
Vatsal Kumar, PhD
@whatcell_
Lone Engineer in a family of Doctors! Hoping to be part-doctor in 4 years time! Mechanobiologist in the making! Scorpio. Cricket, Soccer, Running.
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03-09-2018 13:47:08
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We are hiring two Postdoctoral fellows for an European Research Council (ERC) funded project on developing novel models to study osteoporosis and bone mechanobiology. nuigalway.ie/media/humanres…

I am delighted to share my first PhD publication! 🎉 Mechanobiology doi.org/10.1016/j.bonr…

Thanks to @PeterMcHughNUIG for leading an excellent European Solid Mechanics Conference 2022 conference in Galway last week. Very grateful to have presented my work and to have seen the amazing research going on in the field of #bone #biomechanics. Thanks to @CERENOVUS_HQ for the Women in STEM support award.



The Scientific Communications Committee at ORS published an ‘ORS Basic Science Tip of the Week’, highlighting our MEMETic research, to the website newsletter “ORS Connect”. Have a read! ors.org/basic-science-… Laoise McNamara Orthopaedic Research Society Mechanobiology European Research Council (ERC)

Delighted to be awarded a 2022 We are now Research Ireland Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship to pursue a PhD in the Mechanobiology Group at the Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway 🫀 Huge thanks to the IRC and to my supervisor Laoise McNamara. Looking forward to the exciting times ahead! #tavr #phd

We still have an open postdoc position on immune cell mechanobiology! Suitable for a candidate with experience in computational cell/tissue biomechanics. Come join our team Biomedical Engineering University of Galway AIMS-RN BioMEC . RTs welcome! Full details in the link below: nature.com/naturecareers/…


We are hiring 2 Postdoctoral fellows for European Research Council (ERC) funded project on #osteoporosis and bone #mechanobiology. Applications are open until December 14th, and informal enquiries are welcome!!! Join our great group Mechanobiology at Biomedical Engineering University of Galway Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway Please RT

I am grateful to have had the opportunity to discuss my work over these years with Prof. Maureen Lynch (MELynchLab) and Dr. Andrew Daly (@DalyAndyy). Many thanks to Laoise McNamara and Eoin McEvoy for all their advice and support and to @PeterMcHughNUIG for charing this session.


Massive congrats to Anneke Verbruggen PhD on a successful PhD viva!!!. Her PhD focused on investing the role of bone mechanobiology in osteolytic metastasis. Thanks to examiners Enrico Dall'Ara and Ted Vaughan and also to the Chair @PeterMcHughNUIG


Super excited to be working as a visiting scholar in Prof. Glen Niebur’s lab at University of Notre Dame over this summer studying tumor and bone cell interactions in bone metastasis. Very grateful to both Prof. Niebur and Prof. Laoise McNamara Mechanobiology this prestigious opportunity.


Feels great to have been conferred with a PhD. Very grateful to Laoise McNamara for the years of wisdom. Also extremely thankful to Eoin McEvoy for his support and guidance. This also wouldn’t have been possible without the support from everyone at Mechanobiology


Five new PhDs in Biomedical Engineering Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway today!👏Bobby Whiting, Conall Quinn, Kerstin Van Gaalen, Martina Bernini, Vatsal Kumar. Congrats to all, and also to supervisors Ted Vaughan, Laoise McNamara, Will Ronan and Claire Conway. Biomedical Engineering University of Galway BioMEC UoGSchoolofEngineering


Biomeds from Mechanobiology spotted at the Quest Killarney Adventure Triathlon this year! 🚴♀️🏃🏻🛶



Thrilled to share our latest paper published in Cell Reports! Our mechanobiological model of bone metastasis uncovers how mechanical loading mitigates pro-osteolytic impact of breast cancer cells. cell.com/cell-reports/f… Vatsal Kumar, PhD Anneke Verbruggen PhD Eoin McEvoy Laoise McNamara

I am excited to present our work investigating the role of Wnt signalling in Bone Metastasis ASBMR annual meeting. Please drop by Poster SUN-LB 559 between 14:15-15:45 on the 29th of September for more information. Mechanobiology Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway Notre Dame Bioengineering
