Postdoctoral fellow in the Lochmüller Lab at @CHEO research institute. Personal tweets here (politics, fun, random) - for our group's work see @lochmullerlab.
Ottawa, Canada
Joined February 2012
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Rachel Thompson retweeted
We are delighted to announce that Hanns is this year’s winner of the Researcher of the Year award conferred by @uOttawaMed and @OttawaHospital.🥳Congratulations Hanns, your team is very proud of you!
🏆Read more about the award: lochmullerlab.org/?p=349627
ALT Hanns receiving the 2024 Researcher of the Year award from the uOttawa / The Ottawa Hospital department of medicine.
Rachel Thompson retweeted
This August we welcomed our international colleagues of the @ProDGNE consortium to Ottawa🇨🇦 for the #ProDGNEmeeting2023. Thanks to everyone in attendance for making the meeting a productive & memorable experience! 🇮🇹🇩🇪🇵🇹🇬🇧🇮🇱
➡️Check out our meeting recap: lochmullerlab.org/news/prodg…
ALT Members of the ProdGNE consortium gathered around a table during the work meeting.
ALT The ProdGNE consortium posing in front of building.
ALT People listening to tour guide in Canada's senate building.
ALT Michela Onali and Hanns Lochmüller on a multi-use path in Gatineau Park.
Rachel Thompson retweeted
The NMD4C has received a grant from @CIHR_IMHA for an ambitious new research program to address emerging challenges in the field of NMDs! With grant partners @MD_Canada matched funding, we will receive $400k per year for the next 5 years.
Press release: bit.ly/NMD4Cgrant
ALT The NMD4C has received a network grant from CIHR-IMHA and matched funding from MDC, providing funding of $400 000 per year for five years to strengthen the care, research and treatment of neuromuscular diseases for all Canadians.
I work in an amazing team!
We are excited to share that 4️⃣ of our research team members have received competitive funding awards to support their projects. Congratulations @kaelaoconnor31 @kinnudreamz @YawOfosuAdjeiA1 & @alexaderksen!
🔬Learn about their exciting research: bit.ly/3OSAtbZ
Rachel Thompson retweeted
Together with CHEO RI, we are excited to participate in the new @uOttawa Brain-Heart Interconnectome, thanks to a $109 million grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund #CFREF! @uOttawaBMRI, @HeartInstitute. lochmullerlab.org/news/brain…
Rachel Thompson retweeted
Great to see the people working so hard behind the scenes recognised for their immense contributions to @Solve_RD by @Holmson69 and @ahoischen. Special shout-out from us to @antonioatalaia for treatabolome organisation and @LeslieMatalonga & @SteveLaurie42 for genomic analysis.
Rachel Thompson retweeted
So excited to be in Prague for the @Solve_RD meeting. This amazing project has gathered and generated so much data on rare diseases and it's fantastic to be the transatlantic arm of this European collaboration.
@Solve_RD annual meeting kicked off by Olaf! What an incredible project it has been for the last 5years! Now three days of great science by so many talented (young) scientists!
Rachel Thompson retweeted
#CHEORI has received funding to participate in the international #SIMPATHIC consortium. #SIMPATHIC will explore a new approach to accelerate therapeutic development for patients with neurological diseases (incl. neuromuscular) in Canada & around the world.
lochmullerlab.org/news/simpa…
Rachel Thompson retweeted
We are hiring! Our lab is seeking a #postdoc researcher to join our team at @CHEO for a 2-year full-time position.
Essential requirements:
🐀 Animal handling exp. (rodent / zebrafish)
🔬 Cell culture exp.
💡 Interest in NMD research
Apply here: bit.ly/LL-postdoc
ALT Lochmuller research group is located in Ottawa, Ontario at the Children's Hospital for Eastern Ontario Research Institute.
Rachel Thompson retweeted
Our lab manager Sally is a member of @SBO_OVSAR, FINALISTS in the Land Rover Defender Service Awards!
By voting, you can help them win a new specialty vehicle to use for:
🔦Search and rescue efforts
🦺Emergency measures responses
Vote now! landrover.ca/en/experiences/…
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Rachel Thompson retweeted
Fantastic first impact factor for @journal_nd and a real testament to the quality of the authors publishing with the journal. Thanks to all of you, and to the journal staff behind the scenes! 🙏👏 – at Ottawa, Ontario
Rachel Thompson retweeted
Please help us spread the word. We WONT SPEND A NICKEL ON MARKETING. WE COMPLETELY RELY ON WORD OF MOUTH This allows us to price at such low prices. So all help is welcome from everyone and anyone !
Rachel Thompson retweeted
In support of @MD_Canada's #Walk4MD, our Lab walked, ran, rolled, and swam as a #ResearchChampion team alongside @KotharyLab (and others!) to help raise funds for #neuromuscular research.
We made it 3️⃣6️⃣7️⃣9️⃣km in total!
Find our team's page here ➡️muscle.akaraisin.com/walk4md…
Rachel Thompson retweeted
Raising a "glace" (sorry) to all participants in the 2022 #walk4md. Thanks from all the research champion teams to all of you for the amazing support that makes our work possible, and thanks to @MD_Canada for bringing it all together. See you next year!
Rachel Thompson retweeted
We are excited to share that on March 14, 2022 our @CHEO site registered a tenth participant for AMO pharma's REACH CDM clinical trial, exceeding our recruitment goal!
We are proud to bring global trials to the CDN #Myotonicdystrophy community 🍁
lochmullerlab.org/news/cheo-…
#NMD
Rachel Thompson retweeted
One of the many great things about conducting research in Ottawa is the chance to visit the @NCC_Skateway in the winter.. ⛸️🦫
Our lab members took a break from the lab benches one afternoon this February to lace up their skates!
bit.ly/3GPYd9g
Rachel Thompson retweeted
Happy Holidays from the Lochmüller Lab! 🎄🎇
We would like to wish everyone a safe, happy holidays and will see you in the New Year!
In the meantime, see how our lab has been celebrating the festive season: lochmullerlab.org/news/happy…
Rachel Thompson retweeted
Such an honour to have received this award, which happens to be named after my postdoc mentor. Thank you so much @MD_Canada, and thanks for the great collaboration with your fantastic team in our @NMD4Canada network!
#VolunteerSpotlight - Dr. Hanns Lochmüller.
Dr. Lochmüller is the recipient of the Dr. George Karpati Award for Researcher of the Year. He is a neurologist and clinical academic specializing in genetic NMDs and rare diseases, and supports the neuromuscular community in many ways.
Rachel Thompson retweeted
Today at #ASHG2021 poster session C: Kiran Polavarapu @kinnudreamz from @LochmullerLab @CHEO presents results of the re-analysis of regulatory non-coding promoter/enhancer regions of known #CMS genes identifying disease-causing variants.
@rae_tee @SteveLaurie42 @LeslieMatalonga