Monash Engineered Biological Models & Systems

Our first tweet! We are a network of researchers at Monash that integrate biomaterials, microfabrication, microfluidics & sensors with stem cell & regenerative science. We aim to develop and use models to enhance understanding of how tissues and organs are built and maintained

Congrats to @NicoVoelcker and everyone else involved in his successful @arc_gov_au #LIEF grant. The project aims to establish an #OpenAccess TEM facility to be used for material development addressing a wide range of global challenges incl. energy, health, and manufacturing.

Congratulations to ARMI scientists Dr Margo Montandon, Dr Jan Kaslin, Dr Frank Tulenko, Prof Peter Currie and Prof Nir Eynon who have had their projects awarded in the ARC Discovery Projects scheme! 👏 @petecurr @nir_eynon @MindSyncytium

Our second visitor from MPI, Ilia Platzman, talking about how to make a synthetic immune cell with the targeting and killing functions of two cells in one!

First of two great talks today. Joachim Spatz from MPI showed his work using microfluidics to study natural killer cells- sorting and investigating the most efficient serial killers!

Congratulations to Farin for her pioneering work published in @CellRepPhysSci 🎉, revealing how rheological properties of the female reproductive tract guide sperm! @MonashMAE @MonashUni @OBryanMoira @SciMelb @Dr_Avi_G

The Department of Health Sciences and Technology @ETH_en is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Musculoskeletal Bioengineering. More information at ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zur… Please repost !

Nice writeup on some of the latest research of one of our members. Great stuff @NosratiR and team!

RT @MonashOrganoids: A fantastic start to the day by @EglantineBalla1 running us through the essential principles behind organoid culturing…

Finding treatments for bowel cancer that will work. @abud_helen (@MonashUni) is using lab-grown tumours to test cancer treatments. She'll be answering your questions at our 'Stem cells & organiods' event, 14 Nov at @seamuseum_. Register: eventbrite.com/e/stem-cells-a… @the_ASSCR

A fabulous talk given by the one and only @abud_helen on behalf of @rebekah_engel!! An impressive bioresource of colorectal cancer organoids, emphasising the lead up to achieving individualised treatment strategies for patients!!

FINAL EXTENTION! Last chance to submit your abstract to the WBC 2024! Go to abstract submission: wbc2024.com/index.php?GP=p… #WBC2024 #KSBM #IUSBSE #Biomaterials #callforabstract #registration #Daegu #Korea

New paper from @IDonderwinkel - we wanted to know how TGFβ and mechanical forces combine in #tendon Tissue Eng. Turns out TGFβ turns on key tenogenic genes, but mechanical stimulation is more important for ECM deposition. doi.org/10.1016/j.jot.… @MonashMSE @ASBTE1 @monash_ebms

Building a better mini-brain... Great new article from @WIRED highlighting work of @ForsytheBiomat of @monashengineers and colleagues on 3D-printed functional nerve networks #ThisIsEngineering wired.com/story/a-lab-ju…

There are so many applications for microgels- now @NGUYENT34144066 has worked out a simple way to make them in range of sizes. Check out this step-by-step guide and you could make them too! pubs.acs.org/articlesonrequ… @ForsytheBiomat @MonashMSE @monashengineers @monash_ebms @ASBTE1

Assessing ovarian toxicity in clinical trials is way overdue! 🪺 We’re so proud of these recommendations published in @TheLancetOncol Check them out here 👉🏼 thelancet.com/journals/lanon…

Today @AaronGilmour85 visited @monashengineers and shared his work on plasma modification and biofunctionalisation of materials to alter the cell response #iPS #cardiac #ECM #surfaces #hydrogels