MBE 2018 in Manchester was a great meeting, wiuth presentations from SYBIL and RUBICON scientists, and our own RUBICON satellite meeting. It’s great doing science with so many friends all over the globe!
Newcastle’s Skeletal Research Group at the MRC Festival of Medical Research
IGM and ICM scientists involved in the MRC funded CIMA (Centre for Integrated research into Musculoskeletal Ageing) project have organised an informative public engagement afternoon on Wednesday the 20th of June 2018 to chat to the members of the public about joints in health and disease, joint diseases and the impact of diet and exercise on joints’ health. The attendance is FREE, full programme attached below:
Our lab wins a technology prize in the 2017/18 BeHEARD competition!
The BeHEARD (Helping Empower and Accelerate Research Discoveries) Challenge is hosted annually by the Rare Genomics Institute and is open globally to researchers, foundations, or anyone whose research is constrained due to limited resources. It provides technology and financial grants for rare disease research. Families with a child afflicted with a rare disease have the opportunity to work with a network of academic researchers to develop research proposals tailored to advancing treatments for their child’s disease.
We just heard that our group won the technology prize in the 2017/18 competition. The prize is a vector constructed by Cyagen (worth $8,950) which will be used to generate a conditional knock-out mouse model that will greatly enhance our sudies of skeletal dysplasias. We are very grateful for this prize and we’re looking forward to the exciting project ahead!
Thank you to Prof Danny Chan and the Chan lab for hosting Beth in Hong Kong!
Beth Gibson (our PhD student) is back from her RUBICON secondment in Hong Kong. Beth had a successful and productive secondment analysing the spinal phenotype of two mouse models of aggrecanopathies, and particiapted in several meetings and conferecnces including the Little People of Hong Kong society. We would like to thank Danny and his lab for hosting Beth and look forward to future collaboration.
We’re presenting at OARSI 2018 in Liverpool!
Kasia is talking about “Drug repurposing and rare skeletal disorders” at the OARSI meeting in Liverpool this year.
It’s a great meeting, covering many different aspects of skeletal biology, including rare and common diseases, drug repurposing, clinical trials, tissue engineering and many more. Lots of great science!
For the full program, please visit: https://2018.oarsi.org/program
Our H2020 RUBICON exchange Feb-April 2018
A few snapshots from my (Kasia’s) H2020 RUBICON sabbatical in Chennai (India) investigating oxidative stress in pseudoachondroplasia (PSACH). Interesting science and networking opportunities, and a really interesting place to visit. Thank you to Dr Suvro Chatterjee and Dr Suganya Natarajan for hosting me in their laboratory at the AU-KBC Centre at the Madras University of Technology, Anna University!
For more information about the RUBICON project, please visit: http://rubicon-network.org/
Skeletal Research Group table at Genetics Matters!
We had a great time, hope you enjoyed it too!
Save the date – Genetics Matters 24th February 2018
Our International Rare Disease Day event is back!
Save the date and come see us on Saturday the 24th February for a fun afternoon filled with science and cake 🙂
To book your FREE place, click here
Congratulations Dr Ella Dennis!
Congratulations to Dr Ella Dennis, our first Newcastle PhD. Well done! 🙂
Newcastle Rare Disease Showcase 31st October 2017
On the 31st of October 2017 we are organising a research showcase in collaboration with Findacure. Members of the public, patient organisations, clinical researchers and scientists all wellcome, please see below for details.
