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Michael Rudnicki
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Latest papers
Human gene editing: revisiting Canadian policy.
NPJ Regenerative medicine · 2017 · senior author
The Devil Is in the Details: Incomplete Reporting in Preclinical Animal Research.
PloS one · 2016
Efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stromal cells in preclinical models of acute lung injury: a systematic review protocol.
Systematic reviews · 2014
Latest funding
- $833,850
Muscle stem cell dysfunction in cancer cachexia
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $120,000
The Therapeutic Potential of Non-Coding RNAs in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
- $1,000,000
NMD4C: the neuromuscular network for Canada
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
7 publications.
Human gene editing: revisiting Canadian policy.
Knoppers BM, Isasi R, Caulfield T, Kleiderman E, Bedford P, Illes J, Ogbogu U, Ravitsky V, Rudnicki M
The Devil Is in the Details: Incomplete Reporting in Preclinical Animal Research.
Avey MT, Moher D, Sullivan KJ, Fergusson D, Griffin G, Grimshaw JM, Hutton B, Lalu MM, Macleod M, Marshall J, Mei SH, Rudnicki M, Stewart DJ, Turgeon AF, McIntyre L, Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group
Efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stromal cells in preclinical models of acute lung injury: a systematic review protocol.
Lalu MM, Moher D, Marshall J, Fergusson D, Mei SH, Macleod M, Griffin G, Turgeon AF, Rudnicki M, Fishman J, Avey MT, Skidmore B, Grimshaw JM, Stewart DJ, Singh K, McIntyre L, Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group
Global update: Canada.
Willemse L, Ogbogu U, Johnson S, Rudnicki M
Skeletal Muscle - one year on.
Glass D, Campbell K, Rudnicki M
Catalyzing stem cell research.
Willemse L, Lyall D, Rudnicki M
Satellite and stem cells in muscle growth and repair.
Le Grand F, Rudnicki M
Muscle stem cell dysfunction in cancer cachexia
Principal investigators: Rudnicki, Michael A
Keywords: Asymmetric Division; Cancer Cachexia; Cell Senescence; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Dystrophin; Muscle Stem Cells; Muscle Wasting; Polarity
The Therapeutic Potential of Non-Coding RNAs in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Principal investigators: Ashekyan, Ohanes H
Keywords: Bioinformatics; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Epigenetics; Flow Cytometry And Cell Sorting; Injury And Transplantation; Muscle Regeneration; Muscle Stem Cells; Next-Generation Sequencing; Non-Coding Rnas (Micro Rnas, Long Non-Coding Rnas); Rna-Rna Interactions
NMD4C: the neuromuscular network for Canada
Principal investigators: Lochmüller, Hanns; Osman, Homira; Brais, Bernard; Campbell, Craig Gordon N; Chang, Natasha C; Dowling, James; Gagnon, Cynthia; Gonorazky, Hernan D; Hodgkinson, Victoria; Karamchandani, Jason; Korngut, Lawrence W; Kothary, Rashmi K; Mah, Jean K; O'Connell, Colleen; Patten, Kessen; Rossi, Fabio M; Schellenberg, Kerri; Selby, Kathryn A; Warman Chardon, Jodi
Keywords: Clinical Trial Networks; Networks; Neuromuscular Disease; Open Science; Patient Partnerships; Preclinical Research Resources; Training And Education; Translational Research
Muscle Stem Cell Function in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Principal investigators: Rudnicki, Michael A
Keywords: Asymmetric Division; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Dystrophin; Egfr Signalling; Muscle Stem Cells; Par Complex; Polarity; Regeneration
Investigating the influence of inflammation on satellite stem cell polarity and behavior during muscle regeneration in cancer cachexia.
Principal investigators: Hall, Derek T
Keywords: Cachexia; Cell Polarity; Inflammation; Muscle Satellite Cells; Regeneration; Stem Cells
A multidimensional single-cell approach to understand muscle dystrophy
Principal investigators: Rudnicki, Michael A
Keywords: Biomarkers; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Lama2-Related Muscular Dystrophy; Muscle Stem Cell; Single Cell Proteomics; Single Cell Transcriptomics
Exosomal secretion of Wnt7a : The novel therapeutic target for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Principal investigators: Fisher, Solomon
Keywords: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Exosomes; Muscle Stem Cells
Investigating the Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Polarity during Muscle Regeneration
Principal investigators: Datzkiw, David A
Keywords: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Muscle Regeneration; Muscle Stem Cells; Phosphorylation; Planar Cell Polarity; Protein-Protein Interactions; Satellite Cells; Symmetric Cell Division; Wnt7a Signalling
Epigenetic and post-translational regulation of satellite cell function
Principal investigators: Saber, John
Keywords: Chip-Seq; Chromatin Organization; Epigenetics; Muscle Regeneration; Muscle Stem Cells; Post-Translational Modifications
Stem Cell Network (SCN) / Réseau de cellules souches (RCS)
Principal investigators: Rudnicki, Michael
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health
- Critical Care Medicine
- Medicine/Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Other
Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Dean Fergusson
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Lauralyn McIntyre
Clinical Epidemiology
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Ubaka Ogbogu
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Vardit Ravitsky
Médecine sociale et préventive
1 shared papers, latest 2017
John Marshall
Critical Care Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
John Marshall
Clinical Epidemiology
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Brian Hutton
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Judy Illes
Medicine/Neurology
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Timothy Caulfield
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2017
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