Chan Lab dinner and welcoming interns!
Finally, the lab dinner that is long overdue :) And a warm welcome to the summer interns!
Latest publication on tissue hydraulics in reproduction is out!
Joe and Tsuyoshi Hirashima (incoming PI) reviewed recent advances in our understanding on how fluid dynamics shape mammalian oogenesis and spermatogenesis.
Talk at EMBO/EMBL Symposium on Mechanobiology in development and disease
Joe shares the latest finding on theca cell mechanosensing and their function in controlling follicle growth at the 2022 EMBO/EMBL symposium on mechanobiology in development and disease.
Invited talks at ASCB/EMBO Meeting and Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) Annual Meeting
Joe shares the latest work from the lab on follicle mechano-hydraulics. Great sessions with plenty of feedback. Thanks to the organisers for the kind invitations!
The Chan lab is getting more culturally diverse!
The Chan lab welcomes research fellows Anna Jaeschke from Germany and Arikta Biswas from India! Anna will be applying her expertise on matrix biology and bioengineering to understand ovarian ageing, while Arikta will develop new imaging and biophysical approaches to study how mechanical stress impacts follicle morphogenesis and oocyte functions.
Probing follicle mechanical environment using light!
Our late work Mechanical mapping of mammalian follicle development using Brillouin microscopy is out in Communications Biology! Great collaboration with the Prevedel lab at EMBL Heidelberg.
Singapore Teaching and Academic Research Talent Award ceremony (Sep 27 2021)
The Chan lab is grateful to the START Inaugural Grant for supporting our research on understanding ovarian development, ageing and diseases in the coming years!
Invited talk in the RIMS workshop on Biofluid Mechanics of Reproduction (Kyoto, July 2021)
Joe shares the latest work on ovarian hydraulics with expert scientists from Japan. Plenty of feedback and interactions! Looking forward to future collaborations in this exciting field!
Welcome aboard, Boon Heng!
The Chan Lab welcomes Boon Heng, the first PhD student to the lab. Looking forward to exciting times ahead!
Farewell to Nicole, our first summer intern in the Lab!
Congrats to Nicole for winning the best video presentation in the MBI MUST program. We are lucky to have you! Thank you for bringing so much energy and joy to the lab. Hope to see you soon!
The group is growing!
Warm welcome to the first members of Mammalian Development & Tissue Hydraulics Lab! Fantastic team that helps to build the lab despite the challenges during the pandemic… Kudos to all and looking forward to exciting times ahead!
Mechano-osmotic forces shape organoid morphogenesis
Super happy to contribute to this exciting work on the role of lumen/tissue mechanics in organoid development. Beautiful collaboration between biologists and physicists. Also nice views by C. Nelson.
