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Join our virtual talk series, Neurodegeneration in Flies today at 4pm GMT. Dr Hongjie Li, Baylor College of Medicine, USA will present a talk entitled ‘Mapping Aging and Longevity at Cellular Resolution Across the Whole Organism’.
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The study shows that GBA1 and Park mutations disrupt the fly’s kidney-equivalent tubules, affecting whole-body balance and contributing to neuronal stress. @elife.bsky.social.
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IHA researchers have uncovered a new link between kidney-like tissues & brain health in fruit fly models of Parkinson’s & Gaucher disease. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

This week's departmental seminar is by Prof Nazif Alic from @ihaucl.bsky.social who will discuss the relevance of polymeraze III activity to human ageing. Everyone welcome!

Also wonderful to catch up with Ivana, Jenny, Cathy & Teresa 🥘🦐 Formerly postdoc contemporaries, now successfully leading the Bjedov, Regan, Slack and Niccoli labs!

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YouTube video by The Francis Crick Institute Can We Live Forever? - A Question of Science with Brian Cox

‘Can we live forever: A Question of Science’- Watch Prof. Linda Partridge in conversation with Prof. Brian Cox www.youtube.com/watch?v=EczR...

NEW PAPER- Bähler group ‘Mitochondrial Translation Inhibition Triggers an Rst2-Controlled Transcriptional Reprogramming of Carbon Metabolism in Stationary-Phase Cells of Fission Yeast’ doi.org/10.3390/biom...

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.

Watch the latest talk in the Neurogeneration in Flies series from Dr Teresa Niccoli and sign up for reminders for the monthly events.
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UCL announces new Vice-Provost (Health) Professor Ibrahim Abubakar, an internationally renowned expert in global health, has been announced as UCL’s new Vice-Provost (Health).

Professor Ibrahim Abubakar, an internationally renowned expert in global health, has been announced as UCL’s new Vice-Provost (Health).

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Loss of Pol III repressor Maf1 in neurons promotes longevity by preventing the age-related decline in 5S rRNA and translation Aging has been shown to induce a decrease in the ability to make new proteins, suggesting that stimulating protein synthesis in old age could be beneficial. These authors show that boosting protein sy...

PUBLICATION ALERT -Increased neuronal protein synthesis can delay ageing, new paper in @plosbiology.org examining the repressor of RNA polymerase III Maf1 from Alic and Partridge labs at the IHA concludes, with funding from the BBSRC

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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.

Watch Prof Ross Cagan’s talk entitled ‘Flies to Cancer to Tauopathy: A Curious Path to a Therapeutic Lead’ from the Neurodegeneration in Flies Virtual Series.
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How resilient nerve cells fight back against dementia A UCL research team has found clues as to why some nerve cells die in dementia and not others, in a new study in fruit flies.

Scientists led by Dr Teresa Niccoli @niccolilab.bsky.social have found clues as to why some nerve cells are resistant to disease processes that cause frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in a new @alzheimersresearchuk.org funded study in fruit flies @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY in the Alic & Partridge labs at the IHA. Join us to elucidate the mechanisms of nutritional programming of adult physiology & lifespan in the fruit fly. To apply: tinyurl.com/2m3cvtb3 Closing 7 May 2025
Our recent work on the topic:
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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.

Watch Prof Adam Dobson’s talk for the Neurodegeneration in Flies Virtual Series entitled ‘The microbiota-gut-brain axis promotes Drosophila ageing’ 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/... (expires 18/04/25)

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