Having a ball at ⁦Schroeder Arthritis Institute⁩’s #EpigeneticsOA2024!

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Congratulations to our 2024 medicine laureate Victor Ambros ✨ This morning he celebrated the news of his prize with his colleague and wife Rosalind Lee, who was also the first author on the 1993 'Cell' paper cited by the Nobel Committee. #NobelPrize

The 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, who discovered microRNAs, a class of tiny RNA molecules that help to control how genes are expressed in multicellular organisms. Read the nature article. go.nature.com/3BwBsKt

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 - NobelPrize.org ... jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation! I'm privileged to be studying the role of #microRNAs in #osteoarthritis.

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Did you know that ~50% of people that have a knee injury will develop #osteoarthritis within ~10 years? More importantly did you know there are things you can do about it? SOAR Knee Centre for Aging SMART Arthritis Research Canada

Restricting sugar exposure in the first two years of life can meaningfully reduce the risk of chronic diseases in adulthood. We need to rethink many cereals, snacks, and treats for children. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Remembering the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie. Curie was born #OnThisDay in 1867.

New publication alert! 📣 A collaboration to explore colocalization methods in osteoarthritis led by Osvaldo Espin-Garcia Western University and Amanda Ali Dr. Amanda Ali now published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journals - find it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Grateful to be part of such a stellar team alongside Osvaldo Espin-Garcia Western University working on methods to improve our interpretation of genetic and epigenetic traits associated with #osteoarthritis - find our recent publication in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journals here: oarsiopenjournal.com/article/S2665-…

Comparison of definitions of early knee osteoarthritis for likelihood of progression at 2-year and 5-year follow-up: the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study… “Most knees with early OA are stable and do not progress.” Nice work ⁦Rheum Cat⁩ et al.! ard.bmj.com/content/early/…

New publication alert! 📣 A team effort by Amanda Ali, Johanne Martel-Pelletier, & Osvaldo Espin-Garcia using integrated machine & deep learning to undercover microRNAs associated with knee osteoarthritis structural progression, now in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journals here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kDik3npMrcC…

Congratulations to Reshani, an outstanding DLSPH student U of T Public Health previously working with Osvaldo Espin-Garcia Western University, Jackie Whittaker Dr. Jackie Whittaker and I to better understand physical activity patterns in those with knee osteoarthritis.

Loving this Christmas gift from my lab 🎁 #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

Today is the 10th International Day of Women and Girls in Science #IDWGS! Diversity in science benefits everyone! At CIHR, we’re proud to support women researchers at every career stage, including through programs like the REDI Award: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53257.html?h…

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: scim.ag/3WWWoSD

After almost 15 years, I'm moving! Please find me on BlueSky @amandality.bsky.social for all Ali Lab ongoings.

Excited to share our research on microRNA-126-3p in Nature Communications! We found this microRNA is elevated in four knee osteoarthritis cohorts and show in an animal model that it reduces the severity of knee osteoarthritis - at least in part via angiogenesis. rdcu.be/ebycj