Suganya is going back to Chennai next week (time flies when you’re having (oxidative stress research) fun), so we took advantage of a lovely autumn afternoon to show her the wonderful Northumberland countryside.
Category Archives: Musculoskeletal news
IGM seminar Tuesday 15th of October 12 o’clock
Would you like to find out more about our work? Come to the IGM seminar on Tuesday the 15th of October at 12 o’clock!
Saying goodbye to Thais
We said goodbye to Thais today. She has finished in the lab and has gone to Spain to write her PhD thesis. Good luck and happy writing!
Another paper submitted!
Let’s hope the reviewers like Creld2 as much as we do!
Skeletal development talk at St Peter’s School in York
Kasia was invited by the St Peter’s Medical and Biosciences Society to talk about our work this month.
Thank you for inviting us and for your hospitality, it was lovely to meet you all and a really enjoyable afternoon!
CNoS, Biochem Soc and NICAP workshop exploring collaboration across the arts and sciences 29th October 2019
The Cultural Negotiation of Science (CNoS), Northumbria University are hosting a one-day workshop and an evening event in collaboration with the Biochemical Society and Newcastle University’s Institute for Creative Arts Practice (NICAP) exploring ways of working across the arts and sciences. The workshops builds on the strengths of the CNoS’ existing inter-disciplinary workshop capabilities and the experience of CNoS researchers, such as Dr Louise Mackenzie and Dr Daksha Patel, for example the interdisciplinary artist-led genetic modification workshop: Transformation – Thinking through Making with Life, participatory sound and bio-media workshop: Tentacular Resonances, the perception of medical data capture: Biorhythmic Drawing, visual literacy workshop: The Art of Observation and the recent Bio-Aesth-Ethics mini-masterclass led by Mackenzie as part of ASCUS and Edinburgh University’s Bio Design Lab. The event is intended as a primer for ongoing collaborative relationships, leading to new interdisciplinary ways of working that will inform project-based outcomes. For example, CNoS and IGM (NU) have recently established a new format of art/science collaboration through Black Box, a science-themed sculptural cinema and performance project. During development of this project we identified the need to connect artists and scientists towards the production of collaborative public-facing outputs (film, performance, sculpture, sound works, etc). We hope to build on this experience and generate more works that may be premiered at a future iteration of Black Box.
To register, please visit: CNoS website or survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TNWHBF8
Welcome Suganya!
Our RUBICON visitor from Anna University in Chennai, Dr Suganya Natarajan, arrived today. Suganya will be working on developing oxidative stress assays for high-throughput drug screening of chondrodysplasia cell lines, in collaboration with Prof Michael Briggs.
PostDoctoral position available in the Pirog Lab (Newcastle University)
Faculty Faculty of Medical Sciences
Unit Institute of Genetic Medicine
Staff Category Research
Contract Type Fixed Term
Hours of Work Full Time
Location Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £30,395 – £32,236 (with progression to £39,610) per annum.
Closing date: 28 August 2019
An outstanding candidate is sought with a proven track record of research in the area of in vivo genetic models and/or cartilage pathobiology to join this project in the laboratory of Dr Kasia Pirog that forms part of the Newcastle University’s Skeletal Research group (SRG).
This is a 3 years fixed term position and provides an exciting opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary group as part of a research team studying osteoarthritis progression using mouse models to detect clinically relevant changes and potential disease modifying agents.
You should have a PhD in Musculoskeletal Science or related field, experience in general histology and laboratory techniques, large data analysis (transcriptomics/proteomics), and proficiency in statistical skills. Animal research experience would be advantageous but training will be provided if necessary.
This is a full time, fixed term post for the duration of 3 years.
For further information, please visit:
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/katarzynapirog/
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/igm/research/skeletal/#research
The Institute holds a silver Athena SWAN award in addition to the University’s silver award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. The University also holds the HR Excellence in Research award for our work to support the career development of our researchers, and is a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
Newcastle University is committed to being a fully inclusive Global University which actively recruits, supports and retains staff from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all our employees and the community they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of race, sex, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital status/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, as well as being open to flexible working practices.
To apply, please visit: https://vacancies.ncl.ac.uk/
Early bird registration for the autumn BSMB meeting is closing this Friday
Please visit: https://bsmb.ac.uk to book your place.
Grant announcement (happy lab)!
We are pleased to announce that we received funding from Dunhill Medical Trust to study the role of a small leucine-rich protein in cartilage ageing and osteoarthritis progression. We are very grateful and thrilled for the next three years of exciting science!