Dr. Anusha Seneviratne
@anushans.bsky.social
👩🏾🔬 Lecturer @RoyalHolloway.bsky.social 🌳
🫀 Researching pollution & vascular inflammation
🦜 Founder @girawa.bsky.social
🌍 #planetaryhealth alliance education working group member
🎓 Imperial College alumnus
🤓 my own views
🌐 https://linktr.ee/anushasen
🫀 Researching pollution & vascular inflammation
🦜 Founder @girawa.bsky.social
🌍 #planetaryhealth alliance education working group member
🎓 Imperial College alumnus
🤓 my own views
🌐 https://linktr.ee/anushasen
I'm attending the NextGen Omics, Spatial & Data 2025 conference starting tomorrow in London. It would be great to connect if you work on single cell multiomics of atherosclerosis and imaging particles/metals.
I'll be chairing (not speaking!) stream 3 on Friday afternoon. #NGOUK2025 #immunosky 🧪
I'll be chairing (not speaking!) stream 3 on Friday afternoon. #NGOUK2025 #immunosky 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm attending the NextGen Omics, Spatial & Data 2025 conference starting tomorrow in London. It would be great to connect if you work on single cell multiomics of atherosclerosis and imaging particles/metals.
I'll be chairing (not speaking!) stream 3 on Friday afternoon. #NGOUK2025 #immunosky 🧪
I'll be chairing (not speaking!) stream 3 on Friday afternoon. #NGOUK2025 #immunosky 🧪
Thanks to @royalholloway.bsky.social for featuring my research online and on their latest LinkedIn newsletter. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/sto...
#planetaryhealth #cardiosky #immunosky 🧪
#planetaryhealth #cardiosky #immunosky 🧪
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thanks to @royalholloway.bsky.social for featuring my research online and on their latest LinkedIn newsletter. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/sto...
#planetaryhealth #cardiosky #immunosky 🧪
#planetaryhealth #cardiosky #immunosky 🧪
It was a pleasure to co-author this piece with my colleague Dr Preeti Mahato. #vaping #smoking #CVD
🧪 @royalholloway.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
🧪 @royalholloway.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
Research shows that vaping can damage arteries, raise blood pressure and trigger inflammation – the same early warning signs that lead to heart attacks and strokes.
Vaping might seem safer than smoking but your heart could tell a different story
Research shows that vaping can damage arteries, raise blood pressure and trigger inflammation – the same early warning signs that lead to heart attacks and strokes.
tcnv.link
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It was a pleasure to co-author this piece with my colleague Dr Preeti Mahato. #vaping #smoking #CVD
🧪 @royalholloway.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
🧪 @royalholloway.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social
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Foreign Scholars Skip US Conferences
“I don’t agree with the politicization of scientific funding, the destruction of data collection and openness... and I feel like traveling to America at this point is a partial endorsement of what’s going on,” Liston said.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
“I don’t agree with the politicization of scientific funding, the destruction of data collection and openness... and I feel like traveling to America at this point is a partial endorsement of what’s going on,” Liston said.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Cautious or Protesting, Foreign Scholars Skip U.S. Conferences
As President Donald Trump deploys National Guard troops to American cities and ICE arrests pick up, some international scholars are opting out of U.S. travel.
www.insidehighered.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Foreign Scholars Skip US Conferences
“I don’t agree with the politicization of scientific funding, the destruction of data collection and openness... and I feel like traveling to America at this point is a partial endorsement of what’s going on,” Liston said.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
“I don’t agree with the politicization of scientific funding, the destruction of data collection and openness... and I feel like traveling to America at this point is a partial endorsement of what’s going on,” Liston said.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
I will be speaking as a panelist in the pre-COP30 event hosted by Planetary Health Brazil, highlighting 5 years of success by the Girawa project. Register and join us to hear stories from around the globe on 6th November! hubs.li/Q03QCQ9r0
#COP30 #planetaryhealth 🧪
#COP30 #planetaryhealth 🧪
Educating for a Healthy Planet and People on the Road to COP30
Explore how education can drive climate action and planetary health ahead of COP30, featuring global experts, youth, and Indigenous voices.
hubs.li
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I will be speaking as a panelist in the pre-COP30 event hosted by Planetary Health Brazil, highlighting 5 years of success by the Girawa project. Register and join us to hear stories from around the globe on 6th November! hubs.li/Q03QCQ9r0
#COP30 #planetaryhealth 🧪
#COP30 #planetaryhealth 🧪
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What are we seeing in #SoGA2025?
📌 Air pollution remains the 2nd leading risk factor for death worldwide
📌 NCDs account for 86% of deaths attributable to air pollution
📌 626,000 deaths from dementia attributable to air pollution in 2023
#AirQuality #ActOnNCDs
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📌 Air pollution remains the 2nd leading risk factor for death worldwide
📌 NCDs account for 86% of deaths attributable to air pollution
📌 626,000 deaths from dementia attributable to air pollution in 2023
#AirQuality #ActOnNCDs
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October 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
What are we seeing in #SoGA2025?
📌 Air pollution remains the 2nd leading risk factor for death worldwide
📌 NCDs account for 86% of deaths attributable to air pollution
📌 626,000 deaths from dementia attributable to air pollution in 2023
#AirQuality #ActOnNCDs
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📌 Air pollution remains the 2nd leading risk factor for death worldwide
📌 NCDs account for 86% of deaths attributable to air pollution
📌 626,000 deaths from dementia attributable to air pollution in 2023
#AirQuality #ActOnNCDs
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We’re heartbroken to learn that Dr Jane Goodall has passed away, aged 91.
Dr Goodall was one of the true conservation giants of our time. Let’s honour her legacy by choosing to make a difference in the world - by protecting it.
Thank you, Jane, for everything you did for our planet. 💚
Dr Goodall was one of the true conservation giants of our time. Let’s honour her legacy by choosing to make a difference in the world - by protecting it.
Thank you, Jane, for everything you did for our planet. 💚
October 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We’re heartbroken to learn that Dr Jane Goodall has passed away, aged 91.
Dr Goodall was one of the true conservation giants of our time. Let’s honour her legacy by choosing to make a difference in the world - by protecting it.
Thank you, Jane, for everything you did for our planet. 💚
Dr Goodall was one of the true conservation giants of our time. Let’s honour her legacy by choosing to make a difference in the world - by protecting it.
Thank you, Jane, for everything you did for our planet. 💚
I am guest editing a Methods Collection titled “Cutting-Edge Techniques to Study Vascular Inflammation” for the JoVE journal. Interested in contributing? Please contact me or submit an abstract here: app.jove.com/methods-coll...
#immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky 🧪
#immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky 🧪
JoVE | Peer Reviewed Scientific Video Journal - Methods and Protocols
Jove
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September 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I am guest editing a Methods Collection titled “Cutting-Edge Techniques to Study Vascular Inflammation” for the JoVE journal. Interested in contributing? Please contact me or submit an abstract here: app.jove.com/methods-coll...
#immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky 🧪
#immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky 🧪
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🧵How to write and manage your first research budgets
The point of funding is to convert it into quality research. A well-spent research budget should fund the idea it was raised on, plus revision experiments, plus preliminary data for the next grant. So you need to spend, while avoiding waste.
The point of funding is to convert it into quality research. A well-spent research budget should fund the idea it was raised on, plus revision experiments, plus preliminary data for the next grant. So you need to spend, while avoiding waste.
September 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🧵How to write and manage your first research budgets
The point of funding is to convert it into quality research. A well-spent research budget should fund the idea it was raised on, plus revision experiments, plus preliminary data for the next grant. So you need to spend, while avoiding waste.
The point of funding is to convert it into quality research. A well-spent research budget should fund the idea it was raised on, plus revision experiments, plus preliminary data for the next grant. So you need to spend, while avoiding waste.
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🌍 The Global Climate and Health Summit showed why physiology is central to climate solutions - watch the highlights film here👇👇👇
youtu.be/wVzZpEU6TME?...
youtu.be/wVzZpEU6TME?...
Global Climate and Health Summit Highlights | This is just the beginning
YouTube video by The Physiological Society
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🌍 The Global Climate and Health Summit showed why physiology is central to climate solutions - watch the highlights film here👇👇👇
youtu.be/wVzZpEU6TME?...
youtu.be/wVzZpEU6TME?...
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BREAKING: We won! 💪 🙌
We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.
We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.
Judge rules car makers must release Dieselgate documents
The High Court has today ruled that unredacted legal documents in the £6 billion ‘Dieselgate’ litigation against several major car manufacturers must be made public. Environmental campaign groups Mum...
airqualitynews.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
BREAKING: We won! 💪 🙌
We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.
We are absolutely delighted at the decision the High Court has made, making documents in October’s #Dieselgate class action publicly available due to the high level of public interest in this case.
Thanks to @physoc.bsky.social for organising an inspiring Global Climate and Health Summit. It was a privilege to participate and I look forward to contributing to the development of actions to mitigate against climate change, air pollution and ensure sustainable nutrition. #GCHS2025
July 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Thanks to @physoc.bsky.social for organising an inspiring Global Climate and Health Summit. It was a privilege to participate and I look forward to contributing to the development of actions to mitigate against climate change, air pollution and ensure sustainable nutrition. #GCHS2025
Thanks to @london-immuno.bsky.social for allowing me to present my research at the Diversity in Immunology conference #LIG2025. A brilliant meeting with fantastic talks and great research on display. Delighted to have been a part of it, I learned so much. @britsocimm.bsky.social
#immunosky 🧪
#immunosky 🧪
July 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thanks to @london-immuno.bsky.social for allowing me to present my research at the Diversity in Immunology conference #LIG2025. A brilliant meeting with fantastic talks and great research on display. Delighted to have been a part of it, I learned so much. @britsocimm.bsky.social
#immunosky 🧪
#immunosky 🧪
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📣 @healthyairuk.bsky.social has launched a blueprint for ‘making Britain’s air cleaner, healthier and better to breathe’ 🌬️
As a coalition member, we are calling on the UK Govt to back a new Clean Air Act and set targets in line with the WHO @who.int 🌍📊
www.healthyair.org.uk/healthy-air-...
As a coalition member, we are calling on the UK Govt to back a new Clean Air Act and set targets in line with the WHO @who.int 🌍📊
www.healthyair.org.uk/healthy-air-...
Healthy Air Coalition launches new report… - Healthy Air Coalition
The Healthy Air Coalition is proud to launch our landmark policy report: “Making Britain’s air cleaner, healthier and better to breathe: A blueprint for government action on clean air.” Air pollution ...
www.healthyair.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📣 @healthyairuk.bsky.social has launched a blueprint for ‘making Britain’s air cleaner, healthier and better to breathe’ 🌬️
As a coalition member, we are calling on the UK Govt to back a new Clean Air Act and set targets in line with the WHO @who.int 🌍📊
www.healthyair.org.uk/healthy-air-...
As a coalition member, we are calling on the UK Govt to back a new Clean Air Act and set targets in line with the WHO @who.int 🌍📊
www.healthyair.org.uk/healthy-air-...
🧪 One month until the application deadline. Get in touch if you are interested ⬇️
#immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky #ecr #studyintheuk
#immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky #ecr #studyintheuk
🧪 I am offering projects to study how air pollution affects vascular inflammation as part of Royal Holloway's MSc degree in Biological Sciences research. Contact me if you are interested in applying. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and... #immunosky #cardiosky #idsky #academicsky #academicchatter
Masters by Research in Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway
Explore our internationally-renowned masters with specialist staff and breakthrough research
www.royalholloway.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🧪 One month until the application deadline. Get in touch if you are interested ⬇️
#immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky #ecr #studyintheuk
#immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky #ecr #studyintheuk
🏭 This #CleanAirDay, we detail current epidemiological and mechanistic evidence linking air pollution to atherosclerosis, and areas that require further study. 🧪
www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S002...
#pollution #planetaryhealth #immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky
www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S002...
#pollution #planetaryhealth #immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky
Air pollution and atherosclerosis
Air pollution is associated with considerable cardiovascular mortality and morbidity.
The vascular disease atherosclerosis underlies many cardiovascular conditions, with
atherosclerotic plaque rupture...
www.atherosclerosis-journal.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🏭 This #CleanAirDay, we detail current epidemiological and mechanistic evidence linking air pollution to atherosclerosis, and areas that require further study. 🧪
www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S002...
#pollution #planetaryhealth #immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky
www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S002...
#pollution #planetaryhealth #immunosky #cardiosky #academicsky
🏆 My prize winning review for @expphysiol.bsky.social now online!
🏭 We explore how exposures like pollution, 🌳 and natural compounds can affect inflammation in the vasculature.
🧪 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#immunosky #planetaryhealth #cardiosky #CVD
🏭 We explore how exposures like pollution, 🌳 and natural compounds can affect inflammation in the vasculature.
🧪 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#immunosky #planetaryhealth #cardiosky #CVD
Environmental modulators of vascular physiology and inflammation
Environmental factors play a crucial role in modulating vascular inflammation, contributing significantly to the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. This review synthesizes cur...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🏆 My prize winning review for @expphysiol.bsky.social now online!
🏭 We explore how exposures like pollution, 🌳 and natural compounds can affect inflammation in the vasculature.
🧪 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#immunosky #planetaryhealth #cardiosky #CVD
🏭 We explore how exposures like pollution, 🌳 and natural compounds can affect inflammation in the vasculature.
🧪 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#immunosky #planetaryhealth #cardiosky #CVD
🧪 Thanks to Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka for inviting me to deliver a lecture about my research on pollution, cardiovascular disease, inflammation and @girawa.bsky.social planetary health #education. #immunosky #cvd #health #planetaryhealth
May 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
🧪 Thanks to Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka for inviting me to deliver a lecture about my research on pollution, cardiovascular disease, inflammation and @girawa.bsky.social planetary health #education. #immunosky #cvd #health #planetaryhealth
It's been amazing to run #planetaryhealth workshops for the Foundation of Goodness with coordinators of their Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centres in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, as part of @girawa.bsky.social project. The aim is to empower children to become future researchers. www.instagram.com/p/DJis1VyKt8...
May 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's been amazing to run #planetaryhealth workshops for the Foundation of Goodness with coordinators of their Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centres in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, as part of @girawa.bsky.social project. The aim is to empower children to become future researchers. www.instagram.com/p/DJis1VyKt8...
🧪 The oxidative potential of airborne particulate matter is short-lived meaning current methods cannot pick it up in time. The activation of certain toxicity pathways in humans may be missed as a result. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #pollution #publichealth #medsky #academicsky
Short-lived reactive components substantially contribute to particulate matter oxidative potential
Reactive chemical components in ambient particulate matter are key drivers of their oxidative potential.
www.science.org
April 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🧪 The oxidative potential of airborne particulate matter is short-lived meaning current methods cannot pick it up in time. The activation of certain toxicity pathways in humans may be missed as a result. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #pollution #publichealth #medsky #academicsky
🧪 There really is no escaping microplastics. They have now been found to penetrate leaves of plants including the crops we eat. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microplastics #pollution #planetaryhealth #science
Leaf absorption contributes to accumulation of microplastics in plants - Nature
Absorption and accumulation of atmospheric microplastics by plant leaves occurs widely in the environment.
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🧪 There really is no escaping microplastics. They have now been found to penetrate leaves of plants including the crops we eat. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microplastics #pollution #planetaryhealth #science
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The Girawa team evaluated a Planetary Health walking gallery activity yesterday at Unilins university ahead of workshops to be run in Sri Lanka and Brazil. Members of the youth club participated and helped with the organization.
#planetaryhealth #education #youth #research
#planetaryhealth #education #youth #research
April 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Girawa team evaluated a Planetary Health walking gallery activity yesterday at Unilins university ahead of workshops to be run in Sri Lanka and Brazil. Members of the youth club participated and helped with the organization.
#planetaryhealth #education #youth #research
#planetaryhealth #education #youth #research
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A new study estimates the health impacts of improving #AirQuality around Barcelona, by reducing traffic & electrifying the city’s port.
But greater action would still be needed to meet the EU's new air quality directive, which comes into force in 2030 ⬇️
bit.ly/3E5POTS
But greater action would still be needed to meet the EU's new air quality directive, which comes into force in 2030 ⬇️
bit.ly/3E5POTS
Barcelona study finds cutting traffic could save 200 lives a year
A new study has investigated the health benefits of improving the air quality around Barcelona, by reducing traffic and by electrifying the city’s busy port. Focusing on NO2 emissions, the team from ...
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April 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A new study estimates the health impacts of improving #AirQuality around Barcelona, by reducing traffic & electrifying the city’s port.
But greater action would still be needed to meet the EU's new air quality directive, which comes into force in 2030 ⬇️
bit.ly/3E5POTS
But greater action would still be needed to meet the EU's new air quality directive, which comes into force in 2030 ⬇️
bit.ly/3E5POTS
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1/ 🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere, but what happens when they get inside us? Our latest study reveals how chronic plastic exposure affects macrophages and metabolism in a size-dependent manner. 🧵👇 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere, but what happens when they get inside us? Our latest study reveals how chronic plastic exposure affects macrophages and metabolism in a size-dependent manner. 🧵👇 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Size-dependent plastic exposure disrupts macrophage function and tissue-specific metabolism
Plastic pollution is an emerging yet understudied environmental risk to the immune system. Once ingested, nano- and microplastic particles (MNPs) can translocate from the gut to internal organs, with ...
www.researchsquare.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
1/ 🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere, but what happens when they get inside us? Our latest study reveals how chronic plastic exposure affects macrophages and metabolism in a size-dependent manner. 🧵👇 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere, but what happens when they get inside us? Our latest study reveals how chronic plastic exposure affects macrophages and metabolism in a size-dependent manner. 🧵👇 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
🧪 I am offering projects to study how air pollution affects vascular inflammation as part of Royal Holloway's MSc degree in Biological Sciences research. Contact me if you are interested in applying. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and... #immunosky #cardiosky #idsky #academicsky #academicchatter
Masters by Research in Biological Sciences at Royal Holloway
Explore our internationally-renowned masters with specialist staff and breakthrough research
www.royalholloway.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🧪 I am offering projects to study how air pollution affects vascular inflammation as part of Royal Holloway's MSc degree in Biological Sciences research. Contact me if you are interested in applying. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and... #immunosky #cardiosky #idsky #academicsky #academicchatter