Lone Engineer in a family of Doctors! Hoping to be part-doctor in 4 years time! Mechanobiologist in the making! Scorpio. Cricket, Soccer, Running.
Galway, Ireland
Joined September 2018
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Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
@DeptJusticeIRL . Have been trying to get help through the new customer queries portal for IRP renewals with no success. Submitted IRP renewal application on 02nd Dec with no updates to date while ISD are processing applications starting 17th Dec. Seems like a glitch. Help pls!
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
A mechanobiological model of bone metastasis reveals that mechanical stimulation inhibits the pro-osteolytic effects of breast cancer cells dlvr.it/T5l9J4
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
Thrilled to share our latest paper published in @CellReports! Our mechanobiological model of bone metastasis uncovers how mechanical loading mitigates pro-osteolytic impact of breast cancer cells. cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…
@WhatCell_ @tyrannekesaurus @Eoin_McEvoy @LaoiseMcnamara
A mechanobiological model of bone metastasis reveals that mechanical stimulation inhibits the pro-osteolytic effects of breast cancer cells dlvr.it/T5l9J4
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
Five new PhDs in Biomedical Engineering @uniofgalway today!👏Bobby Whiting, Conall Quinn, Kerstin Van Gaalen, Martina Bernini, Vatsal Kumar. Congrats to all, and also to supervisors Ted Vaughan, Laoise McNamara, Will Ronan and Claire Conway. @Bio_Eng_NUIG @bio_mec @UoGalwayEng
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
Massive congrats to @tyrannekesaurus on a successful PhD viva!!!. Her PhD focused on investing the role of bone mechanobiology in osteolytic metastasis. Thanks to examiners @E_DallAra and @VaughanTed and also to the Chair @PeterMcHughNUIG
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
We are hiring: postdoctoral researcher focused on experimetnal and computational models of #medicaldevices in collaboration with Stryker through the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre CURAM:
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Please share!
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
We are hiring 2 Postdoctoral fellows for
@ERC_Research funded project on #osteoporosis and bone #mechanobiology. Applications are open until December 14th, and informal enquiries are welcome!!! Join our great group @mechanobio_ie at @Bio_Eng_NUIG @uniofgalway Please RT
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
Delighted to be awarded a 2022 @IrishResearch Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship to pursue a PhD in the @mechanobio_ie Group at the @uniofgalway 🫀
Huge thanks to the IRC and to my supervisor @LaoiseMcnamara. Looking forward to the exciting times ahead!
#tavr #phd
Congratulations to all the awardees of the 2022 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships! €27 million in funding to support the next generation of researchers.
#LoveIrishResearch
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Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
We still have an open postdoc position on immune cell mechanobiology! Suitable for a candidate with experience in computational cell/tissue biomechanics. Come join our team @Bio_Eng_NUIG @aims_rn @bio_mec . RTs welcome!
Full details in the link below:
nature.com/naturecareers/job…
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
The Scientific Communications Committee at ORS published an ‘ORS Basic Science Tip of the Week’, highlighting our MEMETic research, to the website newsletter “ORS Connect”.
Have a read! ors.org/basic-science-tip-we…
@LaoiseMcnamara @ORSsociety @mechanobio_ie @ERC_Research
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
We have an open postdoc position on computational and in-vitro mechanobiology of regulatory T cells in MS! Come join our team @Bio_Eng_NUIG @aims_rn @bio_mec. RTs welcome!
Full details in the link below:
universityvacancies.com/nati…
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
Research Assistant position available in my team to study role of MSC-EVs on B cells! #Extracellularvesicles
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
Thanks to @PeterMcHughNUIG for leading an excellent @ESMC2022 conference in Galway last week.
Very grateful to have presented my work and to have seen the amazing research going on in the field of #bone #biomechanics. Thanks to @CERENOVUS_HQ for the Women in STEM support award.
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
We are hiring two Postdoctoral fellows for an @ERC_Research funded project on developing novel models to study osteoporosis and bone mechanobiology. nuigalway.ie/media/humanreso…
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
I am delighted to share my first PhD publication! 🎉 @mechanobio_ie doi.org/10.1016/j.bonr.2022.…
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
I really enjoyed both attending and having the opportunity to present my work @ESBiomech_2022. #Porto was a fantastic city to have visited and seen all of the wonderful #biomechanics research. The sunset on the last day was a great way to end the trip!
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
While I cannot attend #ESBiomech2022 in person this year, I am delighted to provide a video presentation for the session at 2pm today!
For any questions, please email me: a.verbruggen1@nuigalway.ie 📨
@ESBiomech_2022
@mechanobio_ie
ALT A cover slide with a faded background of a skeleton pelvis and femur is titled "Temporal Changes in the Bone Microenvironment, Prior To and Following Overt Breast-Cancer Osteolysis" - Presented by Anneke Verbruggen, co-authored by Róisín Dwyer, Elan McCarthy, Laoise McNamara.
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
Excited to finally be back at an in-person international conference for #ESBiomech2022 in Porto, where I'll be presenting our work on mechanosensitive cell and tumour growth models tomorrow (Monday) at 10.50am @ESBiomech_2022
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
I'm delighted to be back at @bini_2022 #bini2022 to present my latest work on Temporal and Spatial Changes in Bone Mineral Content and Mechanical Properties During Breast Cancer Metastatic Invasion. @mechanobio_ie
Always such a lovely community of researchers! 📊🥼🦴📈
ALT I'm standing at a podium, a stripey blouse and red glasses. A slide behind me on a projector lists all the lovely researchers and funding bodies who helped my research.
Vatsal Kumar, PhD retweeted
Big congratulations to Sarah Nano @sarahnano27 for winning the Early Researcher award in Mechanobiology at BINI! 👏👏👏 #BINI_2022 @bini_2022
