{"id":2746,"date":"2026-03-19T12:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:42:59","slug":"celebrating-spring-and-recent-srg-successes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/2026\/03\/19\/celebrating-spring-and-recent-srg-successes\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating spring and recent SRG successes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2747\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0001-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0001-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0001.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2748\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0000-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0000-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0000-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0000-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0000-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG-20260319-WA0000.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We went out for the Skeletal Research Group (SRG) drinks and a PI curry yesterday to celebrate the coming of spring and the recent SRG successes, including <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Several publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Machine learning based prioritisation of genes associated with osteoarthritis joint damage in animals. Soul J, <strong>Young DA<\/strong>. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 Mar;34(3):475-483. <a href=\"10.1016\/j.joca.2026.01.002\">doi: 10.1016\/j.joca.2026.01.002<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chromatin accessibility in MSC chondrogenesis, adult hip cartilage chondrocytes and osteoarthritis. <strong>Barter MJ<\/strong>, Soul J, <strong>Cheung K<\/strong>, <strong>Falk J<\/strong>, Putri K, <strong>Farrier AJ<\/strong>, Panagiotopoulos A, Deehan DJ, <strong>Reynard LN<\/strong>, <strong>Young DA<\/strong>. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 Mar;34(3):417-431. <a href=\"10.1016\/j.joca.2025.12.015\">doi: 10.1016\/j.joca.2025.12.015<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Transcriptomic profiling confirms microRNA-140 is more functional in joint development than in disease. <strong>Hao Y<\/strong>, <strong>Lin H<\/strong>, Soul J, Overman LM, Lisgo SN, Coxhead J,<strong> Pir\u00f3g KA<\/strong>, Clark IM, <strong>Barter MJ<\/strong>, <strong>Reynard LN<\/strong>, <strong>Young DA<\/strong>. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 Mar;34(3):405-416. <a href=\"10.1016\/j.joca.2025.11.005\">doi: 10.1016\/j.joca.2025.11.005<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elevated MMP9 Expression-A Potential In Vitro Biomarker for COMPopathies. <strong>Dietmar HF<\/strong>, <strong>Dennis EP<\/strong>, <strong>Johnson de Sousa Brito FM<\/strong>, <strong>Reynard LN<\/strong>, <strong>Young DA<\/strong>,<strong> Briggs MD<\/strong>. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Dec 15;26(24):12070. <a href=\"10.1016\/j.joca.2025.11.005\">doi: 10.3390\/ijms262412070<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grant funding:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2026-2029 <strong>Dr Jack Roberts<\/strong> provisional acceptance to the Vivensa Early Postdoctoral Fellowship (supervised by <strong>Prof David Young<\/strong>, <strong>Dr Katarzyna Pirog<\/strong>, Dr Emma Blain (Cardiff University), Dr Jamie Soul (University of Liverpool))<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2026-2029 EPSRC PRISM: Piezo-Regulated Immunomodulatory Smart Matrix (lead PI: Dr Ana Ferreira-Duarte,\u00a0co-PI:<strong> Dr Katarzyna Pirog<\/strong>, Prof Catharien Hilkens, Dr Priscila Melo, Prof Matthew Dalby (University of Glasgow), Dr Massimo Vassalli (University of Glasgow), Dr March Birch (Cambridge University))<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2026-2027 JGW Patterson Foundation Nanoparticle delivery system (lead PI:<strong> Dr Katarzyna Pirog<\/strong>, co-Is: Dr Randa Zoqlam (UCL))<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2026 NC3Rs\/BBSRC Business Interaction Voucher (lead PI: <strong>Dr Katarzyna Pirog<\/strong>, co-Is: Dr Ana Ferreira-Duarte, Dr James Henstock (Northumbria University))<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2026 Doctoral College Award for <strong>Maria Lazari<\/strong> to attend the Matrix biology Europe meeting in June 2026, and to visit Dr Leo Solis&#8217;s lab to optimised her organoid culture system for bioreactor scale-up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2026 BSMB Bursary Award to <strong>Roufaida Bouchenafa <\/strong>to attend the German Society for Matrix Biology (DMB) meeting in Heidelberg in April 2026, and to <strong>Cagla Erdas<\/strong> to attend the MBE in June 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Well done everyone!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went out for the Skeletal Research Group (SRG) drinks and a PI curry yesterday to celebrate the coming of spring and the recent SRG successes, including Several publications: Grant funding: Well done everyone!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4483,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun","category-musculoskeletal-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2746"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2824,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746\/revisions\/2824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}