@EManiou

Research Ireland Pathway Fellow @DCU working on the biomechanics of neural tube closure | Associate staff @UCL

 Dublin City, Ireland
Joined November 2018
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Now out! I'm beyond thrilled to share our method for dynamically measuring neurulation forces. We hope that our addition to the toolkit will push forward the quantification of living tissue mechanics. @ElvassoreL @GabeGalea @UniPadova @DBC_ICH @MSCActions nature.com/articles/s41563-0…
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Barriga Lab@Mech_Morph_LabApr 23
Come #work in lab as #labtech #labmanager 🚨 #JobAlert Join an international team at Physics of Life, working at the interface of biology and physics 🧬 👨‍🔬The Barriga Lab #science is seeking an experienced lab technician. Please share with your colleagues! Learn more here: tud.link/gunby2 🗓️Application deadline: May 6. #Xenopus #Biomechanics #Bioelectricity
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Miki Ebisuya@EbisuyaMikiApr 1
New preprint from the lab! How do tissue shapes influence cell fate decisions? By manipulating brain organoid geometry, we show that lumen rounding directs apical progenitor division mode and promotes the emergence of basal progenitors. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… 1/
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Excited to share our new publication on the mechanics of cranial neural tube closure. A really enjoyable and fruitful collaboration bridging Developmental Biology and biophysical modelling. Take a look here! cell.com/current-biology/ful…

Mechanosensitive feedback organizes cell shape and motion during hindbrain neuropore morphogenesis

Pérez-Verdugo et al. show that hindbrain neuropore closure is driven by surface ectoderm actomyosin purse-string tension and active migration. These forces create reproducible patterns of cell...

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Pawel Mikulski@PawelMikulskiFeb 20
I'm more than happy to send warm invitation to our Nencki Conference - Focus on Chromatin Biology! 🧬 🧫 Reserve a date to interact and hear about the interplay between chromatin, nuclear bodies, metabolism & transcription. Hope to see you in Warsaw, 17-19th June! 😉
The Nencki Conference for Life Sciences@Nencki_ConfFeb 19
🚀 A new exciting conference is on the horizon! Join us at the 𝐍𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐤𝐢 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 – 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, taking place June 17–19, 2026, in Warsaw.
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Matt Towers@Mattowers1Feb 16
PDRA position still open for anyone who wants to solve some outstanding questions in limb development. We have a variety of models and approaches (everything from stem cells to chicks and catsharks). Please share!
Matt Towers@Mattowers1Jan 29
A BBSRC-funded PDRA position is available in my lab investigating vertebrate limb development! Please contact me for more details. jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH553/resear….
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Priti Agarwal@PritiAg007Jan 31
PhD opportunity available! Applications are open until the position is filled—interested candidates are encouraged to apply soon.
Priti Agarwal@PritiAg00719 Dec 2025
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PhD/Postodoc positions in the Organ Mechanobiology lab @NCBS, Bangalore

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!

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RCSI TERG@TissueEngDublinJan 23
PhD student Anne Marie O’Callaghan at Bioengineering in Ireland today, discussing her work on developing an injectable hydrogel as a treatment for post-traumatic temporal lobe epilepsy!
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RCSI TERG@TissueEngDublinJan 23
Kicking off Bioengineering in Ireland 2026! @iWoodsie detailing his research on 3D printing of electroconductive MXene-based microstructures in biomimetic scaffolds to enhance electrical stimulation for neural repair today!
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It was our pleasure to have @EManiou invited at @Cambridge_Uni talking about her recent ongoing work as a group leader @DCU.
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FocalPlane@focalplane_jcs5 Dec 2025
Meet the Epithelial Mechanics Fan Club @EpiMechFC @onenimesa and @JuliaEckert10 introduce us to the Epithelial Mechanics Club. Learn how you can get involved with this community: focalplane.biologists.com/20…

Epithelial Mechanics Fan Club - FocalPlane

Epithelial Mechanics Fan Club - News

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#DBfeature 🐣 A scientific case for revisiting the embryonic chicken model in biomedical research "to bridge the knowledge gap of non-chicken experts" by Mike McGrew, Tana Holmes, Megan Davey @twobluechickens sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Edinburgh Gallus genomics and embryonic workshop

ALT Edinburgh Gallus genomics and embryonic workshop

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Our review on microfluidic strategies for engineering organoid culture systems is out now! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Join our team @DCU ! A 4-year PhD position is available from September, details below. Please share.
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Nimesh Chahare@onenimesa3 Jul 2025
Have you ever thought about inflating tissues? Or maybe quickly deflating those inflated tissues? New #EpithelialMechanics pre-print: doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.30.6… 🧵with pressure control, multiscale buckling, patterned wrinkling
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Some news! Excited to share I’m starting my group in Dublin this September, supported by a Research Ireland Pathway award. We will work on neurulation mechanics using chicken embryos and human iPSCs. Looking forward to this new adventure! #newPI #womeninSTEM
Research Ireland@Researchirel25 Jun 2025
Minister for @DeptofFHed, James Lawless @lawlessj, has today announced €23 million in funding to support early-career researchers through the Research Ireland Pathway Programme. Read more: researchireland.ie/news/path… #ResearchIreland #EarlyCareerResearchers
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🚨New Preprint 🚨 Thrilled to share my second paper from my PhD in the @GabeGalea lab! @DBC_ICH @ucl doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.16.6…
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Fengzhu Xiong@xiongfz10 May 2025
Susie’s paper is online! Great collaboration with @Franze_Lab , Shi-Lei and @EdouardHannezo
Developmental Cell@Dev_Cell9 May 2025
Online now: Differential tissue deformability underlies fluid pressure-driven shape divergence of the avian embryonic brain and spinal cord dlvr.it/TKg6Yw

Differential tissue deformability underlies fluid pressure-driven shape divergence of the avian...

Differential expansion of the brain and spinal cord shapes the developing vertebrate CNS. McLaren et al. show the dorsal hindbrain is more fluid than the spinal cord, enabling tissue thinning and...

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Herbert Lab@HerbertLab6 May 2025
Our first post in 4-years! Very excited to share our work just published in @ScienceMagazine. We find that “Interphase cell morphology defines the mode, symmetry, and outcome of mitosis” – in angiogenesis and other tissues! science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/…

Interphase cell morphology defines the mode, symmetry, and outcome of mitosis

During tissue formation, dynamic cell shape changes drive morphogenesis while asymmetric divisions create cellular diversity. We found that the shifts in cell morphology that shape tissues could...

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Geoff Mok@gifaymok23 Apr 2025
🚨 New review out! 🚨 With my amazing PhD student @lydia_pouncey we dive into how the chick embryo has helped shape our understanding of developmental haematopoiesis and the technologies to tackle fundamental questions🩸🧬 Read it here 👇 🔗 bit.ly/4jLMn3O
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@LaBonneLaB@labonnelab11 Mar 2025
paid by NIH. Thus a huge investment that NIH made in these talented investigators was wasted. There is nothing “efficient” about what is happening to the NIH. Ultimately it will decimate the US scientific research enterprise, and some of that cost will be paid in human lives.
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