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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am a mentor on the FlyCROSS scheme - I can say it's extremely well organised and supportive - get involved!

Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · Jun 18

Hey #Drosophila community we are seeking #mentors for #FlyCROSS until July 14th. Whether you are in #academia , #biotech , #scicomm or beyond - this is a wonderful opportunity to #payitforward. Help us spread the word & fill up the mentor survey now to pass on the fly torch 🔦👩🏽‍🔬🔬🧬👇🏽
#Dros25 #EDRC2025

Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · Jun 2

Hey #Drosophila folks ! #FlyCROSS is back and #Mentor surveys are open NOW ! If you're a faculty/postdoc/ equivalent in any scientific career & have #Drosophila research experience - we'd be delighted to have you as mentors to empower early career scientists in the #Dros community !

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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · May 16

The Inaugural UCL Dystonia Day Symposium was held this week! An amazing line up of speakers, posters and panel discussion. It was fantastic (and important) to be joined by @dystoniauk.bsky.social. A big shout out to @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social for organising. We hope to make this a regular occurrence!

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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · Apr 30

Registration for Dystonia Day closes *tomorrow* at 4pm!
Programme here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/sites/io...

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Pint of Science UK @pintofscience.uk · Apr 14

✨Tickets for #pint25 are now on sale!✨
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UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology @uclqsion.bsky.social · Apr 7

Final programme for this event is now available! www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/events/2...

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Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · Mar 28

Exciting news! The Genetics Society & BBSRC are teaming up to launch Research Access Placements (RAPs), offering fully paid summer research internships for undergrad students from underrepresented backgrounds.

Deadline for applications: 14 April.

genetics.org.uk/grants/resea...

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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · Mar 25

Received your PhD in 2023-2024? Apply by July 15th for the @science.org & SciLifeLabPrize to win up to $30k. Categories: cell & molecular bio; genomics, proteomics & systems bio, ecology & environment; molecular medicine. 🧪
www.science.org/content/page...

Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists

This Prize was created to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community and we need to encourage our best and brightest to continue in their chosen fields of res...

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · Mar 24

Now might be a good time to protect your data if you’ve used this service.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

23andMe files for bankruptcy protection

The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.

www.bbc.com

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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · Mar 5

A beautiful day @crick.ac.uk on Monday for the 4th Rare Diseases Conference! It was a great day - and thanks to the conference committee for awarding me the Best Oral Presentation prize 🪰

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Gabriel Aughey @gabrielaughey.bsky.social · Feb 21

I've been a bit slow to post about this, but our work on RBL2-linked disease is now available online in #Brain. We provide a comprehensive characterisation of clinical phenotypes, and explore the neurological function of the #Drosophila orthologue, Rbf. (1/2) doi.org/10.1093/brai...

Clinical and genetic characterization of a progressive RBL2-associated neurodevelopmental disorder

RBL2 dysfunction, which disrupts cell-cycle gene expression, has been linked to a severe neurodevelopmental disorder. Aughey et al. characterize a cohort o

doi.org

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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · Feb 21

It's conference season!
Presenting my recent research at the Brain Conference 2025 on the 7th March 👇
conference.guarantorsofbrain.org/program/

Programme | Brain: The Conference

conference.guarantorsofbrain.org

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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · Feb 12

@dystoniauk.bsky.social

Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · Feb 12

Come join us on May 14th for the UCL Dystonia Day organised by @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social!

Jepson Lab, UCL @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social · Feb 12

FYI: we will be hosting the inaugural UCL Dystonia Day, on May 14th!

This Symposium will showcase the latest research into defining dystonia patho-mechanisms and identifying novel treatments for this debilitating disease.

www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/events/2...

Inaugural UCL Dystonia Day symposium

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · Feb 6

Delighted to have been selected to give a talk on 3rd March at the 4th Crick Rare Diseases Conference @crick.ac.uk - there's still time to register (and free to register for students!) www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/4th...

4th Crick Rare Diseases Conference

www.crick.ac.uk

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · Jan 21

UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in @aria-research.bsky.social funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases.
@uclpals.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
bit.ly/4g9MN1H

UCL researchers receive £8.1 million ARIA funding for innovative brain research

UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases.

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Anna Hobbiss @annahobbiss.bsky.social · Dec 2

So happy that this long and winding story I've been chasing as part of two great teams, the @moitalab.bsky.social and @cmendeslab.bsky.social, is out now in BioRXiv! Take a look to see what surprising things fly muscles do when they're standing still.

Moita Lab @moitalab.bsky.social · Dec 2

Thrilled to present our latest BioRXiv on brain/body interactions during defensive freezing behaviour! (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...). You might think that a frozen animal has, well, frozen muscle activity, right? Wrong! Underneath the still surface of a fly, something in the legs is beating… 🧵

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Abigail Wilson, PhD @abigaildwilson.bsky.social · Dec 5

Great paper and fab talk at Neurofly! - but what happened to the music in sync 😂

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · Nov 28

Register for the final Development presents... webinar of 2024, chaired by @dev-journal.bsky.social Senior Editor @amjeve.bsky.social. We'll hear from Madalena Reimão Pinto and @gabrielaughey.bsky.social on the topic of #GeneRegulation in #DevBio

📆Wed 4 Dec 15:00GMT

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Development presents… webinar on Wednesday 4 December 15:00 GMT, chaired by Alex Eve. Talk number 1: Madalena M. Reimão Pinto (Biozentrum) on ‘The regulatory landscape of 5′ UTRs in translational control during zebrafish embryogenesis’; Talk number 2: Gabriel Aughey (University College London) on ‘Characterisation of an RBL2-associated neurodevelopmental disorder sheds light on neuronal cell-cycle exit and re-entry’.

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