Yhakanusta

Mechanobiology, Stem cells, Regenerative medicine, Bioinformatics, Proteomics, RNA sequencing, Data Science.

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I currently work in the Cell matrix biology and regenerative medicine division at the University of Manchester. My work involves using biology and engineering to understand how and why stem cells sense and response mechanical and chemical cues with aging and muscoluskeletal diseases.

During my PhD at the University of Manchester working on several projects using proteomics and molecular biology to characterise the fundamental mechanisms of stem cells and mechanotransduction (how cells sense and respond to changes in the mechanical properties of their resident tissues) and the intersection between them to understand how stiffness and pH affect mechanically loaded tissues (E.g. skin, muscle, bone, cartilage, etc) and the implications this has for regenerative therapies.

Proteomics, ageing and mechanotransduction