Yu Suk Choi is an Associate Professor leading a multidisciplinary ‘cell mechanobiology lab’ at the School of Human Sciences, the University of Western Australia. His lab focuses on 1) better mechanical biomimicry of tissue using hydrogel and 2) cell-ECM interaction to study cellular mechanosensation. His interdisciplinary skills in adult stem cells, biomaterial fabrication, and mechanobiology were developed during his postdoc training at UC San Diego Bioengineering (2010-2013) and research fellow at the University of Sydney (2013-2015). His publications (70 papers in top journals including Nature Materials and PNAS, > 5,400 citations) helped to popularize the use of adipose-derived stem cells in regenerative medicine and to advance the new field of stem cell mechanobiology. Since arriving in Western Australia 2015, he has supervised 19 PhD students, assisted by the award of $2M as CIA (including NHMRC Project Grant, CDF1 and Heart Foundation Future Leader fellowship). His team recently expanded its expertise in hydrogel fabrication and mechanotransduction to understand diseases such as cancer, asthma, heart attack and more.