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ISHAS Seminar Series is back! 7th Oct - 11 AM ET - 10 AM CT - 4 PM GMT. Teams eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… Speakers: Dr Rebecca Mellema - Layilin as a Modulator of Platelets & Thromboinflammation Prof Jochen Zimmer - Molecular insights into HA synthesis & length control

Anna Strnadova a recipient of the ISHAS travel awards presents findings on HA in cardiomyopathy

Michelle Pritchard talks about liver regeneration requiring HA synthesis

Keynote Lecture by Jason Burdick fascinating talk on HA hydrogel and applications

More exciting talks from Sanna Pasonen-Seppanen and Sarah Heilshorn in the HA in Cancer Biology session.

Nadine Nagy winner of the EBJD mini rooster award

Important announcement that HA2027 will be based in Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹 May 23rd-27th 2027! Not yet finished HA2025 and already looking forward to the next meeting about our favourite polymer

Captive audience for Jennifer Curtis talking about ligand matrix interactions and the role of Hyal2 in remodeling HA matrices

A very active poster session where scientists talk about their favourite subject - the science of HA

Nadine Nagy winner of the EBJD mini rooster award talks about her hyaluronan journey from bench to bedside. Many congratulations to Nadine

Rashmin Savani giving an excellent talk on CD44 activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome

Session 1 HA2025 is well underway with talk from Susi Borzacchiello on HA biomaterials

ISHAS 2025 opening keynote lecture by Vera Gorbunova telling the fascinating story of the naked mole rat that are resistant to age related degeneration and cancer

Tony Day talking about how TSG6 ties up the giant that is HA

Tony giving his Rooster Prize talk at HA2025

The winner of the Rooster Prize for HA2025 is Professor Anthony Day - very well deserved and many congratulations

HA2025 kicks off with ISHAS president Melanie Simpson opening with HA is bigger than the kidney!

Nadine Nagy interviews Marren During who received a travel award from ISHAS to attend HA2025 in St Charles livemanchesterac-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/r/person...

Interview with Aaron Petry from ISHAS . Aaron is a winner of the EBJL award and talks about his work here livemanchesterac-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/person...

livemanchesterac-my.sharepoint.com/personal/reb... Interview with David Jackson from ISHAS

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Development of the mechanoresponsive pericellular matrix of chondrons - PubMed

Physical properties of cartilage are conferred by the composition and ultrastructure of the extracellular matrix. This study focuses on the development of the pericellular matrix (PCM), a domain that ...

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