Dugdale Research Group

Congratulations to Dr @euantheyoung.bsky.social who defended his PhD yesterday on 'Family matters: The role of trade-offs in shaping human life-histories and health' research.rug.nl/en/publicati... @rug.nl supervised with @erikpostma.bsky.social @lummaalab.bsky.social 🎉

A week before his defence @rug.nl, the publication of @euantheyoung.bsky.social's chapter on the lifespan cost of reproduction in @science.org Advances - with @hannahdugdale.bsky.social, @lummaalab.bsky.social and myself - couldn't have been better timed! 👍 🥳 🥂https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz6422

Super proud of @euantheyoung.bsky.social PhD work being featured in the NRC

Read all about @euantheyoung.bsky.social ’s fantastic work on lifespan costs of reproduction in the thread below 👇

Chinna Susan Philip @unitartupress.bsky.social on Stress and immune system @react-enlight.bsky.social workshop @rug.nl

Kai Kisand @unitartupress.bsky.social is now presenting on Aging, Covid-19 and autoantibiodies at the @react-enlight.bsky.social workshop @rug.nl

So nice to meet @react-enlight.bsky.social members in person, at today’s workshop @rug.nl on Modern Perspectives on the Biology of Aging

Now the @unitartupress.bsky.social afternoon of the @react-enlight.bsky.social workshop on modern perspectives on the biology of aging by Pärt Peterson on the aging immune system

We’ve arrived in Groningen! Excited to connect and exchange ideas on ageing research from diverse perspectives.

A big thank you to the organisers @rug.nl and #UniversityofTartu

#AgeingResearch #ENLIGHTREACT #BiologyOfAging #Networking

Hannah Dugdale presenting at ENLIGHT-REACT workshop on Modern Perspectives on the Biology of Ageing

Hannah Dugdale on Evolutionary Medicine and Aging at the first ENLIGHT-REACT workshop 'Modern Perspectives on the Biology of Ageing'

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Great talk from postdoc Natalia Ortí on Targeting neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases! 🧠✨

#ENLIGHTREACT #AgeingResearch #Neurodegeneration
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Great to have the mobile speech lab at the @react-enlight.bsky.social workshop @rug.nl

And now @miles2708.bsky.social is talking about non-invasive neurophysiological and stimulation methods for a modern perspective on aging @react-enlight.bsky.social @rug.nl

At the @react-enlight.bsky.social @rug.nl now Niki Gervais is giving a workshop on the neurobiology of menopause

As part of @react-enlight.bsky.social we have a public lecture next Thursday on the evolution of ageing across the tree of life by @yagmurerten.bsky.social, come along! 👇

Applications for the MEME programme (www.evobio.eu
) are now open! MEME is a research- and mobility-oriented master’s in evolutionary biology (& I’m a proud alumna!), jointly run by the Unis of Groningen, Uppsala, Montpellier, and LMU Munich, with Harvard and Lausanne as partners. Spread the word!

Super evening of science and society #avondWM

It seems like every year I have to add a new species to my lecture slides on PRL!

Great thread by @yuhengsun.bsky.social on her early-life environment effects paper 👇

Congratulations to Dr @friggspeelman.bsky.social who was awarded a PhD yesterday 🎉 @rug.nl on 'Socially monogamous partnerships in birds: Causes, consequences, and pair-bond strength' research.rug.nl/en/publicati... A fantastic achievement!

Genetic load, fitness and conservation in the Seychelles warbler.
A wonderful PhD opportunity - spanning important evolutionary and conservation-relevant concepts. Come work with us
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Thanks to everyone who helped
make our ‘Draw A Scientist’ day at Zpannend Zernike @rug.nl so much fun www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social

Will a child survive? Older siblings have a powerful influence Swiss birth data from 1750 to 1870 reveal that girls who had lots of older brothers close to their own age were less likely to survive than were those who did not.

As well as @markspa.bsky.social's great thread, read a summary of @markspa.bsky.social and @euantheyoung.bsky.social paper doi.org/10.1098/rspb... on older sibling associations with younger sibling here: doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Fantastic paper by @markspa.bsky.social and @euantheyoung.bsky.social 🎉 on older sibling associations with younger sibling survival - great thread outlining the results!

1st PhD paper from @yuhengsun.bsky.social 🎉 Long-term fitness effects of the early-life environment in a wild bird population @jj255.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Parental age effects on offspring telomere length across vertebrates: a meta-analysis Telomeres shorten with advancing age in numerous species, and shorter telomeres are linked to increased mortality risk. While parental age at conception can influence offspring telomere length, the ma...

Pre-print by MSc student Mariia Vlasova with @yuhengsun.bsky.social and Janet Chik: Parental age effects on offspring telomere length across vertebrates: a meta-analysis. doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🎉

Congrats 🎉 Sarah Worsley "Gut microbiome communities demonstrate fine-scale spatial variation in a closed, island bird population" ISME Communications doi.org/10.1093/isme... @chuenlee.bsky.social @terryburke.bsky.social @david-s-richardson.bsky.social

Great to have the opportunity to share our group's work at #ESEB2025 @yuhengsun.bsky.social @euantheyoung.bsky.social with @erikpostma.bsky.social @lummaalab.bsky.social @yagmurerten.bsky.social

Telomere length declines with mean blood lead concentration in an urban passerine' doi.org/10.1016/j.en... 👏 Janet Chik!