Nathan Woodling

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...

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

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drosophila embroidered patches and enamel pins

IgM antibody enamel pins in purple and cyan

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...

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 ...

🎉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...

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!!

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.

This is a really fun question to throw at your colleagues when you’re a biologist

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...

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...

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.

Drosophila models of neurodegeneration: Nathan Woodling, University of Glasgow (nathan.woodling@glasgow.ac.uk): Apply here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... Closing Date: Wednesday 25th June 2025

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Microglial Ageing & Bioinformatics: Dervis Salih, UCL (dervis.salih@ucl.ac.uk): Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Closing Date: Thursday 26th June 2025

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Astrocyte ageing & Bioinformatics: Fiona Kerr, ENU (f.kerr@napier.ac.uk): Apply here: Closing Date: jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_web... Tuesday 24th June 2025

This is a three-year Medical Research Council-funded multi-partner project with one post-doctoral fellow at each site: Edinburgh Napier, University of Glasgow, and UCL. If you are interested in glial cell biology/neurodegeneration, please get in touch or apply below:

Header with images of cultured cells and a Drosophila brain. Text below reads: We are excited to be recruiting our team of 3 post-doctoral research fellows to study the mechanisms underlying ageing-dependent glial cell dysfunction and its effects on neurodegeneration! This is a three-year Medical Research Council-funded cross-disciplinary, multi-partner project with one post-doctoral fellow at each site: Edinburgh Napier, University of Glasgow, and UCL. If you are interested in glial cell biology/neurodegeneration, functional genomics and bioinformatics please get in touch or apply below: Astrocyte ageing & Bioinformatics: Fiona Kerr, ENU (f.kerr@napier.ac.uk): Apply here: Closing Date: https://jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=150547JMmr&LANG=USA Tuesday 24th June 2025 Microglial Ageing & Bioinformatics: Dervis Salih, UCL (dervis.salih@ucl.ac.uk): Apply here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=35013&jobTitle=Research+Fellow Closing Date: Thursday 26th June 2025 Drosophila models of neurodegeneration: Nathan Woodling, University of Glasgow (nathan.woodling@glasgow.ac.uk): Apply here: https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-associate-49?source=gla.ac.uk Closing Date: Wednesday 25th June 2025

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).

YouTube video by OpenStax Meet the author: Dr. Matt Carter (Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience)

Bonus: Meet Dr. Carter and hear about his science journal in this meet-the-author video:

youtu.be/aDL4cCfr99g

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.

the headline is not “trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI” but “trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities”

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

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 🙏❤️

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.

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Microscopic view of 4 arranged fly heads. Exoskeletons is cleared, allowing view of the central nervous system beneath. Tissue is stained in green and purple.

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

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.

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

The level of organization brings a tear to my eye and warmth to all dorsal vessels this winter. Sleep well, wee mini-beasts!

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.

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

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.

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

#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...

And major thanks to my co-authors, the amazing but as-of-yet-skyless Marina Ezcurra, Jennifer Tullet, and Colin Selman!

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...

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

In case anyone on BlueSky hasn't seen it, this may be the funniest scientific study ever published. Bringing it up now as the amazing @scotsfriction.bsky.social has just issued a "teaspoon amnesty" for our common room www.bmj.com/content/331/...