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Senior lecturer & Researcher in #microbiology, #cellbiology #platelets at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK. Speaks English, Français, Mauritian Creole (from the land of the dodos) & basic Hindi. She/her #WomenInStem #EDI
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📢 we have a fully-funded #PhDOpportunity 🎓🧬 #Oral Bacteria and #Alzheimer’s Disease: A Potential Role for the Integrated Stress Response.’’ 📅 Deadline: May 13th 🔗 Apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 📢 Please share widely #PhDOpportunity #GTA #AlzheimersResearch #Microbiology #ISR

In this week's #mitophagy papers, Rab GTPases take the centre stage, with a systematic study their role in autophagy, showing that multiple "Rabs" selectively mediate the degradation of mitochondria and other cellular components. Thanks to @biomednews.bsky.social biomed.news/bims-tofagi/...

@campbellsg.bsky.social, might be of interest

Our new paper!! Led by @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social with @jessrmorley.bsky.social and awesome medical student Yosra Mekki. #digitalhealth #medsky #episky How to Read a Paper Involving AI. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

Important paper from the ISTH SSC Platelet Physiology group! Congrats @alexkzis.bsky.social @dianvanderwaldr.bsky.social and all the authors! @isth.org @jthjournal.bsky.social #platelets #thrombosisandhaemostasis

"The bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C/PARK23 mediates ER–lysosome contacts following lysosome damage" out now in Nature Cell Biology rdcu.be/ehbaL

(1/2) Very happy to study of my friend @hps2022.bsky.social @cniostopcancer.bsky.social now out also at @naturecomms.bsky.social. Another contribution to the field showing the importance of #platelets in #metastasis www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interesting thread on how glycans targeting vaccines could help against coronaviruses. The possibility of a universal vaccine again them!

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Plasticity of the mammalian integrated stress response

Bastounis, E. E., Serrano-Alcalde, F., ..., García-Aznar, J. M., & Theriot, J. A. (2021). Mechanical competition triggered by innate immune signaling drives the collective extrusion of bacterially infected epithelial cells. Developmental cell, 56(4), 443–460.e11. #EpithelialMechanics buff.ly/c4eJTxW

New paper from my laboratory in EMBO Reports doi.org/10.1038/s443.... Our study challenges what we know about #mitochondria & #aging.

Mitochondria transplantation transiently rescues cerebellar neurodegeneration improving mitochondrial function and reducing mitophagy in mice www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Re: 23andme.com & company takeover. You might want to request deletion of your data & destruction of your sample if you used this service.

📢Join us for "Catalysing Diversity – A Chemistry Seminar Series for All"! Hear from scientists from minoritised, LGBTQ+, & neurodivergent communities as they share their journeys & insights. 🎤 Speaker: Dr Pooja Goddard 📅 March 25th|⏰ 5–6 Hybrid #chemsky #Inclusivity #Diversity #RSC

New discovery from Fabiola Del Carpio-Cano on the role of RUNX1 regulates platelet-megakaryocyte F13A1 expression, impacting clot stabilization. Read the full study: www.rpthjournal.org/article/S247... #platelets #RUNX1

🔬 Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Proud to be one of the many women in #Biosciences & #Chemistry working to make a difference in #Science and #Education through #Research and #Teaching. 🧪📚 Love working with this inspiring bunch. #IWD2025 #WomenInSTEM @hallam-biosci-chem.bsky.social #ChemSky #BioSky

📢Join us for "Catalysing Diversity – A Chemistry Seminar Series for All"! Hear from scientists from minoritised, LGBTQ+, & neurodivergent communities as they share their journeys & insights. 🎤 Speaker: Prof Robert Mokaya, OBE, FRS 📅 March 5th|⏰ 5–6 Hybrid #chemsky #Inclusivity #Diversity #RSC

#rnasky #microsky

🚨It’s #BloodClotAwarenessMonth🚨 This month, we’re on a mission to raise awareness, save lives, and take action against blood clots! Show your support by creating a Survivor Selfie using the #WorldThrombosisDay Design Hub📸: www.worldthrombosisday.org/poster-builder/

📢Join us for "Catalysing Diversity – A Chemistry Seminar Series for All"! Hear from scientists from minoritised, LGBTQ+, & neurodivergent communities as they share their journeys & insights. 🎤 Speaker: Prof Robert Mokaya, OBE, FRS 📅 March 5th|⏰ 5–6 Hybrid #chemsky #Inclusivity #Diversity #RSC

Eight critical questions for the new chief executive of UKRI wonkhe.com/blogs/eight-...

🧬🧪Protein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalization | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Henry Kilgore @itamarchinn.bsky.social @pgmikhael.bsky.social Ilan Mitnikov, et al. @aihealthmit.bsky.social @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social @mitofficial.bsky.social

Huge thanks @professor-dave.bsky.social for an excellent & honest talk on your personal journey in #Chemistry. Your ability to weave chemistry into your personal narrative was insightful. It highlights how our experience shape our #research & #academia. #Inspiring Thanks for coming to us.

Not surprising & unfortunately a far too familiar story 😞 Adding this to the list of scientists students should know! #WomenInStem

The @ntrepository.bsky.social is here! Amazing source of resources & definitely worth a follow. #academia #TeachingResource

Awesome news for those living with sickle cell disease #SCD And a great example of #AcademicResearch #Translating into #Clinical settings and impacting patients.

Only by bringing our whole selves to work can we truly thrive. 'Chemistry is Personal' charts my journey as a chemist, the way some of our chemistry intersects with personal experiences, and LGBT+ representation in STEM. This seminar is in Sheffield but also online. Click Prachi's post to sign up!

📢Join us for "Catalysing Diversity – A Chemistry Seminar Series for All"! Hear from scientists from minoritised, LGBTQ+, & neurodivergent communities as they share their journeys & insights. 🎤 First speaker: Prof. David K. Smith (Univ. of York) @professor-dave.bsky.social 📅 Feb 4th | ⏰ 5–6 PM

This looks interesting @theotherdrx.bsky.social

This is something I have not considered! Has there ever been a backup plan should issues like this arise? Plan B from Europe PMC… or some other platform 😬 😱 #academicsky

Every once in a while we publish a paper that moves a whole field forward. I think that's the case for this one from the Bugaj lab, where they describe proteins for THERMOGENETIC control of cellular behavior. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This looks interesting. Might get the kids to check it out… but it reminds me of ‘il était une fois… la vie’ & there was also ‘il était une fois…. l’homme!’ ‘Once upon a time… Life’ & ‘Once upon a time… l’homme’. Absolutely loved those growing up. youtu.be/cEVmpiiEAC0?...

Interesting question as to whether ‘Endothelium is a type of epithelial?’ Definitely worth a read.

In a great collaboration with @hummerlab.bsky.social and the Kräusslich lab: HIV capsid doesn't break at the NPC; instead, it cracks open the NPC itself! Details in Cell: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @mpibp.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social A thread below:

Decellularization and Enzymatic Digestion Methods to Enhance ECM Protein Detection via MALDI-MS Imaging | Analytical Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Emerging models to study competitive interactions within bacterial communities @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The primate gut microbiota contributes to interspecific differences in host metabolism. Published #OpenAccess and fee-free in #MGen using a #PublishAndRead agreement: https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001322

Chemistry in action- very relevant post given the ongoing raging wildfires.

When 14 journals choose to publish the same article simultaneously, you know the topic is important. This is about predatory journals, which are out to catch the inexperienced authors. If you are thinking of submitting a paper following an invitation, read this first. #publishing