Chan Lab had a lovely end-of-year Xmas dinner jointly with the lab of Tetsuya Hiraiwa. Looking forward to exciting science and collaboration in the year to come!

Great effort from the lab who contributed to this article, where we hope to provide fresh perspectives in this thriving field.

Great fun to learn and network with the stem cell community in Singapore!

Our talented postdoc, Anna Jaeschke, presenting her work on ovarian macrophages at the CBT Conference at QUT, Brisbane.

Our talented PhD student, Boon Heng, giving great poster presentation to a gathering crowd at the Society for Cell Biology Singapore (SCBS) Launch.

 Congrats to Vinod, who shared the latest work on macrophage-ECM interaction during ovarian ageing.

It’s been a great privilege to have Hugo Raveton with us from Jan - July 2022. All the best to your future endeavour!

Finally, the lab dinner that is long overdue :) And a warm welcome to the summer interns!

Joe and Tsuyoshi Hirashima (incoming PI) reviewed recent advances in our understanding on how fluid dynamics shape mammalian oogenesis and spermatogenesis.

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.

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 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.