NTU Metabolism

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🔬 #FullyFunded #PhD (🇬🇧) 🎓 Study how #gut-derived #endotoxin 🦠 drives #inflammation in #obesity 🧠🍽️ and build a #nanophotonic #biosensor 📡⚡ for ultra-sensitive detection.

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highlight from our #ISTeC Dish Party

@ntumeta.bsky.social and @ntuneuro.bsky.social joined forces for our #ISTeC Dish Party, a celebration of culture, community, and amazing food.
Huge thanks to @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social for the brilliant organisation and unforgettable food performance 👏🍽️
Thanks to everyone who joined! 🙌 #SHiMR_NTU

Lab Christmas pottery painting! #Sciencemas @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Joshua N. Awoke, PhD AFHEA, on successfully defending his thesis on the role of #carnosine and #inflammation in #metabolic diseases! 👏 Thanks to Dr. Sergio Colombo & Prof. Mark Turner for their support.
#SHIMR_NTU #NTUMetabolic

We were delighted to host Prof Delphine Boche ( #SouthamptonUni) for our #SHiMR_NTU Seminar! She shared insights into #neuroinflammation in #Alzheimer’s disease and innovative methods to study #microglial cells in the human brain. Thanks to Dr Shreyasi Chatterjee for hosting! @ntuneuro.bsky.social

💡Big questions and bigger ideas at Friday's Neuroscience-metabolism Journal Club! Hosted by Alex Wilson-Slomkowski, sparking lively debate on how much data is enough for a paper? Brilliant insights, great company and of course, cake 🍰 #NTU #SHiMR #Neuroscience #Metabolism #JournalClub #ScienceChat

L-R Maisie, Rebecca, Annabelle and Marwa working at the bench in the lab

This week we welcomed new team member Maisie Smedley on placement from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social BSc Neuroscience who will be working on tissue clearing and mapping hypothalamic networks. We were all busy in the lab this week! @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
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Homemade victoria sponge looking a little ...rustic after it was made quite late last night in between MSc thesis marking!

Marwa kicks us off with the paper she picked to present

Restarting neuro/metabolism #JournalClub with a cake! Will it turn into baking club? (I hope so)

@marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

Rebecca Dumbell holding a microphone to close the session. In front of a slide "thank you for your attention"

A great session this morning, thank you to my co-chair Stephen Manchishi and all the speakers Jonathan Johnton, Beatrice Filippi, Chris Coyle and Szilvia Vas and great discussion from the audience. 🧠🎤🍔🕘🐭

In this afternoon's poster session come and meet Bharat Muthukumar talk about ZFHX3 #metabolic effects and Sam Bennett on mice divergently selected for metabolic differences and altered behavioural #rhythms.

#BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social

What a great conference @bsneuroendo.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025 with team NTU (and Annabelle not in the photo). Showcasing Neuroendocrine NTU!
✔️three posters
✔️one poster prize 🏆
✔️one session chaired
✔️one presentation to the AGM
✔️a lot of curries eaten 🍛
✔️some crazy dancing
✔️Lots of cool science

Presenting her work on today's poster session @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social talking about ZFHX3 and it's molecular action on energy balance neuropeptides @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025

The #DumbellLab on tour! #BSNbradford2025 left-right it's me, Bharat, Marwa @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social and Annabelle. Posters might be over but chat to us about our work here at the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting!

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Well done Sam! Great to see NTU neuroendocrinology highlighted and winning prizes 🏆 #BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

Multi-modal comparative phenotyping of knock-in mouse models of frontotemporal dementia/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Summary: We report side-by-side behavioural and sensory phenotyping data of two knock-in next-generation mouse models of aspects of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia disease sp...

Congratulations to Gareth Banks and colleagues on their recent publication in @dmmjournal.bsky.social on a mouse knock-in model of frontotemporal #dementia / #AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #ALS & colleagues from @mrcharwell.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @utoronto.ca
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The murine ATP-binding cassette transporter C5 (Abcc5/MRP5/cMOAT) plays a role in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation and glutamatergic signalling - Translational Psychiatry Translational Psychiatry - The murine ATP-binding cassette transporter C5 (Abcc5/MRP5/cMOAT) plays a role in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation and glutamatergic signalling

🧠 New Research Alert!

Dr. Gareth Banks' latest study in Translational Psychiatry highlights the role of the murine ATP-binding cassette transporter Abcc5 (MRP5/cMOAT) in memory consolidation, circadian rhythm regulation, and glutamatergic signalling.

📄 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413...

A huge well done to our incredible PhD graduates from the Metabolic Health team, Dr Laura Lenham, and Dr Jade Creighton. We are proud to celebrate this important milestone with you. #SHIMR_NTU #NTU #NTUMetabolic @ntuneuro.bsky.social #PhD #Graduation #Classof2025

#worldbrainday #brainhealthforallages

PhD student Zak and Professor Tom Wishart are at the #AnatomicalSociety #cerebralcortex conference in Oxford, presenting their latest research on the role of PpT1 in #Batten disease. Exciting insights from the #NTUneuro and #SHiMR team!🧠🔬
#Neuroscience #Research #PhDLife #MolecularBiology #SciComm

Dr Alice Murphy spoke at the UKHAIC networking event, sharing how her #FTMA grant with Intelligent OMICS Ltd is advancing research into predicting #type2diabetes improvement post-bariatric surgery using urine. Great discussions on #healthyAgeing. #diabetes #NTU #NTUMetabolic #SHiMR_NTU

Great to see #NTUMetabolic @ #PhysiologyofObesity2025 w/ Dr @fearoncassidy.bsky.social & Prof @tonygoldstone.bsky.social .
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@mark-christian-lab.bsky.social
@rebeccadumbell.bsky.social
@ntuneuro.bsky.social
@jhobbs22.bsky.social
@nurudeenrasaq.bsky.social
@nkalender.bsky.social

Honored to be at #PhysiologyofObesity2025 @uniofnottingham.bsky.social representing @mark-christian-lab.bsky.social. Sharing our work on #BrownFat -enriched #microRNAs in #lipodystrophy and #obesity. Poster up today, come by!
#SHIMR_NTU @physoc.bsky.social @jhobbs22.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social

Bharat Muthukumar presenting his poster (blurred)

At the @physoc.bsky.social Physiology of obesity meeting in @uniofnottingham.bsky.social today. Bharat will be presenting his poster this afternoon on ZFHX3 in #BrownFat and metabolism @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @socendocrinology.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social #NTUresearch

#SHiMR2025 wrapped up with closing remarks from Prof Gareth Lavery, celebrating a day of brilliant science.
Congrats to our prize winners:Maria Pia Savoca, Abha Kushwaha & Ollie Megram!
Huge thanks to all speakers, chairs & attendees for making it such an inspiring event.
#NTU_Metabolic #SHIMR_NTU

Highlight of #SHiMR2025: an insightful keynote from Nabil-Fareed Alikhan on #EntericPathogens, #COVID19 genomics, and how #bioinformatics, large-scale #genomics and open software are shaping global #PublicHealth responses.
#COGUK #PathogenSurveillance #NTU_Metabolic #BigData #NTU #NTU_Metabolic

Closing the session, Associate Professor Conor Meehan reflected on the opportunities and challenges of working with #BigData in SHiMR.
Huge thanks to our speakers and everyone who joined for another round of cutting-edge insights!
#SHIMR2025 #TranslationalScience #NTU_Metabolic

Associate Professor Anbarasu Lourdusamy followed with insights from #CancerGenomics, showing how data-driven approaches are reshaping research and treatment pathways in #oncology. #CancerResearch #SHIMR_NTU

Session 3 at #SHiMR2025 put the spotlight on #BigData! Chaired by Dr David Boocock, the session opened with Dr David Negus from AROM, who explored how large-scale data can accelerate the search for novel #antimicrobials. #SHIMR_NTU #NTU

🫁 Dr Maria Pia Savoca on exploring EV-associated TG2 as a potential #biomarker for #IdiopathicPulmonary fibrosis.
A session full of cutting-edge #TranslationalScience. #PulmonaryFibrosis #SHIMR_NTU #NTU