麻豆传媒

Biography

I am a Vivensa Foundation ECR Fellow based in the Skeletal Research Group at 麻豆传媒, investigating novel effector genes likely to be implicated in knee osteoarthritis. You can read more about this project .

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Qualifications

PhD in Genetics - 麻豆传媒, 2024

MRes Medical Genetics - 麻豆传媒, 2019

BSc (Hons) Biology - Manchester Metropolitan University, 2016

Publications

Roberts, J. B., Rockel, J. S., Mulders, R., Capellini, T. D., Appleton, C. T., Phanstiel, D. H., ... & Kapoor, M. (2025). From mechanism to medicine: The progress and potential of epigenetics in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and cartilage open, 7(3), 100621.

Roberts, J. B., Boldvig, O. L., Aubourg, G., Kanchenapally, S. T., Deehan, D. J., Rice, S. J., & Loughlin, J. (2024). Specific isoforms of the ubiquitin ligase gene WWP2 are targets of osteoarthritis genetic risk via a differentially methylated DNA sequence. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 26(1), 78.

Roberts, J. B., & Rice, S. J. (2024). Osteoarthritis as an enhanceropathy: gene regulation in complex musculoskeletal disease. Current rheumatology reports, 26(6), 222-234.

Rice, S. J., Roberts, J. B., Tselepi, M., Brumwell, A., Falk, J., Steven, C., & Loughlin, J. (2021). Genetic and epigenetic fine‐tuning of TGFB1 expression within the human osteoarthritic joint. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 73(10), 1866-1877.

Supervision

During my PhD studies and in my current role, I have co-supervised five undergraduate and two MRes students.

• Article

  • Rice SJ, Roberts JB, Tselepi M, Brumwell A, Falk J, Steven C, Loughlin J. . Arthritis and Rheumatology 2021, 73(10), 1866-1877.

• Review

  • Roberts JB, Rockel JS, Mulders R, Capellini TD, Appleton CT, Phanstiel DH, Lories R, Geurts J, Ali SA, Bhutani N, Stone L, Cruz-Almeida Y, Jurisica I, Boer CG, Ramos YFM, Rice SJ, Kapoor M. . Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open 2025, 7(3), 100621.