Biology and Aging SIG
Aims
- Sharing resources and expertise
- Collaboration
- Making a critical mass and being a gateway to other organisations internally or externally
- NUCoRE Ageing and Inequities
- NUCoRE healthier Lives
- Babraham Institute
- MIA-Portugal
- Alliance for Healthy Ageing
Activities
- Research seminars
- Annual symposium
- ECR/Students-led journal club (Planned)
- Online joint seminars with Babraham Institute (Planned)
Members
Name |
Surname |
Research area and interests |
To share |
Shoba |
Amarnath |
cancer immunology, fundamental immunology, preclinical models, aging immune system |
Aged mouse models of cancer, autoimmunity and GvHD once license is approved, flow cytometry, single cell analysis protocols, spatial transcriptomics, immunephenotyping panels |
Michael |
Carroll |
Synthesis of bioactive compounds, QC standards etc for various applications |
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Alessandra |
Da Silva Dantas |
microbiology, redox signaling, host-pathogen interactions (with a focus on the pathogen), antifungal resistance and infection biology |
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Joanna |
Elson |
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Andrew |
Filby |
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Antoneta |
Granic |
epidemiology of ageing, mechanisms of skeletal muscle ageing and sarcopenia, mutimorbidity (MLTC), nutritional epidemiology and muscle ageing. |
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Kate |
Harris |
Chemical biology |
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Andrew |
Kingston |
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Viktor |
Korolchuk |
autophagy, cell senescence, mitochondrial function, cell metabolism, cell models of neurodegenerative disease, drug discovery |
cell lines, plasmids, genome editing, lentiviral delivery of constructs into cells |
Jack |
Leslie |
Cell senescence, SASP, cell metabolism, immunology in ageing and cancer, preclinical models, therapeutic interventions |
Chronic liver disease and cancer mouse model tissues, flow cytometry, multiplexed imaging |
John |
Loughlin |
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Saimir |
Luli |
in vivo imaging |
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Derek |
Mann |
Liver senescence in disease and cancer, pre-clinical models including mouse and human with in vivo and in vitro capabilities. |
Mouse and human models including precision cut tissue slices |
Carmen |
Martin-Ruiz |
Cell senescence, Biomarkers of Ageing, Translational Studies, Inflammation and Immunosenescence |
BioScreening core Facility, Clinical Trials GCP Regulatory Services. |
Satomi |
Miwa |
cell senescence, mitochondrial function, cell metabolism, Seahorse methods, pre-clinical mouse studies, senolytics, drug discovery, sex differences |
ageing mice tissue bank, Seahorse analyzer and Oroboros methods, cell senescence assessments, ageing phenotyping in mice, home office project license (ageing mice) |
Glyn |
Nelson |
Microscopy, image analysis, molecular biology techniques |
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Fiona |
Oakley |
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Katarzyna |
Pirog |
cartilage development and disease, chondrodysplasias, osteoarthritis and healthy skeletal ageing, ER and oxidative stress, tissue engineering, mechanosensing |
hydrogel models of cartilage, Flexcell dynamic compression system, mechanical testing of bones and tendons, phenotyping of animal models of skeletal disease, Faxitron VersaVision high resolution Xray imager, home office project licence |
Louise |
Reynard |
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Sarah |
Rice |
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Gavin |
Richardson |
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Karen |
Suetterlin |
channelopathy, rare neuromuscular disease, ageing, neurophysiology, pre-clinical & clinical studies |
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Simon |
Tual-Chalot |
endothelial cell, pre-clinical mouse studies, RNA metabolism |
tissue from aged mice, Ibidi flow chamber (put endothelial cell in context of mechanic stress similar to blood), hypoxia chamber, aged mice project licence |
Elizabeth |
Veal |
Redox Signaling, Stress responses, Mitochondrial function |
C. elegans and yeast chronological aging. High throughput genetic screening in C. elegans (RNAi) and fission yeast S. pombe (mutant library). Redox regulation of proteins. MAPK signaling. |
Amy |
Vincent |
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Thomas |
von Zglinicki |
cell senescence, anti- ageing interventions, biomarker for human and mouse ageing studies |
multinational networks in ageing biology |
Stephen |
White |
Endothelial Biology, smoking (accelerated senescence), Antioxidant control (Nrf2), Senescence & autophagy, Epigenetics (grants in for epigenetics and outcomes in diabetes = accelerated aging). |
endothelial ‘omics, smoking models, transcription factor reporters, lenti vector cell immortalization (hTert/BMI1), potentially epigenetics and genotyping in diabetic cohorts if grants are funded |
David |
Young |