Britt Drogemoller 🇿🇦🇨🇦
@brittdrog
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Assistant Professor @umanitoba | Canada Research Chair in Pharmacogenomics & Precision Medicine | Genetics of Hearing
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Joined April 2013
Applications are open for the 2025 Introduction to Bioinformatics Course now hosted by AfriGen-D (previously hosted by @H3ABioNet), see: https://t.co/01vjfTfNjq. The deadline for applications 17 March 2025.
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Excited to share our latest study on integrating single-cell RNAseq data with polygenic scores to predict cisplatin-induced ototoxicity! Read more here: https://t.co/kfvGLscqYJ & and in the great summary thread by PhD student @MiaoNixie below!👇
1/ Starting the year by reflecting on some exciting progress from late last year: our research article, “Leveraging Large-Scale Datasets and Single Cell Omics Data to Develop a Polygenic Score for Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity”, has been published. Here's a thread summarizing key
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Join us for the 2025 kick off of #CHRIMResearch Rounds on Monday, January 13th in JBRC Room 500 at 9 a.m.!#Promise Co-PI @brittdrog , Robert Beattie, Chris Pascoe, Peter Thompson and Galen Wright will be presenting on all the new and exciting equipment and tools at CHRIM!
CHRIM Research Rounds are back for 2025! Join us on Monday, January 13th at 9 a.m. to hear all about the new and exciting equipment here at CHRIM. Learn more- https://t.co/Z4ZF51ZOjd
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Happy 2025 everyone! Reminder that there is still time to apply for this data analyst position!
🚨 DATA ANALYST OPPORTUNITY! 🚨 Interested in working with single cell/spatial transcriptomics datasets? @GalenWright and I are looking for someone to analyse data from our Precision Genomics Suite: https://t.co/KbRpmbUTyb! More details here:
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🚨 DATA ANALYST OPPORTUNITY! 🚨 Interested in working with single cell/spatial transcriptomics datasets? @GalenWright and I are looking for someone to analyse data from our Precision Genomics Suite: https://t.co/KbRpmbUTyb! More details here:
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Looking forward to sharing some of the work that we have been performing using the CLSA data to investigate the genetics of age-related hearing loss
Join us on September 26 at Noon ET for the next #CLSAwebinar ! Dr. Britt Drögemöller @brittdrog of @umanitoba will present "Casting light on the genetics of age-related hearing loss: Insights from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging" To register: https://t.co/ikNUhFoNMj
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🎉BMG is celebrating 25 years since its formation!🎉 Join us on Sep 14 for a special day of reconnecting with alumni, breakfast, and talks from past department heads and alumni. Get your tickets here: https://t.co/3NHcuZrEal
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Congratulations to @samahmed04 for receiving this award honoring Dr. Forough Khadem. So proud to see your commitment to positively impacting global representation through science recognized!
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Really proud of @MiaoNixie for receiving one of three CIHR Strategic Master's Awards in Computational Biology and Health Data Sciences!
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This will be a fantastic #pharmacogenetics meeting and Columbus is a fun city! Discounted early bird registration ends on July 26: https://t.co/WOa0ImsBEY
@pgrnhub @ExpCols @pkpdpg @UMichPharmacy
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Potentially Modifiable Dementia Risk Factors in Canada: An Analysis of Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging with a Multi-Country Comparison https://t.co/3rDtGpy8tT
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Passionate about advancing research aimed at improving treatments and long-term outcomes for children with cancer? We are looking for a Research Coordinator to support the PROMISE research theme. More info here: https://t.co/t2VqVYb160 (posting #32284)
PROMISE is hiring a Research Coordinator! In this role, the successful candidate will support co-leads of the PROMISE research theme, which aims to advance childhood cancer research in Manitoba. Learn more + apply (posting #: 32284): https://t.co/Mchc6L8eas
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Excited to officially announce the launch of the PROMISE theme! By encouraging interdisciplinary collaborations, we aim to drive pediatric cancer research forward, paving the way for improved treatments and long-term outcomes! #PROMISE #PediatricCancerResearch🎗️
Today, we are thrilled to announce our newest research theme! Pediatric Research in Oncology in Manitoba: Innovation, Science, & Excellence, or PROMISE, will focus on expanding childhood cancer research in Manitoba. 🧡
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🧠🚨Our lab is hiring! Please spread the word. Multiple exciting projects in the lab including a fully funded postdoctoral fellowship/research associate position. @uOttawa @uOttawaBMRI @ALSCanada @CAN_ACN
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For all those wondering about the next @H3ABioNet Introduction to Bioinformatics course, applications for participants are now open, follow the links below!
📢Don't miss out! Applications for the H3ABioNet "Introduction to Bioinformatics Course" 2024 course are now open. Closing date 📅: 28 March 2024 Apply now to be a participant: https://t.co/RuMD7tKwCL
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Our preprint by @EmiliaLuca_PhD is now online @researchsquare 'Revealing heterogeneity and damage response in the adult human utricle'. @Sunnybrook @uoftmedicine @UofT_OHNS @UofT_LMP @KullervoHynynen Supported by @HearingHealthFn @CIHR_IA
https://t.co/P5SyHIOhoD
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Today is World Hearing Day 2024!. Let’s all work towards changing society’s attitudes and support towards hearing and deafness. #WorldHearingDay
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How do our ears work? This question fascinated laureate Georg von Békésy. To find out he painstakingly dissected structures that make up our inner ears, such as the tiny spiral-shaped cochlea, that transforms vibrations into neural signals for us to hear. #WorldHearingDay
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Excited to be involved in this study!
Is SGLT2i-DKA mediated by genetic factors? Not sure, but thank you to all of our study sites for recruiting patients. We are approaching 70% recruitment. After that we will do some fancy GWAS!! Text/call/sos/ring my doorbell if you want to learn more! @fs36r
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