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Dr Rebecca Dumbell
@rebeccadumbell.bsky.social
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Neuroendocrinologist Associate Prof in growth and energy balance - brains, fat, hormones, genes and rhythms. She/her. Views my own

www.dumbell-lab.com
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Travelling north to give a seminar talk and meet with colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social tomorrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
Rebecca on a train wearing headphones with a beautiful view of the lake district - heather covered hills and blue sky - out the window
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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This week we welcomed new team member Maisie Smedley on placement from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social BSc Neuroscience who will be working on tissue clearing and mapping hypothalamic networks. We were all busy in the lab this week! @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
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L-R Maisie, Rebecca, Annabelle and Marwa working at the bench in the lab
September 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Restarting neuro/metabolism #JournalClub with a cake! Will it turn into baking club? (I hope so)

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Homemade victoria sponge looking a little ...rustic after it was made quite late last night in between MSc thesis marking! Marwa kicks us off with the paper she picked to present
September 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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This week @helferlab.bsky.social and I had a great and productive day visiting @mrcharwell.bsky.social to help get set up for my @acmedsci.bsky.social funded animal study. Really excited to be moving forward! 🐭🧠🍔🔬
Gisela Maria Rebecca and Tania in a selfie in front of the signage for the Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The best meetings involve puppies! One of the perks of @bsneuroendo.bsky.social Comms meetings #DogsOfBluesky 🐶
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BSN Comms monthly zoom call: clockwise from top L - Rebecca Dumbell Agnes Becker, Isadora Furigo and our virtual CEO Sue Thorn shows us two little puppies
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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What a great conference @bsneuroendo.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025 with team NTU (and Annabelle not in the photo). Showcasing Neuroendocrine NTU!
✔️three posters
✔️one poster prize 🏆
✔️one session chaired
✔️one presentation to the AGM
✔️a lot of curries eaten 🍛
✔️some crazy dancing
✔️Lots of cool science
September 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The #DumbellLab on tour! #BSNbradford2025 left-right it's me, Bharat, Marwa @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social and Annabelle. Posters might be over but chat to us about our work here at the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting!

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September 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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In this afternoon's poster session come and meet Bharat Muthukumar talk about ZFHX3 #metabolic effects and Sam Bennett on mice divergently selected for metabolic differences and altered behavioural #rhythms.

#BSNbradford2025 #NTUresearch @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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A great session this morning, thank you to my co-chair Stephen Manchishi and all the speakers Jonathan Johnton, Beatrice Filippi, Chris Coyle and Szilvia Vas and great discussion from the audience. 🧠🎤🍔🕘🐭
Rebecca Dumbell holding a microphone to close the session. In front of a slide "thank you for your attention"
September 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Presenting her work on today's poster session @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social talking about ZFHX3 and it's molecular action on energy balance neuropeptides @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social #BSNbradford2025
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Great day to be travelling to Bradford for the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting! See you there? 🤓😎🧠
Dr Rebecca Dumbell wearing sunglasses on a train with green scenery moving quickly in the background through the window
August 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Prepping for #conference with my group tomorrow and bringing out this classic meme. Will they appreciate it? #Networking #PhD #NewPI #InigoMontoya #NTUresearch @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social @bsneuroendo.bsky.social
A ppt slide titled "how to introduce yourself". An image of Inigo Montoya from the 1987 film the princess bride, with caption "My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die." Followed by "Inigo's guide to networking success. 1. Polite greeting, 2. Name, 3. Relevant personal link, 4. Manage expectations
July 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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At the @physoc.bsky.social Physiology of obesity meeting in @uniofnottingham.bsky.social today. Bharat will be presenting his poster this afternoon on ZFHX3 in #BrownFat and metabolism @bsneuroendo.bsky.social @socendocrinology.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social #NTUresearch
Bharat Muthukumar presenting his poster (blurred)
July 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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A brilliant plenary talk in our #NottinghamTrent #NTUResearch #SHiMR research day is Nabil-Fareed Alikhan of @ox.ac.uk talking about (open) #bigdata. Complete with Blade Runner quotes and highlighting the importance of a hypothesis @ntuneuro.bsky.social @arom-ntu.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
Prof Nik Morton hosts Dr Nabil-Fareed Alikhan in front of a lectern with title slide "Open data, open minds: bioinformatics and big data lessons from COVID-19 and beyond"
July 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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It's our Nottingham Trent #SHiMR day symposium today. Starting with Keeley Brookes showcasing our prize-winning work with LEAP - our public #Research #co-creation scheme.

Find out more: www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...

#NTUResearch @ntuneuro.bsky.social @arom-ntu.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
Dr Keeley Brookes enthusiastically introducing a colourful slide "Join the conversation. Listen, engage and analyse with the public"
July 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Team bowling today as Bharat Muthukumar completes his Msc placement in my group. Turns out he has a hidden talent for the game as well as qPCR! @marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
L-R Marwa Al-Khalidi, Rebecca Dumbell, Annabelle Dale, Gareth Banks, Bharat Muthukumar and Mariam Mammen pose with bowling balls in a bowling rink with pink and blue neon lighting
June 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Great to see our postdocs from NTU School of Science and Tech passing on their experiences and answering questions from current PhDs at our local PhD researcher conference #STAR2025 #NottinghamTrent
#Postdocs #CareerDevelopment @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social @arom-ntu.bsky.social
Four postdocs (two women two men) sat at a panel desk in front of a slide saying "postdoctoral researcher panel"
June 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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My colleague for the day has the right idea.
#DogsOfBluesky
#WFH
#Marking
#Reviewing
#AcademicLife
A boxer dog with brindle and white marks curled up asleep on a cozy bed on a hardwood floor in front of a gallery wall and big monstera plants
May 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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I was delighted to host former colleague Dr Rajesh Pandey at Nottingham Trent today, after not having seen each other in person for about 6 years!
Drs Rebecca Dumbell and Rajesh Pandey at Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus Rajesh Pandey introducing his talk
May 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Last night I spoke at our @leapntu.bsky.social public #co-creation event in Nottingham Trent for the @ntumeta.bsky.social themed evening, about individual differences in #brain control of #eating @ntuneuro.bsky.social

Some really insightful discussions with the public
Rebecca Dumbell giving a public talk Rebecca Dumbell giving a public talk The schedule for the evening including a talk by Dr Rebecca Dumbell and Dr Mark Turner of NTU Metabolic Health groups
March 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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A really interesting session on Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes research this afternoon at #SfeBES2025. Genetics, olive oil, hungry dogs and novel cell models. @socendocrinology.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social
Rebecca Dumbell and Daniela Pirri chairing an oral communications session on metabolism, obesity and diabetes at SfE BES 2025.
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Hanging out with fellow @socendocrinology.bsky.social leadership and development awardee (and @bsneuroendo.bsky.social trustee) @isadoracfurigo.bsky.social at the #SfEBES2025 conference in Harrogate today
Rebecca and Isadora posing in front of an SfE BES banner wearing "leadership and development awardees" branded lanyards
March 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Day 2 of #SfEBES2025 @socendocrinology.bsky.social in Harrogate. Was great to meet some fellow leadership awardees yesterday. Today I'm looking forward to chairing a session in the Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes section.
Harrogate conference centre front entrance with a big banner reading "welcome to SfE BES 2025"
March 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Today I was delighted to host Dr Marie K Holt from @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social in our SHiMR @ntuneuro.bsky.social seminar series at NTU. Showcasing her beautiful and elegant work tracing neuronal circuitry of stress regulated food intake
Dr Marie K Holt standing in front of a lectern introducing her talk "stress and appetite: hypothalamus inputs to the lower brain stem" with a fluorescent microscopy image highlighting neuronal cell bodies of the Paraventricular Nucleus.
February 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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It's @leapntu.bsky.social launch night! We're talking to the public about our life science research and hoping to get people involved in co-creation of future research projects
Dr Keeley Brookes introduces our public co-creation programme, talking about what health related biological research we do at Nottingham Trent, and what sort of projects people might want to get involved with
January 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM