Lochmüller Lab

We're moving to Bluesky! ✈️🔵 Our lab will now share updates on Bluesky instead of X. Please consider following us to stay connected! You will continue to be able to find our updates via our website and on Hanns' LinkedIn account. 👉Follow us here: bsky.app/profile/lochmu…

We're moving to Bluesky! 🧳🔵 The #NMD4C will now share updates on Bluesky instead of X. Please consider following us to stay connected! You will continue to be able to find our updates via our accounts on LinkedIn and Facebook. 👉Follow us here: bsky.app/profile/nmd4c.…

The NMD4C Basic Research Summer School is back for a second year! Get ready to level up your neuromuscular research skills with hands-on workshops, expert lectures, and career-building networking🚀 📍York University @MHRC_YorkU 🗓️May 7-8, 2025 Apply at: neuromuscularnetwork.ca/basic-research…

📢New research paper from our lab! 🔍To address the need for novel therapeutic strategies for Riboflavin Transporter Deficiency, we developed a #zebrafish model for use in therapeutic screening of #riboflavin and candidate therapeutics. Full story: lochmullerlab.org/t5d3New

Reminder: Applications for funding opportunities are due December 18th! Click here for more information: loom.ly/84rCoqo

🔬 Early-career neuromuscular researchers: your work deserves recognition! Apply for our #Biomedical Researcher of the Year Award to celebrate your outstanding achievements & contributions in basic NM science. 📄 Apply now: bit.ly/4e1mAS1 📅Deadline: Jan 15, 2025

📩 The December 2024 issue of the NMD4C newsletter is now available! ✨See the latest updates from the network - plus community events, new research, opportunities and more! Available online at: zc.vg/KRPrU?m=0 @MD_Canada @CIHR_IMHA @CanadianRDN

On November 25th the @CNMDOttawa welcomed researchers, trainees and staff to celebrate the research centre’s 25th anniversary! 🎊 ✨Read the full news item from @uOttawaMed: uottawa.ca/faculty-medici…

🌟 Exciting News! A breakthrough has identified genetic mutations in the TRiC chaperonin complex, linked to severe brain malformations providing new hope for diagnosis and treatment. This research is led by Dr. Hanns Lochmuller in Canada. Learn more: canadianrdn.ca/new-genetic-di…

🔎Are you a CDN neuromuscular research trainee? This opportunity is for you! ✨Apply to join our new Basic Science Trainee Committee (BSTC) to represent the interests of NM trainees and build your leadership skills and professional network. Apply here➡️ neuromuscularnetwork.ca/BSTCapplicatio…

📢Welcome to join us for the last talk of this year! Dr. Stephanie Tobin will be sharing her fascinating research on “Decoding Muscle Loss: Cardiac Cachexia, tRNA Dysregulation, and Muscle Atrophy Pathways”. 🗓️Join us virtually on Monday, Nov. 25th from 2 to 3 pm #ScienceTwitter

Our clinical research team at the #NeuroMuscular centre of @OttawaHospital is excited to share that a Canadian patient affected by DOK-7 CMS is the first patient world-wide to receive a dose of a novel trial medicine for this condition!🌎 Full story➡️ lochmullerlab.org/Dok7-CMS-study

Exciting new publication from the lab, led by Dr Ingo Kurth and his team from Germany, shows alterations in the TRiC chaperonin complex may play a pivotal role in a new group of severe brain conditions now known as TRiCopathies!🧬 @kinnudreamz @ConnectRD 🔎bit.ly/3Azwcpf

🎉We are delighted to share exciting news from the uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (@uOttawaBMRI) that Dr Hanns Lochmüller and Dr @MireilleKhacho have been appointed as the new leaders of the Neuromuscular Health research hub!

📢Don't miss this new webinar series from @euro_nmd! We're looking forward to attending the 9-episode series exploring #MuscleBiopsies, running from November to January. More information 👇

Congratulations to lab members Kelly Ho & Dr Lola Lessard, who recently received research poster awards at major national and international conferences! bit.ly/4e4SblI 🏅Kelly: @WorldMuscleSoc Elsevier Runner Up Award 🏅Dr Lessard: @WCNMConference Best Research Poster

Last week NMD4C received the Excellence in Service Delivery Award from @MD_Canada! 🏅We are honored to receive this award and are excited to continue working with MDC and the Canadian neuromuscular community towards our goals. Learn more here➡️ bit.ly/4e1mAS1 @CIHR_IMHA

The NMD4C awards are a fantastic opportunity for Canadian early-career neuromuscular researchers to receive recognition for their work! 🍁🏆

What a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Nigel's immense and ongoing contribution to the field. Congratulations Nigel and thanks to @Gianina_Natoli and team for organising!