ERC Starting Grant · 2021
There is growing evidence that mechanical forces emanating from the tissue microenvironment can activate biochemical signalling to control gene expression, in a process known as mechanotransduction, for tissue regeneration and organ development. Importantly disruption of this effect by changes in the microenvironment leads to pathological responses including tissue fibrosis and cancer. The advent of new force measurement techniques and high-resolution microscopy have made it possible to isolate impacts of mechanics from genetic and chemical factors, giving unprecedented access to investigate fundamental questions on how mechanical cues at the tissue scale affect signalling at a single cell…
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