D’Agostino Lab

Nerve-to-cancer transfer of mitochondria during cancer metastasis - Nature A study reports the development of a method to trace intercellular transfer of mitochondria, and demonstrates that cancer cells that receive mitochondria from neurons have enhanced metastatic capabili...

Happy to share our latest study is now out in Nature!

Cancer cells steal mitochondria from neurons to boost metabolism, resist stress & spread.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#CancerGetsNervous #Metastasis #Mitochondria #Neuron #CancerResearch #Nature

Nobody needs that kind of news. Keep calm and carry on—but my sympathy goes out to you and to the many friends and colleagues over there.

Afternoon inhaler puff could improve asthma symptoms - study finds Researchers in Manchester say coordinating asthma medication to the body clock could bring benefits.

CfBT in the News!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brain sensing of metabolic state regulates circulating monocytes Brain-initiated hunger signals control circulating monocyte dynamics.

Our latest study
@science.org #Immunology on perception of #hunger and #immunity.

#BrainBody #Melanocortin #AgRP #POMC neurons. #Brain-liver axis. Permissive action of #stress #hormones.

@ukri.org @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

💥Exciting #Postdoc opportunity in my lab at @cruk-mi.bsky.social to study the role of #RNADynamics in cancer progression!

⏰Deadline: 07/05/25

Apply 👇
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/mi-24...

⏩ Please share this with your network.

#CancerResearch #RNADynamics #RNAmodification #CRUK #postdoc

Brain sensing of metabolic state regulates circulating monocytes Brain-initiated hunger signals control circulating monocyte dynamics.

Our latest study
@science.org #Immunology on perception of #hunger and #immunity.

#BrainBody #Melanocortin #AgRP #POMC neurons. #Brain-liver axis. Permissive action of #stress #hormones.

@ukri.org @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

On the April cover of #ScienceImmunology: The brain’s perception of hunger (rather than nutrient availability) regulates circulating immune cell dynamics. Read more here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Representation: Past, Present & Future This questionnaire is for a final year neuroscience student who is doing her capstone as part of the Representation: Past, Present & Future Project at Trinity College Dublin.

What are we talking about, when we talk about 'representations'?

My undergraduate student, Oyinkansola Olorunleke, is conducting a thesis project on the concept of representation in cognitive sciences & neuroscience.

We are seeking interested participants in the below survey:

tinyurl.com/2e6rcnxv

🚨 Fellowship Opportunity 🚨

Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships at the University of Manchester.

🔗 www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...

Our lab is keen to support applicants interested in developing a proposal on neuronal control of metabolism and/or top-down control of immunity.

Thalamic opioids from POMC satiety neurons switch on sugar appetite High sugar–containing foods are readily consumed, even after meals and beyond fullness sensation (e.g., as desserts). Although reward-driven processing of palatable foods can promote overeating, the n...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... very excited to share our latest work, out now in Science. Congratulations to Marielle who led our studies! And, all other authors - this was a wonderful collaborative effort

a drawing of a brain with a rainbow and a blue one Alt: a drawing of a brain with a rainbow on one hemisphere and blue on the other

🚨 Job alert 🚨

We have a 1-year post-doc position available at @exetermed.bsky.social with @craigbeall-lab.bsky.social to study the impact of maternal diet on astrocytes during development.

Friendly and inclusive team in a beautiful location.
Application deadline 5th March

tinyurl.com/3zhd8wsm

Congratulations!

An important letter and report from the @britishneuro.bsky.social urging to support and protect preclinical neuroscience research in the UK
www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...

The Nobel Prize on LinkedIn: “We’re all trapped by our educational backgrounds. You come out of school… | 63 comments “We’re all trapped by our educational backgrounds. You come out of school knowing a certain field but you don’t know about any other fields of science. That… | 63 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/posts/nobelp...

This is not Hiroshima. Not Dresden.

This is Gaza.

High visa fees putting skilled scientists and entrepreneurs off the UK Leading scientists have now called on ministers to review the upfront costs that must be paid by workers in science, technology, engineering and maths fields.

‘There is a worldwide shortage of scientists and because it’s a worldwide shortage, there’s worldwide competition,' says our Foreign Secretary Professor Alison Noble, as she warns that the UK's visa process and costs could put off scientists from moving to the UK: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Finally!

🎄PinkyCaMP- our christmas gift to you! 🎁: We are excited to present PinkyCaMP, the first mScarlet based calcium sensor with:
✨exceptional, brightness
✨phototability
✨and optogenetic compatability.
Check out our new preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...