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Samar Moussa @samarmoussa.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Excited to share our new study in Environment International showing that tire chemicals transform in the atmosphere into complex mixtures that trigger inflammation in human immune cells. Grateful to co-leads @jliggio.bsky.social @aabdulsater.bsky.social!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Atmospheric aging of tire rubber antioxidants forms complex mixtures that trigger inflammation in human macrophages

Antioxidants added to tires to prevent degradation have recently been recognized as emerging environmental contaminants. While their acute aquatic tox…

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Ali Abdul-Sater @aabdulsater.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

We are hiring: ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT THE PSA CARE HUB AT YORK UNIVERSITY

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Ali Abdul-Sater @aabdulsater.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

We are hiring: ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT THE PSA CARE HUB AT YORK UNIVERSITY

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Ali Abdul-Sater @aabdulsater.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🚨 Exciting Announcement! We are thrilled to launch the Psoriatic Arthritis Collaborative and Applied Research Excellence (PsA CARE) Hub, the first research initiative in Canada dedicated to advancing the basic science of psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

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Ali Abdul-Sater @aabdulsater.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Excited to share our latest study on #RheumatoidArthritis (RA) in Journal of Autoimmunity! We identified a critical mutation in TRAF1 that selectively reduces inflammation—offering a promising new therapeutic strategy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Selective disruption of Traf1/cIAP2 interaction attenuates inflammatory responses and rheumatoid arthritis

Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 1 (TRAF1) is an immune signaling adapter protein linked to increased susceptibility to rheumatoid art…

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Paola A. Marignani @pmarignani.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Please share with your network. We are migrating Canadian Women in STEM to Bluesky from the other site. Our new website is up and running. Please Join and follow @cdnwomenstem.bsky.social

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Ali Abdul-Sater @aabdulsater.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy holidays from the Abdul-Sater lab ♥️♥️

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Ali Abdul-Sater @aabdulsater.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I don't know why "Reviewer 2" gets a bad rap. We got the reviews back on a new submission and here's Rev 2's comments: "Reviewer #2: The results are persuasive, and the argument is straightforward. I did not find any major problems."

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Dr. Dawn Bowdish @msmacrophage.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I spoke to the CBC Radio about a large measles outbreak in New Brunswick - article link below. I cannot stress enough how serious an infection measles is - recycling an op-ed I wrote on the topic(see link on my webpage for explainer video). www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... www.bowdish.ca/lab/2024/03/...

Image of a Globe & Mail op-ed on measles. For an accessible read see http://www.bowdish.ca/lab/2024/03/07/measles-is-not-a-harmless-childhood-infection-dr-bowdish-explains/

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Ali Abdul-Sater @aabdulsater.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Here are my first impressions after using this platform for a few days: Bluesky is like Twitter if it went on a detox—no hate, no fake news, just good vibes and civilized conversations 😀

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