Post-doc at McGill university studying the relationship between sex, autophagy and satellite cell function
Joined March 2022
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In this study, a large repeat expansion in a noncoding part of FGF14 was found to cause late-onset cerebellar ataxia, which underscores the importance of noncoding regions in the search for causes of disease. nej.md/3UTPDNI
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#Halloween is usually filled with skeletons—but what about skeletal muscle?
This tissue is organized into elongated and aligned myofibers which, according to 2021 research, can self-repair after localized damage. Learn more in this #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/mL
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The Chang lab dressed as #happycells for the @McGillBiochem Halloween party!👩🏻🔬🎃👻
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📢Along with @MD_Canada, we’re excited to share a new videos series next week featuring five incredible fellows. Learn more about them as individuals and why they are dedicated to NMD research and care.
⌛Stay tuned for the video series launching next week!
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I'm really enjoying using Obsidian notes to organize my thoughts for my projects. It's intuitive and lets you connect all the pieces together in a way that's not linear, and it's incredibly easy to personalize including with community plugins.
ALT A graph with interconnected nodes, all with different titles. Red nodes demark the central points. On the left is a list of the same titles, organized into folders.
Seems unreal that it's my last day in lab before I defend tomorrow- and here I am, still doing experiments! 😱
Very cool to see what's being done to work towards stem cells as therapies today at #HGSSConference2022 . Satellite cell transplants are particularly interesting to me, it's just such a cool way to harness regenerative capacity to combat degenerative muscle disease.
I'm at my first in person conference since 2019, feels a bit strange! The human genetics student society is holding one on gene and cell therapies.
I was hoping to get this abstract written quickly this morning but I feel like something is really slowing me down 🤔
ALT A large tabby cat laying across someone's arm as they try to type at a laptop. The cat has his front end draped over their forearm, and a hind leg braced against their upper arm.
I just want to share how cool micropatterned coverslips are, they're one of the neatest things in my toolkit. A normal cell will reorganize its cytoskeleton in response to the changes in tension caused by the different patterns. Both cells are fibroblasts.
ALT A round cell, with cytoskeleton forming circular branches
ALT A square cell, with its cytoskeleton forming and angular box with branching towards the corners
Rebecca Robertson retweeted
New on Rare Disease Advisor: Growing Data Registries Help Improve Treatment of Neuromuscular Diseases: buff.ly/3ipRUj3 #duchennemusculardystrophy #pompedisease #spinalmuscularatrophy
The topic of "stupid questions" came up today in conversation. I think that yes, stupid questions are a thing, and you should ask them and foster an environment where they can be asked! #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #AcademicChatter
Those things that everyone assumes is common knowledge, things that seem "self-evident" or logical, small potentially inconsequential details- ask questions about them when you need to! You might be surprised by the answers you get and what you learn.
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