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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

How can robotics use inspiration from healthcare professionals to bring automation to assistive dressing? Join Dr Jihong Zhu for a hybrid @reimagineageing.bsky.social seminar exploring robotics and assistive technology. 📅 Tues 3 Feb 🕜1.30 - 3pm (GMT) Book your place via Eventbrite 👇

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Reimagine Ageing Seminar Series

Reimagine Ageing is an interdisciplinary research network looking to foster a community of researchers and practitioners in healthy ageing. Throughout 2026, they will be hosting a variety of seminars ...

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ASNR @asnrehab.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Abstract submissions are OPEN for #ASNR2026! We invite you to submit a poster abstract for our next Annual Meeting, which will be held in Los Angeles from March 24-27, 2026. The deadline to submit an abstract is Dec 7, 2025. Visit our abstract submission page to learn more: asnr.com/2026-abstracts

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Eleftheria Giannouli @handle.invalid · 06/10/2025

📢 Last call to submit your papers to our Article Collection "Anti-aging effects of physical activity" 📚 in Scientific Reports (Q1) Nature Portfolio More information: 👇 www.nature.com/collections/...

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Anti-aging effects of physical activity

This Collection welcomes original research on the association between physical activity and health aging, from epidemiology to cell biology.

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Andrew Scott @andyscott247.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The NIHR MLTC CNC would like to invite clinicians and academics and service users to share your knowledge and practice around resistance training to help inform a larger research bid in this area. @clinexphysuk.bsky.social forms.office.com/e/fRwSqNPzd3

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Our Reimagine Ageing research network invites you a seminar on Society, Loneliness and Ageing. 📅 Wednesday 1 October 🕛 12 - 3.30pm (12.30 - 3.30pm online) 🗺️ Worsley Dental Lecture Theatre, University of Leeds and online. To book your place visit: www.eventbrite.com/cc/society-l...

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Society, Loneliness and Ageing

The Reimagine Ageing Interdisciplinary Network invite you a seminar on Society, Loneliness and Ageing to mark International Day of Older Persons 2025. Please select from the in-person or online regist...

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Advertising a research fellow position in #Mechanosensing on a #BBSRC research project. An opportunity to join a fantastic team as part of the Comparative Biomechanics research group based in Leeds. More details about the role from s.m.walker@leeds.ac.uk. lnkd.in/emb6eEas

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A hot day today, one to enjoy my garden! Even school letting my daughter wear her t shirt to school……but with a skirt and tights and blazer still #youcouldntmakeitup #summersday

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Alison Divine @allydivine.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I am really looking forward to talking about our paper @slastill.bsky.social and discussing habits.

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Tiina Savikangas @tiinasavikangas.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Interested in exercise, physical activity, aging, health, functioning, and their interplay? Come work with us at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences & the Gerontology Research Center at the University of Jyväskylä 🇫🇮 Unfortunwtely, I'm too young in academic age 😭 #AcademicSky 🧪

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Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) in Exercise Gerontology

[Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences](https://www.jyu.fi/en/sport) is seeking to recruit an Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) in Exercise Gerontology starting September 1, 2025 or as soon ...

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Faculty of Biological Sciences @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We're proud owners of the Athena Swan Silver Award! 👏 Hear from some of the people who have benefited from our initiatives aimed at transforming gender equality within higher education and research on our website:👇 biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-s...

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Fantastic initiative using community spaces to deliver maternity care. Great work by @camillanykjaer.bsky.social and all the midwives and health professionals involved. Another great example of how the University of Leeds and the good it does in its local community #maternitycare #IWD25

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Elon Musk is not the richest man in the world; men who live at home with their partner and children who love them experience riches he couldn't imagine.

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Faculty of Biological Sciences @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

We recognise and value everyone involved in research. Read how our Technical Operations team enable research excellence, and more about the ongoing initiatives to support our Technician community, on the FBS website: biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-s...

Jennie Hibbard, Lead Technician in the School of Biology, presents at a Technician event. Attendees are sat listening at tables.

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Did you join is for our webinar today? Thank you to our guests for talking about their work. Don’t forget to connect with us to hear about new events or perhaps propose a webinar for our 150+ members to enjoy #reimagineageing #healthyageing

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A day of annual leave, we took the new van up to Bucken Pike for a walk. It was a bit muddy.

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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A new Leeds study has shown that reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands could help address the climate emergency 🐺 This reintroduction could lead to an expansion of native woodland, which could take in and store one million tonnes of CO2 annually 🌳 Read the full story 👇 bit.ly/4hFeNvM

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I’ve been reading about keystone behaviours and habit formation, self interest not work, I realised I do have them but hadn’t recognised them. My #yoga class on Saturday morning is one, it splits the week from the weekend. #physicalactivity

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Faculty of Biological Sciences @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

200 early career researchers across the Faculties of Biological Sciences and Medicine and Health will benefit from a new package of career support. Read more on our website 👇 biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-s...

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Supporting early career researchers to reach their full potential

A new university wide career development package.

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Do you want to increase capacity for interdisciplinary research at your institution? Do you want to create a research culture that encourages collaboration and connection across disciplinary boundaries? Find out how we can help in our brochure 👇 leeds365-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

The Horizons Institute brochure front page, featuring the title 'Leading in Interdisciplinary Research Development' and an image of an interconnected webbed sphere

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Reimagine Ageing Network @reimagineageing.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Hi BlueSky! We’re a growing interdisciplinary network started in 2023. Our goal is to bring together people from different fields to collaborate and improve heath and wellbeing in later life. We now have 150 members and have held 8 events (more to come in 2025). And we're happy to connect here!

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Need to watch something to make you smile? Wonderful new video of our Dance On participants across Doncaster. Shows how research in @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social has demonstrable local impact. Dancing is all about emotions and motion! Watch the film (about 3 min.): youtu.be/OMn04Ha6Zgg

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Dancing in Doncaster

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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

In summary, we could not have fewer regrets about becoming ex-X... If you want to get your department / org off X, guide here: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/its-t... If you're new to Bluesky, another guide here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... Thanks to all of our new community! <ends>

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It’s time: how to get your department off X

With a flurry of HE professionals leaving the platform, here’s how to notify your followers and provide alternative options for staying up to date

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Fascinating new #interdisicplinary network. I hadnt heard of term polycrisis until a few months ago but think we are in the midst of #health and #ageing crisis. Interesting to see how this might be viewed as the latter can and should be seen as positive @reimagineageing.bsky.social

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The Polycrisis Network is a collective of people in and outside academia working together to understand the interconnection of crises in the world around us. Join the network for their launch: 📅 Weds 26 Feb 🕞 3.30 - 5pm 🗺️ @universityofleeds.bsky.social Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/polycrisis...

Polycrisis Network Launch graphic, depicting firefighters silhouetted against forest fires, and an image of melting ice caps.

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

All the superlatives to describe the fantastic work my colleagues undertake @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social Follow for regular updates about our life changing science #bioscienceresearch #WorldCancerDay

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Konstantina Kilteni @kkilteni.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Three days left to apply! Available postdoc position in our lab ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Join us!!

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Job opportunities at Karolinska Institutet

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Reimagine Ageing Network @reimagineageing.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

💃 Professor Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social led the research project 'Dance On' with Yorkshire Dance, highlighting its positive impact on health in older adults, particularly women in lower socio-economic areas. And Dance On is still going strong around Leeds. yorkshiredance.com/project/danc...

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Yorkshire Dance - Dance On classes for people aged 55+

Find fun, friendly, sociable dance classes for people aged 55+ in Leeds and Bradford. Welcoming people of all experience levels.

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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

"We refrain from displaying the journal metrics prominently on the landing page since citation metrics used in isolation do not describe importance, impact, or quality of a journal."

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The CMO's report identifies opportunities and challenges for the huge numbers of people that live in cities including older people. Our @reimagineageing.bsky.social network works across #Leeds to ensure it is the best city to grow old in #healthyageing #physicalactivity www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024: health in cities

Professor Whitty’s report outlines a broad range of health opportunities and challenges for city populations, and includes case studies from core cities in England.

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This really resonated. Ive ditched my fitbit to just walk, and not worry about steps or if my physical exercise is light, moderate or heavy. Tech had started to dominate why I was active, and almost dissociate me from how my body felt when moving. One to ponder on... #physicalactivity #wearables

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‘Just do something you enjoy!’ Have official targets made exercise a chore – and happiness more elusive?

We all know roughly how many minutes we should be spending getting sweaty every week, thanks to repeated messages from national governments and the World Health Organization. When it comes to mental h...

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Luke Windsor @wlukewindsor.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/234-... < we’ve developed these to address historic and deep-seated inequalities in access to postgraduate research, please share with those who might be eligible and considering a PhD…

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Leeds Opportunity Research Scholarship 2025

Project opportunity - Leeds Opportunity Research Scholarship 2025 at the University of Leeds

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Reimagine Ageing Network @reimagineageing.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

If you want a quick overview of the Reimagine Ageing Network resources, you can now also find our resources via Linktree 🌲 linktr.ee/reimagine_ag...

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Reimagine Ageing Network @reimagineageing.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We are pleased to share a call for papers for the conference “The Lifespan: Perspectives on Ageing and the Life Course from the Medical Humanities, the Health Sciences and Age Studies” on 4-6 June at King's College. Abstract deadline: 20 January. Conference details: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/slsae...

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SLSAeu 2025/SAACY Conference - The Lifespan: Perspectives on Ageing and the Life Course from the Medical Humanities, the Health Sciences and Age Studies

We are excited to announce that SAACY is hosting the SLSAeu Conference at King’s College London in June 2025.

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

BlueSky if you are interested in #interdisciplinary approaches to #healthy ageing give our network a follow and connect. You will be in good company.

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Another snowy picture for your feed this morning. Harrogate looking fairly white out there #itssnowing

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This is the sort of thread I had been missing here!

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 18/11/2024

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content. That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

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Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds @envleeds.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Leeds residents are invited to volunteer to redesign their neighbourhoods as part of a multimillion-pound project exploring a greener and fairer way for people to get around. environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

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Leeds residents needed to help design better transport futures

Communities across Leeds are being asked to volunteer to redesign their own neighbourhoods as part of a multimillion-pound project exploring a greener and fairer way for people to get around.

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We have a fully funded BBSRC opportunity to study for a PhD examining how we make decisions move, how this changes with multi sensory information and and how this differs in children and older people. lnkd.in/eZ46jWCt Please feel free to share it with your networks.

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Sarah Astill @slastill.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

After recent world events last week I got the decorations down from the attic to start to cheer myself up. Today I start putting them up #christmasiscoming

A wreath made from Pom poms made to look like a Christmas pudding

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

In the next few weeks, the Healthy Buildings Network will be holding two events to explore #AirQuality in relation to #InfectionControl (Nov 22) and #Energy (Nov 27). You can find out more on these events on our website: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...

Participants and speakers in discussion at the Healthy Buildings Network launch

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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Are you a researcher or research professional at the University of Leeds? We work to support #Interdisciplinary connections and research, across campus and beyond. Find out more about what we do, and who we work with, here 👇 youtu.be/q8bE0ZAuE50?...

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About the Horizons Institute

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Karis Welch @kariswelch.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

University of Leeds colleagues! If you haven't yet found this, @diervilla.bsky.social has created this starter pack for those of us working at the university: go.bsky.app/HHa3CL6 Browse and connect with those on the list, and get in touch with Pam if you'd like to be added too 👇

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