Rana Fetit
@ranafetit.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and a mother of two who loves promoting science through art, workshops and public speaking.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at @annawilliamslab.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at @annawilliamslab.bsky.social
Really excited to be on the panel for this upcoming BNA @britishneuro.bsky.social webinar exploring inequalities in research ecosystems. Looking forward to some thought-provoking discussions!
Join us on 26 Nov (12 - 1pm GMT) for a webinar sharing early findings from @UCL’s REPAIR Project, exploring structural inequities in funding, recognition & career progression.
Free to attend
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ResearchCulture# STEMEquity #Neuroscience #AcademicCareers
Free to attend
Register here: www.bna.org.uk/events/ems-e...
#ResearchCulture# STEMEquity #Neuroscience #AcademicCareers
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Really excited to be on the panel for this upcoming BNA @britishneuro.bsky.social webinar exploring inequalities in research ecosystems. Looking forward to some thought-provoking discussions!
I'm really excited to be a member of the @edinunineuro.bsky.social EDI Advisory Panel and to both work with and learn form this amazing group of people to create more inclusive, welcoming and respectful environments live-uoe-cmvm-edinburgh-neuroscience.pantheonsite.io/people/edi-a...
EDI Advisory Panel | Edinburgh Neuroscience | Edinburgh Neuroscience
This Panel was established to advise the Edinburgh Neuroscience Board and Leadership Team to ensure that Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles are embedded in all of our initiatives and act...
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October 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I'm really excited to be a member of the @edinunineuro.bsky.social EDI Advisory Panel and to both work with and learn form this amazing group of people to create more inclusive, welcoming and respectful environments live-uoe-cmvm-edinburgh-neuroscience.pantheonsite.io/people/edi-a...
Amazing talk by Karl from our @annawilliamslab.bsky.social (who was also nominated for the Wilmut Prize) about his PhD work on Oligodenrocyte Progenitors and their differentiation potentials at the CRM away day.
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Amazing talk by Karl from our @annawilliamslab.bsky.social (who was also nominated for the Wilmut Prize) about his PhD work on Oligodenrocyte Progenitors and their differentiation potentials at the CRM away day.
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Happening tomorrow in Dundee 👇
Family Fun Day at @scrapantics.bsky.social, 11am–3pm.
Free games, experiments and crafts with teams from @dundee.ac.uk and @abertayuni.bsky.social
No booking required – just drop in!
More info: www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
#Explorathon25 #DundeeEvents
Family Fun Day at @scrapantics.bsky.social, 11am–3pm.
Free games, experiments and crafts with teams from @dundee.ac.uk and @abertayuni.bsky.social
No booking required – just drop in!
More info: www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
#Explorathon25 #DundeeEvents
October 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Happening tomorrow in Dundee 👇
Family Fun Day at @scrapantics.bsky.social, 11am–3pm.
Free games, experiments and crafts with teams from @dundee.ac.uk and @abertayuni.bsky.social
No booking required – just drop in!
More info: www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
#Explorathon25 #DundeeEvents
Family Fun Day at @scrapantics.bsky.social, 11am–3pm.
Free games, experiments and crafts with teams from @dundee.ac.uk and @abertayuni.bsky.social
No booking required – just drop in!
More info: www.explorathon.co.uk/events-progr...
#Explorathon25 #DundeeEvents
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Last Saturday, we opened our doors to the public once again for Doors Open Day.
Visitors were invited to take part in lab tours, a specialist talk and our science marketplace, exhibiting research from across our Institute and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
edin.ac/46IYFF7
Visitors were invited to take part in lab tours, a specialist talk and our science marketplace, exhibiting research from across our Institute and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
edin.ac/46IYFF7
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Last Saturday, we opened our doors to the public once again for Doors Open Day.
Visitors were invited to take part in lab tours, a specialist talk and our science marketplace, exhibiting research from across our Institute and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
edin.ac/46IYFF7
Visitors were invited to take part in lab tours, a specialist talk and our science marketplace, exhibiting research from across our Institute and the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
edin.ac/46IYFF7
Public engagement alongside research: I shared my experience with @wellcometrust.bsky.social Translational Neuroscience PhD students about the different platforms and resources available. Sara from our @edinuni-irr.bsky.social Engagement Team also shared the BioQuarter initiatives & opportunities!
October 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Public engagement alongside research: I shared my experience with @wellcometrust.bsky.social Translational Neuroscience PhD students about the different platforms and resources available. Sara from our @edinuni-irr.bsky.social Engagement Team also shared the BioQuarter initiatives & opportunities!
What's the link between chicks, robots, space and brain research? We explored that with the public last weekend. Thank you @edinuni-irr.bsky.social for giving me the platform to talk about my work and the advances in neuroscience research at the Doors Open Day!
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What's the link between chicks, robots, space and brain research? We explored that with the public last weekend. Thank you @edinuni-irr.bsky.social for giving me the platform to talk about my work and the advances in neuroscience research at the Doors Open Day!
The children found our activities fun, easy to understand and creative! Thanks @ernscot.bsky.social for funding this, @edinuni-irr.bsky.social for giving me the space to deliver it at the Doors Open Day and for Michela and Kelly who helped me on the day!
September 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The children found our activities fun, easy to understand and creative! Thanks @ernscot.bsky.social for funding this, @edinuni-irr.bsky.social for giving me the space to deliver it at the Doors Open Day and for Michela and Kelly who helped me on the day!
So grateful for Kelly from our @annawilliamslab.bsky.social lab and Michela from @kunathlab.bsky.social lab for helping me deliver our brain activities at the @edinuni-irr.bsky.social doors open day! We spot leisons and made glitter cells and wiggly oligos!
September 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
So grateful for Kelly from our @annawilliamslab.bsky.social lab and Michela from @kunathlab.bsky.social lab for helping me deliver our brain activities at the @edinuni-irr.bsky.social doors open day! We spot leisons and made glitter cells and wiggly oligos!
Our Brain booth at the @edinuni-irr.bsky.social Doors Open Day! Thanks to Explorathon @ernscot.bsky.social for funding my activity. All children went home with a brain card, sticker or toy and a new piece of information!
September 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our Brain booth at the @edinuni-irr.bsky.social Doors Open Day! Thanks to Explorathon @ernscot.bsky.social for funding my activity. All children went home with a brain card, sticker or toy and a new piece of information!
The cell cards are ready! I was awarded the @ernscot.bsky.social Explorathon Enabling Fund to deliver my Brain Explorers activity at the upcoming @edinuni-irr.bsky.social Doors Open Day. There will be brain hats, glitter nerves and much more!
September 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The cell cards are ready! I was awarded the @ernscot.bsky.social Explorathon Enabling Fund to deliver my Brain Explorers activity at the upcoming @edinuni-irr.bsky.social Doors Open Day. There will be brain hats, glitter nerves and much more!
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🪧We are delighted to announce the winners of the CMVM Postdoc Appreciation Week Awards 2025 - we received lots of super nominations so congratulations to everyone nominated - see🧵for results...
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🪧We are delighted to announce the winners of the CMVM Postdoc Appreciation Week Awards 2025 - we received lots of super nominations so congratulations to everyone nominated - see🧵for results...
I'm so proud to be the runner up for the Communities, Knowledge Exchange and Public Engagement Award in the @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social PAW2025 Awards! This acknowledgement means a lot & the support of @annawilliamslab.bsky.social,@[email protected] keeps me going!
September 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm so proud to be the runner up for the Communities, Knowledge Exchange and Public Engagement Award in the @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social PAW2025 Awards! This acknowledgement means a lot & the support of @annawilliamslab.bsky.social,@[email protected] keeps me going!
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The lab is having a good few months for publications with this one as well in case you missed it: doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(Thank you Themis and Francesca, and all!)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(Thank you Themis and Francesca, and all!)
The lncRNA MYRACL regulates human oligodendrocyte maturation and myelination
Recent studies have described disease-associated expression patterns of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) associated with neurodevelopment and neurodegen…
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August 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The lab is having a good few months for publications with this one as well in case you missed it: doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(Thank you Themis and Francesca, and all!)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(Thank you Themis and Francesca, and all!)
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Our new paper on metformin, myelin, mitochondria and metabolism is now out at rdcu.be/eDbFD
Thanks to Nina and all of the team!
Thanks to Nina and all of the team!
Metformin alters mitochondria-related metabolism and enhances human oligodendrocyte function
Nature Communications - Metformin is under clinical trial for brain neuroprotection but how it may work is poorly understood. Here, the authors show that metformin helps myelin formation by human...
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August 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Our new paper on metformin, myelin, mitochondria and metabolism is now out at rdcu.be/eDbFD
Thanks to Nina and all of the team!
Thanks to Nina and all of the team!
Performing at the @edfringe.bsky.social 2 years in a row was thrilling! Thankyou for The Provocateurs team and @standcomedyclub.bsky.social for making this happen & for the support of my friends, colleagues at @edinunineuro.bsky.social, @edinuni-irr.bsky.social! Best brain hat award goes to me!
August 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Performing at the @edfringe.bsky.social 2 years in a row was thrilling! Thankyou for The Provocateurs team and @standcomedyclub.bsky.social for making this happen & for the support of my friends, colleagues at @edinunineuro.bsky.social, @edinuni-irr.bsky.social! Best brain hat award goes to me!
Love comes in different textures and forms. Love can be silly, angry, funny, bold and simple. Love can be in flowers, colours, textiles, coins, yarn and silk. My wee ones and myself took all of that and made this over summer. They called it "Love is Love" and I quite like it!
August 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Love comes in different textures and forms. Love can be silly, angry, funny, bold and simple. Love can be in flowers, colours, textiles, coins, yarn and silk. My wee ones and myself took all of that and made this over summer. They called it "Love is Love" and I quite like it!
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Now out in Molecular Therapy! With Francesca Vacante, we describe MYRACL, a novel candidate lncRNA driving human oligodendroglia differentiation & myelination. Grateful to our amazing co-authors & mentors @annawilliamslab.bsky.social & Andrew Baker!
Read more👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read more👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Now out in Molecular Therapy! With Francesca Vacante, we describe MYRACL, a novel candidate lncRNA driving human oligodendroglia differentiation & myelination. Grateful to our amazing co-authors & mentors @annawilliamslab.bsky.social & Andrew Baker!
Read more👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read more👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The best thing about having children is I get to use their toys as props for my Fringe shows @edfringe.bsky.social Thanks to the amazing MC Jojo Sutherland, the Provocateurs Team and all the family, friends and colleagues from @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and @edinunineuro.bsky.social for their support!
August 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The best thing about having children is I get to use their toys as props for my Fringe shows @edfringe.bsky.social Thanks to the amazing MC Jojo Sutherland, the Provocateurs Team and all the family, friends and colleagues from @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and @edinunineuro.bsky.social for their support!
All caffeinated and ready for my Fringe show @edfringe.bsky.social this evening with the Provocateurs at The Stand! Looking forward to seeing some familiar faces!
August 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
All caffeinated and ready for my Fringe show @edfringe.bsky.social this evening with the Provocateurs at The Stand! Looking forward to seeing some familiar faces!
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It's showtime! Snap up your tickets for The Provocateurs... academics, thought-provoking ideas and add a comedian into the mix... what is not to ❤️! tockify.com/edinburghuni...
The Provocateurs - at the Edinburgh Fringe!
Fri 1 Aug, 11:15 - Sun 24, 18:40 [BST]: Take top academics, some thought-provoking ideas, add one comedian… New for 2025, The Provocateurs promise to blend humour with ground breaking research. Join u...
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August 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It's showtime! Snap up your tickets for The Provocateurs... academics, thought-provoking ideas and add a comedian into the mix... what is not to ❤️! tockify.com/edinburghuni...
On my first show this Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social, I shared the stage with the amazing comedian Jay Lafferty to explore what's in my mystery brain bag! Grateful for the support of everyone from @annawilliamslab.bsky.social, @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and @edinunineuro.bsky.social who showed up today!
August 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
On my first show this Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social, I shared the stage with the amazing comedian Jay Lafferty to explore what's in my mystery brain bag! Grateful for the support of everyone from @annawilliamslab.bsky.social, @edinuni-irr.bsky.social and @edinunineuro.bsky.social who showed up today!
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Sounds fun @ranafetit.bsky.social! Send us some pictures please :)
Tomorrow, the Provocateurs present: 'Deconstructing Brains and 999 WTF' at the EdFringe!
Join CRM researcher Dr Rana Fetit as she builds human brains in the laboratory... just how alive are they?
11:15am Sat 2 Aug, The Stand 2
See our full IRR Fringe line-up: regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/events
Join CRM researcher Dr Rana Fetit as she builds human brains in the laboratory... just how alive are they?
11:15am Sat 2 Aug, The Stand 2
See our full IRR Fringe line-up: regeneration-repair.ed.ac.uk/events
August 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Sounds fun @ranafetit.bsky.social! Send us some pictures please :)
I am thrilled to be performing alongside some of the amazing academics from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @edinburghnapier.bsky.social and across Scotland this Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social! Check out the programme: www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
July 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I am thrilled to be performing alongside some of the amazing academics from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @edinburghnapier.bsky.social and across Scotland this Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social! Check out the programme: www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
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Take top academics, thought-provoking ideas, add one comedian… introducing The Provocateurs at EdFringe! 🧠
Join IRR researchers Rod Mitchell, Rana Fetit and Rosie Townsend as they unravel the mysteries of testicles, brains, and life as a fetus.
🎟️ More info and tickets: edin.ac/469Vsjw
Join IRR researchers Rod Mitchell, Rana Fetit and Rosie Townsend as they unravel the mysteries of testicles, brains, and life as a fetus.
🎟️ More info and tickets: edin.ac/469Vsjw
July 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Take top academics, thought-provoking ideas, add one comedian… introducing The Provocateurs at EdFringe! 🧠
Join IRR researchers Rod Mitchell, Rana Fetit and Rosie Townsend as they unravel the mysteries of testicles, brains, and life as a fetus.
🎟️ More info and tickets: edin.ac/469Vsjw
Join IRR researchers Rod Mitchell, Rana Fetit and Rosie Townsend as they unravel the mysteries of testicles, brains, and life as a fetus.
🎟️ More info and tickets: edin.ac/469Vsjw