Natalia Sanchez-Soriano
@natsansor.bsky.social
Drosophilist, Cell biologist, neuroscientist, cytoskeleton, development and ageing
University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
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Now on the GREAT SCIENCE SHARE: Reaching thousands of primary schools across the UK and far beyond talking about the importance of the fruit fly #Drosophila
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Most important animal - fruit flies
YouTube video by Science & Engineering Education Research & Innovation Hub
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February 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Now on the GREAT SCIENCE SHARE: Reaching thousands of primary schools across the UK and far beyond talking about the importance of the fruit fly #Drosophila
youtu.be/7Q1cOtzMcqk?...
youtu.be/7Q1cOtzMcqk?...
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I watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee..
A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting...
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A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee..
A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting...
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A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting...
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Can anybody tell us, what this all will mean for research at universities? There are two pillars of scientific innovation in our society: industry and universities. Each should be allowed to play at their strengths to have maximal gain. We lose this perspective!
www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
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 6:58 PM
Can anybody tell us, what this all will mean for research at universities? There are two pillars of scientific innovation in our society: industry and universities. Each should be allowed to play at their strengths to have maximal gain. We lose this perspective!
www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
www.ukri.org/news/open-le...
Funded 4-year BBSRC NWD PhD to advance neuroscience through vCLEM techniques.
🧠 Are you passionate about EM, neurons, ageing, neurodegeneration? Come and join us!
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@ianprior.bsky.social
@natsansor.bsky.social
@aliemliv.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🧠 Are you passionate about EM, neurons, ageing, neurodegeneration? Come and join us!
🙏repost this project with
@ianprior.bsky.social
@natsansor.bsky.social
@aliemliv.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(BBSRC NWD) Developing a vCLEM pipeline for high-resolution analysis of neurons of the Drosophila brain at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (BBSRC NWD) Developing a vCLEM pipeline for high-resolution analysis of neurons of the Drosophila brain at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Funded 4-year BBSRC NWD PhD to advance neuroscience through vCLEM techniques.
🧠 Are you passionate about EM, neurons, ageing, neurodegeneration? Come and join us!
🙏repost this project with
@ianprior.bsky.social
@natsansor.bsky.social
@aliemliv.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🧠 Are you passionate about EM, neurons, ageing, neurodegeneration? Come and join us!
🙏repost this project with
@ianprior.bsky.social
@natsansor.bsky.social
@aliemliv.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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More evidence that the UK government (or at least one part of it) is doing everything in its power to destroy the country's scientific base.
The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
More evidence that the UK government (or at least one part of it) is doing everything in its power to destroy the country's scientific base.
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John Gurdon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gu..., beacon of a generation that tackled head on the deepest question of biology: the development of an organism. The best tribute to him and his peers should be to remember and follow the path they forged for how to do Science in form and content.
October 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
John Gurdon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gu..., beacon of a generation that tackled head on the deepest question of biology: the development of an organism. The best tribute to him and his peers should be to remember and follow the path they forged for how to do Science in form and content.
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Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....
Male CNS Connectome
A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system —a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ...
www.janelia.org
October 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....
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FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
Harvard University lays off fly database team
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.
www.thetransmitter.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
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Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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If you need a simple introduction to axonal cell biology and neurodegeneration for your students, here you go:
Shields, Silverdale, Prokop (2024) Understanding the underlying causes of degenerative neural diseases. InnovAiT, 17557380241298477 -- doi.org/10.1177/1755... (OA: tinyurl.com/5dysx3d3)
Shields, Silverdale, Prokop (2024) Understanding the underlying causes of degenerative neural diseases. InnovAiT, 17557380241298477 -- doi.org/10.1177/1755... (OA: tinyurl.com/5dysx3d3)
June 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If you need a simple introduction to axonal cell biology and neurodegeneration for your students, here you go:
Shields, Silverdale, Prokop (2024) Understanding the underlying causes of degenerative neural diseases. InnovAiT, 17557380241298477 -- doi.org/10.1177/1755... (OA: tinyurl.com/5dysx3d3)
Shields, Silverdale, Prokop (2024) Understanding the underlying causes of degenerative neural diseases. InnovAiT, 17557380241298477 -- doi.org/10.1177/1755... (OA: tinyurl.com/5dysx3d3)
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By popular demand: the Axon Degeneration starter pack. Definitely incomplete so let me know who I missed.
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Axon degeneration
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November 19, 2024 at 7:36 AM
By popular demand: the Axon Degeneration starter pack. Definitely incomplete so let me know who I missed.
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If using Bloomigton #Drosophila Stock Center stocks, pls. acknowledge them & their NIH funding (P40 OD018537). Papers listing this no. are being harvested as evidence. We massively depend on the @bdsc.bsky.social & they need our support in these dire times! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
If using Bloomigton #Drosophila Stock Center stocks, pls. acknowledge them & their NIH funding (P40 OD018537). Papers listing this no. are being harvested as evidence. We massively depend on the @bdsc.bsky.social & they need our support in these dire times! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social
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Good news for Kirsty (Biochemistry) and Marisa (MCCM) - Springboard Award winners. Congratulations to both! @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
On #WorldHealthDay, we're celebrating #TeamLivUni biomedical researchers, Dr Kirsty McMillan and Dr Marisa Merino, who have been awarded prestigious Springboard Awards from the Academy of Medical Sciences! 👏💙
🔗 Read more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/04/07/s...
🔗 Read more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/04/07/s...
April 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Good news for Kirsty (Biochemistry) and Marisa (MCCM) - Springboard Award winners. Congratulations to both! @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
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Couldn’t happen to a more deserving scientist/mentor! ❤️
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 Waddington Medal is Helen Skaer!
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March 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving scientist/mentor! ❤️
Paper alert! 🚀very happy to have been involved in this collaboration @livuni-ismib.bsky.social where we developed pexophagy reporters for use in Drosophila research. Great work from @drbaronefg.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs
February 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Paper alert! 🚀very happy to have been involved in this collaboration @livuni-ismib.bsky.social where we developed pexophagy reporters for use in Drosophila research. Great work from @drbaronefg.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs
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‘There is a worldwide shortage of scientists and because it’s a worldwide shortage, there’s worldwide competition,' says our Foreign Secretary Professor Alison Noble, as she warns that the UK's visa process and costs could put off scientists from moving to the UK: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
High visa fees putting skilled scientists and entrepreneurs off the UK
Leading scientists have now called on ministers to review the upfront costs that must be paid by workers in science, technology, engineering and maths fields.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
‘There is a worldwide shortage of scientists and because it’s a worldwide shortage, there’s worldwide competition,' says our Foreign Secretary Professor Alison Noble, as she warns that the UK's visa process and costs could put off scientists from moving to the UK: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
🚀 Hot off the press! Our team findings @livuni-ismib.bsky.social on brain ageing unveil a novel connection between oxidative stress, neuronal microtubules, and the cytoskeletal protein EB1 driving neuronal atrophy. 🎉 A huge thank you to the fantastic team!
www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...
www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...
Oxidative Stress Promotes Axonal Atrophy through Alterations in Microtubules and EB1 Function
<p>Axons are crucial for transmitting neurochemical signals. As organisms age, the ability of neurons to maintain their axons declines; hence, aged axons are more susceptible to damage or dysfunction....
www.aginganddisease.org
January 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🚀 Hot off the press! Our team findings @livuni-ismib.bsky.social on brain ageing unveil a novel connection between oxidative stress, neuronal microtubules, and the cytoskeletal protein EB1 driving neuronal atrophy. 🎉 A huge thank you to the fantastic team!
www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...
www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...
There is still time to apply to this PhD opportunity funded BBSRC NWD PhD. Come join us at @livuni-ismib.bsky.social to study novel roles of Tau and Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules in neuronal ageing in Drosophila.
Deadline: 31/1/2025.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 31/1/2025.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
January 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
There is still time to apply to this PhD opportunity funded BBSRC NWD PhD. Come join us at @livuni-ismib.bsky.social to study novel roles of Tau and Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules in neuronal ageing in Drosophila.
Deadline: 31/1/2025.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 31/1/2025.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a Gold #AthenaSwan Award from @advancehe.bsky.social!
Thank you to the ISMIB Athena Swan Team who made this all possible!
#GenderEquality | #TeamLivUni
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Thank you to the ISMIB Athena Swan Team who made this all possible!
#GenderEquality | #TeamLivUni
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January 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a Gold #AthenaSwan Award from @advancehe.bsky.social!
Thank you to the ISMIB Athena Swan Team who made this all possible!
#GenderEquality | #TeamLivUni
bit.ly/4jcgcew
Thank you to the ISMIB Athena Swan Team who made this all possible!
#GenderEquality | #TeamLivUni
bit.ly/4jcgcew
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It's @biologists.bsky.social Centenary and I am really looking forward to their Biologists@100 meeting in Liverpool. For cell biology folk, the @bscb-official.bsky.social annual meeting is incorporated and there are lots of great speakers. See you there?
January 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It's @biologists.bsky.social Centenary and I am really looking forward to their Biologists@100 meeting in Liverpool. For cell biology folk, the @bscb-official.bsky.social annual meeting is incorporated and there are lots of great speakers. See you there?
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This is a serious problem in science (and I would bet other professions, too). The profession cannot afford to lose such a wealth of talent.
“women in the largest discipline (BIO) are 23.26% more likely to leave science after 10 years and 39.74% more likely to leave science at the end of the study period…Our data show that with the passage of time, women disappear from science in ever-larger proportions compared to men” 🧪
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
Leaving Science: Attrition of Biologists in 38 OECD Countries
This study examines biologists leaving science in 38 OECD countries in the past two decades. We use publication metadata from a global bibliometric database (raw Scopus data at the micro-level of indi...
www.biorxiv.org
January 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This is a serious problem in science (and I would bet other professions, too). The profession cannot afford to lose such a wealth of talent.
Wow, this is beautiful work!
January 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Wow, this is beautiful work!
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A brief history of The Company of Biologists - 100 years of supporting scientists!👍👏
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years
Summary: As we begin celebrating our 100-year anniversary, we reflect on our extraordinary story so far, consider the Company's current support for our communities and prepare for some inspiring activ...
journals.biologists.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A brief history of The Company of Biologists - 100 years of supporting scientists!👍👏
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Okenve-Ramos, P., Gosling, R., Chojnowska-Monga, M., Gupta, K., Shields, S., Alhadyian, H., Collie, C., Gregory, E., Sanchez-Soriano, N. (2024). Neuronal ageing is promoted by the decay of the microtubule cytoskeleton. PLoS Biol, 22(3):e3002504 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Neuronal ageing is promoted by the decay of the microtubule cytoskeleton
Aging is associated with structural and functional changes in neurons thought to drive motor, sensory, and cognitive impairments. Using a Drosophila model of aging, the authors report that deteriorati...
journals.plos.org
January 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM