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Group Leader @MRC LMS @Imperial College Lab studying #redox #metabolism #ageing #Drosophila

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · Jun 27

🎉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

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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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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 2d

Also wonderful to catch up with Ivana, Jenny, Cathy & Teresa 🥘🦐 Formerly postdoc contemporaries, now successfully leading the Bjedov, Regan, Slack and Niccoli labs!

#WomenInScience #Drosophila #IHA

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 2d

Great to participate at #EDRC2025, which gathered together an impressive 750 researchers from 40 countries! 🌍🪰🔬 With strong representation from the #LMS by Nsikan, Miriam & Isabel ⭐

#Drosophila #Redox #Ageing #Cancer #DiseaseModels

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MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social · 6d

The LMS has achieved Gold LEAF accreditation for sustainability! 🏅

From smart lab booking systems to energy-saving tech and zero-waste practices, we’re working hard to cut our environmental footprint while supporting world-class research! 🌍

#Sustainability #LEAF #GoldAward

LMS receives gold award for sustainability

Achieving Gold LEAF accreditation marks a significant milestone in our commitment to making research at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) more sustainable and signals the start of an ongoin...

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats on the prize and a beautiful presentation! 🪰⭐

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats Nils!

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SFRR-E_ ECRs @sfrre-ecr.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Call for Abstracts!
🎓 3rd PhD Symposium: Redox Relay Race
🧬 PhD students in redox biology – apply now!
🎤 5-min flashtalk + 2-min Q&A
📅 Online: 18 Nov 2025
📧 Send abstract (max 300 words) to [email protected] by 24 Oct

#RedoxBiology #PhDSymposium

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David Weinkove @dweinkove.bsky.social · 9d

Please help spread the word about our inaugural public lecture on Wednesday. Sign up and if you are in the ageing field it’s a great opp for your family to finally understand what you do! 😀
Thanks for your support 🙏

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BSRA Online Public Seminar Series - BSRA

In our new Understanding Ageing: Meet the Scientists series, we’ve invited experts in their field to talk about their research and what it means for each of us as we get older. You don’t need any scie...

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 12d

✨ #Postdoc Nsikan Nsek giving an excellent presentation of his research on #Drosophila #Ageing #Cancer at the #EDRC2025! ✨

#RoyalSocietyCDF #LMSonTour #ProudPI

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 13d

Find us here:
•Nsikan Nsek: talk OC-18 'Disease Models' (Fri 26th @12:15)

•Isabel Liseth: P-145
•Miriam Rodriguez-Vazquez: P-281
•Helena Cochemé: P-283
(all Poster Session II, Sat 27th @15:45)

Plus I’m looking forward to chairing the 'Physiology & Metabolism' session! (Sat 27th @10:30)

#LMSonTour

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 13d

Arrived in Alicante, and excited for this year’s #EDRC2025! 🪰🧪🔬🧫🥼🧬🪰 The #LMS is well represented at the meeting - catch us at our talk/poster presentations!

#Drosophila #Redox #Ageing #DiseaseModels #Cancer #Obesity

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 14d

Only a few hours left before our meeting starts! Are you travelling to #EDRC2025 now? Let us know by using the oficial #EDRC2025 hashtag!

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 22d

Image credit to the talented Julie Schubert from the Cabreiro Lab! #SciArt

Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 22d

"Microbial allies: bacteria help fight against cancer"

✨ News story from #LMS @mrc-lms.bsky.social, covering the beautiful study led by #postdoc Daniel Martinez @dmartimarti.bsky.social - congrats! ✨

#PostdocAppreciationWeek #PAW2025
#Cancer #Microbiome #Chemotherapy

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Microbial allies: bacteria help fight against cancer

An international team of scientists led by researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), Imperial College London and the University of Cologne have discovered that microbes associated w...

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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 22d

The FlyBase situation has made the national news www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Trump's Harvard cuts threaten a giant in biomedical research: A database about the tiny fruit fly

This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.

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MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social · 26d

Can microbes enhance chemotherapy?

A new paper from the LMS shows how the tumour-associated microbiome can impact the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs.

#medsky #cancer #biomed

Chemotherapy modulation by a cancer-associated microbiota metabolite

Martinez-Martinez et al. combine a host-microbe-drug-nutrient screen with multi-omics to reveal how the cancer-associated microbiota modulates chemotherapy. They identify 2-methylisocitrate, a microbi...

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 27d

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 28d

Happy to have contributed to this study, together with many excellent collaborators! #TeamScience

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 28d

🚨New paper published today on cancer bugs and drugs!🚨

“Chemotherapy modulation by a cancer-associated microbiota metabolite”

Congrats to the Cabreiro lab on this exciting study!
#Cancer #Microbiome #Metabolism #Chemotherapy
#MRC_LMS #ImperialCollege #CECAD_Cologne

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MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social · Sep 4

We’re seeking a highly skilled and motivated candidate to lead the LMS Bioinformatics Facility.

Find out more and apply now by following the link below!

#Bioinformatics #Hiring #NowHiring #CareerOpportunities #Jobs

Head of Bioinformatics - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

We are recruiting for a Head of Bioinformatics to lead our Bioinformatics facility

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Marc Dionne @marcsdionne.bsky.social · Aug 18

Come be my colleague! We have three open positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor level for candidates in all areas of the biological sciences.

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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

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Ilan davis @ilandavis.bsky.social · Aug 17

Dear friends and scientific colleagues,
(especially those of you who knew David Ish-Horowicz).

Feel free to share the attached PDF widely (all the speakers are happy for the talks to be shared).

Many thanks
Best regards
Ilan

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David Ish-Horowicz memorial symposium, Francis Crick Institute, London, 23 June 2025. - YouTube

A public symposium organised by friends, scientific colleages and David's wife Ros Diamond to cellebrate David Ish-Horowiccz's, FRS, scientific achievements,...

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Also thanks to Andrea, Claudia and Eliano from the lab who volunteered at the #LMSGeneHome stand, showcasing why #Drosophila is such a great model to study #ageing! 🪰⏳

Photo of Helena, Andrea, Claudia and Eliano from the Cochemé lab at MRC LMS

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks for posting these photos - really enjoyed participating at the #GERF2025 festival this summer! Our #FutureFoodLive demo featured PhD student alumnus Eliano and his research on #pH in #ageing, as well as delicious pretzels baked live on stage!
🥨👨‍🍳🥼🧪👩‍🔬

MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social · Aug 15

This Summer, as part of Great Exhibition Road Festival, we were lucky to have our own @cochemelab.bsky.social highlighted in the Future Food Live tent!

To demonstrate the importance of pH the incredibly talented Jethro made pretzels which require boiling in alkali water before baking.

Chef pours purple liquid into a measuring jug

Helena talking to children about the coloured liquids in front of her

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · Aug 12

📢 Technician vacancy @LMS in London! Join us and support the research of 2x clinician scientists.

🗓️ Applications close 21st August

MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social · Aug 11

🚨 We’re hiring a Research Assistant!

The MRC LMS is looking for a motivated Research Assistant to join two exciting research groups supporting clinician scientists. A great opportunity to grow your research career in a world-leading Institute.

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Research Assistant - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

Research Assistant supporting Dr Middleton and Dr Sweeney

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Vicki Metzis @vmetzis.bsky.social · Aug 1

Application deadline for up to 5 @mrc-lms.bsky.social postdoc positions in developmental epigenetics closes soon - don’t miss out! Positions across both experimental and computational projects. Come and join our fantastic team science community!

Vicki Metzis @vmetzis.bsky.social · Jul 14

Interested in developmental epigenetics? So are we! Apply now to join us for your postdoc!

Multiple positions across multiple groups @mrc-lms.bsky.social

Projects spanning germline demethylation, gene regulation, genome architecture in development & disease 👇👇

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MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientists x 5 - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

Applications are now open for up to five postdoctoral positions in the area of developmental epigenetics.

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · Jul 27

Join the #LMS! Our institute is advertising for junior #GroupLeader positions in #Physiology and #Metabolism. Closing date for applications: August 31st!

MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social · Jul 25

📢 We have PLT openings!

If you carry out ambitious research in an area relevant to Human Metabolic Disease then get in touch! We are especially interested in research focused in Metabolic Physiology using murine and/or human in vivo models and Immunometabolism.

Apply now!

Programme Leader Track - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences

We are recruiting Programme Leader Track positions focusing on 1) Metabolic Physiology using murine and/or human in vivo models and 2) Immunometabolism.

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