Group Leader @SCI Cambridge | Developmental biologist researching digit tip regeneration.
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Mekayla Storer
We are hiring!
Mekayla Storer
The 2025 European Summer School in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine will take place 12-19 Sept 2025, on the beautiful Greek island of Spetses.
Keep an eye on our website www.stemcellsummerschool.org for updates, or give us a follow 😀
Deadline for applications: 30th May 2025
Calling all students. The registration for the European Summer School on Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine is now open.
We are really proud to share the first 'Pre-Print' from the Storer lab driven by the fantastic Byron Mui, and co-lead by the innovative Kevin Chalut, on tissue mechanics, ECM and regeneration. A big thanks also to our collaborators in the Franze Lab.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Updated link for our job posting: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
With the scientific input and experimental brilliance of the @franzelab.bsky.social this work was made possible. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Proud to share this work with @kevinchalut.bsky.social and Byron Mui. Why do some injuries scar while others regenerate? Using digit tip models, we show the ECM is a key driver. HA-rich ECM promotes regeneration, and boosting it can shift healing away from fibrosis. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Stem Cell Summer School
Mekayla Storer
Tissue regeneration is rare in mammals, but the digit tip can regrow after amputation, whereas injuries beyond the nail do not. How the microenvironment drives divergent outcomes remains unclear. In this study, we found that the extracellular matrix (ECM)...
Fixed-term: The funds for this post in the first instance is are available for 24 months. The Cambridge Stem Cell Institute is an international centre of excellence for stem cell research and
Tissue regeneration is a dynamic process requiring coordinated cell fate decisions to restore structure and function. For instance, the tips of human and rodent digits fully regrow after amputation, a...
