Ben Hogan
@benjhogan.bsky.social
Cell & Developmental Biology. Vascular Biology. Lymphatics. Zebrafish.
Associate Director of Laboratory Research at Peter Mac Cancer Centre. Professor at The University of Melbourne.
Associate Director of Laboratory Research at Peter Mac Cancer Centre. Professor at The University of Melbourne.
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When a larval zebrafish twitches its tail, the vascular endothelium lights up with a calcium signal, mediated by Piezo1. We used to think mechanosensing in endothelial cells was about sensing blood flow, but at least in this case it's about sensing body motion.
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When a larval zebrafish twitches its tail, the vascular endothelium lights up with a calcium signal, mediated by Piezo1. We used to think mechanosensing in endothelial cells was about sensing blood flow, but at least in this case it's about sensing body motion.
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The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) funds medical research in Australia. Only half the funds have been released. If you're an Australian and able to vote please use the form below to email your local MP to release the full amount of the MRFF
aamri.org.au/mrff/
aamri.org.au/mrff/
Half the Funding. Half the Future. - AAMRI
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) was designed to deliver $1 billion each year in new, lifesaving funding for medical research. We know through financial modelling that the full amount can be re...
aamri.org.au
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) funds medical research in Australia. Only half the funds have been released. If you're an Australian and able to vote please use the form below to email your local MP to release the full amount of the MRFF
aamri.org.au/mrff/
aamri.org.au/mrff/
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Australia’s first Centre of Research Excellence in #Lymphoedema and Lymphatic Regeneration has launched, led by Prof @benjhogan.bsky.social and Prof Natasha Harvey, it's been dubbed a global “paradigm shift” and a major step forward.
Read more: www.petermac.org/about-us/new...
Read more: www.petermac.org/about-us/new...
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Australia’s first Centre of Research Excellence in #Lymphoedema and Lymphatic Regeneration has launched, led by Prof @benjhogan.bsky.social and Prof Natasha Harvey, it's been dubbed a global “paradigm shift” and a major step forward.
Read more: www.petermac.org/about-us/new...
Read more: www.petermac.org/about-us/new...
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Hundreds of millions in MRFF funds are sitting idle while labs close and researchers leave.
The money is there – release the full MRFF.
www.aamri.org.au/mrff
#releasethefullmrff
The money is there – release the full MRFF.
www.aamri.org.au/mrff
#releasethefullmrff
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Hundreds of millions in MRFF funds are sitting idle while labs close and researchers leave.
The money is there – release the full MRFF.
www.aamri.org.au/mrff
#releasethefullmrff
The money is there – release the full MRFF.
www.aamri.org.au/mrff
#releasethefullmrff
And we’re off! Excited to be in Tokyo for a weekend of vascular biology kicked off by the Presidents of the Japanese, Korean and Australian vascular biology societies….
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
And we’re off! Excited to be in Tokyo for a weekend of vascular biology kicked off by the Presidents of the Japanese, Korean and Australian vascular biology societies….
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“It’s time to remove the arbitrary funding cap on MRFF disbursements so it can deliver what is has been designed & legislated to do: support medical research & innovation" - says Academy President Prof. Chennupati Jagadish, AC commenting on a story in Nine Newspapers lnkd.in/geu3QVba
September 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
“It’s time to remove the arbitrary funding cap on MRFF disbursements so it can deliver what is has been designed & legislated to do: support medical research & innovation" - says Academy President Prof. Chennupati Jagadish, AC commenting on a story in Nine Newspapers lnkd.in/geu3QVba
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Thanks for sharing our work @bladoux.bsky.social (you just made the lead author @marcoenriquez18.bsky.social very happy 😊)
Tuning collagen nonlinear mechanics with interpenetrating networks drives adaptive cellular phenotypes in three dimensions | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tuning collagen nonlinear mechanics with interpenetrating networks drives adaptive cellular phenotypes in three dimensions
This work demonstrates that changes in the nonlinear elasticity of collagen in hybrid networks tunes cell-matrix interactions.
www.science.org
September 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Thanks for sharing our work @bladoux.bsky.social (you just made the lead author @marcoenriquez18.bsky.social very happy 😊)
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Australia: SERD panel wants Australia to have narrow, long-term research focus (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Mission-based approach proposed for five R&D priorities - Research Professional News
Australian review panel wants 10-year plans, small number of priorities and better national coordination
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Australia: SERD panel wants Australia to have narrow, long-term research focus (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
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Excellent work by @juliaeckert.bsky.social- now online!
Now published in @natcomms.nature.com! 🥳
👉 rdcu.be/eATn3
We developed image analysis tools to capture the nematic orientation field of 3D tissue surfaces. Tested on epithelial aggregates, zebrafish hearts, myoblasts on spheres & micro-vessels, we combined soft matter physics with exp. biology.
👉 rdcu.be/eATn3
We developed image analysis tools to capture the nematic orientation field of 3D tissue surfaces. Tested on epithelial aggregates, zebrafish hearts, myoblasts on spheres & micro-vessels, we combined soft matter physics with exp. biology.
August 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Excellent work by @juliaeckert.bsky.social- now online!
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The Institute for Molecular Bioscience is seeking an exceptional academic leader to be the new Director of the Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery and lead our centre consisting of 10 group leaders, 40 staff and approximately 50 HDR students. Come and join us in sunny Brisbane!
Director, Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery
Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Australia’s #1 research institute Based at St Lucia Campus About UQ What started as Queensland's first university in 1...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The Institute for Molecular Bioscience is seeking an exceptional academic leader to be the new Director of the Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery and lead our centre consisting of 10 group leaders, 40 staff and approximately 50 HDR students. Come and join us in sunny Brisbane!
Reminder Australia’s Global R&D Ranking (Gross R&D expenditure as % of GDP) is 23 at 1.66% (2023). Closest nations are Portugal 1.7%, Estonia 1.78%, Czech 1.96%, Slovenia 2.11%. Leaders=Israel 6.02%, Korea 5.21%. UK 2.9% and US 3.59%.
Imagine 3%….. @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social
Imagine 3%….. @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Reminder Australia’s Global R&D Ranking (Gross R&D expenditure as % of GDP) is 23 at 1.66% (2023). Closest nations are Portugal 1.7%, Estonia 1.78%, Czech 1.96%, Slovenia 2.11%. Leaders=Israel 6.02%, Korea 5.21%. UK 2.9% and US 3.59%.
Imagine 3%….. @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social
Imagine 3%….. @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social
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The latest figures show R&D investment isn’t even keeping up with inflation, let alone fuelling productivity.
August 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The latest figures show R&D investment isn’t even keeping up with inflation, let alone fuelling productivity.
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Every "meet the speaker" event
July 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Every "meet the speaker" event
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June 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
ki.se
June 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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Studies of the regenerative powers of worms, zebrafish and lizards suggest ways to improve recovery in people
https://go.nature.com/40aM9M8
https://go.nature.com/40aM9M8
‘Super-healing’ animals inspire human treatments
Nature - Studies of the regenerative powers of worms, zebrafish and lizards suggest ways to improve recovery in people.
go.nature.com
June 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Studies of the regenerative powers of worms, zebrafish and lizards suggest ways to improve recovery in people
https://go.nature.com/40aM9M8
https://go.nature.com/40aM9M8
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It was again a great Lymphatic Forum, this time in Chicago. From basic lymphatic endothelial cell biology to clinical trials on lymphatic diseases. Looking forward to the 2027 one.
June 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It was again a great Lymphatic Forum, this time in Chicago. From basic lymphatic endothelial cell biology to clinical trials on lymphatic diseases. Looking forward to the 2027 one.
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With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
May 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive
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KJ Muldoon, a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition, made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases.
Read more: nyti.ms/44H77pg
Read more: nyti.ms/44H77pg
May 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
KJ Muldoon, a 9½-month-old boy with a rare condition, made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases.
Read more: nyti.ms/44H77pg
Read more: nyti.ms/44H77pg
Beautiful work! Congratulations to the team
A triumph of perseverance from twitterless Tom Weber, Christine Biben and the team, our in vivo barcoding "LoxCode mouse" used to resolve epiblast fate to fetal organs is finally published in @cellpress.bsky.social and available through @jacksonlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
LoxCode in vivo barcoding reveals epiblast clonal fate bias to fetal organs
Much remains to be learned about the clonal fate of mammalian epiblast cells. Here, we develop high-diversity Cre recombinase-driven LoxCode barcoding…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Beautiful work! Congratulations to the team
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NIH-funded basic research allowed me to discover two molecules (COX-2 and S1PR1) that became drug targets - COX-2 inhibitors and S1PR modulators - more than 7 million prescriptions for Celebrex taken for pain; >350k people have taken Fingolimod/Ozanimod for MS and IBD/UC-basic research is essential!
9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...
9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
NIH-funded basic research allowed me to discover two molecules (COX-2 and S1PR1) that became drug targets - COX-2 inhibitors and S1PR modulators - more than 7 million prescriptions for Celebrex taken for pain; >350k people have taken Fingolimod/Ozanimod for MS and IBD/UC-basic research is essential!
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Australia completely lacks a dedicated training program for clinician scientists. With the vision and support of VMIAL
@petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
@petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Clinician Scientist Fellowship - Parkville, Melbourne (AU) job with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Parkville | 12839522
Peter Mac is launching Australia’s first clinician-scientist fellowship to advance cancer care, fostering innovation and global collaboration.
www.nature.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Australia completely lacks a dedicated training program for clinician scientists. With the vision and support of VMIAL
@petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
@petermaccc.bsky.social is extremely proud to announce the first clinician-scientist fellowship. If you meet the eligibility criteria PLEASE APPLY!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Australia should be doing this now and at a grander scale. Let’s reverse the brain drain and properly support the scientists we have @markbutlermp.bsky.social @edhusicmp.bsky.social
"Science is an investment.
We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world."
— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷
We will put forward a new 500 million package for 2025-2027 to support the best and the brightest researchers and scientists from Europe and around the world."
— President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu at the ‘Choose Europe for Science' event at La Sorbonne 🇫🇷
May 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Australia should be doing this now and at a grander scale. Let’s reverse the brain drain and properly support the scientists we have @markbutlermp.bsky.social @edhusicmp.bsky.social
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Delighted to share the latest preprint from the lab led by Janith Seneviratne
We reveal novel roles for #embryonic regulators DPPA2/4 in facilitating a H2AK119Ub primed #chromatin state when aberrantly up-regulated in non-small cell lung #cancers 🧬🔬 (1/6)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We reveal novel roles for #embryonic regulators DPPA2/4 in facilitating a H2AK119Ub primed #chromatin state when aberrantly up-regulated in non-small cell lung #cancers 🧬🔬 (1/6)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Delighted to share the latest preprint from the lab led by Janith Seneviratne
We reveal novel roles for #embryonic regulators DPPA2/4 in facilitating a H2AK119Ub primed #chromatin state when aberrantly up-regulated in non-small cell lung #cancers 🧬🔬 (1/6)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We reveal novel roles for #embryonic regulators DPPA2/4 in facilitating a H2AK119Ub primed #chromatin state when aberrantly up-regulated in non-small cell lung #cancers 🧬🔬 (1/6)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Two great new #Zebrafish preprints from the #WeinsteinLab using a new transgenic that reports epigenetic silencing and activation! Great to study epigenetic changes in vertebrates, and we even did an ENU screen. Excellent work by @mmarvel.bsky.social et al. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Two great new #Zebrafish preprints from the #WeinsteinLab using a new transgenic that reports epigenetic silencing and activation! Great to study epigenetic changes in vertebrates, and we even did an ENU screen. Excellent work by @mmarvel.bsky.social et al. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...