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Lauren Reid It is possible to find a healthy work-life balance whilst still developing a career and pursuing scientific interests.

Wonderful to hear Lauren Reid's insightful reflections on her journey from PhD to drug development and software design in the medicinal chemistry space with MedChemica Ltd!

research-careers.org/lauren-reid/

#researchcareers #medicinalchemistry #computationchemistry #industry #drugdesign

14.07.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to those joining us from other platforms! We hope you like our new page and look forward to sharing our ongoing work and new profiles with you here.

17.06.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FoxO1-zDHHC4-CD36 S-Acylation Axis Drives Metabolic Dysfunction in Diabetes | Circulation Research BACKGROUND: The fatty acid (FA) transporter CD36 (FA translocase/cluster of differentiation 36) is the gatekeeper of cardiac FA metabolism. Preferential localisation of CD36 to the sarcolemma is one o...

Our paper is now published in Circ Res, demonstrating why the heart becomes loaded with lipids in diabetes. So proud of our team and all their hard work

www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

06.06.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW report from us @wildjustice.bsky.social today - #LostNature - which details how housing developers are failing wildlife across the board on every measure . 🧡

12.12.2024 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 14

...So when the @royalsociety.org says "due to the high number of applications we are unable to provide feedback", it sits badly. What little down time we have sunk into an application and the funder cant even say if it was on the right track, feels like a kick in the teeth to young researchers. 3/3

11.12.2024 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

...and then once that is all done, still have to find time to write grant applications to enable us to continue doing our job.
When the inevitable rejection letter arrives, the one piece of solace is that the feedback can help you improve your application and try again. 2/3

11.12.2024 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#postdocs put in long hours on a daily basis, spend weekends and holidays in the lab acquiring data for other peoples grants, contribute our free time to support the University and funders in promoting research and engagement, participiate in teaching and supervising for little to no extra pay 1/3

11.12.2024 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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