David Picketts
@DPicketts
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Epigeneticist studying neurodevelopment and intellectual disability. Senior scientist at the OHRI and Professor @uOttawaMed.Tweets my own.
Joined August 2014
RT @MegeneyLab: Our commentary on a recent publication in Cell Reports highlighting a very exciting set of observations. Destruction as a c….
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In a recent issue of Cell Reports, Maurya et al. demonstrated that Drep4, the Drosophila homolog of caspase-activated DNase (CAD), drives DNA strand breaks during myeloid-like/macrophage cell...
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RT @uOttawaMed: 🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Katey Rayner of @uOttawaMed on being appointed as chief scientific and vice-president of #Res….
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RT @OttawaHospital: The Ottawa Hospital is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Rebecca Auer as Executive Vice-President of Researc….
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RT @maximewc: Happy to share the latest from the lab. A fun collaboration with @Russell_BioLab looking at stress-specific regulators of #au….
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Autophagy is a conserved degradative process that promotes cellular homeostasis under stress conditions. Under nutrient starvation autophagy is largely non-selective, promoting the indiscriminate...
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RT @JahaniArezu: Pleased to share our new paper out @emboreports on the role of Ephrin receptors (EphR) as direct transcriptional targets o….
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imageimageThis study reveals genome wide binding of PHF6 in the developing cortex and shows that it alters neural stem cells via regulation of Ephrin receptors. PHF6/EphR pathway is impaired in the...
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Great story by Pierre Mattar and his group! Happy to be involved.
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Congrats Dilan! It’s a great story!!.
Congratulations @dilanras1 on the official acceptance of your beautiful paper! Well deserved! 🎉👏.
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We’ve aged since our first discussions but the passion for science still burns strong!.
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RT @blairkgage: I'm excited to announce the start of the Gage Lab in Ottawa at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in the Regenerative M….
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RT @OttawaHospital: “My research aims to understand why the immune system doesn’t work after #surgery and find therapies to boost it.” Dr.….
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Congratulations Dawn!.
Dawn Stacey's induction as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Congratulations Dawn! @IKTR_Network @uOttawa_SEPH @TOH_CIR
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RT @DavidPCook: Excited to announce the Cook Lab will be opening at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Jan 2024. We'll be focusing on i….
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Most importantly to all the students, PDFs and technicians who make coming to work everyday an exciting and stimulating experience. Without you I would have never done this well!!!.
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At the OHRI for 25 years…. dream job. Thanks to my mentors @DavidLillicrap & Doug Higgs; to Ron Worton for taking a chance on me; and the friendship & support of my fantastic lab neighbors: @KotharyLab @RobinJParks @MegeneyLab @Pierre_Mattar_ @Bulman_Genetics & Valerie Wallace.
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And a fantastic dinner it was!! Always great to learn more about wine pairings from @SChenlab.
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RT @ResearchCda: Canadian health research has been chronically underfunded for the past two decades. As a result, the research ecosystem in….
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RT @MegeneyLab: Our latest review on Caspase/CAD control of DNA strand breaks made the Cover of TiCB!!!.Thanks to my co-authors and collabo….
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RT @plal: A Sens Fan, a Habs fan, and a Leafs fan are climbing a mountain & arguing about who loves their team the most. The Habs fan insis….
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RT @MolecularCell: Online Now: Transcription factors interact with RNA to regulate genes
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Oksuz et al. provide evidence that transcription factors frequently bind RNA at active loci, doing so with a conserved domain resembling the arginine-rich motif of the HIV Tat protein. TF-RNA binding...
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