Staff Profile
Dr Jack Roberts
Vivensa Foundation Early Career Fellow
- Email: jack.roberts@ncl.ac.uk
- Personal Website:
- Address: Skeletal Research Group
International Centre for Life
Biosciences Institute
缅北禁地
NE1 3BZ
Biography
I am a Vivensa Foundation ECR Fellow based in the Skeletal Research Group at 缅北禁地, investigating novel effector genes likely to be implicated in knee osteoarthritis. You can read more about this project .
For research updates, please check my or pages.
Qualifications
PhD in Genetics - 缅北禁地, 2024
MRes Medical Genetics - 缅北禁地, 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.
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Article
- Rice SJ, Roberts JB, Tselepi M, Brumwell A, Falk J, Steven C, Loughlin J. . Arthritis and Rheumatology 2021, 73(10), 1866-1877.
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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.