it to the cover ! Happy to be part of it ! Congrats again to the first author Marle Kraft ! Stunning images
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Spread the word: The European Center for Angioscience @uniheidelberg.bsky.social continues to grow: We have openings for 2 additional Junior Group Leader positions. Get in touch with us if you are ready to start your own lab. See also corresponding ad in @nature.com: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
July 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Spread the word: The European Center for Angioscience @uniheidelberg.bsky.social continues to grow: We have openings for 2 additional Junior Group Leader positions. Get in touch with us if you are ready to start your own lab. See also corresponding ad in @nature.com: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
I am honoured to be elected as a Member of EMBO and look forward to contributing to its mission and community!
Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO
Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond
www.embo.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I am honoured to be elected as a Member of EMBO and look forward to contributing to its mission and community!
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📣 We are recruiting 2-3 early-stage group leaders! 📣
Lead your own research group at FIMM @helsinki.fi and help us build more bridges from discovery to medicine!
👉 Apply here by 10 Aug: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#GroupLeaderPosition #AcademicCareers #MolecularMedicine
Lead your own research group at FIMM @helsinki.fi and help us build more bridges from discovery to medicine!
👉 Apply here by 10 Aug: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#GroupLeaderPosition #AcademicCareers #MolecularMedicine
June 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📣 We are recruiting 2-3 early-stage group leaders! 📣
Lead your own research group at FIMM @helsinki.fi and help us build more bridges from discovery to medicine!
👉 Apply here by 10 Aug: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#GroupLeaderPosition #AcademicCareers #MolecularMedicine
Lead your own research group at FIMM @helsinki.fi and help us build more bridges from discovery to medicine!
👉 Apply here by 10 Aug: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#GroupLeaderPosition #AcademicCareers #MolecularMedicine
Congrats Rui - excited to see all the great science to come!
The new Department of Functional Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine is looking for scientists at any level. 👉 mpi-muenster.mpg.de/780013/profil
June 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Congrats Rui - excited to see all the great science to come!
We were happy to host the #EVBOSummerSchool in Helsinki earlier this week – huge thanks to all participants for two amazing days full of great talks, posters, and networking! A fantastic showcase of the next generation of #VascularBiology and @evborg.bsky.social community.
June 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We were happy to host the #EVBOSummerSchool in Helsinki earlier this week – huge thanks to all participants for two amazing days full of great talks, posters, and networking! A fantastic showcase of the next generation of #VascularBiology and @evborg.bsky.social community.
Exciting days ahead at the Wihuri Research Institute @wrihelsinki.bsky.social as we host #WRISymposium and #EVBOSummerSchool next week in Helsinki.
Looking forward to inspiring talks and scientific exchange with the #VascularBiology community!
wri.fi/research-act...
evbo.org/index.php/ev...
Looking forward to inspiring talks and scientific exchange with the #VascularBiology community!
wri.fi/research-act...
evbo.org/index.php/ev...
Wihuri Research Institute Symposium 2025 - Wihuri Research Institute
Since 2013, the Wihuri Research Institute (WRI) has been organizing the annual WRI Symposium, providing a platform for researchers and students to share knowledge and insights in cardiovascular resear...
wri.fi
June 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Exciting days ahead at the Wihuri Research Institute @wrihelsinki.bsky.social as we host #WRISymposium and #EVBOSummerSchool next week in Helsinki.
Looking forward to inspiring talks and scientific exchange with the #VascularBiology community!
wri.fi/research-act...
evbo.org/index.php/ev...
Looking forward to inspiring talks and scientific exchange with the #VascularBiology community!
wri.fi/research-act...
evbo.org/index.php/ev...
Angiopoietin–TIE2 feedforward circuit promotes PIK3CA-driven venous malformations. Read our work in @natcardiovascres.nature.com by Marle Kraft et al.
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Angiopoietin–TIE2 feedforward circuit promotes PIK3CA-driven venous malformations
Nature Cardiovascular Research - Kraft et al. identify TIE2 activation as a key driver of PIK3CA-related venous malformations and demonstrate that inhibiting TIE2 signaling can suppress the growth...
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May 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Angiopoietin–TIE2 feedforward circuit promotes PIK3CA-driven venous malformations. Read our work in @natcardiovascres.nature.com by Marle Kraft et al.
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If you’re curious about why lymphatic endothelial cells have their jigsaw puzzle-like shape,
check out our paper
@Nature
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check out our paper
@Nature
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Dynamic cytoskeletal regulation of cell shape supports resilience of lymphatic endothelium
Nature - Dynamic cytoskeletal regulation of lymphatic endothelial cell shape, induced by isotropic stretch and crucial for dermal lymphatic capillary function, is identified and found to result...
rdcu.be
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
If you’re curious about why lymphatic endothelial cells have their jigsaw puzzle-like shape,
check out our paper
@Nature
rdcu.be/eejhZ
check out our paper
@Nature
rdcu.be/eejhZ