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

www.dumbell-lab.com
Travelling north to give a seminar talk and meet with colleagues at @uofglasgow.bsky.social tomorrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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
www.Dumbell-lab.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Restarting neuro/metabolism #JournalClub with a cake! Will it turn into baking club? (I hope so)

@marwaalkhalidi.bsky.social @ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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! 🐭🧠🍔🔬
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The best meetings involve puppies! One of the perks of @bsneuroendo.bsky.social Comms meetings #DogsOfBluesky 🐶
@isadoracfurigo.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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
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!

www.Dumbell-lab.com
@ntuneuro.bsky.social @ntumeta.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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
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. 🧠🎤🍔🕘🐭
September 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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
Great day to be travelling to Bradford for the @bsneuroendo.bsky.social annual meeting! See you there? 🤓😎🧠
August 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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
July 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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
July 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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
July 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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
July 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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
June 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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
June 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My colleague for the day has the right idea.
#DogsOfBluesky
#WFH
#Marking
#Reviewing
#AcademicLife
May 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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!
May 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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
March 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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
March 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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.
March 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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
February 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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
January 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM