Kate Ellacott
@neuroendo.bsky.social
Scientist & Educator @ UoExeter #Neuroendocrinology #glia #food intake #obesity #diabetes #metabolism.
Senior Editor at Journal of Neuroendocrinology
President of British Society for Neuroendocrinology.
Enthusiastic but average baker & equestrienne
Senior Editor at Journal of Neuroendocrinology
President of British Society for Neuroendocrinology.
Enthusiastic but average baker & equestrienne
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Kate Ellacott
@neuroendo.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Validation of a refined protocol for mouse oral glucose tolerance testing without gavage
A glucose tolerance test (GTT) is routinely used to assess glucose homeostasis in clinical settings and in preclinical research studies using rodent models. The procedure assesses the ability of the b...
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We developed a simple mouse glucose tolerance test protocol for diabetes research with voluntary oral glucose dosing instead of gavage. More physiological/aligned to the human test & better for animal welfare 👇🏻
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Please DM for detailed info or to arrange a chat
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Please DM for detailed info or to arrange a chat
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New review with @lab-williams.bsky.social out today! One of the most enjoyable things about being a new PI has been making new collaborations and seeing projects advance through the pipeline.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Mechanisms of Innate Immune Modulation by High-Fat Diet: Implications for Obesity and Asthma - Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
Purpose of the Review The innate immune system plays a critical role in mediating many of the physiological consequences of high-fat diet consumption. Dietary lipids, and specifically saturated fatty ...
link.springer.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
New review with @lab-williams.bsky.social out today! One of the most enjoyable things about being a new PI has been making new collaborations and seeing projects advance through the pipeline.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Planning your undergrad neuroendo lectures?
Use our undergrad education guide to help you plan your curricula. Includes:
🧠Definition of neuroendo
🧠Transferrable skills
🧠Related fields
🧠Free tools and resources
🧠Key concepts in neuroendo
Download: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
Use our undergrad education guide to help you plan your curricula. Includes:
🧠Definition of neuroendo
🧠Transferrable skills
🧠Related fields
🧠Free tools and resources
🧠Key concepts in neuroendo
Download: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Planning your undergrad neuroendo lectures?
Use our undergrad education guide to help you plan your curricula. Includes:
🧠Definition of neuroendo
🧠Transferrable skills
🧠Related fields
🧠Free tools and resources
🧠Key concepts in neuroendo
Download: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
Use our undergrad education guide to help you plan your curricula. Includes:
🧠Definition of neuroendo
🧠Transferrable skills
🧠Related fields
🧠Free tools and resources
🧠Key concepts in neuroendo
Download: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
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Last few days to apply for these 2 fully funded PhD positions in my new group @manchester.ac.uk! Deadline this Saturday 15th Nov.
🚨 I’ve got some exciting news! I have two PhD positions available in my group to advance Digital Endocrinology at @manchester.ac.uk Please help disseminate widely (application deadline 15th Nov):
1. Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(1/2)
1. Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(1/2)
(EPSRC CASE) Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (EPSRC CASE) Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Last few days to apply for these 2 fully funded PhD positions in my new group @manchester.ac.uk! Deadline this Saturday 15th Nov.
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4yr MRC-funded postdoc position investigating circadian mechanisms in cardiometabolic disease, currently available @manchester.ac.uk
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Come and join our brilliant Centre for Biological Timing team!
@bioclocksuk.bsky.social #chronobiology #circadian #postdoc
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Come and join our brilliant Centre for Biological Timing team!
@bioclocksuk.bsky.social #chronobiology #circadian #postdoc
Research Associate in Circadian Mechanisms in Cardiometabolic Disease:Oxford Road
Due to the nature of the funding, KTP Associates who have already completed a KTP are not eligible to apply.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
4yr MRC-funded postdoc position investigating circadian mechanisms in cardiometabolic disease, currently available @manchester.ac.uk
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Come and join our brilliant Centre for Biological Timing team!
@bioclocksuk.bsky.social #chronobiology #circadian #postdoc
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Come and join our brilliant Centre for Biological Timing team!
@bioclocksuk.bsky.social #chronobiology #circadian #postdoc
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
Next PANS Symposium is on the way! Register now for the Bayer sponsored “Menopausal Hot Flushes” Symposium on November 21st.
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Next PANS Symposium is on the way! Register now for the Bayer sponsored “Menopausal Hot Flushes” Symposium on November 21st.
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TOMORROW!
Join us at PANS next Nov 5th @ 1PM EST for Dr. Carol Elias lecture! You do not want to miss it! Register here: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
TOMORROW!
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Hungry to know about the incredible tanycytes? Check out our latest review article "Tanycytes: bloodhounds of the metabolic brain"👌
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tanycytes: bloodhounds of the metabolic brain
Constant monitoring and fine-tuning of internal body status to maintain energy homeostasis despite changing physiological needs and environmental cond…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hungry to know about the incredible tanycytes? Check out our latest review article "Tanycytes: bloodhounds of the metabolic brain"👌
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We are currently accepting suggestions for symposium at the 2026 @ssibsociety.bsky.social annual meeting in Philadelphia next year. Check out the link below or DM/email if you have questions 👊
www.ssib.org/2026/symposi...
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SSIB 2026 | Philadelphia, PA
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October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are currently accepting suggestions for symposium at the 2026 @ssibsociety.bsky.social annual meeting in Philadelphia next year. Check out the link below or DM/email if you have questions 👊
www.ssib.org/2026/symposi...
www.ssib.org/2026/symposi...
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Industry postdoc opening! My sister dept @ @boehringerglobal.bsky.social Germany (Obesity Research area) is seeking a post-PhD candidate with significant technical expertise in brain ephys & imaging. Feel free to DM me with any further questions.
Post Doc - Electrophysiology & Sensor imaging of brain-obesity circuits
Post Doc - Electrophysiology & Sensor imaging of brain-obesity circuits
jobs.boehringer-ingelheim.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Industry postdoc opening! My sister dept @ @boehringerglobal.bsky.social Germany (Obesity Research area) is seeking a post-PhD candidate with significant technical expertise in brain ephys & imaging. Feel free to DM me with any further questions.
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Gut brain communication. A review of the distinct spinal and vagal afferent types alongside viscerofugal pathways revealed by advances in neurogenetic techniques and high-resolution anterograde tracing www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Gut–brain communication: types of sensory nerves and mechanisms of activation - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
This Review explores the different types of sensory nerves involved in gut–brain communication, detailing the locations of these nerve endings in the gut and their mechanisms of activation. Insights a...
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Gut brain communication. A review of the distinct spinal and vagal afferent types alongside viscerofugal pathways revealed by advances in neurogenetic techniques and high-resolution anterograde tracing www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🧠New Early View article:
Optogenetic stimulation of the median preoptic nucleus: Effects on hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus magnocellular neurons after chronic intermittent hypoxia exposure.
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Optogenetic stimulation of the median preoptic nucleus: Effects on hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus magnocellular neurons after chronic intermittent hypoxia exposure.
onlinelibrary.wiley....
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🧠New Early View article:
Optogenetic stimulation of the median preoptic nucleus: Effects on hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus magnocellular neurons after chronic intermittent hypoxia exposure.
onlinelibrary.wiley....
Optogenetic stimulation of the median preoptic nucleus: Effects on hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus magnocellular neurons after chronic intermittent hypoxia exposure.
onlinelibrary.wiley....
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
Planning your undergrad neuroendo lectures?
Use our undergrad education guide to help you plan your curricula. Includes:
🧠Definition of neuroendo
🧠Transferrable skills
🧠Related fields
🧠Free tools and resources
🧠Key concepts in neuroendo
Download: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
Use our undergrad education guide to help you plan your curricula. Includes:
🧠Definition of neuroendo
🧠Transferrable skills
🧠Related fields
🧠Free tools and resources
🧠Key concepts in neuroendo
Download: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Planning your undergrad neuroendo lectures?
Use our undergrad education guide to help you plan your curricula. Includes:
🧠Definition of neuroendo
🧠Transferrable skills
🧠Related fields
🧠Free tools and resources
🧠Key concepts in neuroendo
Download: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
Use our undergrad education guide to help you plan your curricula. Includes:
🧠Definition of neuroendo
🧠Transferrable skills
🧠Related fields
🧠Free tools and resources
🧠Key concepts in neuroendo
Download: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
📢 NEW early view article!
Chronic circadian disruption in female mice induces a long-term alteration of the preovulatory LH surge. 🐁
Authors: Simonneaux M, Simonneaux V.
onlinelibrary.wiley....
Chronic circadian disruption in female mice induces a long-term alteration of the preovulatory LH surge. 🐁
Authors: Simonneaux M, Simonneaux V.
onlinelibrary.wiley....
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
📢 NEW early view article!
Chronic circadian disruption in female mice induces a long-term alteration of the preovulatory LH surge. 🐁
Authors: Simonneaux M, Simonneaux V.
onlinelibrary.wiley....
Chronic circadian disruption in female mice induces a long-term alteration of the preovulatory LH surge. 🐁
Authors: Simonneaux M, Simonneaux V.
onlinelibrary.wiley....
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
Really nice work from our neighbours Stephanie Fulton and team investigating links between inflammation, anxiety, and microglia!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Anxiety induced by systemic inflammation involves microglial engulfing of nucleus accumbens inputs and diminished excitability of dopamine D1 receptor neurons
The neuroimmune corollaries of systemic inflammation can generate anxiodepressive behaviors and psychomotor slowing. The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a …
www.sciencedirect.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Really nice work from our neighbours Stephanie Fulton and team investigating links between inflammation, anxiety, and microglia!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
I interviewed Prof Anne White for the BSN on her research at our annual meeting in Bradford this year. Something that struck me was her investment in the #Postdoc members of her team, using profits from #commercialisation of her work.
"I could take the money personally but I put it into my research" - Prof White on how she invests money from commercial enterprise.
Watch Anne's full lecture on Melanocortin neuropeptides as a BSN member (login to mySociety):
my.neuroendo.org.uk/...
Watch Anne's full lecture on Melanocortin neuropeptides as a BSN member (login to mySociety):
my.neuroendo.org.uk/...
October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I interviewed Prof Anne White for the BSN on her research at our annual meeting in Bradford this year. Something that struck me was her investment in the #Postdoc members of her team, using profits from #commercialisation of her work.
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
Join us on November 21st at 12PM ET for a PANS symposium on clinical and basic aspects of menopausal hot flushes - including novel neurokinin receptor antagonists. Register here: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @menopausesociety.bsky.social @menopause
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Join us on November 21st at 12PM ET for a PANS symposium on clinical and basic aspects of menopausal hot flushes - including novel neurokinin receptor antagonists. Register here: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @menopausesociety.bsky.social @menopause
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Inspire your students to get creative with endocrinology!
Encourage them to enter our Student Media Award for a chance to win £300 and feature on You and Your Hormones.
Deadline: 10 Nov 2025 (23:59 GMT)
Download slides & posters to share with your students: bit.ly/SfEStudentMe...
Encourage them to enter our Student Media Award for a chance to win £300 and feature on You and Your Hormones.
Deadline: 10 Nov 2025 (23:59 GMT)
Download slides & posters to share with your students: bit.ly/SfEStudentMe...
October 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Inspire your students to get creative with endocrinology!
Encourage them to enter our Student Media Award for a chance to win £300 and feature on You and Your Hormones.
Deadline: 10 Nov 2025 (23:59 GMT)
Download slides & posters to share with your students: bit.ly/SfEStudentMe...
Encourage them to enter our Student Media Award for a chance to win £300 and feature on You and Your Hormones.
Deadline: 10 Nov 2025 (23:59 GMT)
Download slides & posters to share with your students: bit.ly/SfEStudentMe...
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
Have you seen this new Open Access early view article?
GHSRs in the olfactory bulb suppress food motivation and promote exploration without altering spatial memory in male mice. 🐁
Authors: Stark R, Zigman JM, Andrews ZB.
@zane-andrews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
GHSRs in the olfactory bulb suppress food motivation and promote exploration without altering spatial memory in male mice. 🐁
Authors: Stark R, Zigman JM, Andrews ZB.
@zane-andrews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Have you seen this new Open Access early view article?
GHSRs in the olfactory bulb suppress food motivation and promote exploration without altering spatial memory in male mice. 🐁
Authors: Stark R, Zigman JM, Andrews ZB.
@zane-andrews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
GHSRs in the olfactory bulb suppress food motivation and promote exploration without altering spatial memory in male mice. 🐁
Authors: Stark R, Zigman JM, Andrews ZB.
@zane-andrews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
🚨Special issue - Journal of Neuroendocrinology🚨
Advances in the Biology of the Melanocortin System
⏰ Deadline: 1st March 2026
📝 Original research, reviews and early career perspectives welcome
@jne-editor.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Advances in the Biology of the Melanocortin System
⏰ Deadline: 1st March 2026
📝 Original research, reviews and early career perspectives welcome
@jne-editor.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🚨Special issue - Journal of Neuroendocrinology🚨
Advances in the Biology of the Melanocortin System
⏰ Deadline: 1st March 2026
📝 Original research, reviews and early career perspectives welcome
@jne-editor.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Advances in the Biology of the Melanocortin System
⏰ Deadline: 1st March 2026
📝 Original research, reviews and early career perspectives welcome
@jne-editor.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
Have you seen this new Open Access early view article?
GHSRs in the olfactory bulb suppress food motivation and promote exploration without altering spatial memory in male mice. 🐁
Authors: Stark R, Zigman JM, Andrews ZB.
@zane-andrews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
GHSRs in the olfactory bulb suppress food motivation and promote exploration without altering spatial memory in male mice. 🐁
Authors: Stark R, Zigman JM, Andrews ZB.
@zane-andrews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
October 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Have you seen this new Open Access early view article?
GHSRs in the olfactory bulb suppress food motivation and promote exploration without altering spatial memory in male mice. 🐁
Authors: Stark R, Zigman JM, Andrews ZB.
@zane-andrews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
GHSRs in the olfactory bulb suppress food motivation and promote exploration without altering spatial memory in male mice. 🐁
Authors: Stark R, Zigman JM, Andrews ZB.
@zane-andrews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
Landmark publication from @junnagai.bsky.social lab!
Incredible work really detailing the neural mechanisms that recruit astrocyte ensembles ! 🤩
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Incredible work really detailing the neural mechanisms that recruit astrocyte ensembles ! 🤩
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The astrocytic ensemble acts as a multiday trace to stabilize memory - Nature
Emotional experience evokes signalling in astrocytes, which form an ensemble that is reinforced by secondary astrocytic state changes resulting from repeated experience, leading to memory stabilizatio...
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Landmark publication from @junnagai.bsky.social lab!
Incredible work really detailing the neural mechanisms that recruit astrocyte ensembles ! 🤩
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Incredible work really detailing the neural mechanisms that recruit astrocyte ensembles ! 🤩
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
🐁 NEW early view article:
A male-dominant cell group expressing calbindin-D28K and androgen receptor in the mouse preoptic area requires postnatal testicular androgens and histone deacetylation.
Authors: Arai Y, Tsukahara S.
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
A male-dominant cell group expressing calbindin-D28K and androgen receptor in the mouse preoptic area requires postnatal testicular androgens and histone deacetylation.
Authors: Arai Y, Tsukahara S.
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
October 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🐁 NEW early view article:
A male-dominant cell group expressing calbindin-D28K and androgen receptor in the mouse preoptic area requires postnatal testicular androgens and histone deacetylation.
Authors: Arai Y, Tsukahara S.
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
A male-dominant cell group expressing calbindin-D28K and androgen receptor in the mouse preoptic area requires postnatal testicular androgens and histone deacetylation.
Authors: Arai Y, Tsukahara S.
doi.org/10.1111/jne....
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
We have an opening for a PhD position to study the effects of stress on the brain connectome: share.google/eUyCZ8EXRm6F... This project is part of the MIBTP programme, co-supervised by Dr Enrico Amico at the University of Birmingham.
Dr Helen Eachus
Dr Helen Eachus
share.google
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We have an opening for a PhD position to study the effects of stress on the brain connectome: share.google/eUyCZ8EXRm6F... This project is part of the MIBTP programme, co-supervised by Dr Enrico Amico at the University of Birmingham.
Reposted by Kate Ellacott
🚨 I’ve got some exciting news! I have two PhD positions available in my group to advance Digital Endocrinology at @manchester.ac.uk Please help disseminate widely (application deadline 15th Nov):
1. Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(1/2)
1. Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(1/2)
(EPSRC CASE) Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (EPSRC CASE) Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚨 I’ve got some exciting news! I have two PhD positions available in my group to advance Digital Endocrinology at @manchester.ac.uk Please help disseminate widely (application deadline 15th Nov):
1. Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(1/2)
1. Modelling hormonal dynamics in the human HPA axis.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(1/2)