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Sarah Rice

@grainofscience.bsky.social
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🇪🇺 Genetics and Epigenetics Osteoarthritis Researcher 🎩 Versus Arthritis Career Development Fellow. Newcastle University research.ncl.ac.uk/ricelab

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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The Rice Lab is moving! From January we will be based at the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk within the @arthritisuk.bsky.social Centre for Genetics and Genomics. Really excited about our new environment and our future research. I will be advertising PDRA and Tech posts in the New Year 🥳
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I am shocked by the belief that it is ok to be rude in manuscript reviews. Constructive criticism & challenging drawn conclusions is integral to peer review, but journal editors need to speak out and tell reviewers when their comments are unacceptable. We're better than this.
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James Connolly @ruamicro.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Absolutely delighted to share the labs latest work. We identify and characterise two pathways for D-ribulose utilisation in pathogenic EHEC and Citrobacter.
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Convergent evolution of distinct D-ribulose utilisation pathways in attaching and effacing pathogens - Nature Communications
Cottam et al. identify distinct pathways for D-ribulose utilisation in pathogenic Escherichia coli and Citrobacter rodentium, providing mechanistic details and suggesting convergent evolution towards ...
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
In his memory, Western has opened an equity-based graduate scholarship. Please consider supporting his final initiative if you are able: www.westernconnect.ca/beier ; thank you for all the time you spent and laughs you shared with him. We love and miss him so much already. - The Beiers
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Frank Beier @beierlab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Hi all. Frank passed peacefully with the love of his family on July 18, 2025 in London, ON. He was a wonderful human being who shared much of his life with you. We could not have asked for a better father, grandfather, friend, colleague, or mentor. 1/
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Just when you thought all had gone quiet on the COLGALT2 front- get ready to hear more! Delighted that @hammofish.bsky.social and I have been awarded a four year grant from MRC @ukri.org to study the role of this enzyme in the skeleton. Will be advertising PDRA and RA posts in due course! #orthosky
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
New from The Strain Team: 🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊 Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗). Gross! 😀 1/n #ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
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Spinger Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing
Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro
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tdcapellini.bsky.social @tdcapellini.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Today, I take the reigns as Chair, Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard. Big thankyou to Dan Lieberman outgoing Chair & Joe Henrich, previous Chair. They did tremendous jobs advancing HEB's intellectual/academic vibrancy. I'll work hard for all students, postdocs & faculty in this changing landscape
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tdcapellini.bsky.social @tdcapellini.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We are responding legally to our President’s illegal acts! All should do the same www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students
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tdcapellini.bsky.social @tdcapellini.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
1) Despite the chaos, I am very pleased to present the terrific research conducted by my post-doc @clarissacoveney.bsky.social. acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Complex regulatory interactions at GDF5 shape joint morphology and osteoarthritis disease risk
Objectives To reveal causal level osteoarthritis (OA) disease biology by targeting regulatory interactions at GDF5. Methods By investigating different GDF5 regulatory regions (R2, R3-5, R7-R9, R18...
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 20/05/2025
Does anyone have a Col156 plasmid (small, high-copy, not co-integrated on an F) handy they’d be willing to share? 🧪
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
It doesn't matter how many times I try to grasp this, I'll never know what you mean when you talk about "top down" or "bottom up" approaches. So please find another way to convey to me whatever point you need to make. This is a hill I'll die on.
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a woman wearing glasses is drinking from a mason jar and saying `` girls , bottoms up ! ''
ALT: a woman wearing glasses is drinking from a mason jar and saying `` girls , bottoms up ! ''
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n
Four images to illustrate some prominent single-gene myths. Top left shows a photograph of a person deftly rolling their tongue into a U-shape. Top right shows a photograph of a person’s ear, highlighting the shape and features of the earlobe and cartilage. Bottom left shows a close-up photograph of a person’s eye, with a vivid blue colouration. Bottom right shows a photograph of a person poised to write with their left hand on the blank white page of a spiral-bound notebook.
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
For the 3rd #EpigeneticsOA workshop, 77 attendees united to discuss progress and potential of our field. Delighted to see the meeting report in print! Whether you made it, or missed out, catch up w/ the outcomes here --> bit.ly/42YeWnT #orthosky @oacjournal.bsky.social @versusarthritis.bsky.social
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From mechanism to medicine: the progress and potential of epigenetics in osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, degenerative disease of the articular joints. The disease presents an enormous clinical and economic burden globally…
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Scanzello Lab @scanzellolab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Congrats to our very own Kevin Burt for scoring among the highest-rated abstracts by early career investigators at #OARSI2025.
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Jess Byun @jessbyun.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
So nice to be back home in Korea and excited to be at #OARSI2025! Stop by poster #595 where I’m presenting on chromatin accessibility QTLs in resting/FNF-stimulated primary human chondrocytes. I’ve been integrating eQTL, sQTL, and Hi-C data to better understand gene regulation in osteoarthritis.
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Hanging with my symbiont @curlygeneticist.bsky.social #OARSI2025
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I'm honoured to be in Korea this week to collect my Rising Star Award at #OARSI2025 Thank you so much to OARSI for this award, and @beierlab.bsky.social for generously nominating me. Having a wonderful time all round 🇰🇷
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
After a few days exploring Seoul, I’m exited to be in sunny Incheon for #OARSI2025
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Excited to be in South Korea for #OARSI2025 I’ve landed a few days early and I’m making the most of it!
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Congratulations to @fornerislab.bsky.social on the publication of their work to characterise COLGALT1 this week in @natcomms.nature.com. This is a really beautiful study and it is great to see it in print! 👏🏼
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Well done to my PhD Student Abby Brumwell on delivering a great talk to a full room at the @mosmedcdt.bsky.social annual conference this afternoon! #ProudPI @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social
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Jan Philipp Kreysing @jpkreysing.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
New preprint on 3D heterochromatin architecture in human cells! Great collab with @sergiocruzleon.bsky.social & @johannesbetz.bsky.social from @hummerlab.bsky.social, @marinalusic.bsky.social & the Turoňová lab. Many thanks to my supervisor @becklab.bsky.social. bioRxiv: tinyurl.com/3a74uanv 🧵👇
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Our Editorial is now online! Here, we discuss recent advancements and pertinent challenges in applying modern 'omics technologies to MSK tissues. This introduces our @oacjournal.bsky.social special edition. Still ~4 weeks left if you have a paper in the works! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A timely assessment of the state of transcriptomic and epigenomic profiling in OA: Opportunities for advancements
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The Rice Lab is going to Korea! If you are interested in our latest research on the DNA methylome and proteome of primary human skeletal tissues, stop by Abby's poster and catch our talks in Sunday's multiomics session. @mosmedcdt.bsky.social @oarsi-eci.bsky.social @versusarthritis.bsky.social
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Robin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
UKRI's budget for 2025-26 confirmed...finally 5 months after spending review, and 1 day before financial year starts As @resprofnews.bsky.social has been reporting, it's less than flat cash (£8.8bn), despite DSIT's R&D budget rising Via @annamckie.bsky.social More details to come
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Ministers confirm UK Research and Innovation budget will fall - Research Professional News
Funding agency’s allocation drops by £300m for 2025-26, despite rising R&D spending at science department
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
One month left until the submission deadline for this special edition of @oacjournal.bsky.social on the application of omics technologies to the field. Don’t miss out!
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Over and out #cartilageGRC #orthosky
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Stepped out of the hotel this afternoon for sushi and second hand shopping with @curlygeneticist.bsky.social #cartilageGRC
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Satanik Mukherjee @satanikm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Also congratulations to the best oral presentation winners for GRS Cartilage @thehopefulscie1.bsky.social , Katherine Hubert and Garth Blackler..As a prize, they will get to present their work in the following GRC Cartilage.
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Congratulations @thehopefulscie1.bsky.social and @jackbroberts.bsky.social! There was a southbound Volvo full of proud PIs yesterday @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Stop 4: Solvang (forgot to take any photos- sign of a good time) Stop 5: In N Out (aka when in Cali) #CartilageGRC
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Stop 3: Hearst Castle, which was an unexpected gem, and some obligatory ocean front wine tasting #CartilageGRC @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social @drmatthewgrol.bsky.social
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Stop 1: we made it to the Pacific Ocean! #cartilageGRC #orthosky
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Stop 2: Paso Robles @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Two whirlwind and fuzzy jet lagged nights seeing the sights of San Francisco later, #CartilageGRC we’re on our way! The inaugural GRC road trip is officially underway 🚗🍷 @kelseyhcollins.bsky.social
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
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Amanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This year, for Lent, I’m giving up
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Carol Chen @carolchen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
My alma mater, the University of British Columbia, Dept of Medical Genetics, is hiring for a tenure track junior faculty position specializing in chromatin regulation / gene regulatory mechanisms. Beautiful city and vibrant epigenetics research. Please share! medgen.med.ubc.ca/assistant-pr...
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Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) | Department of Medical Genetics | Life Sciences Institute (LSI) - Department of Medical Genetics
The Department of Medical Genetics, in collaboration with the Life Sciences Institute (LSI), invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, tenure track with...
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
We're advertising a fully-funded BBSRC PhD studentship @newcastleuni.bsky.social to work on understanding the biology of COLGALT2 in cartilage using/developing cool model systems w/ Dr James Henstock at @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Pls reach out if you are interested in applying! bit.ly/3DiqHN9
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Investigating the role of collagen glycosylation in joint development and homeostasis using stem cell models of neocartilage at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigating the role of collagen glycosylation in joint development and homeostasis using stem cell models of neocartilage at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Reminder that Europepmc.org exists. In case anyone should need it for any reason.
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Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
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Cells, Genes and Molecules - Newcastle @cgm-newcastle.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The Cells Genes and Molecules Theme @newcastleuni.bsky.social is very pleased to have joined Bluesky 🙂
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Sarah Rice @grainofscience.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The list is growing! If you’re new to Bluesky and ate interested in ortho/MSK research, this is a great place to start (re)building your network. Recent additions: @daniellerux.bsky.social @rmraftery.bsky.social @mcalinden-lab.bsky.social @amandality.bsky.social go.bsky.app/DJVukXR
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
"Teaching of genetics tends to begin with Mendelian traits, presumably because they are deemed easier to understand. This introduces misperceptions about genetic determinism, encouraging linear perspectives on genotype-phenotype relations." A call to embrace complexity by @philipcball.bsky.social.🧪
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Should biology put complexity first?
The dictum “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” poses a problem for biology. How simply can it be told without doing damage to its complex nature? The answer might be foun...
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Hi @bmj.com Can you add a Bluesky share button instead of the X button you have please?
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Susan Gasser @susanmgasser.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
It’s sickening how weak-kneed every foundation in US is. Where are your principles?
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Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Journal @oacjournal.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Deadline extended for the #SpecialEdition of #OAC focusing on #OMICS! Submissions will be accepted until May 1st, 2025. buff.ly/42J3RbR
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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 13/02/2025
We need Rat Balls day on here, to replace Ed Balls day over there.
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Helen @helendietmar.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Submit your abstract now!! 👇👇👇
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