Nathan Woodling
@nathanwoodling.bsky.social
PI and Lecturer, University of Glasgow
#Drosophila dad | #neuroscience and #ageing | he/him, views my own
https://woodlinglab.weebly.com/
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#Drosophila dad | #neuroscience and #ageing | he/him, views my own
https://woodlinglab.weebly.com/
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The University of Glasgow is looking for a new cohort of PhD students as part of our College Futures Programme! UK home students are invited to apply with a deadline of 12 January 2026 for PhD projects beginning in October 2026.
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences - MVLS Graduate School - PhD Research Opportunities - College Futures Themes PhD Programme
www.gla.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The University of Glasgow is looking for a new cohort of PhD students as part of our College Futures Programme! UK home students are invited to apply with a deadline of 12 January 2026 for PhD projects beginning in October 2026.
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
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How is this possible?
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
September 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.
August 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.
A #sciku:
Age crumbles defence,
whether to armies or germs;
but in diverse ways!
New out from @jennyregan.bsky.social and team, showing how correlations between mortality and age-related susceptibility to infection depend on sex and genotype:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Drosophila #AgingResearch
Age crumbles defence,
whether to armies or germs;
but in diverse ways!
New out from @jennyregan.bsky.social and team, showing how correlations between mortality and age-related susceptibility to infection depend on sex and genotype:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Drosophila #AgingResearch
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...
doi.org
July 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A #sciku:
Age crumbles defence,
whether to armies or germs;
but in diverse ways!
New out from @jennyregan.bsky.social and team, showing how correlations between mortality and age-related susceptibility to infection depend on sex and genotype:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Drosophila #AgingResearch
Age crumbles defence,
whether to armies or germs;
but in diverse ways!
New out from @jennyregan.bsky.social and team, showing how correlations between mortality and age-related susceptibility to infection depend on sex and genotype:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Drosophila #AgingResearch
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All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...
July 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...
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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...
"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 ...
doi.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🎉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"
#redox #metabolism #ageing #Drosophila
@natcomms.nature.com @mrc-lms.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Congratulations to @jackholcombe.bsky.social for his #EDS best PhD thesis award! Jack will give a plenary talk at #EDRC2025
June 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Congratulations to @jackholcombe.bsky.social for his #EDS best PhD thesis award! Jack will give a plenary talk at #EDRC2025
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Empty now, full of JEDIs a few hours ago!!! Amazing to see such a good spirit! Special thanks to @giorgio.gilest.ro for passing on the light!!
June 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Empty now, full of JEDIs a few hours ago!!! Amazing to see such a good spirit! Special thanks to @giorgio.gilest.ro for passing on the light!!
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We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
June 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.
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This is a really fun question to throw at your colleagues when you’re a biologist
Are all muppets the same species just with wildly different phenotypes like dogs or are there a lot of different species of muppet
June 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is a really fun question to throw at your colleagues when you’re a biologist
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I am very proud to present you the first paper from the main research line of my group at the @mpiage.bsky.social in collaboration with my current group @molepi.bsky.social @bds-lumc.bsky.social at the LUMC, which is now published in @geroscience.bsky.social!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Functional characterisation of rare variants in genes encoding the MAPK/ERK signalling pathway identified in long-lived Leiden Longevity Study participants - GeroScience
Human longevity, which is coupled to compression of age-related disease, is a heritable trait. However, only few common genetic variants have been linked to longevity, suggesting that rare, family-spe...
link.springer.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I am very proud to present you the first paper from the main research line of my group at the @mpiage.bsky.social in collaboration with my current group @molepi.bsky.social @bds-lumc.bsky.social at the LUMC, which is now published in @geroscience.bsky.social!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
We are excited to be recruiting 3 post-doctoral researchers to study glial cell dysfunction in #agingresearch and #neurodegeneration, including one position using #Drosophila models! If you are interested, please read more below to get in touch or apply (links in thread).
June 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We are excited to be recruiting 3 post-doctoral researchers to study glial cell dysfunction in #agingresearch and #neurodegeneration, including one position using #Drosophila models! If you are interested, please read more below to get in touch or apply (links in thread).
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Bonus: Meet Dr. Carter and hear about his science journal in this meet-the-author video:
youtu.be/aDL4cCfr99g
youtu.be/aDL4cCfr99g
Meet the author: Dr. Matt Carter (Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience)
YouTube video by OpenStax
youtu.be
February 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bonus: Meet Dr. Carter and hear about his science journal in this meet-the-author video:
youtu.be/aDL4cCfr99g
youtu.be/aDL4cCfr99g
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Folks are being REAL quiet when diversity and DEI are being attacked literally every day, yet you want us to stick by you when your grant is being attacked. We see you and we are taking note.
January 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Folks are being REAL quiet when diversity and DEI are being attacked literally every day, yet you want us to stick by you when your grant is being attacked. We see you and we are taking note.
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Showcasing the latest applications of the Mesolens and demonstrating our $0.08 3D printed optical-quality lenses manufactured using low-cost consumer grade printers! #PhotonicsWest @spie.org
January 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Showcasing the latest applications of the Mesolens and demonstrating our $0.08 3D printed optical-quality lenses manufactured using low-cost consumer grade printers! #PhotonicsWest @spie.org
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If you’re a federal govt employee targeted for leave or termination on the basis of your DEI work, please file an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) complaint & retain legal counsel.
I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times!
Pls repost 🙏❤️
I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times!
Pls repost 🙏❤️
January 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
If you’re a federal govt employee targeted for leave or termination on the basis of your DEI work, please file an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) complaint & retain legal counsel.
I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times!
Pls repost 🙏❤️
I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times!
Pls repost 🙏❤️
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For #drosophila scientists, I've made a free #diagram resource of a variety of common physical markers, both coloured and lined. Hopefully going to make more, so feel free to share suggestions!
Current collection: Bar, CyO, e, Hu, w, mini-w, Pin, v, wt, Sp, Ser, Sb, y.
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Current collection: Bar, CyO, e, Hu, w, mini-w, Pin, v, wt, Sp, Ser, Sb, y.
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Fliagram: Drosophila Melanogaster Diagram Collection
Collection of hand-drawn diagrams of various marker genes for Drosophila melanogaster. Included in this series are:
Bar-Eye
Base: drawings devoid of bristles & colour.
Curly (CyO)
Ebony (e)
...
doi.org
January 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For #drosophila scientists, I've made a free #diagram resource of a variety of common physical markers, both coloured and lined. Hopefully going to make more, so feel free to share suggestions!
Current collection: Bar, CyO, e, Hu, w, mini-w, Pin, v, wt, Sp, Ser, Sb, y.
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Current collection: Bar, CyO, e, Hu, w, mini-w, Pin, v, wt, Sp, Ser, Sb, y.
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
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As this is away from my art-focussed Instagram, I feel like I can finally share some of my science work! Submitted this as part of an image competition last year (Scottish Microscopy Symposium), featuring 4 little fun fly heads! Neat, I think! #microscopy #drosophila
January 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As this is away from my art-focussed Instagram, I feel like I can finally share some of my science work! Submitted this as part of an image competition last year (Scottish Microscopy Symposium), featuring 4 little fun fly heads! Neat, I think! #microscopy #drosophila
Thursday 9th Jan 2025, 4pm UK time:
Join us to hear Prof Amita Sehgal and Dr Bumsik Cho from UPenn tell us about their work on brain mantenance, lipid regulation, and sleep using our favourite model organism: #Drosophila!
Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at:
bit.ly/NeuroFlies
Join us to hear Prof Amita Sehgal and Dr Bumsik Cho from UPenn tell us about their work on brain mantenance, lipid regulation, and sleep using our favourite model organism: #Drosophila!
Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at:
bit.ly/NeuroFlies
UCL IHA Virtual Symposium: Neurodegeneration in Flies
This seminar series brings together researchers from around the globe who study neurodegenerative diseases and age-related neurodegeneration using flies.
bit.ly
January 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Thursday 9th Jan 2025, 4pm UK time:
Join us to hear Prof Amita Sehgal and Dr Bumsik Cho from UPenn tell us about their work on brain mantenance, lipid regulation, and sleep using our favourite model organism: #Drosophila!
Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at:
bit.ly/NeuroFlies
Join us to hear Prof Amita Sehgal and Dr Bumsik Cho from UPenn tell us about their work on brain mantenance, lipid regulation, and sleep using our favourite model organism: #Drosophila!
Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at:
bit.ly/NeuroFlies
Thursday 5th Dec, 4pm UK time:
Join us to hear Dr María José Ferreiro (IIBCE institute in Montevideo, Uruguay) tell us about her work on new neuroprotective genes discovered using #neurodegeneration models in #Drosophila! Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at:
bit.ly/NeuroFlies
Join us to hear Dr María José Ferreiro (IIBCE institute in Montevideo, Uruguay) tell us about her work on new neuroprotective genes discovered using #neurodegeneration models in #Drosophila! Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at:
bit.ly/NeuroFlies
UCL IHA Virtual Symposium: Neurodegeneration in Flies
This seminar series brings together researchers from around the globe who study neurodegenerative diseases and age-related neurodegeneration using flies.
bit.ly
December 4, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Thursday 5th Dec, 4pm UK time:
Join us to hear Dr María José Ferreiro (IIBCE institute in Montevideo, Uruguay) tell us about her work on new neuroprotective genes discovered using #neurodegeneration models in #Drosophila! Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at:
bit.ly/NeuroFlies
Join us to hear Dr María José Ferreiro (IIBCE institute in Montevideo, Uruguay) tell us about her work on new neuroprotective genes discovered using #neurodegeneration models in #Drosophila! Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at:
bit.ly/NeuroFlies
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We're hiring a postdoc! Please forward to people you know who are looking for positions.
Interested in studying how metabolism is wired to support fertility? 🔬🪰 Come join us!
Ad to go live next week, but informal enquiries encouraged.
Interested in studying how metabolism is wired to support fertility? 🔬🪰 Come join us!
Ad to go live next week, but informal enquiries encouraged.
December 4, 2024 at 1:30 PM
We're hiring a postdoc! Please forward to people you know who are looking for positions.
Interested in studying how metabolism is wired to support fertility? 🔬🪰 Come join us!
Ad to go live next week, but informal enquiries encouraged.
Interested in studying how metabolism is wired to support fertility? 🔬🪰 Come join us!
Ad to go live next week, but informal enquiries encouraged.
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#Phd on #Aging #Ageing available in my group. Focus is long-read sequencing and splicing after treatment with DR and mTOR suppression in flies. #drosophila
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Mechanisms of alternative splicing in neurodegeneration and ageing at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Mechanisms of alternative splicing in neurodegeneration and ageing at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:31 PM
#Phd on #Aging #Ageing available in my group. Focus is long-read sequencing and splicing after treatment with DR and mTOR suppression in flies. #drosophila
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This Thanksgiving, I am hugely grateful for scientists who were pioneers in our field - particularly those who did not receive the credit they deserved in their own time. Inspiring examples published today:
doi.org/10.1111/acel...
#agingresearch #geroscience #biologyofaging #GeroSky #WomenInSTEM
doi.org/10.1111/acel...
#agingresearch #geroscience #biologyofaging #GeroSky #WomenInSTEM
Overlooked histories in ageing research: Pioneering women at the foundation of our field
Pioneering women in ageing research. Photo credits: Marjory Warren, Photo: Archives of the British Geriatrics Society; Lillien Martin, courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stan...
doi.org
November 28, 2024 at 12:51 PM
This Thanksgiving, I am hugely grateful for scientists who were pioneers in our field - particularly those who did not receive the credit they deserved in their own time. Inspiring examples published today:
doi.org/10.1111/acel...
#agingresearch #geroscience #biologyofaging #GeroSky #WomenInSTEM
doi.org/10.1111/acel...
#agingresearch #geroscience #biologyofaging #GeroSky #WomenInSTEM