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Research scientist currently asking why do we age and can we slow it down

Birmingham, UK
Joined June 2015
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RT @edrc2025: Only 11 months to go until #EDRC2025 ! Here are the plenary speakers who look forward to welcoming you! #Drosophila #EDRC htt…
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@ScotsFriction LOVE this so much ❤️
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6 months
@DrTregoning I always follow the approach that you told me about - allow myself 24 hours of rage/depression then start over!
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7 months
Last task of the week - paper submission! 🤞🏻wish us luck 🤞🏻
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7 months
Really interesting paper out in this weeks @nature
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Nature research paper: Inhibition of IL-11 signalling extends mammalian healthspan and lifespan
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8 months
@William_Mair @IHAatUCL See you there!
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9 months
Isn’t it fab when your research takes new & exciting directions?!? We have a new venture from our lab adapting our methods for drug delivery in Drosophila to innovative pest management solutions. Huge thanks to @ICUReProgramme for their amazing support!
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9 months
@DrTregoning That lab coat is far too clean 😂
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10 months
@MattYousefzadeh Are LC labs still in business? We tried to place an order recently and got no response by email - couldn’t reach them on the phone either!
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10 months
@Dr_EricHill @LboroScience @lborouniversity Exciting - some amazing science will happen in that shiny new space!
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10 months
Another opportunity to apply for October 2024 entry to the MIBTP PhD program: We have a couple of exciting projects available in my lab working on ageing in Drosophila at University of Warwick - contact me for more details!
@MIBTP_BBSRC
MIBTP
10 months
Our fully-funded PhD Studentships are open again for application, to start in October 2024! Please have a look at some of the exciting projects being suggested - and if you're interested, make sure you apply!
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10 months
Fantastic new fundraising initiative launched by the BSRA to support more research into ageing
@BSRAgeing
British Society for Research on Ageing
10 months
We're launching a major fundraising campaign today. Over the years, we've been in the privliaged position to support the start of many new research careers, but we want to do more. Now is the time Read our plans, share this message, and support us below!
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11 months
RT @RuthArnold: “The UK’s 144 universities contribute £130 billion to the economy, more than farming, forestry, fishing, mining, arts and e…
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RT @DrSianH: We're hiring, if you're a bioinformatician who would be interested in helping the team create a metabolic network model to inv…
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11 months
@a_j_dobson @DiannaMarcu Possibly one of the most enjoyable vivas ever! Well done Dr Marcu - well deserved 👏🏻
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11 months
Off to Edinburgh to start our BBSRC iCURE journey with @jakemoorse
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1 year
We are hiring! We have a BBSRC funded postdoc to study some cool aspects of Foxo function in flies. Come and join our great team @WarwickLifeSci 😀 Job ad is here:
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1 year
@RobFagan @jijzarco I’m so old I remember when ‘Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine’ was rebranded to ‘Imperial College London’ - there was uproar….well, a few cross tuts at least ;)
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1 year
@Pingping_zeze @ScotsFriction @IHAatUCL @NatureAging S6K still gives me nightmares! Well done - I absolutely know how hard that project must have been to work on 😂
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