Mehershad Wadia
@mehershadw.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, Writer, Comedian(?)
🔬Hilliard Lab, University of Queensland
🔬Hilliard Lab, University of Queensland
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Daily reminder that life's a rollercoaster 🎢 #celegans #dadjokes and coaster by @mehershadw.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Daily reminder that life's a rollercoaster 🎢 #celegans #dadjokes and coaster by @mehershadw.bsky.social
I'll be MCing the wonderful Pint of Science festival featuring some outstanding scientists!
📍 Easy Times Brewing Co, Brisbane
🗓️ 19th to 21st May!
Come along for an evening full of amazing science brewing right here in Brisbane!
📍 Easy Times Brewing Co, Brisbane
🗓️ 19th to 21st May!
Come along for an evening full of amazing science brewing right here in Brisbane!
May 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'll be MCing the wonderful Pint of Science festival featuring some outstanding scientists!
📍 Easy Times Brewing Co, Brisbane
🗓️ 19th to 21st May!
Come along for an evening full of amazing science brewing right here in Brisbane!
📍 Easy Times Brewing Co, Brisbane
🗓️ 19th to 21st May!
Come along for an evening full of amazing science brewing right here in Brisbane!
👏👏👏
A little piece I wrote for the conversation on the role of curiosity in medical breakthroughs 👇
theconversation.com/curiosity-dr...
theconversation.com/curiosity-dr...
‘Curiosity-driven research’ led to a recent major medical breakthrough. But it’s under threat
Curiosity-driven research is exactly what it sounds like: research driven by the goal of understanding nature without regard for application.
theconversation.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
👏👏👏
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Do not miss out on this amazing meeting! The deadline for abstract submission and registration is March 1st.
Check out the program and apply now:
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel...
#EMBOcellBioComm @embo.org
Check out the program and apply now:
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel...
#EMBOcellBioComm @embo.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Do not miss out on this amazing meeting! The deadline for abstract submission and registration is March 1st.
Check out the program and apply now:
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel...
#EMBOcellBioComm @embo.org
Check out the program and apply now:
meetings.embo.org/event/25-cel...
#EMBOcellBioComm @embo.org
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If it helps with your anxiety at all, four fifths of all animals are nematodes.
December 9, 2024 at 4:51 AM
If it helps with your anxiety at all, four fifths of all animals are nematodes.
Our paper is now featured in the Editors' highlights at @naturecomms.bsky.social 👇
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
NEW Paper:
If you're a fan of Rachel from 'Friends', you would love OSP-1, as it is also protective of ROS
Donato et al. found a novel gene OSP-1 (oxidative stress protective 1) that protects neurons from damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), by modulating autophagy.👇
If you're a fan of Rachel from 'Friends', you would love OSP-1, as it is also protective of ROS
Donato et al. found a novel gene OSP-1 (oxidative stress protective 1) that protects neurons from damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), by modulating autophagy.👇
January 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Our paper is now featured in the Editors' highlights at @naturecomms.bsky.social 👇
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
Reposted by Mehershad Wadia
Very happy and proud about this week's success. Very grateful to all my colleagues and my lab for their hard work and support getting this over the line 🍾🙏🥳
It was a good week this week 👇 🥂
www.coakleylab.com/news/arc-discovery-project-success
www.coakleylab.com/news/arc-discovery-project-success
November 30, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Very happy and proud about this week's success. Very grateful to all my colleagues and my lab for their hard work and support getting this over the line 🍾🙏🥳
Reposted by Mehershad Wadia
Nice way to start the year. An enormous effort on this one from Alessandra. Congratulations! 🎉
Leveraging the genetic power of the nematode C. elegans and the optogenetic tool KillerRed, the Hilliard Lab discovered osp-1, a novel gene that protects neurons from oxidative damage via cell-autonomous mechanisms 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
OSP-1 protects neurons from autophagic cell death induced by acute oxidative stress - Nature Communications
How oxidative stress impacts neurons is poorly understood. Here the authors reveal that overactivation of autophagy following oxidative stress contributes to neuronal death and discover a protective f...
doi.org
January 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Nice way to start the year. An enormous effort on this one from Alessandra. Congratulations! 🎉
NEW Paper:
If you're a fan of Rachel from 'Friends', you would love OSP-1, as it is also protective of ROS
Donato et al. found a novel gene OSP-1 (oxidative stress protective 1) that protects neurons from damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), by modulating autophagy.👇
If you're a fan of Rachel from 'Friends', you would love OSP-1, as it is also protective of ROS
Donato et al. found a novel gene OSP-1 (oxidative stress protective 1) that protects neurons from damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), by modulating autophagy.👇
January 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
NEW Paper:
If you're a fan of Rachel from 'Friends', you would love OSP-1, as it is also protective of ROS
Donato et al. found a novel gene OSP-1 (oxidative stress protective 1) that protects neurons from damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), by modulating autophagy.👇
If you're a fan of Rachel from 'Friends', you would love OSP-1, as it is also protective of ROS
Donato et al. found a novel gene OSP-1 (oxidative stress protective 1) that protects neurons from damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS), by modulating autophagy.👇
Reposted by Mehershad Wadia
Leveraging the genetic power of the nematode C. elegans and the optogenetic tool KillerRed, the Hilliard Lab discovered osp-1, a novel gene that protects neurons from oxidative damage via cell-autonomous mechanisms 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
OSP-1 protects neurons from autophagic cell death induced by acute oxidative stress - Nature Communications
How oxidative stress impacts neurons is poorly understood. Here the authors reveal that overactivation of autophagy following oxidative stress contributes to neuronal death and discover a protective f...
doi.org
January 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Leveraging the genetic power of the nematode C. elegans and the optogenetic tool KillerRed, the Hilliard Lab discovered osp-1, a novel gene that protects neurons from oxidative damage via cell-autonomous mechanisms 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s414...