It was great to host @jpsenescence.bsky.social over a couple of days @biouea.bsky.social, great seminar on the new approaches to the old problem of ageing )
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It was great to host @jpsenescence.bsky.social over a couple of days @biouea.bsky.social, great seminar on the new approaches to the old problem of ageing )
Great Revolution at @animecol-uu.bsky.social : thank you for inviting me, fun to be on the other side of the barricades this time 😀
Do natural substances from blueberries and blue grapes protect nerve cells from aging?A www.bionity.com/en/news/1188...
The way UK govt funds science is in the midst of a major transition, with creation of a much more direct link between government priorities & UKRI research funding.
My attempt to set in context the biggest upheaval in UK science funding policy since the 1980s:
softmachines.org?p=3252
🧠⏰our latest paper is out now: how each neuron ages differently allowed us to define in silico screens for new therapeutic molecules that could prevent neurodegeneration @cecad.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social @meyerdh.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...
And @meyerdh.bsky.social 😀
Congrats Björn!
How does pre- and post-natal environmental stress affect the seminal foam proteome of Japanese quail? Find out here, Chloe Mason’s second PhD thesis paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @martingarlovsky.bsky.social @oscarvedder.bsky.social
The bots populating Moltbook apparently all come to sound like a familiar kind of internet denizen with delusions of philosophical grandeur. Manifestos and declarations all over the place.
DNA-protein cross-links promote cGAS-STING–driven premature aging and embryonic lethality
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org @idikic.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social
The largest randomized trial of medical A.I.
—Over 100,000 women in Sweden
—radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up
—AI added led to 29% more cancer detected, 44% reduced workload, and
—Less cancer dx in subsequent 2 years, and, when found, less aggressive
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🆕 @science.org
Revising the heritability of lifespan, from 25% to ~50%, by correcting for extrinsic factors
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thanks to some great comments and suggestions, we've updated TADA!
Read it here: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Transferable, Available, Documented, Annotated.
🎉New preprint!
"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"
tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk
We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!
Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.
Friends! I am so happy to share our new preprint!
Hydrogen peroxide has been the most common reactive chemical threat to life forms since the Great Oxygenation Event 2.5 billion years ago.
How do animals like C. elegans sense it fast and escape?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Just renewed my membership for the 5th year with @sortee.bsky.social.
A fantastic organisation to be a part of. If you want to become a member and are interested in open, reliable, and transparent EcoEvo, it’s worth joining!
sortee.org/join/
Finding an em dash in the rejection email
Why do some worms graze on bacteria while others hunt and kill?
Our study, published today in Nature, reveals how predatory aggression evolved in nematodes.
Led by @gunizgozeeren.bsky.social and @leoboeger.bsky.social across the @jameslightfoot.bsky.social and @monikakscholz.bsky.social labs.
Nature research paper: Disease tolerance and infection pathogenesis age-related tradeoffs in mice
go.nature.com/4pBODwV
Hot off the press! New paper in Biology Letters (@royalsocietypublishing.org) showing that heatwaves impair female but not male fertility in burying beetles 🐞🌡️
Huge congratulations to Izzy (@izzygrieve.bsky.social) on her first first-authored paper! 🥳🙌
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow. Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, using different orientations and motions, an example of multi-purpose tool use. This suggests scientists may have underestimated cows' cognitive abilities. arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Pre-dauer starvation rapidly and reversibly reduces niche proliferative signaling to the C. elegans germ line
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
The (Yoav) Voichek lab has opened its gates at the Weizmann Institute, and is actively recruiting students and researchers at all levels - come explore gene regulation and computational genomics in a fun, friendly sprouting lab 🤗🥼⚗️🧪
www.weizmann.ac.il/plants/voichek
Hoping the pivotal finding of increased inflammation with #LongCovid will be responsive to tirzepatide (Zepbound) in our ongoing 1,000+ participant randomized, placebo-controlled trial (full enrollment completed in <1 month!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natimmunol.nature.com
A sex-adjusted 7-biomarker clinical aging clock for translational preventative medicine
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Picture of a Christmas tree shaped from laboratory equipment, molecules, viruses and atoms. Copyright: Anna Zhuravlova
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Peaceful New Year from everyone in the School of Biological Sciences.
Have a wonderful break. 🎄🥳
The one validated intervention to slow aging and extend healthspan is not for sale.
It's exercise.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excellent news!!!
What tools do we need to start engineering #aging and #longevity ? A🧵about something we've been cooking up in lab with Jeremy Vicencio at the @crg.eu : technology that lets us reach inside living animals and precisely dial multiple proteins' levels up and down. 1/10
