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Group Leader @MRC LMS @Imperial College Lab studying
#redox
#metabolism
#ageing
#Drosophila
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🎉Excited to share our latest paper, published in Nature Communications!🎉 "Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila"
#redox
#metabolism
#ageing
#Drosophila
@natcomms.nature.com
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila - Nature Communications
Redox signalling is emerging as an important regulator of metabolism and physiology, which is dysregulated in ageing and disease. Here, the authors show that redox regulation of a key redox sensitive ...
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60603-w
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Nature
18 days ago
Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/47zrzYZ
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From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
https://go.nature.com/47zrzYZ
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SFRR-E_ ECRs
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⚡️PhD Relay Race is coming! Ready to submit your abstract? 🗣️Your flashtalk = 5 min → keep it punchy, clear & exciting. 🎯Think of it as your pitch to the redox crowd! 🚨Deadline: Friday 31 Oct
#phd
#science
#redox
#abstract
#tips
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'Reaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds' Comment by M. Yang & Z. Du, published in
@natcellbio.nature.com
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Mothers in Science
26 days ago
Join us tomorrow to hear Dr Isabel Torres speaking live on maternity bias in STEMM. 📢 Spread the word & share your story anonymously to help us raise awareness:
https://forms.gle/y99a5RnBCD879c1P6
Register now👇
https://www.mothersinscience.com/scimomchats
#BreaktheBiasSTEMM
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SFRR-E_ ECRs
30 days ago
🎯✨ ECR Webinar: Career Transitions 🗓 Tue 21 Oct | 15:00 CEST 📍 Zoom | ID: 864 6973 1540 | PW: 433382 🔬💼 Hear diverse career stories from researchers! 🚨 Save the date & join us!
#SFRRIWebinars
#ECR
#ScienceCareers
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Alberto Sanz
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There is a PhD Studentship in my laboratory starting in March 2026. Please contact me if you are interested.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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FULLY FUNDED PhD - Identifying Critical Periods for Mitochondrial Function in Drosophila Development and Lifespan at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - FULLY FUNDED PhD - Identifying Critical Periods for Mitochondrial Function in Drosophila Development and Lifespan at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/fully-funded-phd-identifying-critical-periods-for-mitochondrial-function-in-drosophila-development-and-lifespan/?p188399
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Nils Burger
about 1 month ago
Excited to share that we are hiring a research assistant for my lab at UTSW in Dallas (www.nils-burger-lab.com). Please share with your mentees.
utsw.taleo.net/careersectio...
We are also looking for motivated, curious, and enthusiastic postdoctoral fellows!
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Research Assistant I, Pharmacology
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
https://utsw.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=901577
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Great to participate at
#EDRC2025
, which gathered together an impressive 750 researchers from 40 countries! 🌍🪰🔬 With strong representation from the
#LMS
by Nsikan, Miriam & Isabel ⭐
#Drosophila
#Redox
#Ageing
#Cancer
#DiseaseModels
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MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
about 1 month ago
The LMS has achieved Gold LEAF accreditation for sustainability! 🏅 From smart lab booking systems to energy-saving tech and zero-waste practices, we’re working hard to cut our environmental footprint while supporting world-class research! 🌍
#Sustainability
#LEAF
#GoldAward
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LMS receives gold award for sustainability
Achieving Gold LEAF accreditation marks a significant milestone in our commitment to making research at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) more sustainable and signals the start of an ongoin...
https://lms.mrc.ac.uk/lms-receives-gold-award-for-sustainability/
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SFRR-E_ ECRs
about 2 months ago
🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🎓 3rd PhD Symposium: Redox Relay Race 🧬 PhD students in redox biology – apply now! 🎤 5-min flashtalk + 2-min Q&A 📅 Online: 18 Nov 2025 📧 Send abstract (max 300 words) to
[email protected]
by 24 Oct
#RedoxBiology
#PhDSymposium
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David Weinkove
about 2 months ago
Please help spread the word about our inaugural public lecture on Wednesday. Sign up and if you are in the ageing field it’s a great opp for your family to finally understand what you do! 😀 Thanks for your support 🙏
bsra.org.uk/events/bsra-...
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BSRA Online Public Seminar Series - BSRA
In our new Understanding Ageing: Meet the Scientists series, we’ve invited experts in their field to talk about their research and what it means for each of us as we get older. You don’t need any scie...
https://bsra.org.uk/events/bsra-online-public-seminar-series/
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✨
#Postdoc
Nsikan Nsek giving an excellent presentation of his research on
#Drosophila
#Ageing
#Cancer
at the
#EDRC2025
! ✨
#RoyalSocietyCDF
#LMSonTour
#ProudPI
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
@royalsociety.org
about 2 months ago
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Arrived in Alicante, and excited for this year’s
#EDRC2025
! 🪰🧪🔬🧫🥼🧬🪰 The
#LMS
is well represented at the meeting - catch us at our talk/poster presentations!
#Drosophila
#Redox
#Ageing
#DiseaseModels
#Cancer
#Obesity
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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"Microbial allies: bacteria help fight against cancer" ✨ News story from
#LMS
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
, covering the beautiful study led by
#postdoc
Daniel Martinez
@dmartimarti.bsky.social
- congrats! ✨
#PostdocAppreciationWeek
#PAW2025
#Cancer
#Microbiome
#Chemotherapy
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Microbial allies: bacteria help fight against cancer
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), Imperial College London and the University of Cologne have discovered that microbes associated w...
https://lms.mrc.ac.uk/microbial-allies-bacteria-help-fight-against-cancer/
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FlyBase
2 months ago
The FlyBase situation has made the national news
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
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Trump's Harvard cuts threaten a giant in biomedical research: A database about the tiny fruit fly
This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/trumps-harvard-cuts-threaten-giant-biomedical-research-community-datab-rcna230610
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MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
2 months ago
Can microbes enhance chemotherapy? A new paper from the LMS shows how the tumour-associated microbiome can impact the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs.
#medsky
#cancer
#biomed
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Chemotherapy modulation by a cancer-associated microbiota metabolite
Martinez-Martinez et al. combine a host-microbe-drug-nutrient screen with multi-omics to reveal how the cancer-associated microbiota modulates chemotherapy. They identify 2-methylisocitrate, a microbi...
https://www.cell.com/cell-systems/fulltext/S2405-4712(25)00230-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2405471225002303%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
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🚨New paper published today on cancer bugs and drugs!🚨 “Chemotherapy modulation by a cancer-associated microbiota metabolite” Congrats to the Cabreiro lab on this exciting study!
#Cancer
#Microbiome
#Metabolism
#Chemotherapy
#MRC_LMS
#ImperialCollege
#CECAD_Cologne
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MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
2 months ago
We’re seeking a highly skilled and motivated candidate to lead the LMS Bioinformatics Facility. Find out more and apply now by following the link below!
#Bioinformatics
#Hiring
#NowHiring
#CareerOpportunities
#Jobs
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Head of Bioinformatics - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
We are recruiting for a Head of Bioinformatics to lead our Bioinformatics facility
https://lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacancies/head-of-bioinformatics/
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Marc Dionne
3 months ago
Come be my colleague! We have three open positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor level for candidates in all areas of the biological sciences.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jobs/description/index.php?nPostingId=15801&nPostingTargetId=25192&id=PMMFK026203F3VBQB8NLOV4CQ&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext
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Ilan davis
3 months ago
Dear friends and scientific colleagues, (especially those of you who knew David Ish-Horowicz). Feel free to share the attached PDF widely (all the speakers are happy for the talks to be shared). Many thanks Best regards Ilan
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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David Ish-Horowicz memorial symposium, Francis Crick Institute, London, 23 June 2025. - YouTube
A public symposium organised by friends, scientific colleages and David's wife Ros Diamond to cellebrate David Ish-Horowiccz's, FRS, scientific achievements,...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLawfEjaLtqfPWzrVNRnWGr5BI9OoLezDG
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Thanks for posting these photos - really enjoyed participating at the
#GERF2025
festival this summer! Our
#FutureFoodLive
demo featured PhD student alumnus Eliano and his research on
#pH
in
#ageing
, as well as delicious pretzels baked live on stage! 🥨👨🍳🥼🧪👩🔬
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3 months ago
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📢 Technician vacancy @LMS in London! Join us and support the research of 2x clinician scientists. 🗓️ Applications close 21st August
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3 months ago
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Vicki Metzis
4 months ago
Application deadline for up to 5
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
postdoc positions in developmental epigenetics closes soon - don’t miss out! Positions across both experimental and computational projects. Come and join our fantastic team science community!
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Join the
#LMS
! Our institute is advertising for junior
#GroupLeader
positions in
#Physiology
and
#Metabolism
. Closing date for applications: August 31st!
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
Very happy and proud to share the latest work from our lab. Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche in Drosophila
Robust and controlled intestinal regeneration involves reciprocal interactions between the intestinal epithelium and its microenvironment. Here, we id…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1534580725004320
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Genetics Society of America
4 months ago
Discover how fruit flies are unlocking the secrets of human disease! 🧬 Join 2025 GSA Early Career Medal recipient Shinya Yamamoto of @bcmhouston.bsky.social on July 24, 2–3 p.m. EDT, for a seminar on gene discovery & collaboration. 🔗Register now:
buff.ly/nJnvoMt
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Jenny Regan
4 months ago
New preprint - varied routes to ⬆️ infection susceptibility over age - via bona fide immunosenescence, but also often via reduced tolerance 🪰🕰️🦠☠️ ⬆️ risk to die from infection predicts lifespan in males. Great group effort from the lab!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Different ways to die: harnessing variation in Drosophila reveals loss of tolerance and resistance over age and sex-specific association between infection susceptibility and lifespan
It is widely accepted that susceptibility to infection increases with age. The reason often invoked is the dysregulation of the immune system, which is both cause and consequence of ageing. However, w...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.07.663438v1
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MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
4 months ago
A new study, published today in Nature, reveals the hidden benefits of weight loss on fat tissue. A better understanding of how weight loss leads to health improvements at a molecular level could help inform the development of therapies for diseases such as type 2 diabetes in the future.
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Study reveals the hidden benefits of weight loss on fat tissue
Scientists from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have produced the first detailed characterisation of the changes that weight loss causes in human fat tissue by...
https://lms.mrc.ac.uk/study-reveals-the-hidden-benefits-of-weight-loss-on-fat-tissue/
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5 months ago
We are hiring a research assistant 👉
tinyurl.com/yxebtjbj
to join our lab working on healthy
#ageing
and protein
#aggregation
in C. elegans 🪱. Deadline August 4th. 🙏 RT.
#proteostasis
@babrahaminst.bsky.social
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https://tinyurl.com/yxebtjbj
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MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
4 months ago
Are you a recent UK graduate without an MSc, eager to launch your career in biomedical research? Apply now for our two-year Science Technology Graduate Programme! You'll gain hands-on experience in state-of-the-art research facilities, build technical expertise and earn a competitive salary.
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Science Technology Graduate Programme - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Bioinformatics Facility - Dr George Young and Electron Microscopy Facility - Dr Ricardo Aramayo
https://lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacancies/science-technology-graduate-programme/
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Vicki Metzis
5 months ago
Paper alert! I am really pleased to share the final version of the work led by Irène Amblard in the team on a regulatory switch controlling Cdx2 expression during posterior body development!
#regulatorylogic
#devbio
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
@imperialmed.bsky.social
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Check out the
#LMSnews
story on the
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
website about our latest study published in
@natcomms.nature.com
! Illustrated by multi-talented first author
#postdoc
#painter
@claudialennicke.bsky.social
💛
#redox
#cysteine
#sciart
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🎉Excited to share our latest paper, published in Nature Communications!🎉 "Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila"
#redox
#metabolism
#ageing
#Drosophila
@natcomms.nature.com
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila - Nature Communications
Redox signalling is emerging as an important regulator of metabolism and physiology, which is dysregulated in ageing and disease. Here, the authors show that redox regulation of a key redox sensitive ...
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60603-w
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✨ Congrats to all the inaugural recipients of the "LMS PhD Prize", including our very own Paul Middleton! ✨
#ProudPI
#ChainFlorey
#ClinicianScientist
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Thanks again for the invitation to participate at this colloquium and broaden my scientific horizons!
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Join the Fets lab @MRC LMS!
#Postdoc
#CancerMetabolism
#DrugTransporters
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Apply to join the Percharde lab and the amazing
#postdoc
community @MRC LMS! 🌟
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Mothers in Science
7 months ago
We’re thrilled to welcome
@mrc-lms.bsky.social
as a new partner! Their commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion in STEMM and to breaking systemic barriers is inspiring. Together, we’re advancing gender equity & empowering mothers in STEMM. Learn more:
tinyurl.com/36xnr68x
#WomenInSTEM
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