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Nathan Woodling

@nathanwoodling.bsky.social
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PI and Lecturer, University of Glasgow #Drosophila dad | #neuroscience and #ageing | he/him, views my own woodlinglab.weebly.com 🔬🧠🪰🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Greetings from the JEDI members that were selected for this year's @embo.org #Drosophila Crete meeting. Congratulations for giving amazing talks! From left: Helene Knævelsrud @helene-knavelsrud.bsky.social, Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social and Julie Carnesecchi @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social
Helene @helene-knavelsrud.bsky.social, Katja @rustflylab.bsky.social and Julie @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social at the EMBO Crete Meeting.
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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The amazing JEDI crowd 2026! Hurray for an inspiring #Drosophila meeting at a gorgeous location. Thank you to everyone who attended!
The JEDI crowd of 2026
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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Amazing news! The company of biologists @biologists.bsky.social has decided to support our upcoming meeting! We now only have a couple of spots left for the upcoming JEDI #Drosophila meeting. 📍Palmela, Portugal 📅 June 1st to 3rd Register: congressos.mundiconvenius.pt/geral/inseri...
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Great to see a fellow @fly-jedi.bsky.social featured here! Well done @helene-knavelsrud.bsky.social !
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Can we predict health, Or when flies drop like fall leaves? Yes, chemotypes can! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #Drosophila #AgingResearch #sciku @thescikuproject.bsky.social
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
What a pleasure to have @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social visit us in Glasgow to share her fab work on transcription factors and RNA! Thanks for coming so far north to join us for a bit!
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The University of Glasgow is looking for a new cohort of PhD students as part of our College Futures Programme! UK home students are invited to apply with a deadline of 12 January 2026 for PhD projects beginning in October 2026. www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
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University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences - MVLS Graduate School - PhD Research Opportunities - College Futures Themes PhD Programme
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Kasia Siudeja @ksiudeja.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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corderolab.bsky.social @corderolab.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
A #sciku: Age crumbles defence, whether to armies or germs; but in diverse ways! New out from @jennyregan.bsky.social and team, showing how correlations between mortality and age-related susceptibility to infection depend on sex and genotype: doi.org/10.1101/2025... #Drosophila #AgingResearch
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Different ways to die: harnessing variation in Drosophila reveals loss of tolerance and resistance over age and sex-specific association between infection susceptibility and lifespan
It is widely accepted that susceptibility to infection increases with age. The reason often invoked is the dysregulation of the immune system, which is both cause and consequence of ageing. However, w...
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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to @flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag! www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...
gold crispr-cas9 enamel pinsdrosophila embroidered patches and enamel pinsIgM antibody enamel pins in purple and cyan
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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🎉Excited to share our latest paper, published in Nature Communications!🎉 "Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila" #redox #metabolism #ageing #Drosophila @natcomms.nature.com @mrc-lms.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Enhancing autophagy by redox regulation extends lifespan in Drosophila - Nature Communications
Redox signalling is emerging as an important regulator of metabolism and physiology, which is dysregulated in ageing and disease. Here, the authors show that redox regulation of a key redox sensitive ...
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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Congratulations to @jackholcombe.bsky.social for his #EDS best PhD thesis award! Jack will give a plenary talk at #EDRC2025
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Dafni Hadjieconomou @drosostalis.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Empty now, full of JEDIs a few hours ago!!! Amazing to see such a good spirit! Special thanks to @giorgio.gilest.ro for passing on the light!!
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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.
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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This is a really fun question to throw at your colleagues when you’re a biologist
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Joris Deelen @jorisdeelen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I am very proud to present you the first paper from the main research line of my group at the @mpiage.bsky.social in collaboration with my current group @molepi.bsky.social @bds-lumc.bsky.social at the LUMC, which is now published in @geroscience.bsky.social! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Functional characterisation of rare variants in genes encoding the MAPK/ERK signalling pathway identified in long-lived Leiden Longevity Study participants - GeroScience
Human longevity, which is coupled to compression of age-related disease, is a heritable trait. However, only few common genetic variants have been linked to longevity, suggesting that rare, family-spe...
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯 Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below. This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
We are excited to be recruiting 3 post-doctoral researchers to study glial cell dysfunction in #agingresearch and #neurodegeneration, including one position using #Drosophila models! If you are interested, please read more below to get in touch or apply (links in thread).
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We are excited to be recruiting our team of 3 post-doctoral research fellows to study the mechanisms underlying ageing-dependent glial cell dysfunction and its effects on neurodegeneration! This is a three-year Medical Research Council-funded cross-disciplinary, multi-partner project with one post-doctoral fellow at each site: Edinburgh Napier, University of Glasgow, and UCL. If you are interested in glial cell biology/neurodegeneration, functional genomics and bioinformatics please get in touch or apply below: Astrocyte ageing & Bioinformatics: Fiona Kerr, ENU (f.kerr@napier.ac.uk): Apply here: Closing Date: https://jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=150547JMmr&LANG=USA Tuesday 24th June 2025 Microglial Ageing & Bioinformatics: Dervis Salih, UCL (dervis.salih@ucl.ac.uk): Apply here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=35013&jobTitle=Research+Fellow Closing Date: Thursday 26th June 2025
Drosophila models of neurodegeneration: Nathan Woodling, University of Glasgow (nathan.woodling@glasgow.ac.uk): Apply here: https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research-associate-49?source=gla.ac.uk Closing Date: Wednesday 25th June 2025
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Intro to BN open textbook @introtobn.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Bonus: Meet Dr. Carter and hear about his science journal in this meet-the-author video: youtu.be/aDL4cCfr99g
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Meet the author: Dr. Matt Carter (Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience)
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Lesley Weaver @lesleynweaver.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Folks are being REAL quiet when diversity and DEI are being attacked literally every day, yet you want us to stick by you when your grant is being attacked. We see you and we are taking note.
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Gail McConnell @gailmcconnell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Showcasing the latest applications of the Mesolens and demonstrating our $0.08 3D printed optical-quality lenses manufactured using low-cost consumer grade printers! #PhotonicsWest @spie.org
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Meng-meng Fu @mengmengfu.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
If you’re a federal govt employee targeted for leave or termination on the basis of your DEI work, please file an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) complaint & retain legal counsel. I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times! Pls repost 🙏❤️
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Oz @alistairoz.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
For #drosophila scientists, I've made a free #diagram resource of a variety of common physical markers, both coloured and lined. Hopefully going to make more, so feel free to share suggestions! Current collection: Bar, CyO, e, Hu, w, mini-w, Pin, v, wt, Sp, Ser, Sb, y. doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
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Fliagram: Drosophila Melanogaster Diagram Collection
Collection of hand-drawn diagrams of various marker genes for Drosophila melanogaster. Included in this series are: Bar-Eye Base: drawings devoid of bristles & colour. Curly (CyO) Ebony (e) ...
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Oz @alistairoz.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
As this is away from my art-focussed Instagram, I feel like I can finally share some of my science work! Submitted this as part of an image competition last year (Scottish Microscopy Symposium), featuring 4 little fun fly heads! Neat, I think! #microscopy #drosophila
Microscopic view of 4 arranged fly heads. Exoskeletons is cleared, allowing view of the central nervous system beneath. Tissue is stained in green and purple.
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Thursday 9th Jan 2025, 4pm UK time: Join us to hear Prof Amita Sehgal and Dr Bumsik Cho from UPenn tell us about their work on brain mantenance, lipid regulation, and sleep using our favourite model organism: #Drosophila! Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at: bit.ly/NeuroFlies
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UCL IHA Virtual Symposium: Neurodegeneration in Flies
This seminar series brings together researchers from around the globe who study neurodegenerative diseases and age-related neurodegeneration using flies.
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Thursday 5th Dec, 4pm UK time: Join us to hear Dr María José Ferreiro (IIBCE institute in Montevideo, Uruguay) tell us about her work on new neuroprotective genes discovered using #neurodegeneration models in #Drosophila! Zoom link, future speakers list, and email sign-up at: bit.ly/NeuroFlies
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UCL IHA Virtual Symposium: Neurodegeneration in Flies
This seminar series brings together researchers from around the globe who study neurodegenerative diseases and age-related neurodegeneration using flies.
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Amoyel lab @amoyellab.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We're hiring a postdoc! Please forward to people you know who are looking for positions. Interested in studying how metabolism is wired to support fertility? 🔬🪰 Come join us! Ad to go live next week, but informal enquiries encouraged.
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Mirre Simons @mirresimons.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
#Phd on #Aging #Ageing available in my group. Focus is long-read sequencing and splicing after treatment with DR and mTOR suppression in flies. #drosophila www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Mechanisms of alternative splicing in neurodegeneration and ageing at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Mechanisms of alternative splicing in neurodegeneration and ageing at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This Thanksgiving, I am hugely grateful for scientists who were pioneers in our field - particularly those who did not receive the credit they deserved in their own time. Inspiring examples published today: doi.org/10.1111/acel... #agingresearch #geroscience #biologyofaging #GeroSky #WomenInSTEM
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Overlooked histories in ageing research: Pioneering women at the foundation of our field
Pioneering women in ageing research. Photo credits: Marjory Warren, Photo: Archives of the British Geriatrics Society; Lillien Martin, courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stan...
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Tara Spires-Jones 🌈🔬 @tspiresjones.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
In case anyone on BlueSky hasn't seen it, this may be the funniest scientific study ever published. Bringing it up now as the amazing @scotsfriction.bsky.social has just issued a "teaspoon amnesty" for our common room www.bmj.com/content/331/...
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Alissa Armstrong @armstrongflylab.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🙋🏽‍♀️ I frequently direct #Drosophila newcomers to this resource and use it myself when planning for community outreach. Will share ideas for updates if I think of anything, but highly doubt that I will…it’s already GREAT!
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BrunetLab @brunetlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Aging starter pack! go.bsky.app/5UXXaDA
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James Catterson @scotsfriction.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🧠 130 people now in this UK Dementia Starter Pack! 🧠 📈 (50 more than 2 days ago!) 📈 A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians. Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋 go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Calling all biogerontologists, geroscientists, and everyone in between! Thanks @timwrhoads.bsky.social! bsky.app/starter-pack... ⏳🔬🧪🧬
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
You asked for it...
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James Catterson @scotsfriction.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🧠Sharing this Starter Pack again as the list has now reached 80 people! A great mix of Profs/PIs/Post-docs/PhDs/Technicians. Please re-post so it can reach a wider audience as I'm sure there are more of us out there ☺️🦋 go.bsky.app/S6FfsTp
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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Wishing all the fly-pushers a wonderful #DrosophilaDay/#FlyDay as we celebrate the anniversary (11/18) of the #Drosophila white-eyes mutant line w1118!
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
It's one of my favourite days in the yearly science calendar! Today sees the alignment of: (a) LGBTQ+ STEM day - prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/ and (b) #Drosophila day, for the 'white eleven-eighteen' mutant identified on Nov 18th by Robert Levis - doi.org/10.1016/0092... Happy fly pride day! 🪰🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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LGBTQ+ STEM DAY | Pride in STEM
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I am hiring! PhD studentship available through the SWbio DTP. The interested student will investigate the evolution of innate immune signalling in a model species group. Infection biology & #Drosophila genetics combined! #ImmunoSky #AcademicSky More info: mahansonresearch.weebly.com/blog/phd-stu...
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PhD studentship! Deadline Dec 11th 2024
SWbio application link: https://www.swbio.ac.uk/biomolecular-and-biophysical-studies/ For inquiries, please email: m.hanson@exeter.ac.uk Based in: University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, UK....
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello, World! Dipping my toe into what I hope are warmer and less shark-infested waters.
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