@JThompsonLab

Lab at the University of Calgary's Libin Cardiovascular Institute studying developmental programming | Account operated by grad students

 University of Calgary
jenniferthompsonlab.com/
Joined November 2021
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We are now on BlueSky! Find us here: bsky.app/profile/jthompsonla…
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The major work from my thesis is now available on preprint! So happy with how this came together and excited to share. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Hyper-proliferation of Adipose Progenitors During Developmental Adipogenesis Programs Higher...

Being born to a mother who was obese during pregnancy is one of the strongest predictors of early onset obesity and metabolic syndrome. To identify the developmental mechanism linking maternal...

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Newest review article from our lab is available in pre-proof now from the Canadian Journal of Cardiology ⬇️ onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-2…

Adipose Tissue Stromal Cells: Rheostats for Adipose Tissue Function and Metabolic Disease Risk

The transition from metabolically healthy obesity to the development of obesity-associated metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease is thought to be triggered by a loss in the functional...

onlinecjc.ca
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WE’RE HIRING! Our group is looking to hire a postdoctoral fellow to investigate sex differences in cellular crosstalk in the adipose tissue. Click here to apply and see more details: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/155…

Postdoctoral Scholar in Menopause, Immunometabolism and Adipose Function, Department of Biochemis...

Postdoctoral Scholar in Menopause, Immunometabolism and Adipose Function, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Calgary, AB, Canada

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Very excited to announce that our group has been awarded funds from CIHR to continue studying sex- and estrogen- dependent adipose tissue remodeling in obesity!
CIHR
@CIHR_IRSC30 Jan 2025
The results of the Fall 2024 Project Grant competition are out! Congratulations to the grantees and thank you to the dedicated peer reviewers who make the magic happen behind the scenes. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54191.html…
Project Grant Fall 2024 results: 453 grants funded; $411M total investment; and 105 priority announcement grants

ALT Project Grant Fall 2024 results: 453 grants funded; $411M total investment; and 105 priority announcement grants

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@JThompsonLab grateful for this funding to explore how sex influences the impact of chemical #pollution on vascular health
Heart & Stroke
@HeartandStroke7 Oct 2024
Our Grant-in-Aid program provides operating funds to support important research in the areas of heart disease & stroke. Congratulations to our 2024/25 GIA recipients: bit.ly/3BA3Z1Q.
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New preprint from PhD student @TaylorScheidl ⬇️
Adipose Papers@adipose_papers6 Sep 2024
Diet-induced hyperplastic expansion in subcutaneous adipose tissue and protection against adipose progenitor exhaustion in female mice are lost with ovariectomy. dlvr.it/TCwD1Y
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A busy month for the lab! Recently #published in @Ped_Research from PhD student Jessica Wager - Development and Child Health in a World of Synthetic Chemicals nature.com/articles/s41390-0…
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Newest work from our lab led by PhD student Jessica Wager ⬇️
Adipose Papers@adipose_papers1 Oct 2024
Redox Signaling Mediates Differentiation of Adipose Progenitors in Response to Inflammatory Cytokines in the Adipose Tissue Secretome dlvr.it/TDs0vp
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Congrats to Dr. Jennifer Thompson for her $300K grant from @HeartandStroke to study estrogen receptor-mediated sex differences in vascular responses to new generation bisphenols. Her aim is to understand how plastic pollution impacts cardiovascular health. 👏 @JenniferAThomp
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@jobRxiv11 Apr 2024
Estrogen signaling and vascular function @JThompsonLab Laboratory at the University of Calgary is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in Estrogen Signaling and vascular function jobrxiv.org/job/university-o… #cardiovascular_disease #environme... jobrxiv.org/job/university-o…

Estrogen signaling and vascular function

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Our group is very grateful to @DiabetesCanada for funding our new research which endeavours to understand how sex differences in the body’s fat tissue drive the pathogenesis of obesity. We are very excited to continue this important work! 🎉
Diabetes Canada@DiabetesCanada22 Jan 2024
Diabetes Canada has proudly supported diabetes research in Canada, administering more than $160 million in research grants, awards and partnerships to scientists and clinicians who have dedicated their careers to the fight against diabetes. Read more: ow.ly/rz6G50Qt9Yw
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Newest research from our group is here! We show that reactive oxygen species are involved in bisphenol mediated adipogenesis: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/a…

Potentiation of Adipogenesis by Reactive Oxygen Species Is a Unifying Mechanism in the Proadipoge...

Aims: Structural analogues of bisphenol A (BPA), including bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF), are emerging environmental toxicants as their presence in th...

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Check out our newest article on #BPS exposure and #vascular #dysfunction ⬇️
Jennifer Thompson PhD@JenniferAThomp1 Nov 2022
Latest from our team: eNOS uncoupling & dysregulated NO signalling - mechanism to explain assoc. b/w BPS exposure & hypertension #regrettablesubstitutions sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Congratulations to MSc student from our lab, Sarah!
AJP-Heart and Circ@ajpheartcirc18 Nov 2021
Congratulations to Sarah Easson! Winner of an AJP-Heart and Circ Abstract Award at the APS Conference on New Trends in Sex & Gender Medicine ow.ly/JCzR50GQRxL @JThompsonLab @UCalgary @APSPhysiology @APSPublications
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Newest article from our lab has been published in @AJPEndoMetab and selected for #APSselect!
AJP-Endocrinology and Metabolism@AJPEndoMetab25 Oct 2021
New #ResearchArticle in our November issue: Programming of #adiposetissue dysfunction: ow.ly/c1JC50GxCXU #adipogenesis #lipogenesis @APSPublications
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