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Helena Cocheme
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Group Leader @MRC LMS @Imperial College
Lab studying #redox #metabolism #ageing #Drosophila
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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · Jun 27
🎉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...
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 ...
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mrc-lms.bsky.social
📣 We’re hiring 6 new Team Science postdocs!

Our Team Science approach brings together interdisciplinary researchers to tackle questions no single field can solve alone.

Find out more and download our brochure below
MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientists x 6 - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Team Science Project
lms.mrc.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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marbeitman.bsky.social
The FlyBoard is happy to announce the call for nominations for the Drosophila Community Service Award. Please submit your nomination by 01/16/2026 by email to: [email protected]. Please repost.
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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mrc-lms.bsky.social
We’re excited to share that we’ve been awarded £1 million from the Medical Research Council to strengthen partnerships between researchers and industry – helping turn discovery science into real-world health innovations.

#LifeSciences #Innovation #LondonLifeSciencesWeek
LMS awarded £1m to boost life science partnerships in White City
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has made a major investment in a series of industry collaborations with eight diverse teams from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) to accelerate innovatio...
lms.mrc.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake

go.nature.com/47zrzYZ
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.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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sfrre-ecr.bsky.social
⚡️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
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
cochemelab.bsky.social
'Reaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds'

Comment by M. Yang & Z. Du, published in @natcellbio.nature.com

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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mothersinsci.bsky.social
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
October 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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sfrre-ecr.bsky.social
🎯✨ 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
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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albertosanzmon1.bsky.social
There is a PhD Studentship in my laboratory starting in March 2026. Please contact me if you are interested.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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
www.findaphd.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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nilsburger.bsky.social
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!
Research Assistant I, Pharmacology
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
utsw.taleo.net
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
cochemelab.bsky.social
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
October 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reposted by Helena Cocheme
mrc-lms.bsky.social
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
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...
lms.mrc.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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sfrre-ecr.bsky.social
🚨 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
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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dweinkove.bsky.social
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-...
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...
bsra.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
cochemelab.bsky.social
✨ #Postdoc Nsikan Nsek giving an excellent presentation of his research on #Drosophila #Ageing #Cancer at the #EDRC2025! ✨

#RoyalSocietyCDF #LMSonTour #ProudPI

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@royalsociety.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
cochemelab.bsky.social
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
edrc2025.bsky.social EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · Sep 24
Only a few hours left before our meeting starts! Are you travelling to #EDRC2025 now? Let us know by using the oficial #EDRC2025 hashtag!
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
cochemelab.bsky.social
"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

lms.mrc.ac.uk/microbial-al...
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...
lms.mrc.ac.uk
September 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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flybase.bsky.social
The FlyBase situation has made the national news www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
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.
www.nbcnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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mrc-lms.bsky.social
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
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...
www.cell.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
cochemelab.bsky.social
🚨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

www.cell.com/cell-systems...
September 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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mrc-lms.bsky.social
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
Head of Bioinformatics - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
We are recruiting for a Head of Bioinformatics to lead our Bioinformatics facility
lms.mrc.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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marcsdionne.bsky.social
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-...
Description
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...
www.imperial.ac.uk
August 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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ilandavis.bsky.social
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

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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,...
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August 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
cochemelab.bsky.social
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!
🥨👨‍🍳🥼🧪👩‍🔬
mrc-lms.bsky.social MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social · Aug 15
This Summer, as part of Great Exhibition Road Festival, we were lucky to have our own @cochemelab.bsky.social highlighted in the Future Food Live tent!

To demonstrate the importance of pH the incredibly talented Jethro made pretzels which require boiling in alkali water before baking.
Chef pours purple liquid into a measuring jug 4 bagels Helena talking to children about the coloured liquids in front of her Children being handed pretzels
August 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
cochemelab.bsky.social
📢 Technician vacancy @LMS in London! Join us and support the research of 2x clinician scientists.

🗓️ Applications close 21st August
mrc-lms.bsky.social MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social · Aug 11
🚨 We’re hiring a Research Assistant!

The MRC LMS is looking for a motivated Research Assistant to join two exciting research groups supporting clinician scientists. A great opportunity to grow your research career in a world-leading Institute.

lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...
Research Assistant - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Research Assistant supporting Dr Middleton and Dr Sweeney
lms.mrc.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM