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Plants are incredibly sensitive – what we learned about their response system could help protect humans - Durham University

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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 6d

Plants are more sensitive than we thought. A new study from our Biosciences Department reveals how they detect and respond to stress at a cellular level and it could inspire breakthroughs in human health and resilience.

Learn more: durham.ac.uk/research/cur...

durham.ac.uk

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bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 7d

Microbes suppress genetic disorders of hyper-activated Ras by inhibiting iron-mediated growth factor modulation in C. elegans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679430v1

BSRA Online Public Seminar Series - BSRA

David Weinkove @dweinkove.bsky.social · 7d

This evening UK time!

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 🙏

bsra.org.uk/events/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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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 🙏

bsra.org.uk/events/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...

BSRA Online Public Seminar Series - BSRA

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Matt Rockman @wormsrock.bsky.social · 14d

C. elegans is a real animal and we set out to understand how it comes to have its distinctive biogeography. Its ancestral center of diversity is in the higher elevation forests of Hawaii. Its closest relatives are spread across east Asia. Did they travel from Asia? [Preprint 🧵]

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David Weinkove @dweinkove.bsky.social · 14d

And share with family and friends!

David Weinkove @dweinkove.bsky.social · 14d

Interested in ageing? Sign up for our public lecture series starting next week Wednesday bsra.org.uk/events/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...

Promoting and funding research into the biology of ageing so we can all live healthier, longer lives Read our Vision Welcome to theBritish Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) History of the BSRA The...

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British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · 21d

We're also proud to see that long standing BSRA members Linda Partridge & Lynne Cox feature too! Both hold the BSRA's Lord Cohen medal, our highst award for contributions to Ageing Biology research🏅

Learn more about the BSRA's vision
👉 bsra.org.uk

HOME PAGE - BSRA

About ageing Why donate? Understanding the ageing process will have wide reaching social, health and economic benefits as a better world for older people is a better world for all. The BSRA funds vita...

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British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · 21d

🎙️ Ep1 of @briancoxtalks.bsky.social A Question of Science is out & it's on ageing research!

As @statto.bsky.social says “The single most important thing… is to campaign for more funding for ageing research!”

Here's how 👉 bsra.org.uk/donate/

#BSRA #AgeingResearch #SciencePodcast

DONATE - BSRA

Host-specific microbiome and genomic signatures in Bifidobacterium reveal co-evolutionary and functional adaptations across diverse animal hosts

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British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · 22d

At #BSRA2025 we heard about bone health and ageing.

Help out our friends at @royalosteosoc.bsky.social. They want researchers interested in osteoporosis & bone health to feed back about their grants programme & it's future.

visit: bit.ly/47k6rr2 and have your say

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British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · 23d

Annnndddddd...

That's a wrap on #BSRA2025. WHAT. A. MEETING. Poster were presented, science was discussed, runs were 'fun', awards were given, and networks were built.

See someone you know in our snazzy video below? Tag them and let them know!

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David Weinkove @dweinkove.bsky.social · 23d

Great pics - great conference!

British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · 23d

Annnndddddd...

That's a wrap on #BSRA2025. WHAT. A. MEETING. Poster were presented, science was discussed, runs were 'fun', awards were given, and networks were built.

See someone you know in our snazzy video below? Tag them and let them know!

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Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social · 27d

Excited to share our @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social led by Magda showing how Bif has co-evolved with different animal hosts 🐒🐭🐷🐦

Key takeaways:
🔹 Host ancestry + diet shape Bif evolution
🔹 Mammals enriched for carb-busting enzymes
🔹 Untapped diversity in non-human hosts = new probiotic potential

Cell Host & Microbe @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social · 27d

Bifido adaptations across hosts

@halllab.bsky.social survey insects, reptiles, birds & mammals to uncover how Bifidobacterium adapts to hosts. Bifidobacterium & host exhibit strong co-phylogenetic associations, driven by vertical transmission & dietary selection
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Bifidobacterium are beneficial members of the microbiota across animal hosts. Kujawska et al. demonstrate that bifidobacteria have likely co-evolved more closely with mammals, particularly primates, a...

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Simon Bayly @simonbayly.bsky.social · 28d

This is a bit of a shock
www.ft.com/content/5ace...

Merck slams UK as it scraps £1bn London drug research centre

US company says country is ‘not internationally competitive’ and lays off 125 staff

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British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · Sep 4

Annual BSRA fun run to kick off day two of #BSRA2025. As we heard yesterday, lifestyle factors and the exposome influence lifelong health, so a quick 5 km before today's full schedule of talks is great to see.

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Peter Sarkies @psarkies.bsky.social · Sep 7

@cecerelab.bsky.social lab is doing outstanding work on C elegans sRNAs: a great opportunity for a PhD with them

The Cecere Laboratory @cecerelab.bsky.social · Sep 7

🍽️🧬 How do diet and gut microbes shape fertility across generations? 🪱🔬 Our Laboratory at #InstitutPasteur is recruiting a PhD student to study epigenetic inheritance of fertility using C. elegans. Fully funded via the International PPU program. Apply now! 🌍 #PhDposition #Epigenetics #Inheritance

Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · Sep 1

🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry.

Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, [email protected], PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬

Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...

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British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · Sep 6

. @techreviewjp.bsky.social story reports Putin & Xi musing about immortality through organ transplants on a hot mic.

As it broke, journalist Jessica Hamzelou was at #BSRA2025, where our members provided a voice of reason against the hype.

🔗 (paywall) www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/05/1...

Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite.

Other “replacement therapies” are showing promise for healthy longevity.

www.technologyreview.com

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British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · Sep 3

And we're ON!

Day 1 starts with an ECR workshop on commercialisation of research, then an opening talk by Prof Gordon Lithgow of
@buckinstitute.org

"Ageing is influenced by everything, diet, exercise, stress, toxins". The interplay between exposome, genetics, and ageing

#BSRA2025

David Weinkove @dweinkove.bsky.social · Sep 5

Very useful discussion with an inspiring panel! Good communication of the value of ageing research is vital.

British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · Sep 4

How do we leverage increased public awareness of ageing biology to promote good science, not clickbait titles?

A panel by @drdavidcox.bsky.social, @dominicnutt.bsky.social, Elizabeth Mills, & @bradleyelliott.bsky.social explore how BSRA members can promote good science and what narratives work.

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British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · Sep 5

Prizes time! 🎁

At our conference dinner the best posters prizes and Korenchevsky Prize for best ECR oral presentation at #BSRA2025 were announced.

First up, posters. Settle in for a thread of some awesome science from our fields emerging leaders 🧵

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David Weinkove @dweinkove.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations. Great talk. Well deserved!

Scientists map stress response system in plants - Durham University

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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · Sep 4

Scientists from our Biosciences Department have created the first full map of a hidden system that helps plants survive stress like drought, salt & disease.

Learn more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
#DUresearch

durham.ac.uk

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British Society for Research on Ageing @bsrageing.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ever seen a bear in a CT scanner?

Peter Stenvinkel of @ki.se delivering a tour de force through exposome, novel drug pathways and mechanisms, and a surprising number of models including brown bears, to understand ageing and drug targets.

#BSRA2025