Li-Kun Phng
@LabPhng
PI at RIKEN BDR. Vascular biologist. ❤️ endothelial cells @phnglab.bsky.social
👩🔬The BDR Diversity Working Group organized an event in April titled, "Inspiring Women in Science," featuring talks by three leading international women scientists on their career paths followed by a panel discussion. Read more about the event👇 bdr.riken.jp/en/news/bdr-ne…
Meet the lab of @LabPhng, based @BDR_RIKEN, Kobe, Japan. The lab is interested in vascular #morphogenesis, in particular, endothelial cell mechanobiology in #zebrafish🐟 Find out more about the lab and what it's like working at RIKEN BDR: thenode.biologists.com/lab-meeting-wi…
Exploring the Uncharted Waters of Endothelial Tip Cell Migration: A Story of Aquaporins, Hydrostatic Pressure, and Angiogenesis💧 @LabPhng tells the behind the paper story that includes a revisit of an observation made more than 10 years ago: thenode.biologists.com/exploring-the-…
Zebrafish study reveals that, along with actin polymerisation, hydrostatic pressure underlies the push of endothelial tip cells into new territory 📹: Igor Kondrychyn et al @riken_en in @eLife ➡️: bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/3…
Water flow helps the development of new blood vessels. #developmentalbiology #angiogenesis #zebrafish #riken @LabPhng @BDR_RIKEN doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…
Perfect weather to celebrate 8th year anniversary of @LabPhng @BDR_RIKEN at Suma Beach! Thank you to all past and present lab members for their hard work! @yamacy23 @swesoe2




Prof Fumio Motegi gave a career talk about learnings from failure at the recent BDR-Launchpad event for ECRs. Learning that seasoned researchers cherish both success AND failure was enlightening! Thank you for your time! @RIKEN_BDR @BDR_RIKEN #ECRs #BDRLaunchpad @dev_mechanics
Drs. Stephan Huveneers (@Huveneers_Lab) and Li-Kun Phng (@LabPhng) discuss new conceptual advances gained from in vitro and in vivo models of #angiogenesis on the control of #endothelial cell dynamics. 📰 bit.ly/4eHTpE6
Endothelial cell mechanics and dynamics in angiogenesis sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Dynamic interaction with @LabPhng to overview recent insights in #mechanotransduction & #angiogenesis
Had the pleasure of hosting @SiekmannLab who visited @LabPhng @BDR_RIKEN en route to #IZFC2024 in Kyoto recently. Take home message from his talk - the importance of veins in making blood vessels! #zebrafish



The #YoRC Workshop at #IZFC2024 is in the books! Thank you to our amazing panel and fantastic speakers! And of course congratulations to our THREE prize winners sponsored by @Aquaneering . @yaksi_emre @blkraven25 @LabPhng @ZebrafishNerd @KKalyviotis
Second paper published within a week from @LabPhng @BDR_RIKEN where we demonstrate an important role of water flow and hydrostatic pressure in endothelial cell #mechanics #migration in #zebrafish. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… @eLife
Pleased to share a review written by @LabPhng and @BenjaminHogan13 about #endothelial cell transitions in #zebrafish vascular #devbio! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dg…