NPAW Rising Star Series🌟
Some Alport Syndrome mutations act like a premature 🛑sign, causing cells to quit building collagen halfway.
Dr. Kohei Omachi (@riken-bdr.bsky.social) makes tRNAs that read past it.

NPAW Rising Star Series🌟
Some Alport Syndrome mutations act like a premature 🛑sign, causing cells to quit building collagen halfway.
Dr. Kohei Omachi (@riken-bdr.bsky.social) makes tRNAs that read past it.
NPAW Rising Star Series🌟
Alport syndrome is a typo in a collagen gene & the kidney's filter comes apart.
Dr @decker-st.bsky.social from @utah.edu studies what happens next, and how mitochondria get dragged in.👨🔬🥼
NPAW Rising Stars Series🌟
What goes wrong in the bone marrow matrix in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)?👀
Dr. @akbains.bsky.social studies how faulty stromal signaling reshapes the #ECM in MDS.
📽️ youtu.be/uqVBtzVnPRU?...
To every postdoc in the matrix biology community: thank you. Much of what this field knows, it knows because you stayed with a hard question long enough to answer it. Every fiber in the matrix is load-bearing. So is every postdoc.
#NPAW2026 #PostdocAppreciation #MatrixBiology
Work on cell adhesion, ECM biology, mechanobiology, or tissue engineering? Join this unique trainee-focused forum to present your research and connect with the community right before the GRC! Apply & submit abstracts here: www.grc.org/fibronectin-...
#MatrixBiology #Integrins #GRS2027 #PhDLife (5/6)