We are pleased to have hosted Andrzej Kubiak and Natalia Bryniarska-Kubiak, a visiting post-doc from Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. They have been in the lab for the past two months continuing their collaboration with Pierre-Henri Puech.

Natalia investigated mechanical interactions between stem cells and their microenvironment. She used traction force microscopy on soft PAA hydrogels and atomic force microscopy for the characterization of cell mechanics.

Andrzej’s research, titled “The role of mechanical interactions in the chondrogenic differentiation of stromal cells,” investigated the mechanobiology of chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells-derived spheroids combining AFM and TFM.

We wish them continued success in their future endeavors!