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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · 20d

Happy new academic year for all our students and colleagues at Brunel.

#bruneluniversity #success @cengem.bsky.social

Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · Sep 8

New Microscopills episode!

We explore optogenetics: the science of using light to control living cells. From mapping brain circuits to controlling biochemical reactions, a 5-minute guide to optogenetics.

open.spotify.com/episode/4e7j...

#Microscopills #Optogenetics #SciencePodcast

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · Aug 22

Amazing news! Looking forward to this new sensor. FBK is doing an amazing job as always!!!

HILIGHT - An EU HORIZON project @hilighthorizon.bsky.social · Aug 22

Great news!
The first #HILIGHTProject detector built at FBK and now under test. A key step for delivering digital #FluorescenceLifetime at record speed. Next: integration with laser sources from @csem.ch+III-V Lab at Brunel University @aesposito1975.bsky.social+VIVASCOPE
hilighthorizon.eu/blog/

HILIGHT

EU HORIZON project

hilighthorizon.eu

Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · Aug 7

I might have spoken too fast. For some tasks amazing, for others is a pain. The worst thing is that OpenAI has removed the previous models so we have no choice.... let's see how things will develop over the next few days

Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · Aug 7

#GPT5 is out. Superslow but the level of detail that gives is impressive at least as judged from initial accidental (I had not noticed it was rolled out as I was working on custom GPTs) use!

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · Jul 24

Great opportunity for a bioinformatician to join an amazing lab in #Amsterdam #JobOpportunity #bioinformatics #gastruloids

www.sanquin.org/working-at/v...

Computational biologist / Bioinformatician - Computational biologist / Bioinformatician

detail

www.sanquin.org

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Centre for Genome Engineering and Maintainance @cengem.bsky.social · Jul 3

We now have the audio summary of "#BMP antagonist #CHRDL2 enhances the #cancer #stemcell phenotype and increases #chemotherapy resistance in #colorectal cancer" by Eloise Clarkson and Annabelle Lewis published in Molecular Oncology
open.spotify.com/episode/3vv8...

E03 - CHRDL2 in Colorectal Cancer [New paper from Lewis Lab]

CenGEM | Centre for Genome Engineering and Maintenance · Episode

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HILIGHT - An EU HORIZON project @hilighthorizon.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚀 Discover the future of diagnostics! The Hilight Project is revolutionising biomedical research with cutting-edge laser technology 🔬.

#HighlightProject #DigitalDiagnostics #BiomedicalResearch #LaserTechnology #FLIMImaging #Innovation #MedicalTech

See the video presentation at hilighthorizon.eu

HILIGHT

EU HORIZON project

hilighthorizon.eu

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 23

Interested in applying for #MSCA fellowships and working at the interface between #biology and #physics?

quantitative-biology.org/do-you-need-...

Do you need a host for a MSCA fellowship (2025)?

Having re-established my laboratory at Brunel University of London, I am now open to supporting junior researchers interested in applying for independent funding through the EU MSCA scheme. I offer…

quantitative-biology.org

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HILIGHT - An EU HORIZON project @hilighthorizon.bsky.social · May 21

Hard-working and smart, nothing else defines a #scientist or an #engineer. A scientist, an engineer, is someone like you. If you are considering a path in science or technology, know this: your ideas belong here because our #superpower is you!

#oursuperpowerisyou

hilighthorizon.eu/edi/

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Simon Cook @drsimoncook.bsky.social · May 15

Another reason to like MEKI!

Nature Reviews Neurology @natrevneurol.nature.com · May 15

MEK1/2 inhibitors suppress pathological α-synuclein and neurotoxicity in cell models and a humanized mouse model of Parkinson’s disease | Science Translational Medicine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

MEK1/2 inhibitors suppress pathological α-synuclein and neurotoxicity in cell models and a humanized mouse model of Parkinson’s disease

MEK1/2 inhibitors lowered pathological αsyn in a humanized mouse model, suggesting an oral treatment strategy for Parkinson’s disease.

www.science.org

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HILIGHT - An EU HORIZON project @hilighthorizon.bsky.social · May 15

We are releasing our EDI campaign material. Help us by using/reusing/altering our work and distributing it to schools, Universities and events. Just a small action, part of a larger commitment and ongoing conversation.

hilighthorizon.eu/edi/

#EDI #WomenInSTEM

Engineering a better future with you - EDI campaign

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Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · Nov 13

This is an old post, but I would like to propose it again as I am new here.

This is a topic I am very passionate about. I hope you will enjoy the read, and you will find it useful. Happy to hear your views about the topic.
The mindful scientist network.febs.org/posts/the-mi... #FEBSnet

The mindful scientist

A more mindful approach to science can help scientists to handle negative and positive emotions better.

network.febs.org

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 11

I am prioritising topics of which I have ready material... but why not? :)

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 11

Good morning! Today we publish three new #MicroscoPills about #confocal #microscopy.

E03 - What is it and why is it useful in #biology
E04 - Confocal microscopy history and evolution
E05 - The role of the confocal #pinhole

Follow us on Spotify

open.spotify.com/show/20hJTM4...

#science

MicroscoPills: your bite-sized dose of microscopy concepts

Podcast · Dr Alessandro Esposito · Unlock the tiny world with short episodes on microscopy and its application to biology and biomedical research. Discover how these tools visualise life at the molecu...

open.spotify.com

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 10

This overview is part of #BB2713 Dr Alessandro Esposito's lectures.

References:
Women in Stem Cell Science (2018) Stem Cell Reports:
Part I - 11(3), pp. 559-563. DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.08.011
Part II - 11(4), pp. 797-801. DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.09.012

Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 10

Hear the #women shaping #stemcell science! Discover the resilience, breakthroughs, and essential insights of female pioneers driving innovation in the field.

open.spotify.com/episode/1lY9...

This podcast explores their challenges, triumphs, and vital perspectives.

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 6

New podcasts

E02 - The central 'dogma' of molecular biology
E03 - The structure of nucleic acids

on Spotify, based on material presented in BB5708 Gene Expression and Epigenetics, MSc study block back in 2023.

open.spotify.com/show/28L6aSR...

#genes #genomes #centraldogma #dna #rna

Esposito's Lectures

Podcast · Dr Alessandro Esposito · Hello there... I am Dr Alessandro Esposito (Brunel University of London). Although my lectures are on our proprietary digital learning platform, I make them availab...

open.spotify.com

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 5

An introduction to #genes and #genomes, MSc #lecture I gave a couple of years ago, now on Spotify in the form of a conversational podcast. Next up: the central 'dogma' of molecular biology.

open.spotify.com/episode/3t2e...

BB5708 - Genes and Genomes

open.spotify.com

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 3

My #KRAS lectures for our MSc in #BB5715 #Cancer #Biology Mechanisms and Treatment MSc Brunel University of London are also on Spotify as a conversational podcast.

open.spotify.com/show/28L6aSR...

Esposito's Lectures

Podcast · Dr Alessandro Esposito · Hello there... I am Dr Alessandro Esposito (Brunel University of London). Although my lectures are on our proprietary digital learning platform, I make them availab...

open.spotify.com

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 3

Now migrated here: open.spotify.com/show/20hJTM4...

MicroscoPills: your bite-sized dose of microscopy concepts

Podcast · Dr Alessandro Esposito · Unlock the tiny world with short episodes on microscopy and its application to biology and biomedical research. Discover how these tools visualise life at the molecu...

open.spotify.com

Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 3

Now migrated here: open.spotify.com/show/20hJTM4...

MicroscoPills: your bite-sized dose of microscopy concepts

Podcast · Dr Alessandro Esposito · Unlock the tiny world with short episodes on microscopy and its application to biology and biomedical research. Discover how these tools visualise life at the molecu...

open.spotify.com

Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 2

Do you need another dose of #microscopy? The second episode of #MicroscoPills is available on Spotify. An introduction to #Fluorescence #Lifetime Imaging Microscopy #FLIM

open.spotify.com/episode/6u9a...

Microscopills E02 - Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) Primer: the basics

Quantitative Biology: Papers and Perspectives · Episode

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 1

For all my students: my BB2713 (#Development, #Genetics and #Stem Cell #Biology) lectures are now available in the form of a conversational podcast. I am trialling them for the next academic year, but I thought to make them available to everyone.

open.spotify.com/show/51geX8b...

BB2713: Development, Genetics and Stem Cell Biology (Brunel University of London)

Podcast · Dr Alessandro Esposito · Together, we will discuss how organisms develop from a single cell, and explore the cellular, chemical and mechanical processes that guide and support that extraordi...

open.spotify.com

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Alessandro Esposito 👨‍🔬🔬🧬👨‍👩‍👧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @aesposito1975.bsky.social · May 1

P.S. During COVID I wished to make a YouTube channel but I never had the time... now with AI and my content, I can resume this outreach effort I wished to roll out