Abigail Wilson, PhD
@abigaildwilson.bsky.social
Wellcome ECA Fellow at Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL. Using Drosophila to understand dystonia and find new treatments.
I am a mentor on the FlyCROSS scheme - I can say it's extremely well organised and supportive - get involved!
Hey #Drosophila community we are seeking #mentors for #FlyCROSS until July 14th. Whether you are in #academia , #biotech , #scicomm or beyond - this is a wonderful opportunity to #payitforward. Help us spread the word & fill up the mentor survey now to pass on the fly torch 🔦👩🏽🔬🔬🧬👇🏽
#Dros25 #EDRC2025
#Dros25 #EDRC2025
Hey #Drosophila folks ! #FlyCROSS is back and #Mentor surveys are open NOW ! If you're a faculty/postdoc/ equivalent in any scientific career & have #Drosophila research experience - we'd be delighted to have you as mentors to empower early career scientists in the #Dros community !
June 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I am a mentor on the FlyCROSS scheme - I can say it's extremely well organised and supportive - get involved!
The Inaugural UCL Dystonia Day Symposium was held this week! An amazing line up of speakers, posters and panel discussion. It was fantastic (and important) to be joined by @dystoniauk.bsky.social. A big shout out to @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social for organising. We hope to make this a regular occurrence!
May 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Inaugural UCL Dystonia Day Symposium was held this week! An amazing line up of speakers, posters and panel discussion. It was fantastic (and important) to be joined by @dystoniauk.bsky.social. A big shout out to @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social for organising. We hope to make this a regular occurrence!
Registration for Dystonia Day closes *tomorrow* at 4pm!
Programme here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/sites/io...
Programme here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/sites/io...
April 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Registration for Dystonia Day closes *tomorrow* at 4pm!
Programme here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/sites/io...
Programme here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/sites/io...
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🗓19th-21st May 2025
📍45+ locations across the UK
🗣400 events
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🗓19th-21st May 2025
📍45+ locations across the UK
🗣400 events
April 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
✨Tickets for #pint25 are now on sale!✨
🎟Book here 👉 pintofscience.co.uk
🐝🧪👩🔬📚🔬👓🧠🐟🫀💫🥼👨🔬🔭🧫🦴
🗓19th-21st May 2025
📍45+ locations across the UK
🗣400 events
🎟Book here 👉 pintofscience.co.uk
🐝🧪👩🔬📚🔬👓🧠🐟🫀💫🥼👨🔬🔭🧫🦴
🗓19th-21st May 2025
📍45+ locations across the UK
🗣400 events
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Final programme for this event is now available! www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/events/2...
April 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Final programme for this event is now available! www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/events/2...
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Exciting news! The Genetics Society & BBSRC are teaming up to launch Research Access Placements (RAPs), offering fully paid summer research internships for undergrad students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Deadline for applications: 14 April.
genetics.org.uk/grants/resea...
Deadline for applications: 14 April.
genetics.org.uk/grants/resea...
March 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Exciting news! The Genetics Society & BBSRC are teaming up to launch Research Access Placements (RAPs), offering fully paid summer research internships for undergrad students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Deadline for applications: 14 April.
genetics.org.uk/grants/resea...
Deadline for applications: 14 April.
genetics.org.uk/grants/resea...
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Received your PhD in 2023-2024? Apply by July 15th for the @science.org & SciLifeLabPrize to win up to $30k. Categories: cell & molecular bio; genomics, proteomics & systems bio, ecology & environment; molecular medicine. 🧪
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Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists
This Prize was created to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community and we need to encourage our best and brightest to continue in their chosen fields of res...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Received your PhD in 2023-2024? Apply by July 15th for the @science.org & SciLifeLabPrize to win up to $30k. Categories: cell & molecular bio; genomics, proteomics & systems bio, ecology & environment; molecular medicine. 🧪
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Now might be a good time to protect your data if you’ve used this service.
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23andMe files for bankruptcy protection
The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Now might be a good time to protect your data if you’ve used this service.
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A beautiful day @crick.ac.uk on Monday for the 4th Rare Diseases Conference! It was a great day - and thanks to the conference committee for awarding me the Best Oral Presentation prize 🪰
March 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A beautiful day @crick.ac.uk on Monday for the 4th Rare Diseases Conference! It was a great day - and thanks to the conference committee for awarding me the Best Oral Presentation prize 🪰
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I've been a bit slow to post about this, but our work on RBL2-linked disease is now available online in #Brain. We provide a comprehensive characterisation of clinical phenotypes, and explore the neurological function of the #Drosophila orthologue, Rbf. (1/2) doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Clinical and genetic characterization of a progressive RBL2-associated neurodevelopmental disorder
RBL2 dysfunction, which disrupts cell-cycle gene expression, has been linked to a severe neurodevelopmental disorder. Aughey et al. characterize a cohort o
doi.org
February 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I've been a bit slow to post about this, but our work on RBL2-linked disease is now available online in #Brain. We provide a comprehensive characterisation of clinical phenotypes, and explore the neurological function of the #Drosophila orthologue, Rbf. (1/2) doi.org/10.1093/brai...
It's conference season!
Presenting my recent research at the Brain Conference 2025 on the 7th March 👇
conference.guarantorsofbrain.org/program/
Presenting my recent research at the Brain Conference 2025 on the 7th March 👇
conference.guarantorsofbrain.org/program/
Programme | Brain: The Conference
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February 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It's conference season!
Presenting my recent research at the Brain Conference 2025 on the 7th March 👇
conference.guarantorsofbrain.org/program/
Presenting my recent research at the Brain Conference 2025 on the 7th March 👇
conference.guarantorsofbrain.org/program/
Come join us on May 14th for the UCL Dystonia Day organised by @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social!
FYI: we will be hosting the inaugural UCL Dystonia Day, on May 14th!
This Symposium will showcase the latest research into defining dystonia patho-mechanisms and identifying novel treatments for this debilitating disease.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/events/2...
This Symposium will showcase the latest research into defining dystonia patho-mechanisms and identifying novel treatments for this debilitating disease.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/events/2...
Inaugural UCL Dystonia Day symposium
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Come join us on May 14th for the UCL Dystonia Day organised by @jepsonlabucl.bsky.social!
Delighted to have been selected to give a talk on 3rd March at the 4th Crick Rare Diseases Conference @crick.ac.uk - there's still time to register (and free to register for students!) www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/4th...
4th Crick Rare Diseases Conference
www.crick.ac.uk
February 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Delighted to have been selected to give a talk on 3rd March at the 4th Crick Rare Diseases Conference @crick.ac.uk - there's still time to register (and free to register for students!) www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/4th...
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UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in @aria-research.bsky.social funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases.
@uclpals.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
bit.ly/4g9MN1H
@uclpals.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
bit.ly/4g9MN1H
UCL researchers receive £8.1 million ARIA funding for innovative brain research
UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases.
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January 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
UCL researchers will receive £8.1m in @aria-research.bsky.social funding to embark on cutting edge research to help overcome neurodegenerative diseases.
@uclpals.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
bit.ly/4g9MN1H
@uclpals.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
bit.ly/4g9MN1H
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So happy that this long and winding story I've been chasing as part of two great teams, the @moitalab.bsky.social and @cmendeslab.bsky.social, is out now in BioRXiv! Take a look to see what surprising things fly muscles do when they're standing still.
Thrilled to present our latest BioRXiv on brain/body interactions during defensive freezing behaviour! (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...). You might think that a frozen animal has, well, frozen muscle activity, right? Wrong! Underneath the still surface of a fly, something in the legs is beating… 🧵
December 2, 2024 at 10:02 AM
So happy that this long and winding story I've been chasing as part of two great teams, the @moitalab.bsky.social and @cmendeslab.bsky.social, is out now in BioRXiv! Take a look to see what surprising things fly muscles do when they're standing still.
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Register for the final Development presents... webinar of 2024, chaired by @dev-journal.bsky.social Senior Editor @amjeve.bsky.social. We'll hear from Madalena Reimão Pinto and @gabrielaughey.bsky.social on the topic of #GeneRegulation in #DevBio
📆Wed 4 Dec 15:00GMT
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📆Wed 4 Dec 15:00GMT
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November 28, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Register for the final Development presents... webinar of 2024, chaired by @dev-journal.bsky.social Senior Editor @amjeve.bsky.social. We'll hear from Madalena Reimão Pinto and @gabrielaughey.bsky.social on the topic of #GeneRegulation in #DevBio
📆Wed 4 Dec 15:00GMT
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📆Wed 4 Dec 15:00GMT
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...