Barry Bentley, PhD, FRSB
@bbentley_1
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Reader (Assoc. Prof.) in Bioengineering @cardiffmet | Fulbright Scholar @HarvardMed | Head, Bio-AI Lab @eurekarobot | Formerly @MRC_LMB @Cambridge_Uni
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We have an exciting opportunity funded by
@impetusgrants
to lead the development of an international classification & staging system for
#senescence
and
#aging
, for submission to the
@WHO
's
#ICD11
, based on our 2019 proposal published in Science.
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🔬👵 How should ageing be classified? Thanks to the incredible support of
@impetusgrants
, we are working to answer this. On 19th February we will be holding our first consensus meeting with experts from around the world to define the criteria for an ageing-related pathology.
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In an increasingly divided world,
@USUKFulbright
does an incredibly important job promoting collaboration and understanding. It was such an honour to attend the
@FulbrightPrgrm
orientation in London this week to learn about the exciting work everyone has planned in the US.
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Completed my first Half Marathon yesterday. The cheers from the crowd (including from
@cardiffmet
) were far beyond anything I expected. It encapsulated the best of humanity for me: people coming together to push boundaries, selflessly supporting one another in the process.
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First collaborative
#CardiovascularHealth
and
#Ageing
meeting, convening academics from
@CardiffMetCSSHS
,
@CardiffMetCST
&
@PDR_Design
. Fascinating breadth of research & discussion on our project to classify
#senescence
and age-related
#pathology
. Thank you to Dr Barry McDonnell
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After almost three-years in the making, I'm delighted to announce the first systematic review into countermeasures to Space Motion Sickness, co-authored with a talented and inspirational team of researchers in aerospace medicine & vestibular neuroscience:
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In Kuala Lumpur for a
@BritishCouncil
project to develop partnerships between
@cardiffmet
and leading universities in Malaysia. Visited
@UniversitiMalay
, UM Medical Centre &
@usim
to scope out collaborations in AI for health & medicine; as well as industry partner
@RobopreneurRSB
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❄️Excited to announce the launch of a new project to develop an online database for
#cryobiology
&
#cryogenics
research, which will provide researchers, engineers, and chemists with streamlined access to essential data on cryoprotective agents. More details coming soon!
🏗️ In progress at CryoDAO:
Cryoprotective Agent (CPA) Repository for Researchers and Medicinal Chemists 🧪
Led by
@bbentley_1
and contributions from the CryoDAO working groups, this database aims to provide the first of its kind searchable resource for CPAs. 🥶
Learn more:
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Thank you so much for recognising this project
@laboratorynews
! Can't wait to develop a partnership between
@cardiffmet
and
@ATP_Bio
/
@harvardmed
next year to work on biopreservation. It wouldn't have been possible without the generous support of
@USUKFulbright
.
An academic from Cardiff Metropolitan University has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to enable him to research new approaches to biological preservation at Harvard University
Check out more at the link below⬇️
#Sciencenews
#Science
#LabNews
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It was a real pleasure to host
@zuhaina
(Dean of Postgraduate Studies, UiTM) and delegates from the top universities in Malaysia this month. Looking forward to developing our ongoing partnership and furthering collaborations between
@cardiffmet
and
@uitmofficial
.
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1st week of my
@USUKFulbright
visit to
@harvardmed
/
@MGH_RI
/
@ATP_Bio
. Fantastic lab meeting today celebrating
@AlbanLongchamp
's work on the first pig-to-human kidney transplant & results on the transcriptomes of frozen livers by McLean Taggart. Excited to have started!
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Thrilled to announce I’ve been awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (
#FHEA
) - Perfect timing before the weekend 🍾 Thank you to
@QED_Tweets
&
@IETatOU
for the instruction, and the many colleagues & mentors who helped me develop as a teacher
#academia
@AdvanceHE
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Celebration
@UniofOxford
last week for part-time students disrupted by the pandemic. Breathtaking music, inspiring talks by VC Prof Irene Tracey & author Anna Hope, & late-night conversations in the bar. So grateful for the warm generosity we received from our host
@OxfordConted
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Honoured to formalise our scientific partnership with the University of Technology MARA (UiTM) today. Stirring talks from both universities, and from the British Council (Prabha Sundram) on the 75 years of educational collaboration & exchange between Malaysia and the UK 🇲🇾🤝🇬🇧
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It was a privilege to be involved. Thank you
@EsyinChew
,
@CsSia2022
,
@CardiffMetTech
, and especially Caroline Platts, for all of your hard work to make this a success.
The signing was attended by Sec. General of the
@MOHEOfficial
, Dato Seri Abdul Razak Bin Jaafar and
@WG_Education
Dep. Director for Education, Sinead Gallagher as part of the
@BritishCouncil
's UK-MUC designed to address shared priorities between universities in the UK & Malaysia.
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🇺🇸🇬🇧 Excited to be visiting the
@ATP_Bio
centre at
@Harvard
and
@MGH_RI
next year as a Fulbright Scholar. Looking forward to learning about the latest developments in biopreservation. 👨🔬❄️Thank you to
@USUKFulbright
and the host (Prof. Toner) for the amazing opportunity!
Give a warm welcome to our new UK Scholars for the upcoming academic year! We are proud to have this impressive group join the Fulbright community. Excited to keep up with their experiences in the US! Get to know them here:
#Fulbrighters
#UKScholars
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Today we marked the inaugural consensus meeting to develop a classification & staging system for ageing-related pathology. Thank you to all of those who participated, Dr Emma Short for chairing, & the generous support of
@impetusgrants
which has made this important work possible!
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For my first post of 2024, I’m honoured to share my election as Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (
@RoyalSocBio
). Extremely grateful to collaborators, past and present, especially Prof. Jon Platts (
@jtplatts
) for supporting my research at
@CardiffMetCST
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It was an honour yesterday to welcome
@EPSRC
's Philippa Hemmings and Nick Cook to EUREKA and the Bioengineering Research Group at
@cardiffmet
, to learn about EPSRC's new health technologies strategy. An exciting time for health technology research in the UK!
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The ICCARP is a global consortium working to clinically classify & stage ageing-related pathologies. We have now released a preprint of our first Consensus Statement. Read how we plan to standardise the classification of ageing-related diseases:
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Enjoying my membership of the Harvard Faculty Club. Living the academic dream!
@HarvardFacClub
#IvyLeague
#Harvard
#Academia
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🤖Congratulations to
@eurekarobot
&
@cardiffmet
PhD student
@_Haolin_
on the publication of his first paper, investigating humanoid robots for fall detection & fall prevention with
@ALTYortho
hospital. Well done, Haolin!
#robotics
#geriatrics
#research
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As part of my visit to
@ATP_Bio
, today I was with the lab of Dr Rebecca Sandlin, who is leading ground-breaking work developing methods for preserving whole organisms, including Plasmodium (malaria) parasites for global health applications.
@USUKFulbright
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Thank you
@Laboratory_talk
for mentioning the
@USUKFulbright
project between Prof. Toner at
@harvardmed
and
@cardiffmet
.
CMU academic wins Fulbright Harvard award for ambitious organ research project pic: Chokniti Khongchum
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I recently gave an interview on our work to classify ageing-related pathologies & my thoughts on the field of longevity research. Thank you
@vita_dao
for the opportunity.
#ageing
#aging
#AgingResearch
#longevity
#gerontology
#longevitymedicine
#antiaging
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Wrapping up the second month of my
@USUKFulbright
visit to Boston. Highlights included presenting a seminar on
@cardiffmet
's Bioengineering Group at
@Harvard
& an insightful tour of the historic North End of Boston by the brilliant
@ustaosma
&
@abbadia23
. Thank you, Berk & Amina!
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Thank you
@CardiffMetDA
for the nomination. It is a privilege to be part of such a vibrant and supportive research community!
Congratulations to Dr Barry Bentley on their nomination for a Doctoral Researcher Supervisor Symposium Award!
#CMetRandIConference
Doctoral Research Community Impact of the Year
Congratulations
@bbentley_1
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Interesting paper in Nature Communications this week showing pre-senescent "mid-old" cells can be partially rejuvenated with the addition of a single protein (SLIT2).
#ageing
#aging
#senescence
#gerontology
#geriatrics
#agingresearch
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A significant milestone for ICCARP! The international consensus statement to define an ageing-related pathology is now in print, laying the foundation for the working groups to develop classifications for each organ. Well done to everyone involved! 🥳
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Invitation for expressions of interest from early career researchers who would be interested in undertaking a fellowship in the Bioengineering Research Group at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Please share with your network.
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🏛 😍 Some of my favourite spots around
@Harvard
so far. It's hard not to feel inspired by the architecture.
@USUKFulbright
#Fulbright
#Harvard
#IvyLeague
#Academia
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This morning in Boston we had research presentations from the talented students in the CEMS &
@ATP_Bio
Summer Academy Program on topics ranging from organ perfusion and cryopreservation to microfluidics.
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Beyond supporting research & scholarship, the
@FulbrightPrgrm
aims to promote cultural exchange between the US & its partners; and for me, nothing embodies America’s pioneering spirit of innovation and optimism more than its space industry.
With the support of Fulbright... (1/3)
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A hand & arm surgeon I have collaborated with, Dr Dun-Wei Hung, will shortly be ending his tenure at
@harvardmed
to return to Taiwan. It has been a pleasure working with you, Dun-Wei. Wishing you safe travels!
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During my time in the US, I was honoured to be elected as a full member of the
@Harvard
chapter of
@SigmaXiSociety
, and recently received my membership certificate.
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Excited to join the
@PLOSONE
Editorial Board, an
#OpenScience
journal publishing trusted research in over 200 subject areas across science, engineering, medicine and the related social sciences and humanities.
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Love my new office in the Center for Engineering in Medicine & Surgery. View of Mass General Hospital from the window, housing the operating theatre where anaesthesia was first used (1846) 😍
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Spent Saturday learning vascularized composite allograft (VCA) perfusion under the guidance of the skilled plastic surgeon and researcher, Dr Haizam Oubari, who is leading several innovative projects at Harvard Medical School and MGH to improve the quality of organ preservation
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@BritishCouncil
@cardiffmet
@UniversitiMalay
@usim
@RobopreneurRSB
@EsyinChew
@eurekarobot
@CardiffMetCST
@CardiffMetRIS
@medicineumalaya
@CMetGlobalOpps
Thank you for the support of
@my_British
and
@CMetGlobalOpps
.
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Excellent video on the role of IL-11 in ageing, featuring ICCARP member Professor Jesus Gil
@imperialcollege
@MRC_LMS
International Consortium to Classify Ageing-Related Pathologies (ICCARP)
#aging
#ageing
#senescence
#longevity
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An amazing workshop from start to finish, and a model for how research road-mapping should be conducted. Thank you
@allisondman
and
@anderssandberg
for organising this and inviting me as a contributor. The next 15 years in neuroscience are going to be interesting!
One of my favorite
@foresightinst
workshops so far! 15 years after the Whole Brain Emulation roadmap was authored by
@anderssandberg
& co it was lovely to host a meeting dedicated to WBEs — with a focus on AI safety. About time! Report and recordings published soon.
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At
@DraperLab
this week & taken back to my days working on the Draper Satellite Theory for
@ESA
. Had the opportunity to read through Charles Stark Draper's original handwritten research notes.
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The Cardiff School of Technologies is currently hiring part-time Research Assistants.
If you are interested in the classification of ageing, or conducting research in neuroinformatics or robotics, please consider applying.
#icd11
#aging
#bioinformatics
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New landmark paper in
#connectomics
from
@Lidia_Ripoll_S
and colleagues. Incredible how much progress has been made in mapping the wireless connectome since our original 2016
@PLOS
paper. Undoubtedly an essential piece of the puzzle in understanding neural circuits.
#neuroscience
First wireless neuropeptide signalling network of a whole animal, C. elegans, mapped by
@Lidia_Ripoll_S
@LabSchafer
in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division and collaborators
@isabelbeets
@petra_vertes
.
Read more:
#LMBResearch
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Lots of interesting discussions on the
@impetusgrants
funded project to classify ageing pathology in the WHO's ICD at
#LongevitySummitDublin
. Come along to our poster to find out more or sign-up as a contributor. (w/
@StuartCalimport
)
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One of my recent projects has focused on the preservation of amputated limbs, allowing me to work alongside emerging leaders in the field, including Dr Haizam Oubari & Dr Irina Filz von Reiterdank ...
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Honoured to be re-appointed to the Standards Committee of
@ieeecis
. As the potential of AI grows, so does the need for standards that ensure consistency, interpretability, and safety, especially in biomedical applications. Looking forward to supporting the IEEE's efforts
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Co-authors:
@SpacePhysiology
@rahulgoel20
@akil_uk
@ElisaRFerre
@prusty_pragnya
@IqraArshadPsych
@knockels
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As my Fulbright Scholarship at
@HarvardMed
&
@MGH_RI
has ended, I want to express my deepest gratitude to all the members of
@CEMatMGH
who have become close friends & colleagues during my stay. Working with leaders at the forefront of biopreservation has been incredible. (1/4)
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In a meeting at
@HarvardMed
/
@MGH_RI
today, I had the honour of personally welcoming Profs. Li-Wei Wu, Yu-Tien Chang & Dun-Wei Hung to the International Consortium to Classify Ageing-Related Pathologies (ICCARP).
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⚾ Saw my first baseball game today!
@HarvardBaseball
vs. Dartmouth College. Well done Harvard for winning 9-2! Go Crimson!🚩
Apparently, I also have my own corner... 😎
#GoCrimson
#OneCrimson
@USUKFulbright
@FulbrightPrgrm
@IvyLeague
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Eureka is looking to support an application for a UKRI Future Leader Fellow. If you are interested in pursuing a Fellowship in
#AI
or
#robotics
for
#bioscience
/
#biomedical
/
#bioengieering
applications, please send an EoI to Dr Fung or myself.
The
@eurekarobot
at
@cardiffmet
welcomes EoI's for the applications of UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships (Round 9) [ ] from early career researchers in the areas of
#robotics
and
#AI
.
@CardiffMetTech
#autonomous
#MachineLearning
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🇬🇧🏴First day back at
@CardiffMet
. Despite the cold & sunny weather, it’s good to be back on campus. Attended the
@CardiffMetCSSHS
Cellular & Molecular Pathophysiology meeting, where Dr Lee Butcher & Prof. Jorge Erusalimsky summarised last week’s
@BSRAgeing
conference... (1/2)
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🧠 The latest connectome paper, co-authored with Ripoll-Sánchez and colleagues, is featured in this week’s edition of
@Nature
. Delighted to see growing recognition for the importance of the 'Wireless' Volume Transmission networks.
#neuroscience
#neuropeptides
#connectome
Wi-Fi for neurons: first map of wireless nerve signals unveiled in worms
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Beautiful weather for the
@bostonmarathon
and visiting the
@broadinstitute
of
@MIT
and
@Harvard
. Congratulations to everyone who ran today!
@USUKFulbright
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❄️ Supercooling is emerging as a promising technique for preserving cells, tissues & organs. At
@MGH_RI
,
@harvardmed
&
@ATP_Bio
I've had the opportunity to initiate a new collaboration with
@ustaosma
to explore how different compounds affect this process (stay tuned for details)
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Fascinating
@TEDx
talk introducing the gut microbiome, by
@cardiffmet
&
@CardiffMetCST
researcher Dr Emma Short.
#Microbiome
#GutMicrobiome
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@impetusgrants
If you have an interest in ageing and would like to know more about the project, please get in touch with Dr Emma Short
#ageing
#aging
#agingresearch
#longevity
#senescence
#gerontology
#pathology
#icd11
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Westminster CDBU Policy Workshop on 'The Role of Universities'
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My sincerest thanks to the talented lab technicians, Luke Boudreau, Matilda Holtz, and Dinesh Shrestha, for their exceptional effort in supporting the project.
#Cryopreservation
#Cryobiology
#Biopreservation
#Bioengineering
#BiomedicalResearch
#Science
#Research
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@USAinUK
,
@FulbrightAssoc
,
@DrPragyaAgarwal
,
@Cennydd
,
@GavinBrookes26
,
@ElizaMckee
,
@GemMorgan007
,
@DrBenOwen
,
@Reddy4Urology
,
@d_christianrose
,
@CaroPearsall
,
@mariabalinska
,
@JessMcivor
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... which would not have been possible without the generous support of
@USUKFulbright
.
Thank you to everyone involved in making my Fulbright Scholarship such an unforgettable experience! (4/4)
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Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi recognises excellence in scientific research & fosters collaboration across all fields of science & engineering. Membership is by invitation only. With over 200 Nobel laureates among its past members, it is an honour to join. Thank you, Sigma Xi!
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I now know what Santa gets up to over the summer! Thank you to Mr & Mrs Claus and
@BostonFire
Department for providing ice-cream for the patients and staff at Shriners today! It was a refreshing break during a day of lab work 🍨👨🔬
Christmas came early to Shriners Children’s Boston! Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived at the hospital by fire truck today, spreading holiday cheer. Thank you to Santa, Mrs. Claus and
@BostonBurn
who make this special event possible every year! 🎄
#ShrinersChildrens
#ChristmasInJuly
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and my former PhD mentor Dr Bill Schafer (
@LabSchafer
). The interdisciplinary environment of the
@MRC_LMB
profoundly influenced my approach to biology and remains a constant inspiration in my work.
#RSB
#FRSB
#MRC
@CardiffMet
@CardiffMetRIS
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Ageing studies in five animals suggest how to reverse decline
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Representing the National Defense Medical Center in Taiwan, they bring the total number of participating countries to 16. Welcome aboard!
With the support of
@impetusgrants
, we are tackling the ambitious goal of systematically classifying and staging the pathologies of ageing.
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📖🏛️ Should universities transition to electronic-only PhD theses? Digital publishing has transformed research, but this post illustrates why electronic-only might be a mistake. Intellectual outputs should be accessible to future generations.
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Pioneering work by
@foresightinst
! It's an honour to have contributed on the wireless connectome. As our understanding of neural mechanisms deepens, scoping out the potential of Whole Brain Emulation & the issues that may arise will be crucial for effective long-term planning 🧠
Our 2023 Whole Brain Emulation workshop report: . This workshop explored WBE's potential in AI Safety. Experts from neurotechnology, AI, & AI Safety discussed development, acceleration possibilities, & ethical considerations.
@allisondman
,
@anderssandberg
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Impressive new paper from Irina Filz von Reiterdank et al. demonstrating sub-zero suspended animation of a rat limb.
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For background on the project, see:
Please share with your networks.
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@foresightinst
Thank you to the
@foresightinst
for all of your support, and for enabling such visionary research. It's an honour to be part of the community.
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Matthew Palmer, Alun Hubbard, Dominic Johnson, Adnan Khab, Wiktoria Gucia, Ellie Hunt, Angus Jackson, Lydia Johnson, Sydney Lo, Faris Qayyum, Beth Richards, Anekha Sokhal
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... and presented their recent work in humans, identifying GDF15, sTNFR1, and Activin A as candidate blood-based biomarkers of frailty. 🩸 Exciting developments in ageing research! (2/2)
#Frailty
#Gerontology
#Geriatrics
#Biomarkers
#Aging
#Ageing
#AgingResearch
#BSRA2024
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For details on their work, see the recent paper by Ziya et al.:
#Blood
#Transfusion
#BloodDonation
#Biopreservation
#Cryobiology
#Supercooling
#Research
#Science
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I took a few days away from the lab this week to reconnect with my roots in astronautics & learn about some of the work currently taking place at
@NASA
. I was fortunate enough to fulfil a lifelong ambition of seeing a rocket launch ... (2/3)
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witnessing the latest addition to
@NOAA
’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system, led by Pam Sullivan () -- an incredible experience!
@USUKFulbright
#astronautics
#aeronautics
#aerospace
#space
#spaceresearch
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Judith Campisi did so much to drive the field of ageing research forward, and was nothing but supportive of our work. Truly sad loss. RIP.
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A fantastic discussion of research ethics and IRBs:
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Fascinating paper by Isabella Struckman & Sofie Kupiec at MIT, surveying the views of signatories of the recent FLI letter that called for a temporary pause on the development of large AI systems, including my own concerns around interpretability.
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