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January, 2025
Dr. Assassi gave the invited talk at MD Anderson Cell Therapy Institute on “Systemic sclerosis: Current treatment landscape and potential role of cell therapy” in Houston, TX, USA

November, 2024
Dr. Assassi gave an invited lecture on the “New Insights into Biomarkers and Biology of Systemic Sclerosis-ILD” at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Convergence Meeting in Washington, DC, USA

November, 2024
Dr. Nikitin gave an oral presentation on “Optical coherence angiography: A non-invasive, safe method for assessing the systemic sclerosis related vasculopathy beyond nailfold capillaries” at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Convergence Meeting in Washington, DC, USA

November, 2024
Dr. Desai gave an oral presentation on “Assessment of skin in patients with systemic sclerosis using high-frequency ultrasound: A comparative study with histology and clinical parameters of skin disease” at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Convergence Meeting in Washington, DC, USA

October, 2024
Dr. Assassi published a senior-authored manuscript on the association of FAM13A polymorphism with usual interstitial pneumonia pattern in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease in Rheumatology (Oxford).

October, 2024
Dr. Assassi gave an invited talk on “pulmonary fibrosis with autoimmune features” at the annual CHEST Conference in Boston, MA, USA

September, 2024
Drs. Mills and Assassi published a manuscript on the role of MiR-181 in skin fibrosis pathogenesis by targeting NUDT21 in FASEB Journal.

August, 2024
Dr. Wareing published a first-authored manuscript on the long-term molecular changes resulting from myeloablation followed by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Arthritis and Rheumatology.

March, 2024
Dr. Assassi gave an invited lecture on “biomarkers in systemic sclerosis, input for clinical practice and randomized clinical trials” at the Systemic Sclerosis World Congress in Prague, Czech Republic.

February, 2024
Dr. Assassi gave an invited lecture on “systemic sclerosis-related autoantibodies useful tools for patient stratification” at the State of Texas Association of Rheumatologists Annual Meeting in Houston, TX, USA.

January, 2024
Drs. Assassi and Larin gave an invited talk on the “translational optical coherence elastography for assessment of systemic sclerosis” at SPIE Photonics West 2024 conference in San Francisco, CA, USA.