Woojin Han
@thewooj.bsky.social
Assoc Prof at Icahn SOM at Mount Sinai NYC 🌆 | Bioengineering & biomaterials for muscle stem cell mechanobiology, disease modeling & therapy discovery🧑🏻🔬
https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/woojinhanlab/
https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/woojinhanlab/
In the Han Lab, we celebrate every win, big or small, and this season has given us plenty to appreciate. 🧵
August 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In the Han Lab, we celebrate every win, big or small, and this season has given us plenty to appreciate. 🧵
Thrilled to share that our work is featured on the Back Cover of Advanced Biology! This 3D confocal image by GaYoung Park @thegaaa.bsky.social captures muscle stem cells confined between two hydrogel layers with distinct properties.
Read more here: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read more here: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
April 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Thrilled to share that our work is featured on the Back Cover of Advanced Biology! This 3D confocal image by GaYoung Park @thegaaa.bsky.social captures muscle stem cells confined between two hydrogel layers with distinct properties.
Read more here: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read more here: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Finally, @thejooosh.bsky.social and I teamed up to co-moderate a session! /end
April 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Finally, @thejooosh.bsky.social and I teamed up to co-moderate a session! /end
@thesoor.bsky.social gives a wonderful talks on FAP mechanobiology! We are really excited about this work - more coming soon.
April 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@thesoor.bsky.social gives a wonderful talks on FAP mechanobiology! We are really excited about this work - more coming soon.
@thegaaa.bsky.social shares our recent work on 3D confinement effects on muscle stem cell fate! Our full paper here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40040295/
April 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@thegaaa.bsky.social shares our recent work on 3D confinement effects on muscle stem cell fate! Our full paper here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40040295/
@thesoor.bsky.social shares his academic journey!
April 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@thesoor.bsky.social shares his academic journey!
@thechaar.bsky.social presents our research on Piezo1-focal adhesion interactions to Andrés García! An academic pedigree action shot.
April 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@thechaar.bsky.social presents our research on Piezo1-focal adhesion interactions to Andrés García! An academic pedigree action shot.
@thelaar.bsky.social delivers masterful talk on mRNA LNPs!
April 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@thelaar.bsky.social delivers masterful talk on mRNA LNPs!
@thesoor.bsky.social gets the honorable mentions at the 3MT competition!
April 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@thesoor.bsky.social gets the honorable mentions at the 3MT competition!
#SFB2025 was an absolute blast and leaving with more energy and inspiration than I came with. Great people, cutting-edge science, and just a fantastic community. Loved meeting new folks and catching up with old friends. Photo 🧵 below 👇 1/n.
April 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
#SFB2025 was an absolute blast and leaving with more energy and inspiration than I came with. Great people, cutting-edge science, and just a fantastic community. Loved meeting new folks and catching up with old friends. Photo 🧵 below 👇 1/n.
Han Lab is headed to #SFB2025 in Chicago! Catch us sharing our latest on muscle mechanobiology and bioengineering 🧫💪
@thesoor.bsky.social @thegaaa.bsky.social @thechaar.bsky.social @thelaar.bsky.social @thejooosh.bsky.social
@thesoor.bsky.social @thegaaa.bsky.social @thechaar.bsky.social @thelaar.bsky.social @thejooosh.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Han Lab is headed to #SFB2025 in Chicago! Catch us sharing our latest on muscle mechanobiology and bioengineering 🧫💪
@thesoor.bsky.social @thegaaa.bsky.social @thechaar.bsky.social @thelaar.bsky.social @thejooosh.bsky.social
@thesoor.bsky.social @thegaaa.bsky.social @thechaar.bsky.social @thelaar.bsky.social @thejooosh.bsky.social
I’m also honored to receive the Emerging Investigator Award—a meaningful milestone made even better by getting to celebrate alongside my team. Next stop: SFB2025!
April 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I’m also honored to receive the Emerging Investigator Award—a meaningful milestone made even better by getting to celebrate alongside my team. Next stop: SFB2025!
Today’s a special day. Huge congratulations to my MD/PhD student Soore @thesoor.bsky.social and undergraduate student Charlene @thechaar.bsky.social for winning Best Poster Presentation at NEBEC 2025. Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it. Grateful every day to work with such sharp, dedicated team.
April 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Today’s a special day. Huge congratulations to my MD/PhD student Soore @thesoor.bsky.social and undergraduate student Charlene @thechaar.bsky.social for winning Best Poster Presentation at NEBEC 2025. Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it. Grateful every day to work with such sharp, dedicated team.
NYCBEC March ‘25 ed: commiserating & strategizing
@ricardo-ca.bsky.social @irenedelazaro.bsky.social @santicorreaphd.bsky.social
@ricardo-ca.bsky.social @irenedelazaro.bsky.social @santicorreaphd.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NYCBEC March ‘25 ed: commiserating & strategizing
@ricardo-ca.bsky.social @irenedelazaro.bsky.social @santicorreaphd.bsky.social
@ricardo-ca.bsky.social @irenedelazaro.bsky.social @santicorreaphd.bsky.social
Here’s my take on milk clarified Empress negroni to celebrate surviving and getting through a long week 🥃
February 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Here’s my take on milk clarified Empress negroni to celebrate surviving and getting through a long week 🥃
This week is a special one. Celebrating my birthday with the best lab/team & students I could ask for & had the honor and privilege hosting prof Heungsoo Shin in NYC at Sinai/Columbia with @ricardo-ca.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This week is a special one. Celebrating my birthday with the best lab/team & students I could ask for & had the honor and privilege hosting prof Heungsoo Shin in NYC at Sinai/Columbia with @ricardo-ca.bsky.social
Happy holidays from Mount Sinai ORL! 🎅🌲
December 18, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Happy holidays from Mount Sinai ORL! 🎅🌲
Happy holidays! ❄️ The 2nd annual Han Lab cook-off was a huge success and fun. Everyone brought their A-game! Yes, we now have a plaque with the winner’s names engraved…
December 13, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Happy holidays! ❄️ The 2nd annual Han Lab cook-off was a huge success and fun. Everyone brought their A-game! Yes, we now have a plaque with the winner’s names engraved…
Great day at the annual musculoskeletal research symposium at Montefiore/Einstein SOM. Lab photo with the best team. Super excited for our MS student Larion getting a young investigator award!
November 14, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Great day at the annual musculoskeletal research symposium at Montefiore/Einstein SOM. Lab photo with the best team. Super excited for our MS student Larion getting a young investigator award!
We used Pax7EGFP reporter MuSCs to determine that 3D confinement acts as a mechanical "brake," limiting activation and sustaining stemness, thru restriction of nuclear size, chromatin accessibility. We propose a mechano-epigenetic regulation at play.
November 11, 2024 at 6:52 PM
We used Pax7EGFP reporter MuSCs to determine that 3D confinement acts as a mechanical "brake," limiting activation and sustaining stemness, thru restriction of nuclear size, chromatin accessibility. We propose a mechano-epigenetic regulation at play.
We hypothesized that as new myofibers form, MuSCs become physically confined, between the newly formed fibers and basal lamina, signaling them to slow expansion and myogenic commitment. To test this, we developed a hydrogel system mimicking these 3D constraints.
November 11, 2024 at 6:52 PM
We hypothesized that as new myofibers form, MuSCs become physically confined, between the newly formed fibers and basal lamina, signaling them to slow expansion and myogenic commitment. To test this, we developed a hydrogel system mimicking these 3D constraints.
When muscles are injured, MuSCs rapidly activate and expand along the 2D-like inner surface of the hollow basal lamina remnants, known as "ghost fibers", to form new muscle fibers. But what signals them to stop building and return to quiescence?
November 11, 2024 at 6:52 PM
When muscles are injured, MuSCs rapidly activate and expand along the 2D-like inner surface of the hollow basal lamina remnants, known as "ghost fibers", to form new muscle fibers. But what signals them to stop building and return to quiescence?
Mount Sinai ORL at the 12th Penner Musculoskeletal Repair and Regeneration Symposium
October 27, 2023 at 11:28 PM
Mount Sinai ORL at the 12th Penner Musculoskeletal Repair and Regeneration Symposium
Celebrating the momentous launch of Soore’s PhD years of MD/PhD journey at the Icahn Mount Sinai Lab Coat Ceremony!
September 18, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Celebrating the momentous launch of Soore’s PhD years of MD/PhD journey at the Icahn Mount Sinai Lab Coat Ceremony!