David Weinkove
@dweinkove.bsky.social
Biology of ageing. How bacteria age us. Prof at Durham Uni, Chair of British Society for Research on Ageing and CSO, Magnitude Biosciences. Love C. elegans.
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🚨 Postdoc opportunity to study memory or nutrition in #Drosophila 🪰
I am looking for a candidate to support for a 3 year Addison Wheeler Fellowship application lnkd.in/e2rvNf5x
Interested? Please send a CV & cover letter with brief research outline by 20th February to vincent.croset@durham.ac.uk
I am looking for a candidate to support for a 3 year Addison Wheeler Fellowship application lnkd.in/e2rvNf5x
Interested? Please send a CV & cover letter with brief research outline by 20th February to vincent.croset@durham.ac.uk
addison-wheeler-fellowship - Durham University
www.dur.ac.uk
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🚨 Postdoc opportunity to study memory or nutrition in #Drosophila 🪰
I am looking for a candidate to support for a 3 year Addison Wheeler Fellowship application lnkd.in/e2rvNf5x
Interested? Please send a CV & cover letter with brief research outline by 20th February to vincent.croset@durham.ac.uk
I am looking for a candidate to support for a 3 year Addison Wheeler Fellowship application lnkd.in/e2rvNf5x
Interested? Please send a CV & cover letter with brief research outline by 20th February to vincent.croset@durham.ac.uk
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#Aging is largest risk factor for #Parkinsons, but research largely leaves it out of the mix. Dr. Julie Andersen & collaborators have developed roadmap @nature_NPJ & preclinical research models that can move field in that direction. Thanks @MichaelJFoxOrg www.buckinstitute.org/news/a-new-r...
A new roadmap spotlights aging as key to advancing research in Parkinson’s disease
Buck Institute scientists are part of an international collaboration funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation to advance preclinical studies of the incurable neuromotor disease
www.buckinstitute.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM
#Aging is largest risk factor for #Parkinsons, but research largely leaves it out of the mix. Dr. Julie Andersen & collaborators have developed roadmap @nature_NPJ & preclinical research models that can move field in that direction. Thanks @MichaelJFoxOrg www.buckinstitute.org/news/a-new-r...
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Small grants have big impacts on early career researchers. Don't forget our grants round is open until 1st March.
✔️Seed grants £3000
✔️ UG summer studentships £3000
✔️Travel grants £500
Are you applying? Or know someone who should?
bsra.org.uk/grants/
✔️Seed grants £3000
✔️ UG summer studentships £3000
✔️Travel grants £500
Are you applying? Or know someone who should?
bsra.org.uk/grants/
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Small grants have big impacts on early career researchers. Don't forget our grants round is open until 1st March.
✔️Seed grants £3000
✔️ UG summer studentships £3000
✔️Travel grants £500
Are you applying? Or know someone who should?
bsra.org.uk/grants/
✔️Seed grants £3000
✔️ UG summer studentships £3000
✔️Travel grants £500
Are you applying? Or know someone who should?
bsra.org.uk/grants/
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A clock that measures the aging of nerve cells finds molecules that protect against age-related neurodegeneration | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
A clock that measures the aging of nerve cells finds molecules that protect against age-related neurodegeneration
Using an aging clock, researchers from the University of Cologne have used the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism to demonstrate that nerve cells age differently. They identified both the causes of...
www.eurekalert.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:07 AM
A clock that measures the aging of nerve cells finds molecules that protect against age-related neurodegeneration | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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A comprehensive and thought-provoking review on how perturbations of proteostasis impact immunity in C. elegans & comparisons/conserved principles w/ vertebrate immunity - Emily Troemel, @hawlelab.bsky.social, and Michalis Barkoulas
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
Intersections between proteostasis and immunity: insights from Caenorhabditis elegans
Summary: Discoveries from the nematode C. elegans have provided insight into the many connections between immune responses and proteostasis, with examples of conservation across species.
journals.biologists.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
A comprehensive and thought-provoking review on how perturbations of proteostasis impact immunity in C. elegans & comparisons/conserved principles w/ vertebrate immunity - Emily Troemel, @hawlelab.bsky.social, and Michalis Barkoulas
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...
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We are delighted that Quest Nutra/Pharma will be sponsoring THREE of our 2026 Small Research Grants as part of our #6for2026 campaign!
qnutrapharma.com
Could you or your company help? Every little helps!
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Could you or your company help? Every little helps!
Natural Health Industry - Quest Nutra Pharma
Quest Nutra Pharma inspired by the natural health industry and delivers science, safety, standards, efficacy, and traceability from the pharmaceutical industry.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
We are delighted that Quest Nutra/Pharma will be sponsoring THREE of our 2026 Small Research Grants as part of our #6for2026 campaign!
qnutrapharma.com
Could you or your company help? Every little helps!
qnutrapharma.com
Could you or your company help? Every little helps!
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Some thoughts on the select committee appearance by the boss of UKRI, Ian Chapman yesterday. It’s a long watch but can be seen here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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Parliamentlive.tv
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
parliamentlive.tv
February 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Some thoughts on the select committee appearance by the boss of UKRI, Ian Chapman yesterday. It’s a long watch but can be seen here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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Post-doc job alert!
Only a week left to apply for this post doc role, joining our team at the Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social to explore ageing metabolism and epigenetics.
babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
Only a week left to apply for this post doc role, joining our team at the Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social to explore ageing metabolism and epigenetics.
babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
hireful.
babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Post-doc job alert!
Only a week left to apply for this post doc role, joining our team at the Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social to explore ageing metabolism and epigenetics.
babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
Only a week left to apply for this post doc role, joining our team at the Babraham Institute @babrahaminst.bsky.social to explore ageing metabolism and epigenetics.
babrahaminstitute.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
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'You may be aware of recent pauses to some programmes. For our curiosity-driven research [CDR] (...) headroom in funding will increase (...) and you can expect to see new opportunities opening later this year (...) Levels of funding for [CDR] will remain stable (...) are reflective of recent years'
Today, we're sharing an open letter from our Chief Executive, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, outlining changes to UKRI investment approach, and addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC. Read his letter here: www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
Open letter from Ian Chapman to research and innovation community
UKRI Chief Executive outlines changes to UKRI investment approach, addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC.
www.ukri.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:23 PM
'You may be aware of recent pauses to some programmes. For our curiosity-driven research [CDR] (...) headroom in funding will increase (...) and you can expect to see new opportunities opening later this year (...) Levels of funding for [CDR] will remain stable (...) are reflective of recent years'
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We're kicking our our 2026 academic seminar series!
First up - Time to reset: the interplay between circadian rhythms and NRF2-signalling in skeletal muscle ageing
📅Thur 29 January 4pm (UK time)
🎙️ Dr Vanja Pekovic-Vaughan @liverpooluni.bsky.social
See you there.
bsra.org.uk/events/2026-...
First up - Time to reset: the interplay between circadian rhythms and NRF2-signalling in skeletal muscle ageing
📅Thur 29 January 4pm (UK time)
🎙️ Dr Vanja Pekovic-Vaughan @liverpooluni.bsky.social
See you there.
bsra.org.uk/events/2026-...
2026 Academic Seminar Series - BSRA
The BSRA is pleased to run a series of online seminars covering many aspects of the biology of ageing. The 2026 seminar series has been organised by BSRA Trustee Ira Milosevic at the University of Oxf...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
We're kicking our our 2026 academic seminar series!
First up - Time to reset: the interplay between circadian rhythms and NRF2-signalling in skeletal muscle ageing
📅Thur 29 January 4pm (UK time)
🎙️ Dr Vanja Pekovic-Vaughan @liverpooluni.bsky.social
See you there.
bsra.org.uk/events/2026-...
First up - Time to reset: the interplay between circadian rhythms and NRF2-signalling in skeletal muscle ageing
📅Thur 29 January 4pm (UK time)
🎙️ Dr Vanja Pekovic-Vaughan @liverpooluni.bsky.social
See you there.
bsra.org.uk/events/2026-...
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The BSRA 2026 Funding Call is Open!
We are now accepting applications for Summer Studentships, Small Research Grants and Travel Grants! Deadline 1st March 2026. Find out more and apply: bsra.org.uk/grants/
#ECRchat #AcademicTwitter #ageing #aging
We are now accepting applications for Summer Studentships, Small Research Grants and Travel Grants! Deadline 1st March 2026. Find out more and apply: bsra.org.uk/grants/
#ECRchat #AcademicTwitter #ageing #aging
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The BSRA 2026 Funding Call is Open!
We are now accepting applications for Summer Studentships, Small Research Grants and Travel Grants! Deadline 1st March 2026. Find out more and apply: bsra.org.uk/grants/
#ECRchat #AcademicTwitter #ageing #aging
We are now accepting applications for Summer Studentships, Small Research Grants and Travel Grants! Deadline 1st March 2026. Find out more and apply: bsra.org.uk/grants/
#ECRchat #AcademicTwitter #ageing #aging
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Our latest work in collaboration with the group of Jeroen van Zon.
The transcription factor DAF-16/FOXO moves in and out of the nucleus in a strikingly synchronous manner across cells, regulating organismal growth.
www.linkedin.com/posts/amolf_...
The transcription factor DAF-16/FOXO moves in and out of the nucleus in a strikingly synchronous manner across cells, regulating organismal growth.
www.linkedin.com/posts/amolf_...
Rhythm contains important information for the cell | AMOLF
😊 AMOLF kicks off the new year with a fascinating rhythm 😊
Together with collaborators, C. elegans researchers in the group of Jeroen van Zon discovered that the insulin-driven protein DAF-16 does no...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Our latest work in collaboration with the group of Jeroen van Zon.
The transcription factor DAF-16/FOXO moves in and out of the nucleus in a strikingly synchronous manner across cells, regulating organismal growth.
www.linkedin.com/posts/amolf_...
The transcription factor DAF-16/FOXO moves in and out of the nucleus in a strikingly synchronous manner across cells, regulating organismal growth.
www.linkedin.com/posts/amolf_...
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“The secret that scientists don’t want you to know about!”
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December 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“The secret that scientists don’t want you to know about!”
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The BSRA congratulates Prof Andrew J Scott on being awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List!
His work on the economics of longevity has shaped how we think about ageing & wellbeing across the life course. A well-deserved recognition👏 #AgeingResearch #Longevity #NewYearsHonours
His work on the economics of longevity has shaped how we think about ageing & wellbeing across the life course. A well-deserved recognition👏 #AgeingResearch #Longevity #NewYearsHonours
December 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The BSRA congratulates Prof Andrew J Scott on being awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List!
His work on the economics of longevity has shaped how we think about ageing & wellbeing across the life course. A well-deserved recognition👏 #AgeingResearch #Longevity #NewYearsHonours
His work on the economics of longevity has shaped how we think about ageing & wellbeing across the life course. A well-deserved recognition👏 #AgeingResearch #Longevity #NewYearsHonours
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As we wrap up 2025, a huge thank you to the BSRA community for an outstanding year!
From record-breaking meetings to new initiatives we’re excited for what 2026 will bring, including #6for2026 & continued support for the next generation of researchers.
See you in 2026!🎄
From record-breaking meetings to new initiatives we’re excited for what 2026 will bring, including #6for2026 & continued support for the next generation of researchers.
See you in 2026!🎄
December 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
As we wrap up 2025, a huge thank you to the BSRA community for an outstanding year!
From record-breaking meetings to new initiatives we’re excited for what 2026 will bring, including #6for2026 & continued support for the next generation of researchers.
See you in 2026!🎄
From record-breaking meetings to new initiatives we’re excited for what 2026 will bring, including #6for2026 & continued support for the next generation of researchers.
See you in 2026!🎄
There’s always one worm in a lifespan experiment that looks like it will make it to Christmas. SMX is good stuff!
December 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
There’s always one worm in a lifespan experiment that looks like it will make it to Christmas. SMX is good stuff!
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And, because you're always just one or two failed funding cycles from ruin, you're constantly asking for more money than you actually need, and then you get the grants and need to hire people, and then later you don't want to fire them, and on it goes. 2/2
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And, because you're always just one or two failed funding cycles from ruin, you're constantly asking for more money than you actually need, and then you get the grants and need to hire people, and then later you don't want to fire them, and on it goes. 2/2
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Took over a new module this semester, returned it to in person exams (due to..). Gave a sample paper, used some of those questions in the actual exam (being "nice") . Got the near enough exact same wrong answer from a quarter to a third of the class. Guess what they had used to "study"?
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Took over a new module this semester, returned it to in person exams (due to..). Gave a sample paper, used some of those questions in the actual exam (being "nice") . Got the near enough exact same wrong answer from a quarter to a third of the class. Guess what they had used to "study"?
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Lords report 'Preparing for an Ageing Society' is clear - The biggest boost to the UK’s fiscal outlook would come from keeping people healthier and working for longer
Ageing research benefiting all generations, not just older adults.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ageing research benefiting all generations, not just older adults.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Young people will suffer most from UK’s ageing population, Lords say
House of Lords report says tools such as raising pension age and increasing immigration will not be adequate
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Lords report 'Preparing for an Ageing Society' is clear - The biggest boost to the UK’s fiscal outlook would come from keeping people healthier and working for longer
Ageing research benefiting all generations, not just older adults.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ageing research benefiting all generations, not just older adults.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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🔬#Postdoc position available: We are looking for new lab member to join our team working on Protein #Aggregation and #Ageing in Cambridge. Please spread the word. tinyurl.com/38rn6czz
hireful.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🔬#Postdoc position available: We are looking for new lab member to join our team working on Protein #Aggregation and #Ageing in Cambridge. Please spread the word. tinyurl.com/38rn6czz
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Interested in metabolomics/systems biology and aging in Drosophila? We have a post-doc opening! And of course, there will be plenty of opportunities for side projects on the @dogagingproject.bsky.social. 🐶
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December 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Interested in metabolomics/systems biology and aging in Drosophila? We have a post-doc opening! And of course, there will be plenty of opportunities for side projects on the @dogagingproject.bsky.social. 🐶
promislowlab.org/wp-content/u...
promislowlab.org/wp-content/u...
Support the next generation!
🚨A new BSRA fundraising & awards campaign to support the next generation of ageing researchers
- 6 travel grants (£500)
- 6 summer studentships (£2,000)
- 6 small research grants (£3,000)
Small grants. Big impact.
#6for2026 #AgeingResearch #HealthyAgeing
🔗 bsra.org.uk/six-for-2026...
- 6 travel grants (£500)
- 6 summer studentships (£2,000)
- 6 small research grants (£3,000)
Small grants. Big impact.
#6for2026 #AgeingResearch #HealthyAgeing
🔗 bsra.org.uk/six-for-2026...
Six for 2026 Fundraising Campaign - BSRA
Donate here The BSRA is proud to have been supporting scientists working in ageing research for generations. Every year we award small grants ranging from £500 to £3000 to young and promising research...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Support the next generation!
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
There’s not enough disagreement on Bluesky for it to work
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
There’s not enough disagreement on Bluesky for it to work
