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@batprotect.bsky.social
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BatProtect is a team of world-leading experts in bat biology, genomics, immunology and gerontology. Funded from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program - grant agreement No. 101118919

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Why Bats Don’t Age and Why You Should Care! Longevity Roadmap Podcast interview with Dr. Buck Joffrey and @emmateeling.bsky.social is now live about why bats are rewriting the rules of longevity science youtu.be/Ktb3HJmemZ8?... via @YouTube @erc.europa.eu
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Why Bats Don’t Age and Why You Should Care
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Final keynote #MeriadegLeGouil 10 yrs of evolution of Sarbecovirus in Rhinolophus ferrumequinum: dynamics, drivers & spillover rate in sympatric species 3 days of researchers sharing their research. These face to face meetings are so essential for consortium led projects, so much collaboration!
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Final Chalk talks: Host response to pathogens, stress & perturbations #FredTouzalin #OrlinAlcock #MridulaNandakumar & #GwenHurpy Multi-omics, single cell, nanoseq, proteomics & clocks #FengZhu & #MeganPower
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Day 3 - Immune/population - morning keynotes from: #SebastianPuechmaille & #EricPetit - Pedigree reconstruction & genomic analyses to advance our understanding of ageing #JoePrescott - Egyptian rousette bat immune responses to Marburg virus
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Embedded in the heart of @unicologne.bsky.social at the amazing @cecad.bsky.social our event continues with keynote by #AleksandraTrifunovic on Mitochondrial stress responses: gatekeepers of cellular health, disease & longevity followed by chalk talks by #AsyaMartirosyan #AkshamalGamage & #JavierKoh
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
BatProtect programme continues with keynote from #ThomasZwaka: Bat iPSCs & bat adaptations Followed by Genome -validation & test hypothesis chalk talks from #AnastasiaBaturina, #DavidMeyer, #WalterSandt & #ArielEraso
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Day 2: bringing the consortium researchers & experts together is on the theme of Functional & comparative genomics Keynote #StefanMundlos: Functional Genomics of Bat Limb Development With Genome Chalk team talks #LucasCanesin, #YuryMalovichko, #AlejandroGonzales, #BernhardBein & #MicheleAlbertini
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Afternoon session kicked off by #GeraldWilkinson: Comparative studies of bat aging using DNA methylation Followed by Theme 2 chalk talks: DREAM & repair #ArturoBujarrabal-Dueso, #NajaEckert & #XuanjingLi #SonjaVernes gave a keynote on Understanding bat adaptations by studying a captive bat colony
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Part of our programme is Interactive Chalk talks and Theme 1 is on longitudinal sampling, biomarker & repair by #SebastienRiquier, #MaggieWeber, #IlzeSkujina & #MarekUvizl
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
BatProtect - 3 day programme kicked off by @bjornschumacher.bsky.social followed by keynote from #StevenAustad on Methuselah's Zoo: what nature can teach us about living longer, healthier lives
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
3 day programme has exciting blend of keynotes from leading experts, interactive chalk talks by BatProtect researchers from across the consortium and group discussions focusing on new methods, opportunities and future research planning. Day 1 outline below - focuses on Longitudinal Omics/Metadata
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Zoom and emails are great for international @erc.europa.eu synergy grants. But you can't get away from the importance of face-to-face interactions, so the researchers from across the consortium are together in beautiful Cologne thanks to @cecad.bsky.social from 1 - 3 December 2025.
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Björn Schumacher @bjornschumacher.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🧬🧬🧬Targeting Genome Stability to Mitigate Human Aging and Disease - read now our comprehensive review article written with Debbie Toiber how we can target the most fundamental mechanisms of aging and cancer. @annualreviews.bsky.social 🔗 go.shr.lc/3JohYMp
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Björn Schumacher @bjornschumacher.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
It's a great pleasure to introduce the RACE ERA Chair Initiative for Establishing a Research and Innovation Program of Excellence on Ageing and Longevity at the University of Crete with @garinis.bsky.social
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Björn Schumacher @bjornschumacher.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Now out in print: Targeting DNA damage in ageing: towards supercharging DNA repair. New perspectives how we could tackle cancer and aging at their mechanistic root cause: I www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Targeting DNA damage in ageing: towards supercharging DNA repair - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
DNA damage to the somatic genome has been identified as a major cause of ageing. This Perspective provides an overview of current understanding of the role of genome instability in the ageing process and assesses therapeutic strategies targeting the cellular response to DNA damage to delay ageing and prevent associated diseases.
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Do bats hold the secret to human longevity? RAZOR’s Reya El-Salahi joins @emmateeling.bsky.social from @ucddublin.bsky.social, & French conservation group Bretagne-Vivante in Brittany as they study bats to uncover longevity secrets. youtu.be/8HSpJbWqfBs?... @erc.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social
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Do bats hold the secret to human longevity?
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
New and exciting project publication "Linking phenotype to genotype using comprehensive genomic comparisons" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @erc.europa.eu @bjornschumacher.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social @hillermich.bsky.social
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Always great to meet with and discuss our research with the ERC President, Prof Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @emmateeling.bsky.social @bjornschumacher.bsky.social
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Check out this exciting publication from the BatProtect project, with many more to follow! "Generating bat primary and immortalised cell-lines from wing biopsies" doi.org/10.1038/s415... @ucddublin.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social
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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Want to work with leading researchers? Research Laboratory Manager, UCD Bio and Envir. Science, Temp: UCD - Research – Biological Sciences universityvacancies.com/university-c... Closing date 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 14/07/2025 @bjornschumacher.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social
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Gemma Watts @gemmawatts.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Research Laboratory Manager ERC BatProtect @ucddublin.bsky.social Societal challenges #HealthyAgeing & #InfectiousDiseases resistance Bats have extended health spans & amazing disease resistance universityvacancies.com/university-c... @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social @bjornschumacher.bsky.social
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