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We are interested in deciphering Extracellular Matrix, Cell and Mechanobiology across various disciplines and scales, including biomaterials, tissue engineering, cell biology and more.
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ECM² Lab is looking for PhD and Postdoc applicants who are interested in applying for external funds including Research Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, Research Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, Marie-Curie Postdoc fellowship! The interested applicants should send their CV and cover letter to seungkuk.ahn@ucd.ie anytime.
Assoc. Prof. Seungkuk Ahn has been awarded his tenure at UCD, Oct/2025
Invited Special Report Paper Published in the Regenerative Medicine
"Toward improved AAV gene therapies for retinal disorders: challenges and advances"
Invited Talk in the Mechanobiology Ireland 2025 in Dublin, May/2025
"Integrin-mediated Matrix Biology of Tissue-engineered Fibrillar Fibronectin"
Doğuhan Beyatlı joined the ECM² Lab as a PhD student from May/2025
He will work on systematically profiling healthy and fibrotic human skin tissues ex vivo to decipher integrin-ECM information during human skin pathophysiology
Dr. Mika Brown joined the ECM² Lab as a Postdoc from May/2025
She will work on developing biomimetic and tunable 3D ECM hydrogel systems to investigate integrin-mediated mechanotransduction in vitro during human skin pathophysiology.
Assoc. Prof. Seungkuk Ahn received the ERC Proposal Preparation Support from Enterprise Ireland, Mar/2025
For his ERC starting grant application, a.k.a. DESIGN-ECM
Postdoctoral Open Position at the ECM² Lab
Fully funded 3-year Postdoctoral Researcher (PD1) in Skin Tissue Regeneration
Invited Review Paper Published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine
"Challenges in AAV-Based Retinal Gene Therapies and the Role of Magnetic Nanoparticle Platforms"
Invited Leading Opinion Paper Published in the Biomaterials and Biosystems
"Tissue-engineered fibrillar fibronectin matrices are not only lovely, but also functional for regenerative medicines and in vitro model systems"
2 Grants Awarded by CDSCHC
The City of Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital Charity has awarded the ECM² Lab at UCD two grants for investigating Skin Fibrosis and Tissue Regeneration.
Selected for Front Cover Article in the Advanced Healthcare Materials
"Magnetically Guided Adeno‐Associated Virus Delivery for the Spatially Targeted Transduction of Retina in Eyes"
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Dr. Seungkuk Ahn established ECM² Lab at UCD on July 29th, 2024
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