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Mehershad Wadia

@mehershadw.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist, Writer, Comedian(?) 🔬Hilliard Lab, University of Queensland

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Mehershad Wadia @mehershadw.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A much needed peer review of Australia's current peer review system. With declining research funding and a lack of transparency in grant outcomes, the future of Australia's medical research shouldn't be decided by what is more or less a lottery Out in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Australia’s erosion of peer review
Throughout the world, peer review serves as the cornerstone of the scientific enterprise, providing rigorous quality control and building the confidence that underpins progress for both science and so...
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Mehershad Wadia @mehershadw.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I'll be increasing the sample size of this study by giving a talk at QBI's SPAM event tomorrow!
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Mehershad Wadia @mehershadw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Excellent work from @coakleylab.bsky.social and @hilliardlab.bsky.social 👏 Turns out, neurons protect themselves by literally becoming thick-skinned.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
This is VERY COOL!
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Sean Coakley @seancoakley.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Daily reminder that life's a rollercoaster 🎢 #celegans #dadjokes and coaster by @mehershadw.bsky.social
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Mehershad Wadia @mehershadw.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I'll be MCing the wonderful Pint of Science festival featuring some outstanding scientists! 📍 Easy Times Brewing Co, Brisbane 🗓️ 19th to 21st May! Come along for an evening full of amazing science brewing right here in Brisbane!
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Mehershad Wadia @mehershadw.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
👏👏👏
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Hilliard Lab @hilliardlab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Do not miss out on this amazing meeting! The deadline for abstract submission and registration is March 1st. Check out the program and apply now: meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel... #EMBOcellBioComm @embo.org
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
If it helps with your anxiety at all, four fifths of all animals are nematodes.
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Mehershad Wadia @mehershadw.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Our paper is now featured in the Editors' highlights at @naturecomms.bsky.social 👇 www.nature.com/collections/...
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Sean Coakley @seancoakley.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Very happy and proud about this week's success. Very grateful to all my colleagues and my lab for their hard work and support getting this over the line 🍾🙏🥳
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Sean Coakley @seancoakley.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Nice way to start the year. An enormous effort on this one from Alessandra. Congratulations! 🎉
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Mehershad Wadia @mehershadw.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
NEW Paper: If you're a fan of Rachel from 'Friends', you would love OSP-1, as it is also protective of ROS Donato et al. found a novel gene OSP-1 (oxidative stress protective 1) that protects neurons from damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), by modulating autophagy.👇
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evakaulich.bsky.social @evakaulich.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Leveraging the genetic power of the nematode C. elegans and the optogenetic tool KillerRed, the Hilliard Lab discovered osp-1, a novel gene that protects neurons from oxidative damage via cell-autonomous mechanisms 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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OSP-1 protects neurons from autophagic cell death induced by acute oxidative stress - Nature Communications
How oxidative stress impacts neurons is poorly understood. Here the authors reveal that overactivation of autophagy following oxidative stress contributes to neuronal death and discover a protective f...
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