Congrats to the CMR's Alastair Saunders, Paul Gregorevic and Team for their new AJPCellPhys paper "Cachexia progression differs among mouse models of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer" #Cancer #cachexia journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Congrats to Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid, Prof Adam Deane & Team for their new paper on the effect of enteral glycine in critically ill patients, that also involved the CMR's Amy Bongetti, @CaldowMarissa and @GordonSLynch www.clinicalnutritionjournal.com/article/S0261-5614(25)00271-7/

Checkout the new paper from @hughesdc-muscle.bsky.social & Team, which also involved the CMR's @craigagoodman1.bsky.social Response of UBR-box E3 ubiquitin ligases & protein quality control pathways to perturbations in protein synthesis & skeletal muscle size journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Congratulations to the CMR's @kristyswid.bsky.social and Prof Gordon Lynch for their new review paper on "Translational progress in the development of pharmacotherapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @mda.org

Congratulations to CMR PhD student, John Nguyen, on receiving a @aegeanconf.bsky.social Trainee Award at the 6th International Conference on Stem Cells, in Sissi, Crete, Greece. #muscle #Myotwitter #stemcells #regeneration #metabolism #physiology

Congratulations to John Nguyen on a successful PhD oration: ‘Metabolic control of skeletal muscle regeneration’. Now for the thesis! Supervisors: Prof Gordon Lynch, @kristyswid.bsky.social, Assoc Prof Kristin Brown, @craigagoodman1.bsky.social #muscle #stemcells #regeneration #injury #metabolism

The CMR gathers wearing green to celebrate International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day to promote research & funding to improve the lives of those affected by DM, a neuromuscular disease causing progressive muscle weakness @mda.org @myotonicstrong.bsky.social #muscle

The CMR is on a mission to understand and treat DMD and other neuromuscular disorders. We remain deeply committed to, and passionately support, #WDAD2025 #muscle #Duchenne #dystrophy #muscular

‪ Congrats to Steffen Raun, Lykke Sylow and Team for their new Redox Biology paper, "Skeletal muscle Rac1 mediates exercise training adaptations towards muscle glycogen resynthesis and protein synthesis", that included the CMR's Prof Paul Gregorevic www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congrats to Sebastian BassStringer, Prof Juli McMullen & Team for their new paper "Generation and evaluation of a novel PI3K-targeting gene therapy in the failing mouse heart and healthy sheep heart", that included the CMR's Prof Paul Gregorevic www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congratulations to Kevin (Yansong) Lu & Prof Pete Currie of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI), and the CMR's Dr Avnika Ruparelia, for their new review paper, "Zebrafish: Lessons and Insights into Skeletal Muscle Research" cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/earl...

Check out the new post-doc opportunity in the Lab of Prof Matt Watt, in collaboration with an industry partner, on muscle signalling and metabolism related to metabolic disease and future obesity treatments unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External...

It's time to register for the 2025 Victorian Muscle Network Symposium! 🚨 Please register now: victorianmusclenetwork.wordpress.com 🗓️Make sure to register by the 14th of September 👀 Keynote speakers to be confirmed soon

Congrats to Bryan Remaily, Chris Coss, Mitch Phelps, and Team, for their new JCSM Commications paper "Intramuscular CMT-167 Tumours Produce a Mild Cachexia Phenotype in C57BL/6J Mice", that included the CMR's Prof Paul Gregorevic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The CMR recognises #WorldSarcopeniaDay. Interrogating ways to preserve muscle function as we age is a major theme of study in the CMR & our researchers continue to make contributions to the field. #Myotwitter #sarcopenia #aging #longevity #health #exercise

Checkout the new review paper from the CMR's Julian Wong, Yaan-Kit Ng, Ronnie Blazev & @benparkerlab.bsky.social & the NNF CBMR's Jeppe Kjærgaard & @adeshmukh.bsky.social on Skeletal Muscle Proteomics: Considerations and Opportunities. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Congratulations to Amy Bongetti, Dr Marissa Caldow, Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid and Prof Gordon Lynch for their new review paper, "Evaluating skeletal muscle wasting and weakness in models of critical illness". #muscle #ICU portlandpress.com/clinsci/arti...

Congratulations to Lee-Anne Chapple,the CMR's Gordon Lynch and Olav Rooyackers for their new review on "Impaired muscle metabolism in the ICU: interrogating the underlying pathophysiology". journals.lww.com/co-criticalc...

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The Australian Physiological Society (AuPS) is now on BlueSky: ‪@aups-physiology.bsky.social‬

Congrats to Dr Dean Campelj, Prof Emma Rybalka & Team for their new JCSM paper "Haptoglobin & Glutamine Synthetase May Biomark Cachexia Induced by Antiacute Myeloid Leukaemia Chemotherapy" that also involved the CMR's @craigagoodman1.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Victorian Muscle Network (VMN) ✨SAVE THE DATE!✨ Please join us for the 8th Victorian Muscle Network Symposium to be held on Friday the 14th of November at Monash Caulfield Campus. Keep an eye out for updates on keynote speakers and registrations👀 Looking forward to seeing you all there in 2025 🥳

Well done Chris Karagiannis for delivering an outstanding PhD oration! The CMR and his supervisors, Prof Paul Gregorevic, @craigagoodman1.bsky.social & Dr Rachel Thomson, are proud. Now for the thesis. #cancer #cachexia #muscle

Congrats Amy Bongetti on your PhD thesis submission! Flanked by proud supervisors, Dr Marissa Caldow, Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid , Prof Gordon Lynch #muscle #ICU #physiology

Check out the News and Views in @natmetabolism.nature.com by Sue Bodine & the CMR's @craigagoodman1.bsky.social on a new study from Troy Hornberger's lab on mechanically-sensitive MKK3b/6, p38, MK2, mTORC1 signaling mediating resistance exercise-induced muscle growth www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Congrats to Ronnie Blazev, @benparkerlab.bsky.social and Team for their new paper, "Site-specific quantification of the in vivo UFMylome reveals myosin modification in ALS", that also involved CMR members Yann-Kit Ng, @craigagoodman1.bsky.social & Paul Gregorevic #ALS www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Congrats to Maddy Meli & Brett Comer for their paper, "Ngn2-Induced Differentiation of the NG108-15 Cell Line Enhances Motor Neuronal Differentiation and Neuromuscular Junction Formation", also involving the CMR's @kristyswid.bsky.social Marissa Caldow & Gordon Lynch www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15...

Congrats to Jeremy Lum, Justin Yerbury and Team for their new paper, "A polytherapy approach demonstrates therapeutic efficacy for the treatment of SOD1 associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis', that also involved the CMR's A/P Peter Crouch #ALS www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

Congrats to Amr Abdeen, the CMR's A/P Peter Crouch, Kay Double, & Team, for their new paper, "Parkinson-like wild-type superoxide dismutase 1 pathology induces nigral dopamine neuron degeneration in a novel murine model" #parkinson's link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Congrats to Alastair Saunders on a great PhD oration on Metastatic Cancer and Muscle: Exploring the role of TGF-beta signaling in metastatic colonisation. The CMR and supervisors, Profs Paul Gregorevic & Robin Anderson, are very proud. Good luck with the thesis! #Myoblue #cancer #metastasis #muscle

The CMR's Craig Goodman @craigagoodman1.bsky.social presenting on the ubiquitinomics of muscle hypertrophy in today's morning session on Muscle Growth and Regeneration at the Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology (ASMB) Conference at UFMyology

A great opening session of speakers on the topic of cancer cachexia at the Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology (ASMB) conference at UFMyology, which included the CMR's Prof Paul Gregorevic

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we would like to recognise the dedication and hard work of the amazing women (staff and students) of the CMR. #internationalwomensday #IWD2025 #Myoblue

Congrats to Jess Day, Ian Wicks & Team for their new @jci-insight.bsky.social paper on "Periarticular myositis and muscle fibrosis are cytokine dependent complications of inflammatory arthritis", that also involved the CMR's @kristyswid.bsky.social & Gordon Lynch insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

Today is Rare Disease Day. There are >6000 rare diseases that affect >300 million people, including Duchenne (DMD), Myotonic (DM) & Facioscapulohumeral (FSHD) muscular dystrophies & Motor Neuron Disease (MND), that are studied at the CMR. #RareDiseaseDay #Duchenne #FSHD #muscle #myoblue

Congratulations to Amy Bongetti on a wonderful PhD oration with the title of 'Investigating Muscle Wasting and Weakness in Critical Illness: From Bench to Bedside' The CMR is very proud. Now for the thesis! #Myoblue #muscle #illness #wasting

To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we would like recognise the dedication and hard work of the amazing women (staff and students) of the CMR. #WomenInScience and #GirlsInSTEM #IDWGIS

We would like to thank A/P Doug Millay for visiting the CMR, showcasing his great science, and interacting with our students and staff.

Congratulations to Adriana Miranda-Cervantes, Maximilian Kleinert and Team for their new paper, "Pantothenate kinase 4 controls skeletal muscle substrate metabolism", that also involved the CMR's Prof Paul Gregorevic. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to the CMR's @kristyswid.bsky.social, Prof Gordon Lynch, and extended Team, for their new paper on "Altering phosphorylation of dystrophin S3059 to attenuate cancer cachexia". @wehi-research.bsky.social @latrobeuni.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congrats to PhD student, Hannah Lalunio, Dr Nicole Stupka, Prof Alan Hayes, and the CMR's @craigagoodman1.bsky.social for their new review on "The Potential of Targeting APE1/Ref-1 as a Therapeutic Intervention for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy" www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...

After 7 years (2018-2024) in the CMR, we farewell Dr Justin Hardee @justinhardeephd.bsky.social We congratulate him on his many achievements with us, including prestigious fellowships and awards. We wish him much luck and success as an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida #MyoBlue

Congratulations to the CMR's newly graduated Dr Jin Dylan Chung & Prof Gordon Lynch & MCRI's Prof Enzo Porrello for their new review on "Muscle regeneration and muscle stem cells in metabolic disease" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interesting review and new therapeutic avenue for diabetic myopathy! Congratulations @unimelbcmr.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Muscle regeneration and muscle stem cells in metabolic disease www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...