Aksentijevic Lab
@dunjaaks.bsky.social
Cardiac metabolism research group 🫀⚡️
William Harvey Research Institute
Queen Mary University of London
William Harvey Research Institute
Queen Mary University of London
An incredible morning at the @bloomberglp.bsky.social HQ in the heart of the City of London with Natasha Davidov
Interviewed for the @bloomberglp.bsky.social _adria Leaders Programme-from women in research to naked mole-rat longevity and mending broken hearts.
Interviewed for the @bloomberglp.bsky.social _adria Leaders Programme-from women in research to naked mole-rat longevity and mending broken hearts.
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
An incredible morning at the @bloomberglp.bsky.social HQ in the heart of the City of London with Natasha Davidov
Interviewed for the @bloomberglp.bsky.social _adria Leaders Programme-from women in research to naked mole-rat longevity and mending broken hearts.
Interviewed for the @bloomberglp.bsky.social _adria Leaders Programme-from women in research to naked mole-rat longevity and mending broken hearts.
The best part of being an academic, Director of Education, and Programme Lead? Watching my students and mentees cross the stage and graduate. Their success is the real reward. 🎓
December 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The best part of being an academic, Director of Education, and Programme Lead? Watching my students and mentees cross the stage and graduate. Their success is the real reward. 🎓
Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this international study🇦🇺🇬🇧: “Liraglutide-Driven Weight Loss Modulates Placental Remodeling in Obese Pregnancies in Mice”. Despite pre-conception weight loss with liraglutide, controlled diet led to better placental health. www.mdpi.com/3639816
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December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this international study🇦🇺🇬🇧: “Liraglutide-Driven Weight Loss Modulates Placental Remodeling in Obese Pregnancies in Mice”. Despite pre-conception weight loss with liraglutide, controlled diet led to better placental health. www.mdpi.com/3639816
Huge congratulations, Jan Miljkovic and Mike Murphy @mitoredox.bsky.social on your Nature Communications study out today! @natcomms.nature.com
Grateful for the opportunity to collaborate and contribute to the team behind this important work. @qmulwhri.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Grateful for the opportunity to collaborate and contribute to the team behind this important work. @qmulwhri.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Simultaneous and sensitive quantification of protein and low molecular weight persulfides, polysulfides and H2S in biological samples - Nature Communications
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) reversibly modifies low molecular weight and protein thiols to form persulfides (RSS−) and polysulfides (RS(S)nS−) for antioxidant defence and regulation of activity. Here, the ...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Huge congratulations, Jan Miljkovic and Mike Murphy @mitoredox.bsky.social on your Nature Communications study out today! @natcomms.nature.com
Grateful for the opportunity to collaborate and contribute to the team behind this important work. @qmulwhri.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Grateful for the opportunity to collaborate and contribute to the team behind this important work. @qmulwhri.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I’m honoured to share that on Monday I will be inaugurated as an Honorary Professor of Medical Physiology University of Belgrade. My sincere thanks to the leadership of Belgrade Medical Faculty, especially Prof. Dragan Djuric. @qmulwhri.bsky.social
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med.bg.ac.rs?p=38549
Приступно предавање – Проф. др Дуња Аксентијевић, Лондон, УК
Медицински факултет Универзитета у Београду обавештава Вас да ће на позив Катедре за медицинску физиологију,
Проф. др Дуња Аксентијевић
Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology & Metabolism
Wellcome Tr...
med.bg.ac.rs
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I’m honoured to share that on Monday I will be inaugurated as an Honorary Professor of Medical Physiology University of Belgrade. My sincere thanks to the leadership of Belgrade Medical Faculty, especially Prof. Dragan Djuric. @qmulwhri.bsky.social
med.bg.ac.rs?p=38549
med.bg.ac.rs?p=38549
Our new study out in @natureportfolio.nature.com Scientific Reports shows #chronickidneydisease triggers systemic metabolic deficits that may drive cardiac dysfunction pointing to new cardio-renal therapeutic targets. Well done Megan! @qmulwhri.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
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rdcu.be/eQ81P
Altered systemic bioenergetic reserve in chronic kidney disease predisposes hearts to worse functional outcomes
Scientific Reports - Altered systemic bioenergetic reserve in chronic kidney disease predisposes hearts to worse functional outcomes
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November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our new study out in @natureportfolio.nature.com Scientific Reports shows #chronickidneydisease triggers systemic metabolic deficits that may drive cardiac dysfunction pointing to new cardio-renal therapeutic targets. Well done Megan! @qmulwhri.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eQ81P
rdcu.be/eQ81P
Thrilled to see the EU METAHEART Family Edition from Nature Reviews Cardiology! 💓 My Science Barbie approves! @qmulwhri.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social @bartsmetabolism.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thrilled to see the EU METAHEART Family Edition from Nature Reviews Cardiology! 💓 My Science Barbie approves! @qmulwhri.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social @bartsmetabolism.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com
I have to be in the most epic academic office ever. Absolute legend vibes. 📚🔥Chris Faulkes 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I have to be in the most epic academic office ever. Absolute legend vibes. 📚🔥Chris Faulkes 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
What a privilege to witness courage, brilliance, and perseverance come together. Ivana’s PhD defence was pure inspiration a true hero’s journey. So proud! 🎓✨#proudmentor @qmulwhri.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What a privilege to witness courage, brilliance, and perseverance come together. Ivana’s PhD defence was pure inspiration a true hero’s journey. So proud! 🎓✨#proudmentor @qmulwhri.bsky.social
I’m truly grateful to @klixban.bsky.social for sharing my story from Tuzla to London and my path in science. 🌍
This isn’t just about me, but about the mentors, colleagues, friends & family who believed in me.
I hope it inspires others to follow their passions. ✨ www.klix.ba/scitech/nauk...
This isn’t just about me, but about the mentors, colleagues, friends & family who believed in me.
I hope it inspires others to follow their passions. ✨ www.klix.ba/scitech/nauk...
Ovo je priča o inspirativnom životnom putu Dunje Aksentijević: Od rodne Tuzle do uglednog naučnog statusa u Londonu
Brojni ljudi iz BiH koji su se odlučili na odlazak u inostranstvo ostvarili su značajne uspjehe posebno u polju nauke. Jedan od takvih primjera je i profesorica...
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October 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’m truly grateful to @klixban.bsky.social for sharing my story from Tuzla to London and my path in science. 🌍
This isn’t just about me, but about the mentors, colleagues, friends & family who believed in me.
I hope it inspires others to follow their passions. ✨ www.klix.ba/scitech/nauk...
This isn’t just about me, but about the mentors, colleagues, friends & family who believed in me.
I hope it inspires others to follow their passions. ✨ www.klix.ba/scitech/nauk...
Delighted to share our 2 new papers from Dr. Ivana Iveljić’s PhD 🎓 the first study from Bosnia & Herzegovina on long-term cardiac effects of adjuvant fluoropyrimidines in CRC survivors. Local research, global impact. 🌏🫀
👉🏻 medicinskiglasnik.ba/article/2242
👉🏻 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉🏻 medicinskiglasnik.ba/article/2242
👉🏻 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Medicinski Glasnik
Medicinski Glasnik
medicinskiglasnik.ba
September 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Delighted to share our 2 new papers from Dr. Ivana Iveljić’s PhD 🎓 the first study from Bosnia & Herzegovina on long-term cardiac effects of adjuvant fluoropyrimidines in CRC survivors. Local research, global impact. 🌏🫀
👉🏻 medicinskiglasnik.ba/article/2242
👉🏻 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉🏻 medicinskiglasnik.ba/article/2242
👉🏻 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
🌍 Delighted to attend #MetaHEART in Riga 🇱🇻 with Bosnian cardiology researchers 🇧🇦 Drs Jelena Jovanic & Ivana Iveljić. Dr Iveljić will give her invited talk on her recently completed PhD in cardiooncology 🧬 a testament to the resilience & talent in our EU_COST research community. 🫀#proudmentor
September 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
🌍 Delighted to attend #MetaHEART in Riga 🇱🇻 with Bosnian cardiology researchers 🇧🇦 Drs Jelena Jovanic & Ivana Iveljić. Dr Iveljić will give her invited talk on her recently completed PhD in cardiooncology 🧬 a testament to the resilience & talent in our EU_COST research community. 🫀#proudmentor
Hugely proud of Dr Megan Young for being a Young Investigator finalist at EU METAHEART annual meeting in Riga. She presented her Barts Charity funded project on mechano-energetics in diabetic cardiomyopathy-inspiring science with real impact! @qmulwhri.bsky.social @bartscharity.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Hugely proud of Dr Megan Young for being a Young Investigator finalist at EU METAHEART annual meeting in Riga. She presented her Barts Charity funded project on mechano-energetics in diabetic cardiomyopathy-inspiring science with real impact! @qmulwhri.bsky.social @bartscharity.bsky.social
Cardiac Metabolism session sponsored by BartsMetabolism Network at BSCR Autumn Meeting was 🔥! As Prof Heather said, ‘Two thorns (apparently me and Mike!), and a rose 🌹’ Exciting science, brilliant colleagues, and a whole lot of metabolism magic @heatherlab.bsky.social @mitoredox.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Cardiac Metabolism session sponsored by BartsMetabolism Network at BSCR Autumn Meeting was 🔥! As Prof Heather said, ‘Two thorns (apparently me and Mike!), and a rose 🌹’ Exciting science, brilliant colleagues, and a whole lot of metabolism magic @heatherlab.bsky.social @mitoredox.bsky.social
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Good day yesterday at the William Harvey Research Institute Research Day where I was honoured to receive the Derek Willoughby Medal and give a lecture. Great hospitality from Dunja Aksentijevic and Sir Mark Caulfield.
June 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Good day yesterday at the William Harvey Research Institute Research Day where I was honoured to receive the Derek Willoughby Medal and give a lecture. Great hospitality from Dunja Aksentijevic and Sir Mark Caulfield.
Thrilled to see Prof.Mike Murphy @mitoredox.bsky.social recognized at the @qmulwhri.bsky.social Research Day! His groundbreaking work in mitochondrial biology has shaped the field & inspired so many.Grateful for his mentorship over the years.And what a moment seeing these two scientific giants meet!
June 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thrilled to see Prof.Mike Murphy @mitoredox.bsky.social recognized at the @qmulwhri.bsky.social Research Day! His groundbreaking work in mitochondrial biology has shaped the field & inspired so many.Grateful for his mentorship over the years.And what a moment seeing these two scientific giants meet!
Registration & abstract submissions are OPEN for #BSCR2025 at William Harvey Research Institute, QMUL!
Programme & info:
www.bscr.org/meetings/bsc...
@qmulwhri.bsky.social
Programme & info:
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@qmulwhri.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Registration & abstract submissions are OPEN for #BSCR2025 at William Harvey Research Institute, QMUL!
Programme & info:
www.bscr.org/meetings/bsc...
@qmulwhri.bsky.social
Programme & info:
www.bscr.org/meetings/bsc...
@qmulwhri.bsky.social
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📣Excited to host this year's BSCR Meeting at @qmullibrary.bsky.social QMUL (Sept 3/4), together with @dunjaaks.bsky.social with a stellar line up of invited speakers! Check out the website for more info and programme, as well as links for Registration and Abstract Submission: tinyurl.com/3e7xyjjp
June 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
📣Excited to host this year's BSCR Meeting at @qmullibrary.bsky.social QMUL (Sept 3/4), together with @dunjaaks.bsky.social with a stellar line up of invited speakers! Check out the website for more info and programme, as well as links for Registration and Abstract Submission: tinyurl.com/3e7xyjjp
…Starting to feel very real! 🎓🥂
June 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
…Starting to feel very real! 🎓🥂
I had the incredible opportunity to meet my scientific hero-someone whose work I've long admired, closely followed, and drawn immense inspiration from. @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social 🤩
June 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I had the incredible opportunity to meet my scientific hero-someone whose work I've long admired, closely followed, and drawn immense inspiration from. @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social 🤩
🦇🦇 New preprint out!🚨
We reveal unique cardiac metabolic adaptations in the Egyptian fruit bat—supporting flight, longevity & life in low oxygen.
First cardiac metabolomic map in bats!
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@qmulwhri.bsky.social rossiterlab Fenn Cullen @anjakarlstaedt.bsky.social
We reveal unique cardiac metabolic adaptations in the Egyptian fruit bat—supporting flight, longevity & life in low oxygen.
First cardiac metabolomic map in bats!
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@qmulwhri.bsky.social rossiterlab Fenn Cullen @anjakarlstaedt.bsky.social
Bat power-metabolic profiling of the Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus reveals distinctive cardiac adaptations
The present study aimed to elucidate which pathways contribute to cardiometabolic adaptation in Egyptian fruit bats. Utilising cardiac tissues from Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and C57B...
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April 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🦇🦇 New preprint out!🚨
We reveal unique cardiac metabolic adaptations in the Egyptian fruit bat—supporting flight, longevity & life in low oxygen.
First cardiac metabolomic map in bats!
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@qmulwhri.bsky.social rossiterlab Fenn Cullen @anjakarlstaedt.bsky.social
We reveal unique cardiac metabolic adaptations in the Egyptian fruit bat—supporting flight, longevity & life in low oxygen.
First cardiac metabolomic map in bats!
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@qmulwhri.bsky.social rossiterlab Fenn Cullen @anjakarlstaedt.bsky.social
Exciting times! 🎉 Longstanding collaborator Prof @anjakarlstaedt.bsky.social visited our lab @qmulwhri.bsky.social today to discuss all things #cardiacmetabolism 🫀 Your insights are always invaluable, and good to explore new avenues for collaboration!
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Exciting times! 🎉 Longstanding collaborator Prof @anjakarlstaedt.bsky.social visited our lab @qmulwhri.bsky.social today to discuss all things #cardiacmetabolism 🫀 Your insights are always invaluable, and good to explore new avenues for collaboration!
When Mama’s scientific family from #LosAngeles #CedarsSinai come bearing the coolest gifts and become Sofia’s instant #TaylorSwift bffs! @anjakarlstaedt.bsky.social you legend 🙇🏻♀️🙏🏻🫶🏻
April 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When Mama’s scientific family from #LosAngeles #CedarsSinai come bearing the coolest gifts and become Sofia’s instant #TaylorSwift bffs! @anjakarlstaedt.bsky.social you legend 🙇🏻♀️🙏🏻🫶🏻
Looking forward to hosting British Society for Cardiovascular Research Autumn Meeting (Sept 3rd, 4th) at the beautiful and historic Charterhouse Square @qmulwhri.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social . Exciting line up of speakers confirmed. Save the date!
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www.bscr.org/meetings/bsc...
April 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Looking forward to hosting British Society for Cardiovascular Research Autumn Meeting (Sept 3rd, 4th) at the beautiful and historic Charterhouse Square @qmulwhri.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social . Exciting line up of speakers confirmed. Save the date!
www.bscr.org/meetings/bsc...
www.bscr.org/meetings/bsc...