We had a lovely Pirog/Briggs barbecue last week. It is so nice to be able to sit outside, play croquet and chat about life. A big thank you to Prof Mike Briggs for inviting us to his lovely Northumberland home!
Category Archives: Musculoskeletal news
NC3Rs summer school in London, June 2022
In June the NC3Rs welcomed twenty of their PhD students to London for the annual summer school, which included peer networking, a flash poster session and some further useful online sessions. Here’s a picture of all the students, with our own Marc Farcasanu in the front row.
The Dunhill Medical Trust PhD Opportunity at Newcastle University
https://research.ncl.ac.uk/nudmtdtp/
Newcastle University invites applications to a doctoral training programme on multiple long-term conditions and social inequalities funded by The Dunhill Medical Trust. This PhD programme focuses on multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) and social inequalities. The projects build on our Newcastle University-led James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership on MLTCs in later life that highlighted unanswered questions in this area.
Theme 1 of the studentships is “Understanding the mechanisms of ageing and age-related disease” and a studentship is offered in the Skeletal Research Group (SRG) in Newcastle with Dr Louise Reynard, to investigate “Epigenetic alterations in cellular ageing”. Epigenetic alterations are a primary hallmark of cellular ageing, with many common age-related diseases such as cancer, diabetes and osteoarthritis characterised by abnormal epigenetic signatures. This project aims to understand the role of DNA methylation, an epigenetic regulator of gene expression, in musculoskeletal ageing and multi-morbidity. CRISPR-Cas9 genomic and epigenomic editing of cartilage and bone cells will be used to determine the effect of DNA methylation on ELOVL2 and FHL2 gene expression and investigate the function of these genes in cellular ageing. This project offers an opportunity for a student to work at the forefront of ageing research.
To apply please send a CV and covering letter (no more than 500 words) to dmtdtp@newcastle.ac.uk that contains your reasons for applying and how you are qualified. Please also list up to three projects in your letter, and number them in order of preference from 1 (top choice) to 3 (least preferred).
Deadline: Thursday, 7th July 2022 at 17:00
Interviews expected to take place in the week ending 15th July 2022.
Registration for the BSMB autumn meeting in Liverpool is now open
The registration for the next BSMB autumn meeting in Liverpool is now open and live!! Don’t hesitate to email me for any queries. Please forward as wide as possible. https://bsmb.ac.uk/meetings/matrix-development/…
Lab croquet/cricket night! :)
First in person meeting of the BSMB Committee since the pandemic
And it was great!
Lots of exciting conferences coming up with bursaries and other opportunities, especially for our early career researchers. Watch this space!
Watch a mini-series of talks on genetics this summer
Explore Lifelong Learning have kindly invited us and our colleagues (Shoba Amarnath, Kasia Pirog, @GrainOfScience, @jorisveltman and @linda_lako) from Newcastle University to talk about our work as part of their summer programme. Save the date and see what we’ve been up to! @nubiosciences
We’re at the Edinburgh Science Festival this weekend
Our Black Box project (https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox/) will be featured at the Edinburgh Science Festival on Saturday the 9th of April and will screen until the 9th of June. Come say hi if you’re in Edinburgh this weekend, we will be hosting an opening talk at 2pm.
The full program of our Edinburgh show can be found here: https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/mediaLibrary/other/english/58530.pdf
Black Box a guest feature at the Edinburgh Festival of Science next month
Black Box https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/blackbox/ is a pop up cinema project that explores life, kinship, identity and futures through the medium of film. Developed in 2019 by an artist (Louise Mackenzie) and a scientist (Kasia Piróg), it is a great pleasure to be able to show it at the Edinburgh Science Festival next month
https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/event-details/black-box-artist-talk
A lovely lab day out in Corbridge
Being a scientist is not only about the work, results and publications, but also about forging links and networks, and long lasting friendships that can help in these discoveries in the future. We had a lovely day out in Corbridge yesterday with our students and joint with the Briggs lab. Spring is definitely here!
