Finn Wostear Ph.D. Candidate Bio pending… Publications 2025 G-quadruplexes represent promising new targets to overcome multidrug-resistant fungal infections 2024 A microtubule stability switch alters isolated vascular smooth muscle Ca2+ flux in response to matrix rigidityPiezo1-mediated regulation of smooth muscle cell volume in response to enhanced extracellular matrix rigidity 2023 BS46 Calcium signalling modulates VSMC response to matrix stiffness in ageing and disease 2022 Using Polyacrylamide Hydrogels to Model Physiological Aortic Stiffness Reveals that Microtubules Are Critical Regulators of Isolated Smooth Muscle Cell Morphology and ContractilityBS18 Enhanced matrix stiffness prevents vsmc contractility: how calcium signalling and microtubule stability regulate vascular compliance during ageingBS22 Matrix stiffness drives increased vascular smooth muscle cell volume response via aquaporin mediated water influx