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Abigail Wilson, PhD

@abigaildwilson.bsky.social
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Wellcome ECA Fellow at Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL. Using Drosophila to understand dystonia and find new treatments.

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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I'm running London Marathon 2027 for Dystonia UK! Dystonia is my research focus - despite affecting ~100,000 people in the UK, it remains widely unknown. So when I'm not in the lab, I'll be clocking up the miles to raise awareness and to fundraise for Dystonia UK www.justgiving.com/page/abigail...
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Abigail's fundraiser for Dystonia UK
Help Abigail Wilson raise money to support Dystonia UK
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Two researchers, two very expensive mistakes. One group leader reacted with anger, the other sat down and fixed the training. Months later the two labs looked nothing alike. Dr Becky Carlyle on building labs where it's safe to fail. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-buildin...
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Dr Becky Carlyle - Blog – Building Labs Where It’s Safe to Fail
Dr Becky Carlyle on what happens in a lab after something goes badly wrong, and why the group leader's reaction matters more than the mistake.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It's migration season! Monarch butterflies travel over 4,000 km to winter in Mexico's stunning oyamel forests. Witness the beauty of nature's incredible journey.
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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Thanks to the organisers for having me! Was great to present my new Electron Microscopy data 🪰
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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Was delighted to host Tzu-Ting (Tammy) Huang to give a talk and chat to everyone in the @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social at @ucl.ac.uk Institute of Neurology, she gave a fantastic talk for the UCL fly community & was great to reconnect after meeting at CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology programme in 2023! 🪰
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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I am a mentor on the FlyCROSS scheme - I can say it's extremely well organised and supportive - get involved!
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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The Inaugural UCL Dystonia Day Symposium was held this week! An amazing line up of speakers, posters and panel discussion. It was fantastic (and important) to be joined by @dystoniauk.bsky.social. A big shout out to @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social for organising. We hope to make this a regular occurrence!
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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Registration for Dystonia Day closes *tomorrow* at 4pm! Programme here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/sites/io...
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Pint of Science UK @pintofscience.uk · 14/04/2025
✨Tickets for #pint25 are now on sale!✨ 🎟Book here 👉 pintofscience.co.uk 🐝🧪👩‍🔬📚🔬👓🧠🐟🫀💫🥼👨‍🔬🔭🧫🦴 🗓19th-21st May 2025 📍45+ locations across the UK 🗣400 events
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UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology @uclqsion.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Final programme for this event is now available! www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/events/2...
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Inaugural UCL Dystonia Day symposium
The UCL Dystonia Day Symposium seeks to bring basic and clinical researchers together to address this critical question. The Symposium will showcase cutting-edge research from early career researchers...
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Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Exciting news! The Genetics Society & BBSRC are teaming up to launch Research Access Placements (RAPs), offering fully paid summer research internships for undergrad students from underrepresented backgrounds. Deadline for applications: 14 April. genetics.org.uk/grants/resea...
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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Received your PhD in 2023-2024? Apply by July 15th for the @science.org & SciLifeLabPrize to win up to $30k. Categories: cell & molecular bio; genomics, proteomics & systems bio, ecology & environment; molecular medicine. 🧪 www.science.org/content/page...
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Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists
This Prize was created to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community and we need to encourage our best and brightest to continue in their chosen fields of res...
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Now might be a good time to protect your data if you’ve used this service. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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23andMe files for bankruptcy protection
The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.
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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
A beautiful day @crick.ac.uk on Monday for the 4th Rare Diseases Conference! It was a great day - and thanks to the conference committee for awarding me the Best Oral Presentation prize 🪰
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Gabriel Aughey @gabrielaughey.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I've been a bit slow to post about this, but our work on RBL2-linked disease is now available online in #Brain. We provide a comprehensive characterisation of clinical phenotypes, and explore the neurological function of the #Drosophila orthologue, Rbf. (1/2) doi.org/10.1093/brai...
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Clinical and genetic characterization of a progressive RBL2-associated neurodevelopmental disorder
RBL2 dysfunction, which disrupts cell-cycle gene expression, has been linked to a severe neurodevelopmental disorder. Aughey et al. characterize a cohort o
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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It's conference season! Presenting my recent research at the Brain Conference 2025 on the 7th March 👇 conference.guarantorsofbrain.org/program/
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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Come join us on May 14th for the UCL Dystonia Day organised by @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social!
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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Delighted to have been selected to give a talk on 3rd March at the 4th Crick Rare Diseases Conference @crick.ac.uk - there's still time to register (and free to register for students!) www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/4th...
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4th Crick Rare Diseases Conference
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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in @aria-research.bsky.social funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases. @uclpals.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social bit.ly/4g9MN1H
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UCL researchers receive £8.1 million ARIA funding for innovative brain research
UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases.
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Anna Hobbiss @annahobbiss.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
So happy that this long and winding story I've been chasing as part of two great teams, the @moitalab.bsky.social and @cmendeslab.bsky.social, is out now in BioRXiv! Take a look to see what surprising things fly muscles do when they're standing still.
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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Register for the final Development presents... webinar of 2024, chaired by @dev-journal.bsky.social Senior Editor @amjeve.bsky.social. We'll hear from Madalena Reimão Pinto and @gabrielaughey.bsky.social on the topic of #GeneRegulation in #DevBio 📆Wed 4 Dec 15:00GMT us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Development presents… webinar on Wednesday 4 December 15:00 GMT, chaired by Alex Eve. Talk number 1: Madalena M. Reimão Pinto (Biozentrum) on ‘The regulatory landscape of 5′ UTRs in translational control during zebrafish embryogenesis’; Talk number 2: Gabriel Aughey (University College London) on ‘Characterisation of an RBL2-associated neurodevelopmental disorder sheds light on neuronal cell-cycle exit and re-entry’.
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