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Melissa Bowerman

@bowermanlab.bsky.social
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Professor of Neuromuscular & Skeletal Disorders, Keele University. I research pathologies and new treatments in rare neuromuscular & skeletal disorders. www.thebowermanlab.com

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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
A huge congrats to our member Ali Aries for her NIHR Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award! This will support her work leading a Roundtable on somatosensation post-stroke for the ISRRA and to develop a Patient and Lived Experience Advisory Team (PLEAT) in The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust!
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Matthew Alexander, PhD @mattmuscleguy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Interesting new dual #NatureMedicine papers on intrathecal delivery of #SMA gene therapy: tinyurl.com/3y62k6uv and tinyurl.com/3e5z3z57 #Myoblue
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-04119-2
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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Congratulations to our member Erminia Albanese for her recent publication on the introduction of whole genome sequencing as NHS standard of care for glioma patients in two neurosurgical oncology centres! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Introduction of whole genome sequencing as NHS standard of care for glioma patients in two neurosurgical oncology centres: West Midlands - BJC Reports
BJC Reports - Introduction of whole genome sequencing as NHS standard of care for glioma patients in two neurosurgical oncology centres: West Midlands
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Matthew Alexander, PhD @mattmuscleguy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
It is that time again, time to vote for the 12th Annual Matt's Totally Biased (but less so) Top 10 Muscle Papers of the Year. Due to prohibitive shipping costs, this year’s winner will receive an e-gift card in lieu of a plaque. Voting will end Dec. 20. uab.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Thank you for including me and looking forward to contributing my expertise on spinal muscular atrophy!
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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Congratulations to our member Erminia Albanese for her recent publication describing A Clinical Tool to Identify Incidental Meningioma for Early Outpatient Management! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41264316/!
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A Clinical Tool to Identify Incidental Meningioma for Early Outpatient Management - PubMed
This cohort study found that the IMPACT tool accurately predicted the risk of incidental meningioma progression and can be used to stratify patients into early intervention, serial monitoring, or safe discharge from outpatient care.
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Matthew Alexander, PhD @mattmuscleguy.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
New #SkeletalMuscle paper: FLASH: innovative integrated enzymatic-fluorescent labeling for automated muscle fiber typing, metabolic and morphometric analysis. #Myoblue tinyurl.com/4cuhffbv
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FLASH: innovative integrated enzymatic-fluorescent labeling for automated muscle fiber typing, metabolic and morphometric analysis - Skeletal Muscle
Background Skeletal muscle is a dynamic tissue capable of structural and metabolic remodeling in response to physiological and pathological stimuli. These adaptations are central to understanding the ...
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
📖 45 of 2025 (10/10): Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler. What a sequel! The story takes an unexpected turn mid-way through. I found it very disturbing that although first published in 1998, its storyline is not a far stretch from what is happening in the USA at the moment. #Booksky
Book cover of Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler showing a red bird
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Excited to share Emma Sutton's recently published Ph.D. research! By using cells, worms and mice, we report that mifepristone, a glucocorticoid receptor anatagonist, alone and in combination with an approved SMN-dependent therapy, has the potential to improve SMA disease pathology. rdcu.be/eQpXG
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Mifepristone alone and in combination with scAAV9-SMN1 gene therapy improves disease phenotypes in Smn2B/- spinal muscular atrophy mice
Scientific Reports - Mifepristone alone and in combination with scAAV9-SMN1 gene therapy improves disease phenotypes in Smn2B/- spinal muscular atrophy mice
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Privileged to attend the @ukri.org MRC Biomedicine Science Conference at the QEII Conference Centre in London today where I presented our research on Acrodysostosis Type 2, heard about exciting science and discussed public partnerships!
Academic poster on our research on Acrodystosis Type 2View from window: Big Ben and the Eye in London
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
📖 44 of 2025 (10/10): Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler. A dystopian novel that is not too far from current world events. Beautifully written with an array of characters that display the best and worse of what humanity has to offer. Can’t wait to read the sequel! #Booksky
Book cover of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler showing a black woman in a red dress.
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
📖 43 of 2025 (10/10): Patriot by Alexei Navalny. More than a memoir: a powerful account of an individual that fought for a free, peaceful, happy and non-corrupt country. Knowing he dies makes it a difficult. Knowing that corruptions openly persists worldwide makes it even more difficult… #Booksky
Book cover of Patriot by Alexei Navalny showing his face.
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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Congratulations to our member Divya Chari who has been invited to contribute to a strategic Global Health Innovative & Advanced Treatments Workshop, organised by the @ukri.org Medical Research Council UK!
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I am so proud and happy for Eve McCallion, a Senior Research Technician in my lab, that was shortlisted as a finalist in this year's Lab Awards in the category of Lab Technician of the Year (lnkd.in/dbjKFJ5d)!
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
📖 42 of 2025 (5/20): The Children of Men by P.D. James. The concept behind the book is interesting but the plot was slow and I did not like the protagonist. #Booksky
Book cover of The Children of Men by P.D. James showing dark skies, trees and red berries.
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Selina Wray @selinawray.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
New episode of @uclbrainstories.bsky.social is out! Me & @smfleming.bsky.social chat to our cohost @caswell.bsky.social & Lucy Unwin about their new book “Inside your Brain”. Have a listen & buy the book for any budding young neuroscientists in your life! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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Brain Stories Episode 22 Caswell Barry and Lucy Unwin talk about the neuroscience behind their new children’s book – Inside Your Brain
Podcast Episode · Brain Stories · 15/10/2025 · 48m
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Research Assistant Vacancy at Macquarie University supporting a dementia risk reduction clinical trial, assisting with study visits, data, and participant coordination. Closing date: 30th October www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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Research Assistant: Dementia Risk Reduction
Research Assistant at Macquarie University supporting a dementia risk reduction clinical trial, assisting with study visits, data, and participant coordination.
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
📖 41 of 2025 (10/10): Normal People by Sally Rooney. This book left me with a ball of mixed intense emotions in the pit of my stomach. And I had to sit with them for a while because I was not ready to say goodbye to Marianne & Connell just yet… #Booksky
Book cover of Normal People by Sally Rooney showing two people cuddling in a can of sardines.
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
📖 40 of 2025 (8/10): This is Big by Marisa Meltzer. Part biography of the founder of Weight Watchers, part reflection on the author’s relationship with her body weight, it forces you to reflect on a society that too often associates how you look to your worth. #Bluesky
Book cover of This is Big by Marisa Meltzer showing a picture of the founder of Weight Watchers.
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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Last month, our member Claire Monroy had the fanstastic opportunity to give a talk on "Neural correlates of visual processing in deaf infants" at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (2025.neurolang.org) meeting in Washington D.C. Well done!
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
My son had England ice hockey trials at Lee Valley ice rink in London so I took the opportunity to walk along the canals and wild nature reserves. Very windy but no rain!
Canal and boatsCanal and boats
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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Congrats to Ian Holt, a Research Associate in our member Heidi Fuller's group, who won first prize at the Neuromuscular Study Group meeting in Stresa (Italy) for his poster on Characterising PMP22 proximal partners in a Schwann cell model of CMT1A. Well done!
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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Congrats to our member Divya Chari who will be chairing the 2026 UK Multiple Sclerosis Society Career Development Awards round (PhD Fellowships & Early Career Fellowships)!
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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Our members Sharon Owen & Heidi Fuller were at the Neuromuscular Study Group meeting in Stresa (Italy) last week where Sharon delivered an excellent flash talk presentation on using omics to identify severity-specific differences in spinal muscular atrophy!
Research meeting attendees facing speaker Sharon Owen at the podium and title presentation slide.Research meeting attendees facing speaker Sharon Owen at the podium and introduction slide on spinal muscular atrophy.
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Rocio Servin @rocioservin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We’re hiring! My new Gut–Brain Axis Lab at Northwestern is looking for a Research Technologist 2 to help build the lab and explore how the nervous system shapes gut health and disease. 🔬 Apply here: myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu/EMP...
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This weekend I had the honour of attending the SMA UK's Big Weekend: Forty & Forward to update families on current pre-clinical research priorities in SMA. Clinical trials, exercise, newborn screening, access to education, sex & relationships were also discussed, showing there is still a lot to do!
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
📖 39 of 2025 (8/10): Poor by Katriona O’Sullivan. A raw and honest account of a very difficult childhood and how our societal structures and behaviours make it difficult for kids that are born randomly in such circumstances don’t get afforded the same opportunities as others. #Booksky
Book cover of Poor by Katriona O’Sullivan showing a young female child climbing up a wall.
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
A huge congratulations to Katie, who has successfully passed her MPhil! Her research was aimed at understanding the role of authophagy in SMA and its potential as a therapeutic target. It was a real joy having her join our lab and we already miss her!
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
And here goes the start of another ice hockey season in the UK. Well done to my son’s team who started the season with a win! He played an excellent game and was awarded player of the match!
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
📖38 of 2025 (5/10): The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner. Easy to read but not really a nail-biting page turner… #Booksky
Book cover of The Other Mothers by Kettering Faulkner showing silhouettes of two women through a window.
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Josh Currie @joshcurrie.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
💥OUR LAB IS HIRING!!💥 We are hiring a research assistant/lab manager to assist with managing our axolotl colony and enabling some kick-ass science! Looking for high levels of organization, collaboration, problem solving and curiosity. Application link: tinyurl.com/3tpvphpm #SciJob #JobAlert
One of your future coworkers in the Currie Lab, an adorable axolotl.
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Institute for Regeneration and Repair @edinuni-irr.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
📣Job Opportunity: A postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) position that will focus on exploring the role of macrophages during salivary gland development in our Emmerson Lab. Applications close 09 October 2025. Further information: edin.ac/42uTVlc
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Closing Date: 09 October 2025
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Come work with us @keeleuniversity.bsky.social ! We are recruiting a Research Assistant to work on an exciting project aimed at defining the role of brown adipose tissues in spinal muscular atrophy! Further details can be found here: ce0639li.webitrent.com/ce0639li_web...
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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Nixon Lab is hoping to recruit a postdoctoral fellow interested in alcohol-microglia and/or alcohol-neural stem cell interactions in recovery from alcohol-induced brain and behavioral damage/dysfunction. Open fellowships on our NIAAA-funded T32! Please spread the word!
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
📖 37 of 2025 (10/10): Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. Absolutely delightful read! Every woman in this book is different yet fully developed and the whole thing is brought together in the most heartwarming way. #Booksky
Book cover of Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo showing pictures of black women
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Excited to be presenting our research on the potential of muscle-specific extracellular vesicles as SMA biomarkers. In collaboration with Stephanie Duguez @florage.bsky.social & funded by @afm-telethon.bsky.social !
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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Well done to our member Heidi Fuller who was an invited speaker at the Ottawa NMD 2025 meeting where she presented thoughts on precision medicine for SMA.
Picture showing slide show with presenter at podium.
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
One of my favourite things about the Ottawa NMD meeting is reconnecting with friends and colleagues. Great to come back to where my research career started and hang out with my Ph.D. supervisor @kotharylab.bsky.social !
Picture of Ph.D. supervisor Rashmi Kothary and me.
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Charlène Gémard @charlenegemard.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🚨 Calling researchers, students, technicians in cognition 🚨 We’re running a 10-min anonymous survey on how animal cognition is defined and studied across disciplines (from ecology, ethology, psychology, neurology, etc). 🧠✨ Scan the QR code & share widely #AnimalCognition #ResearchSurvey #Science
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FMI science @fmiscience.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🚨 We're hiring, please share! The FMI seeks a tenure-track Group Leader (Assistant Prof) in Structural Biology 🔬 Innovative scientists in genome regulation, RNA metabolism, or protein homeostasis—especially using cutting-edge approaches—apply now at www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
After the Pre-Meeting, the official @asbmr.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Seattle begins! Our poster was selected for the plenary session. Come see & discuss our results showing sex-specific effects of an Acrodysostosis Type 2 causing mutation!
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
It’s #WhiteSneaker day @asbmr.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Seattle. Ready to raise awareness about bone health & Acrodysostosis Type 2!
White pair of sneakers
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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
BIG news for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Newborn screening for #SMA has just been announced: smauk.org.uk/news/the-sco...
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The Scottish Government will be adding SMA to their newborn screening programme – SMAUK
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Matthew Alexander, PhD @mattmuscleguy.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Public comment now open for the new NIH 2025 Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee's (MDCC) Action Plan. Happy to be a part of this group. Comment here: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-NS-25-022: Request for Information on Draft Priorities for the Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee's Action Plan
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Draft Priorities for the Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee's Action Plan NOT-NS-25-0...
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Proud PI moment as we present our characterisation of bone defects in our unique Acrodysostosis Type 2 mouse model for the first time at the @asbmr.bsky.social Pre-Meeting Symposium on Rare Bone diseases!
Me standing beside our research poster
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Matthew Alexander, PhD @mattmuscleguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
UAB and Children's of AL is looking for a new Division Director of Pediatric Neurology (come be one of my bosses!). We are consistently in the top 30 nationwide in Pediatric Neurology and have excellent subspecialties in: Epilepsy, Autism, and NMDs. Apply: tinyurl.com/y8d8duve
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Very excited to be attending my very first @asbmr.bsky.social annual meeting in Seattle! #whitesneakers at the ready to raise awareness of bone health and Acrodysostosis Type 2!
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Melissa Bowerman @bowermanlab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
My colleague & I are looking for a motivated postdoc to apply for a Post Doctoral & Brain Entry Fellowship to study cognition in babies with spinal muscular atrophy. Contact me if interested. guarantorsofbrain.org/grants/post-...
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Post Doctoral & Brain Entry Fellowships | Brain: The Charity
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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Assistant Prof post in bacterial genomics @unibirmingham.bsky.social Come and join us!! @imibirmingham.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
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Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!
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KeeleNeuro @keeleneuro.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Well done to our member Hady Atef who has been awarded the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) Widening Participation Award to present a poster on end-of-life care at the CSP Conference in Newport this November. We can't wait to hear how it goes!
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