Gerecht Lab

gerechtlab.bsky.social

24 July 2026 15:25

Our July Journal club ⬇️🧪 "4D force patterning enables spatial control of angiogenesis" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #scisky #academicsky

Ryan Flynn

raflynn5.bsky.social

13 July 2026 19:55

Want to direct vessels in a particular direction? No problem, just stretch them! Excited to have been able to help on this super cool work. Among my favorite results are in Figure 5 --> you can make 90 degree junctions by precisely controlling the stretch direction across time.

Ritu Raman

rituraman.bsky.social

13 July 2026 19:55

Out today in PNAS: We show that dynamic "4D" forces can spatially pattern angiogenesis in a PIEZO1-dependent manner. Excitingly, changing force patterns over time enables redirecting sprouting trajectories, forming complex branched geometries: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #TissueEngineering

Ryan Flynn

raflynn5.bsky.social

28 May 2026 19:49

Happy to share a new review: Functional Inclusion of RNA Biology in the Tethered Extracellular Matrix We discuss the emerging interface of RNA biology and the ECM. The way biology solved protein-HS interactions is very similar to RNA-protein! wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

MIT Department of Biological Engineering

mitdeptofbe.bsky.social

12 March 2026 13:35

BE Seminar tomorrow at 4pm with Dan Dongeun Huh, University of Pennsylvania “Microengineered Mimicry of Human Health and Disease" https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/