We study the fascinating non-lethal biology of caspase/metacaspase proteases ☠️. We are also interested in the molecular cues that manage cardiac remodeling🫀

Ottawa Hospital Research Inst.
Joined March 2023
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In his 90th yr our beloved father Elmer was called home. His was an extraordinary life, collecting legions of friends leaving a legacy of hard work & public service. He loved the forest, poetry, sport, law & good debate, the Yankees & especially his family. Deeply missed & alive in our hearts. Sleep well Pop, you earned your rest.
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Just published!! Congrat's to my post-doc Wang for getting featured on the cover of Science Signaling. So proud!! So much more to learn about phenotypic plasticity. science.org/eprint/XZZZRR72V…
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Book signing with Dr Tony Sanfilippo, and his amazing wife Michelle. Tony is the author of “The doctors we need” ⁦@QueensuDOM⁩ ⁦@KingstonHSC⁩ ⁦@queensutime⁩ -a great read on how Canada can solve its doctor shortage problem-a must read!
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Interesting work from @Rudnicki_Lab in @NatureComms : Intrinsic dysfunction in muscle stem cells lacking dystrophin begins during secondary myogenesis. tinyurl.com/4byakujj
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Excited to share our paper with Ghayda Mirzaa describing the novel SMARCA1-related NDD. Out today in Nature Communications. rdcu.be/ePaDp
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We’re proud to celebrate @CincyKidsHeart's Jeff Molkentin, PhD, for receiving @UCincyMedicine's 2025 Daniel Drake Medal—college's highest honor! His groundbreaking work in cardiovascular biology continues to advance science & inspire next-gen researchers: scienceblog.cincinnatichildr…
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Celebrating an amazing trip up Mount Kilimanjaro with daughter Elizabeth, supported by team Ultimate Kilimanjaro ⁦@UltimateKili⁩ @QueensuDOM⁩ ⁦@queensutime⁩ ⁦@KingstonHSC⁩ -19341 feet of challenging, hypoxic beauty. One of the hardest things I’ve ever done!
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New @NatureMedicine paper: AAV mini-dystrophin gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a phase 1b trial. #DMD tinyurl.com/bdhwrkka
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Interesting new #JACC paper: Long-Term Dystrophin Replacement Therapy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Causes Cardiac Inflammation. tinyurl.com/2t5rv79t
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Happy to share that our single-cell analysis of muscle stem cells in two DMD models is now published in Cell Death & Disease. We hope this resource benefits researchers in neuromuscular disease and helps to support the development of stem cell targeted therapies for DMD.
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Huge wall cloud over East Ottawa right now! #onstorm cannot discern rotation
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Happy to share our new paper demonstrating optimization of base editing to correct the lethal ACTA2 R179H mutation in human smooth muscle cells in vitro and humanized mice, thereby rescuing multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome. ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1…
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