First time presenting my research on Kindlin-2! Grateful to do it in SER OARSI 2023 in A Coruña! It was easy with the support from THD lab colleagues Nuria Viudes Sarrión Rocío Castro Ana Escribano Astrid De Roover

👏 Astrid De Roover for her excellent thesis and defense. Thanks a lot Silvia Monteagudo and Rik Lories Rik Lories for inviting me. I enjoyed being KU Leuven with all jury members 👍

Thanks Astrid De Roover, I was really happy to participate to your thesis defense. You did a great job and a huge amount of work to study #chondrocyte #methylation in #osteoarthritis 👏

For our Cartilage Biology & Pathology GRS/GRC attendees next week - we have a fantastic program full of amazing science, and we are setting up afternoon outings to visit these local attractions:

Walled city of Lucca
Bio-Organic Winery
Grotto del vento - Wind cave

See you soon!

Are you curious about our paper that has just been awarded as 'Best publication of the year' by OARSI? Rik Lories OARSI Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journals Dept of Development and Regeneration - KU Leuven Thank you to the people that nominated this work and made the final selection! You can know the story here👇

What is new on #osteoarthritis ?

▶️ OA is linked to deficient methylation on H3K79
▶️KDM7A/B demethylase regulated H3K79 methylation status
▶️KDM7A/B inhibition counteract H3K79me deficiency -> protection against disease

🔗 bit.ly/3FwMOx1

Proud to receive the Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journals basic science paper of the year reward for the team with Silvia Monteagudo You can read it at tinyurl.com/3w64vtsd - this paper took us from cartilage to heart and brain! Dept of Development and Regeneration - KU Leuven

Happy to share our new paper on #epigenetics in #osteoarthritis just published in @ardbmj with lead authors Reem Assi Chahrazad CHERIFI Rik Lories Silvia Monteagudo from wynterborne @kuleuven in collaboration with LUMC Leiden tinyurl.com/2s47pcup (1/10)

Very excited to present our latest findings on #epigenetics in #cartilage and #osteoarthritis , just out in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Hard 💪and fun🥳 team work, especially with Chahrazad CHERIFI Reem Assi and Rik Lories Rik Lories at Dept of Development and Regeneration - KU Leuven. Check it out here!! 👇

Astrid De Roover winning osteoarthritis foundation mobility grant. Congratulations to supervisor Silvia Monteagudo

Our last paper 'Hypoxia induces DOT1L in articular cartilage to protect against osteoarthritis' has been highlighted in Nature Reviews Rheumatology! Rik Lories Astrid De Roover Ana Escribano Chahrazad CHERIFI Frederic Cailotto Lies Storms leire casas

Orthopaedic Research Society Bravo Astrid De Roover , learn a lot!

Finally out! Astrid De Roover Rik Lories Chahrazad CHERIFI Dept of Development and Regeneration - KU Leuven

Our latest paper - work led by Astrid De Roover and Silvia Monteagudo - is out in JCI insight! “Hypoxia induces DOT1L in articular cartilage to protect against osteoarthritis' insight.jci.org/articles/view/… – a team story to share KU Leuven UZ Leuven Dept of Development and Regeneration - KU Leuven #osteoarthritis 1/9

Nice morning with nice company! 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️ #universitytrail #kuleuven representing the THD team 💪🏻 Reem Assi Ana Escribano Astrid De Roover