Firyal R PhD
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Firyal R PhD
DMartin
9 days ago
Excited to share we identified an S-acylation motif & used it to develop a new S-acylation prediction program!
@drssfs.bsky.social
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SAPPTree: Identification of an S-Acylation Motif Drives a Novel S-Acylation Prediction Program
S-acylation, the reversible addition of fatty acids to proteins, has emerged as an abundant post-translational modification that drives protein localization and function. With no known consensus seque...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.30.735287v1
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Firyal R PhD
DMartin
about 1 month ago
What an incredible turnout for
@alscanada.bsky.social
#WalkToEndALS
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@uwaterloo.ca
! 250-300 people came to raise funds & awareness for ALS. We hit our target & then some! Thank you to everyone who came out & @waterloosci for all your support!
alscanadawalktoendals.als.ca/ontario2026/...
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Firyal R PhD
DMartin
about 2 months ago
OK. Now for the pretty version of those muscle cells imaged on the confocal c/o
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Firyal R PhD
DMartin
3 months ago
Very excited to share our preprint showing S-acylation (aka Palmitoylation) of TDP-43, VCP, SQSTM1, FUS & C9Orf72 in Huntington Disease (HD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), & Multisystem Proteinopathy (MSP). This tour de force was led by
@firyalrphd.bsky.social
!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Mariko Bennett
4 months ago
I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.
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Firyal R PhD
DMartin
4 months ago
Thrilled to share our recent review in
@sfnjournals.bsky.social
ALS and Huntington Disease: Unraveling the Connections between TDP-43 and Huntingtin. Here we discuss links between HD & ALS. Review & cover art come from the multitalented MSc student
@cailyncreative.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/57y6hjrd
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Firyal R PhD
DMartin
5 months ago
Incredibly excited to share we're in Philly tonight to fete
@firyalrphd.bsky.social
who was a 2026 Uplifting Athletes Draft pick supported by Cure VCP Disease Inc. These awards support early career researchers studying rare diseases. Firyal is working developing genetic therapies for VCP disease.
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Iām excited to be 1 of 10 researchers selected to receive a $20,000 grant from Uplifting Athletes and Cure VCP Disease! This grant will aid my research and ultimately help those impacted by
#RareDiseases
. Join me as
#WeTackleRare
at the Young Investigator Draft on Jan. 31!
#YID26
bit.ly/yid2026
7 months ago
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Attending "Roles and regulation of protein lipidation in health and disease" Day 1!
#BiochemEvent
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11 months ago
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Attending "Roles and regulation of protein lipidation in health and disease" Day 1!
#BiochemEvent
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
11 months ago
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