Val A. Fajardo, PhD
@valfajardophd
Associate Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology, Brock University, Muscle Plasticity in Health and Disease (MPHD) Lab.
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Thanks for the feature NASA GeneLab!! linkedin.com/posts/nasa-gen…
2 important Springer Nature papers on the structure of the dystrophin-glycoprotein (DGC) complex: tinyurl.com/29rnn6ua and tinyurl.com/2vmztm72
Johannes V. Janssens (UniMelb MDHS) et al. found that mechanical loading reveals an intrinsic #cardiomyocyte stiffness contribution to diastolic dysfunction in murine cardiometabolic disease 🫀 📜 Read it here: buff.ly/3VGYF3G
Our new review lead by PhD student, Hannah Lalunio , on "The Potential of Targeting APE1/Ref-1 as a Therapeutic Intervention for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy" with Alan Hayes Dr Nicole Stupka, PhD liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ar…
Congratulations to the CMR's Kristy Swiderski, Gordon Lynch, and extended Team, for their new paper on "Altering phosphorylation of dystrophin S3059 to attenuate cancer cachexia". UniMelb MDHS WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) ONJ Cancer Research Institute La Trobe University sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Thrilled to share that the Yokota Lab has been ranked #1 in the world for muscular dystrophy research by ScholarGPS ! This recognition is a testament to our team’s dedication to advancing therapies for DMD, FSHD and beyond. Thank you to all supporters! 🧬 scholargps.com/highly-ranked-…
We are excited to see lab alum Ciara Barry's paper selected as an "Editor's Choice" article. This work was co-authored by PDF Sarah Rouhana & done in collaboration with Jessica Braun, Mia Geromella, & Val A. Fajardo, PhD, with funding from Heart & Stroke. 🔗mdpi.com/2218-273X/14/6…
New publication led by Sophie Hamstra! Subtherapeutic lithium supplementation causes physiological eccentric cardiac hypertrophy in young‐adult wild‐type male mice - Hamstra - 2025 - Physiological Reports - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.14814/p…
Congrats Lykke Sylow and Andrea Irazoki!! Happy to be involved in this project alongside Jessica Braun.
Look out world!! Congrats to Jessica Braun for a successful and very impressive PhD defence!!! All the hard work paying off and enjoying a drink (or two) out of the Surgite Stein!!
🚨 New publication in Nature Communications! DG9–PMO improves nuclear delivery and exon skipping, restoring muscle & heart function in DMD models. A major step toward cardioprotective therapies. doi.org/10.1038/s41467… Grateful to Muscular Dystrophy Canada CIHR Women & Children's Health Research Institute UAlberta Med & Dent
We are honoured to receive an Editor-In-Chief's Choice award from Journal of Sport and Health Science (JSHS) for our work on the scaling of residual force enhancement from the single fibre to joint level in humans sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
PhD is officially done! Couldn’t have done it without the support from friends, family, and my incredible coworkers and mentors Brock University ! So honoured to have also received the Spirit of Brock award, I’ll always cherish my time as a Badger 🦡
It’s official!!! Dr. Jessica Braun will now be taking her talents and passion for science and learning over to the University of Copenhagen, funded by an NSERC Banting PDF, to work with world-renowned, Lykke Sylow!!
Interested in a pretty cool postdoc project with Dr Henning Langer and I? 🔥
A recent study by Milburn et al. investigated the mechanical, biochemical, and histological changes in ATTR amyloidosis patients, revealing that fibrosis, not just amyloid deposits, is a key driver of impaired heart function. #CardiacResearch Read More: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…