Important changes and welcome increases to student scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships. Looks like Banting and Vanier are going away.

13 year-old Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis is a graduate research trainee in Dr. Antonio Strafella's lab Krembil Brain Institute & a Master’s student Temerty Medicine, working on Parkinson's disease! Read story: bit.ly/3QivYra Watch video: bit.ly/49ZioQy #ParkinsonsAwarenessMonth

Exciting news! Our article on Antisense and Gene Therapy Options for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Arising from Mutations in the N-Terminal Hotspot has been featured as a highly cited paper on the Genes MDPI homepage. Check it out! mdpi.com/journal/genes/… mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/2…

Exciting news! Biomanufacturing Hub Network (BioHubNet) just received $18.9M in federal funding! Led by Prof. Molly Shoichet, Gilbert Walker, & Darius Rackus, BioHubNet will address the severe shortage of talents in the biomanufacturing sector. Details: lnkd.in/gYAfTv2s

Congratulations to Ana Paula Arruda and Gunes Parlakgul UC Berkeley for their tremendous effort and creativity to put together this groundbreaking work. In this study, examining more than 100K individual mitochondria and their interactions with the ER during fasting and obesity, Ana and

Excited to share our latest preprint Preprints.org "Preparing for patient-customized #Nof1 Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy to Treat Rare Diseases" Discover how #antisense therapy can revolutionize treatments for #rarediseases. preprints.org/manuscript/202… UAlberta Med & Dent Women & Children's Health Research Institute

Honored to be featured in Science Magazine! Great to see progress in treating fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) with emerging drugs. Exciting times for #RareDisease research and hope for those affected by FOP. #FOP #Research Read more: science.org/content/articl…

Happy to share a new study from our multitalented fellow Eva Tsaousidou ⁦@gshlab_ulkerctr⁩ in collaboration with ⁦Chowdhury Lab⁩. Here, we show that tolerable activation of p53 protects against cancer at the cost of metabolic health 👏🧿. cell.com/cell-reports/f…

Excited to share our latest article now available online: Comprehensive Review of Adverse Reactions and Toxicology in ASO-Based Therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: From FDA-Approved Drugs to Peptide-Conjugated ASO. read the pre-proof version here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today, on World #FSHD Day, we honor the incredible resilience of the FSHD community. Let's stand together and elevate the voices of those impacted by FSHD. #LetsTalkNMD Webinar Series to learn more: "FSHD 101 with Dr. Toshi Yokota" youtu.be/jzEkttPfm9Q?si… Muscular Dystrophy Canada Neuromuscular Disease Network for Canada (NMD4C)

nature.com/articles/s4158… Excited to share new work form our lab led by Shinya Imada and Saleh Kwaled Saleh Khawaled, PhD demonstrating how a post-fast refeeding drives stem cell mediated regeneration via polyamine metabolites. The work would not have been possible without our great

Reprogramming Astrocytes Into Brain Stem Cells - Technology Networks dlvr.it/TCtLht

BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

The influence of diet on our immune system function is getting increasingly recognized, a feature today nature nature.com/articles/d4158… Nic Fleming open-access

10. This 2,400-year-old skeleton mosaic discovered in Türkiye says: “Be happy, enjoy your life”

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Excited to share our latest study! 🧬 We've identified 61 potential exon-skipping strategies for treating dysferlinopathies, theoretically applicable to 90% of reported pathogenic variants. #ExonSkipping #LGMD #MuscularDystrophy mdpi.com/3151468 Cells MDPI UAlberta Med & Dent

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