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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

So happy to be at the CNR in Rome hosting the 10th Annual @icsasenescence.bsky.social Meeting and the 2nd #PhaedonInstitute SenoTherapeutics Summit. It's finally time to sit back and enjoy the science 😎🥂 #ICSA2025Rome

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

What a wonderful session! Blown away by the number of scientists that came out early this morning, and I really enjoyed our collective conversation. Thanks for the opportunity ☺️

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Incredibly honored to receive this award and looking forward to all the exciting science to come at #EACR2025 in sunny Lisbon ☀️

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Just a few weeks left to lock in early-bird pricing for #ICSA2025 in Rome, Italy! Join us Sept 16-19 for the 10th Annual ICSA Conference, and a one-day SenoTherapuetics Summit in collaboration with the Phaedon Institute. www.ICSA2025Rome.com for details

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

What an honor to be included in this episode, thanks so much for the opportunity to join, and for the insightful conversation!

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

What a conference center view 🤩🤩 thrilled to be in AnchorAGE for the 2025 American Aging Association meeting #AGE2025

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I am very excited to join this stellar lineup of speakers in beautiful Santiago de Compostela. Registration is now open!!

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Just a few days left to apply!! Don't miss the opportunity to join us in Rome for the 10th Annual ICSA Conference

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Apply today for a travel fellowship to join us in Rome in September!!

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International Cell Senescence Association @icsasenescence.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🚨 Big news! The 10th Annual ICSA Meeting is coming to Rome 🇮🇹 on Sept 17-19, 2025! Join us Sept 16th for the 2nd Phaedon Institute-ICSA SenoTherapeutics Summit! 🎟️ Register now—early bird & abstract submissions close June 15! 🔗 icsa2025rome.com #ICSARome2025

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Thanks again for having me, and I look forward to joining you for an exciting seminar series ahead!!

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

“Diversity and inclusion are not just buzzwords, but the foundations of a strong and dynamic society,” Proud to be a European scientist and vocal champion of #DEI now and always. shorturl.at/udXl3

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European countries resist US push to scrap diversity and inclusion initiatives

U.S. government efforts to eliminate diversity initiatives are not going down well on the European continent.

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American Aging Association @americanaging.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Have you registered to the AGE Meeting in AnchorAGE, Alaska? Registration rates will increase on April 1. Register Today! www.americanagingassociation.org/annual-meeting #AGE2025

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

🤯🤯🤯 we have so much fundamental biology left to learn!!

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The pleasure was all mine! Thanks so much for the exciting science, stimulating discussions, and delicious galician food & wine 😍

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Can't wait to see you soon! Thanks for having me 😊😊

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The one and only Shinya Yamanaka at the Milan Longevity Summit today, explaining how he'll break the world record marathon time before he's 90 😅 #MLS2025

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Looking forward to seeing you soon! 😊

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

"Cancer knows no borders, and setbacks in one part of the world can have lasting consequences for patients everywhere" Science is a global effort and we must continue to make it such, especially in the face of political attempts to dismantle & destroy it.

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Today more than any year before (in my short life as a scientist), Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!!! 🦠💅🧫🧪👩‍🔬. Cheers to all the strong, brilliant women who inspire me, the men who are true allies, and everyone who refuses to doubt that diversity truly makes us better.

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I am incredibly honored and excited to receive this award, thank you so much to @helloeacr.bsky.social @themarkfdn.bsky.social and Pezcoller Foundation for this opportunity!!

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Congratulations to @valeramponi.bsky.social for this important, innovative, and visually beautiful work that significantly advances our understanding of the diverse cell states that can emerge in tumors post-therapy 👏🌟 and check out that @theaacr.bsky.social cover illustration 🤩❤️😉

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

2024 has been truly a "dream come true" year for me, getting to start my own lab at IFOM. I'm honored to share my reflections on this transition, alongside these 11 other exciting new PIs. Thank you, @naturecancer.bsky.social, for the opportunity to keep it real 😉

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BrunetLab @brunetlab.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Updated Aging Starter Packs to find people and labs who work on aging!! Aging Starter Pack 1 (already reached the maximum number!): go.bsky.app/5UXXaDA Aging Starter Pack 2 (can still add!): go.bsky.app/RfFYndJ Let me know if you'd like to be added! 😀

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 13/12/2024

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Redacting names on PI applications to see if it could help gender parity. The result? "All five [of 5 open positions] went to women during the study, compared with just one during the earlier period." Implicit bias is very real. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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How a biochemistry department used redacted job applications to achieve gender parity

Anonymizing job applications before shortlisting helped to boost the number of women appointed.

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This the season 🌟🌲🎅🥂🎁🎄🎇 Our first lab holiday party, complete with a hotpot feast, lots of wine, and Secret Santa gifts so thoughtful and perfect, you'd never guess we've all known each other for less than a month ❤️ Excited to see what 2025 will hold for this crew ✨

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Hi friends! Use this hand tool bluemigrate.com to migrate your tweets (no retweets) from the former platform over here to bluesky ☺️☁️

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Beautiful views, seafood & meat platters galore, lots of good wine, and even more great science. We're having a blast at #ICSAChile2024 !! @ICSA_senescence

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Anyone who knows me, knows I love a good group Halloween costume 🎃 thankfully I managed to get the lab on board 😅. A round of drinks on me next time we see each other for anyone who can name all the types of 🐭 we are!!

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

I'm very happy to see our paper out in @embojournal rb.gy/4atb3h Using a CRISPR screen, we find that cylophilin D is a novel #senolytic target, due to its role in buffering excess mitochondrial Ca++ levels. Congrats to all the authors 🥳🥳

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Little-appreciated fact: Monday is an excellent day for aperitivo 🍹

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

The weather at our annual @IFOMresearch PI retreat wasn't exactly what we'd hoped for, but the opportunity for bonding was sky high 😅🌧️🌊

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

A first-in-patient Phase I trial of autologous iPSC-derived islet transplant for the "cure" (1 year and counting) of type 1 diabetes in one patient. Science is absolutely amazing. doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.004

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Had a wonderful time with @thebillkeyes Lab at the @IGBMC. Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Sampaio Goncalves and thanks for the stimulating discussions!

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

Congratulations to this year's @ICSA_senescence DEI travel award fellowship recipients @akangakiba @michellpzt !!! I can't wait to meet you in Chile and hear more about your exciting science 🤩

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 05/08/2024

It was my great honor to not only to meet the late, great Leonard #Hayflick , but to chair this seminar, with hundreds of people from around the world, unified by this field that he founded decades ago. Thank you, Leonard, and may you rest in peace. shorturl.at/iMvnd

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

"If you find yourself low on ideas, it’s a sign you’re reading the wrong things or need to read more." A gem from @farnamstreet's article on how Schopenhauer foresaw clickbait. Feels super relevant as we drown in overwhelming 🌊🌊 of scientific publications.

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

We are officially looking for a postdoc to work on our @impetusgrants funded project on in vivo reprogramming 🐭Please RT and share! www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12…

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Firing up the 🔬🧫🧪engines..feeling rusty, nervous, and excited! And a bit lonely 😅 really looking forward to the arrival of my first students

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Blown away by the quality of organization and talks at the @YicsaC #senescence symposium in Oxford 🔬🌗🧬

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

And talking about how happy I am to be @IFOMresearch , we are currently hiring several tenure track junior faculty, and two heads of facilities! Come join us in a vibrant, collaborative, and growing environment bitly.ws/3fKof

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Rounding off my first week as a new PI @IFOMresearch and still very much in a "pinch me" state of reality 🙃 Super grateful to all my new colleagues for their exceptionally warm welcome, and very excited for all that is to come ✨🌱

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

I am thrilled to finally share our work on the limiting role of vitamin B12 in #OSKM #reprogramming and tissue repair, out today it in @NatMetabolism Read it here!! rdcu.be/drhsV 🥳🧪👩‍🔬🔬 1/n

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 16/04/2023

The Library of Alexandra -- a fascinating, inspiring, and at times tragic listen on #scihub and the fight for #openaccess. Thanks to @Radiolab for the reporting and all those fighting to democratize science www.wnycstudios.org/story/library-a…

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 16/12/2022

Every year I'm blown away by how amazing our "Crazies" are at communicating science! Congratulations #CrazyAboutBiomedicine class of 2022 on a fantastic job 🥳🔬🧫🧬🧪👩‍🔬 @IRBBarcelona

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 14/09/2022

Had such a great time talking chromatin & aging at @FASEBorg #TCESRC22 in Catania. 🧬🍷🌋 Venue views were second only to the speakers' slides 😉

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Marta Kovatcheva @martakova.bsky.social · 21/08/2022

Fascinating story from the @Elinav_Lab on how artificial sweeteners can alter human glucose tolerance by rewiring the gut microbiome www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-86…

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