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NTU Metabolism @ntumeta.bsky.social · 3d

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Joshua N. Awoke, PhD AFHEA, on successfully defending his thesis on the role of #carnosine and #inflammation in #metabolic diseases! 👏 Thanks to Dr. Sergio Colombo & Prof. Mark Turner for their support.
#SHIMR_NTU #NTUMetabolic

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NTU Metabolism @ntumeta.bsky.social · 7d

We were delighted to host Prof Delphine Boche ( #SouthamptonUni) for our #SHiMR_NTU Seminar! She shared insights into #neuroinflammation in #Alzheimer’s disease and innovative methods to study #microglial cells in the human brain. Thanks to Dr Shreyasi Chatterjee for hosting! @ntuneuro.bsky.social

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NTU Neuro @ntuneuro.bsky.social · 25d

💡Big questions and bigger ideas at Friday's Neuroscience-metabolism Journal Club! Hosted by Alex Wilson-Slomkowski, sparking lively debate on how much data is enough for a paper? Brilliant insights, great company and of course, cake 🍰 #NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #Metabolism #JournalClub #ScienceChat

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Dr Rebecca Dumbell @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social · Sep 26

This week we welcomed new team member Maisie Smedley on placement from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social BSc Neuroscience who will be working on tissue clearing and mapping hypothalamic networks. We were all busy in the lab this week! @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
www.Dumbell-lab.com

L-R Maisie, Rebecca, Annabelle and Marwa working at the bench in the lab

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Dr Rebecca Dumbell @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social · Sep 19

Restarting neuro/metabolism #JournalClub with a cake! Will it turn into baking club? (I hope so)

@marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

Homemade victoria sponge looking a little ...rustic after it was made quite late last night in between MSc thesis marking!

Marwa kicks us off with the paper she picked to present

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Dr Rebecca Dumbell @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social · Sep 2

A great session this morning, thank you to my co-chair Stephen Manchishi and all the speakers Jonathan Johnton, Beatrice Filippi, Chris Coyle and Szilvia Vas and great discussion from the audience. 🧠🎤🍔🕘🐭

Rebecca Dumbell holding a microphone to close the session. In front of a slide "thank you for your attention"

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Dr Rebecca Dumbell @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social · Sep 2

In this afternoon's poster session come and meet Bharat Muthukumar talk about ZFHX3 #metabolic effects and Sam Bennett on mice divergently selected for metabolic differences and altered behavioural #rhythms.

#BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social

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Dr Rebecca Dumbell @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social · Sep 3

What a great conference @bsneuroendo.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025 with team NTU (and Annabelle not in the photo). Showcasing Neuroendocrine NTU!
✔️three posters
✔️one poster prize 🏆
✔️one session chaired
✔️one presentation to the AGM
✔️a lot of curries eaten 🍛
✔️some crazy dancing
✔️Lots of cool science

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Dr Rebecca Dumbell @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social · Sep 1

Presenting her work on today's poster session @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social talking about ZFHX3 and it's molecular action on energy balance neuropeptides @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025

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Dr Rebecca Dumbell @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social · Sep 2

The #DumbellLab on tour! #BSNbradford2025 left-right it's me, Bharat, Marwa @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social and Annabelle. Posters might be over but chat to us about our work here at the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting!

www.Dumbell-lab.com
@ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

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Dr Rebecca Dumbell @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social · Sep 3

Well done Sam! Great to see NTU neuroendocrinology highlighted and winning prizes 🏆 #BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

British Society for Neuroendocrinology @bsneuroendo.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations to the poster prize winners @Tianyi Lu (Cambridge), Samuel Bennett (NTU) @ntumeta.bsky.social, @heleneachus.bsky.social (Aston) #BSNbradford2025

A tight competition and excellent work on all posters presented at the meeting!

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NTU Neuro @ntuneuro.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congratulations to Gareth Banks and colleagues on their recent publication in @dmmjournal.bsky.social on a mouse knock-in model of frontotemporal #dementia / #AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #ALS & colleagues from @mrcharwell.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @utoronto.ca
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

Multi-modal comparative phenotyping of knock-in mouse models of frontotemporal dementia/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Summary: We report side-by-side behavioural and sensory phenotyping data of two knock-in next-generation mouse models of aspects of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia disease sp...

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NTU Neuro @ntuneuro.bsky.social · Aug 6

🧠 New Research Alert!

Dr. Gareth Banks' latest study in Translational Psychiatry highlights the role of the murine ATP-binding cassette transporter Abcc5 (MRP5/cMOAT) in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation, and glutamatergic signalling.

📄 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413...

The murine ATP-binding cassette transporter C5 (Abcc5/MRP5/cMOAT) plays a role in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation and glutamatergic signalling - Translational Psychiatry

Translational Psychiatry - The murine ATP-binding cassette transporter C5 (Abcc5/MRP5/cMOAT) plays a role in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation and glutamatergic signalling

doi.org

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NTU Metabolism @ntumeta.bsky.social · Jul 25

A huge well done to our incredible PhD graduates from the Metabolic Health team, Dr Laura Lenham, and Dr Jade Creighton. We are proud to celebrate this important milestone with you. #SHIMR_NTU #NTU #NTUMetabolic @ntuneuro.bsky.social #PhD #Graduation #Classof2025

NTU Neuro @ntuneuro.bsky.social · Jul 25

🎓 Big congratulations to our amazing Neuroscience PhD graduates Laura and @jessica-bates.bsky.social today! 🧠
We're proud to be celebrating alongside our friends in @ntumeta.bsky.social

Here's to all who are graduating today—your hard work has paid off. 👏
#PhDGraduation#NTU#Neuro#ClassOf2025

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NTU Metabolism @ntumeta.bsky.social · Jul 23

#worldbrainday #brainhealthforallages

NTU Neuro @ntuneuro.bsky.social · Jul 22

Today is #WorldBrainDay! 🧠
This year’s theme: #Brain Health Across Ages — a reminder of how vital brain research is.
📸 Image by a former #PhD student showing increased brain permeability via red #immunofluorescence in ageing pathology
#Neuroscience #BrainHealth

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NTU Neuro @ntuneuro.bsky.social · Jul 15

PhD student Zak and Professor Tom Wishart are at the #AnatomicalSociety #cerebralcortex conference in Oxford, presenting their latest research on the role of PpT1 in #Batten disease. Exciting insights from the #NTUneuro and #SHiMR team!🧠🔬
#Neuroscience #Research #PhDLife #MolecularBiology #SciComm

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NTU Metabolism @ntumeta.bsky.social · Jul 18

Dr Alice Murphy spoke at the UKHAIC networking event, sharing how her #FTMA grant with Intelligent OMICS Ltd is advancing research into predicting #type2diabetes improvement post-bariatric surgery using urine. Great discussions on #healthyAgeing. #diabetes #NTU #NTUMetabolic #SHiMR_NTU

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NTU Metabolism @ntumeta.bsky.social · Jul 10

Great to see #NTUMetabolic @ #PhysiologyofObesity2025 w/ Dr @fearoncassidy.bsky.social & Prof @tonygoldstone.bsky.social .
@physoc.bsky.social
@mark-christian-lab.bsky.social
@rebeccadumbell.bsky.social
@ntuneuro.bsky.social
@jhobbs22.bsky.social
@nurudeenrasaq.bsky.social
@nkalender.bsky.social

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Nikoletta Kalenderoglou @nkalender.bsky.social · Jul 9

Honored to be at #PhysiologyofObesity2025 @uniofnottingham.bsky.social representing @mark-christian-lab.bsky.social. Sharing our work on #BrownFat -enriched #microRNAs in #lipodystrophy and #obesity. Poster up today, come by!
#SHIMR_NTU @physoc.bsky.social @jhobbs22.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

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Dr Rebecca Dumbell @rebeccadumbell.bsky.social · Jul 8

At the @physoc.bsky.social Physiology of obesity meeting in @uniofnottingham.bsky.social today. Bharat will be presenting his poster this afternoon on ZFHX3 in #BrownFat and metabolism @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @socendocrinology.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social #NTUresearch