Mo Zhao

Molecular genetics. Developmental biology. Disease models. Confocal & Electron microscopy. Zebrafish research.

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

Join us virtually this coming Monday, October 31st for an exciting talk by Dr. Steffen Raun!

Details below 👇

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

Myogenesis will wrap up the 1st half of 2022 with two brilliant muscle topics from @GilbertLab (UofT):

- Erik Jacques @erik_jacques_ on muscle bioengineering & aging
- Bella Xu @xu_bellaxixi on muscle repair "in a dish".

🏨Virtual - Zoom link in email
🕑July 25th Mon 2pm EST

[Mo Zhao @MoZfMuscle]

@DrLouiseMoyle @MbD_UofT @MyogenesisGroup An absolute joy to have worked alongside you in @MyogenesisGroup. Thank you for founding, and running such an amazing seminar series for the muscle community!

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

We have double speakers for the May seminar: Katy Tiper (Gilbert lab, UofT) will talk about micro-muscles engineered from human primary myoblasts, and Sophie Karolczak (Dowling lab, SickKids) on liver pathology in myotubular myopathy. May 30th (Mon) 2-3pm EST on Zoom.

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

We are excited to announce our next Myogenesis meeting on Monday 25th April at 2-3pm EST. Dr. Yukari Endo, a research fellow in Dr. Jim Dowling’s lab at Hospital for Sick Children, will speak about a novel muscle disease gene Junctin, encompassing data from patients/cells/fish.

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

Happy 2022! We are back for more muscle talks (for the 4th year)! Our first speaker is Mr. Zachary Coulson, who will talk about using morpholino-mediated exon skipping to treat nebulin-related nemaline myopathy. Time: Mon Jan 31st, 2-3pm EST. Location: virtual/zoom.

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

Our November seminar features Senthuri Viththiyapaskaran @Senthuri_v from the Dowling lab at SickKids. She will present her newly developed CRISPR/Cas9 tools for treating nebulin-related Nemaline Myopathy. Time: Nov 29th (Mon) 2-3pm EST on Zoom

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

Our October seminar features Dr. Phablo Sávio Abreu Teixeira @abreu_phablo from the University of São Paulo. Talk title: "Satellite cell self-renewal in endurance exercise is mediated by inhibition of mitochondrial oxygen consumption". See you all online at 2-3pm EST on Oct 25th!

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

September marks the return of our seminar series! We would like to welcome Dr. Koyal Garg @GargKoyal to present her work on 'Regenerative Therapies for Musculoskeletal injuries'. Meeting time: 2-3pm EST, Monday, Sep 27th 2021.

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

For our last meeting before the August summer break, we would like to welcome Prof. Jane Mitchell from @UofT, who will speak about "Treatment of bone health in duchenne muscular dystrophy can also improve skeletal muscle” on 26th July (Mon, 2-3pm EST).

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

We have two exciting muscle talks lined up for the upcoming Monday meeting (May 31st, 2-3pm EST). Looking forward to hearing from Dr. @S_C_Schueler and Dr. @daria_wojtal !

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

We are excited to announce our March 2021 speaker: please join us on 29th Monday (2-3pm EST) for "KDR signaling modulates satellite stem cell asymmetric division" with Dr. William Chen @uOttawa @OttawaHospital

[Mo Zhao @MoZfMuscle]

@xuefei_yuan Congrats!

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

We are excited to announce that Prof. Amira Klip from @UofT @sickkids will present in our February seminar on 22nd Feb 2-3 pm EST - we will send an email on the day with fresh Zoom link and password.

[Myogenesis Discussion Group @MyogenesisGroup]

We are kicking off this year's seminar series with Dr. @keviniwatt 's talk on the Hippo🦛 signaling pathway in adult skeletal muscle! There's still time to register, and see you all on Monday (Feb 1st) at 2-3 pm EST! @unimelb @UniMelbCMR @UofT @MbD_UofT

[Julia Horsfield @JuliaHorsfield]

Please RT! I'm advertisting for a 3-year postdoctoral position in my lab funded by @MarsdenFund : if you're interested in cell fate, cohesins, zebrafish, and living in stunning Dunedin, this could be for you!
https://t.co/9ytUkM5052

[Mo Zhao @MoZfMuscle]

Handup✋ if you like colorful fish @ZebrafishRock #FishFriday

[Sophie Karolczak @sciencesopha]

Today was clearly a productive day in lab @GeissahSalma

[Mo Zhao @MoZfMuscle]

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[Mo Zhao @MoZfMuscle]

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