by caitlin.sadowski@icloud.com | Jul 10, 2025 | Funded Projects
BACKGROUND The Centre of Experimental Rheumatology specializes in the investigation of rheumatic and skeletal disorders, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). SSc is a paradigm fibrotic disease characterized by multi-organ fibrosis, including the skin. Currently, tools...
by caitlin.sadowski@icloud.com | Jul 10, 2025 | Funded Projects
APPLICATION ABSTRACT Monitoring the well-being of mice in research labs is often overlooked, and current methods rely on subjective observations, leading to potential biases and variations between different observers. Recent advancements in machine vision and learning...
by caitlin.sadowski@icloud.com | Jul 10, 2025 | Funded Projects
BACKGROUND High-quality environmental enrichment ameliorates the quality of life of laboratory mice. Commercially validated enrichment should still be evaluated in house. Three environmental enrichments are evaluated though behavioural observation in laboratory mice....
by caitlin.sadowski@icloud.com | Jul 10, 2025 | Funded Projects
BACKGROUND At my home lab, we established several human bladder microtissue models to understand host-uropathogen interactions in patient-like scenarios, to be tested for novel urinary tract infections (UTI) therapeutics. However, they still lack the immune cell...
