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Brooke Zanco

@BrookeZanco

EMBO postdoctoral fellow at UCL. Interested in animal responses to environmental change

Joined August 2011
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Excited to share my first, first author paper which has just been published in @eLife. We show that a micronutrient deficiency is what limits lifespan on high protein diets! Thanks to my amazing supervisors @mattpiperlab @ChristenMirth and Carla Sgro. elifesciences.org/articles/6…
A dietary sterol trade-off determines lifespan responses to dietary restriction in Drosophila...

A dietary sterol trade-off determines lifespan responses to dietary restriction in Drosophila...

Micronutrients, not macronutrients, regulate lifespan.

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In case you missed this. I’ve been including this possibility in lectures for 25 years - sad to see #ClimateEmergency abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/a…
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We're looking for a PhD student to join us on an exciting project funded by @arc_gov_au looking into the maternal gut #microbiome and the impact it has on the offspring at @MonashUni @MonashBiol Details at findaphd.com/phds/projectdet…
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Today’s my last day at @MonashBiol before I head off to @UCLCBER for my first postdoc thanks to @EMBO 🥲 I’m so grateful to have had the most phenomenal supervisors and to have been a part of the Piper, Mirth and Sgro labs. I don’t know who will pose for my ridiculous photos now
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What happens if you manipulate the major nutritional determinant of lifespan (sterols) independently of the major nutritional determinant of egg production? @BrookeZanco et al found mothers live longer and lay more eggs on high sterol diets. reader.elsevier.com/reader/s… @mattpiperlab
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Conservation documents for half of all critically endangered species don’t mention climate change theguardian.com/environment/…
Conservation documents for half of all critically endangered species don’t mention climate change

Conservation documents for half of all critically endangered species don’t mention climate change

Australian Conservation Foundation report found that climate change was not mentioned for 178 out of 334 critically endangered species and habitats

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A very cool talk on native bees and their vulnerability to climate change by @salty_daSilva at #AUSEVO2021
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#AUSEVO2021 Julian Beaman @Flinders and collabs looked into thermal adaptation in birds, particularly important for seabirds like Arctic auks. Adaptation occurs freq. perhaps due to past changing climates.
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Amazing talk about phenotypic plasticity and climate change by @AvishiktaC at #AUSEVO2021
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#AUSEVO2021 @BrookeZanco @MonashBiol explains how protein & carbohydrate micronutrients are important for increased reproduction and lifespans piperlab.org
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Amazing work Emma!
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Happy to share the second chapter of my thesis🤩 Looking at physiological pathways contributing to variation in nutritional plasticity across populations! authors.elsevier.com/a/1d~BZ… Big thank you @ChristenMirth and Carla Sgrò for all your help and supervision😊 @MonashBiol
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Hehe thanks so much Cathy!
Cathy Slack (@cathy_slack) profile pictureCathy Slack@cathy_slack8 Sep 2021
Not sure I could give such an amazing talk as @BrookeZanco in the middle of the night! Metabolism of Ageing @B_S_R_A @BiochemSoc #BSRA2021
Hey @ScottMorrisonMP, I’ve read and reread the transcript of your presser yesterday responding to the #IPCCReport, and there’s a bunch of stuff you’re wrong about. Time to bust the Morrison Myths about climate change. Here’s a thread.
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Average above-land temperatures in Australia have increased by 1.4C since 1910 due to #climatechange, the @IPCC_CH reports. Lead author Shayne McGregor @MonashEAE @Monash_Science says it’s not too late to reduce emissions. theguardian.com/australia-ne…
‘Not too late’: Australian scientists call for urgent action to avoid worst of climate crisis

‘Not too late’: Australian scientists call for urgent action to avoid worst of climate crisis

A lead author of latest IPCC report says humans ‘still in the control cabin of the planet’ but there is no limit to the damage possible

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Why low protein/high carb diets are both good (Okinawa, Med) and bad (processed diets) - our new papers shows it depends on which carbs dilute the protein. @tednaiman @KevinH_PhD @JohnSpeakman4 @ProfTimNoakes @FructoseNo @garytaubes @KetoCarnivore nature.com/articles/s42255-0…
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Help Covid-emergency in India. Here's a curated list of all ongoing fundraisers related to covid-19 distress that need support. Any help is much appreciated. docs.google.com/document/d/1… #helpindia #COVIDEmergency2021 @COVIDNewsByMIB #CovidIndia #InThisTogether #help #CovidIndiaInfo
ONGOING FUNDRAISERS RELATED TO COVID-19 DISTRESS THAT NEED SUPPORT

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Please spread word / RT: 2 y postdoc opportunity in our lab to study the mechanisms enabling mitochondrial mutations to exert sex differences in Drosophila. For information: careers.pageuppeople.com/513… Applications close 17 May. Any questions, please email: [email protected]
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Male fertility may be the chink in the armor against climate change: Our new study in @NatureComms suggests that the loss of male fertility at high temperatures -which occurs at temperatures much lower than their CTmax -may be a better predictor of climate change vulnerability
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Wonder how many of us can relate @AcademicChatter #phdchat #AcademicTwitter #PhD sciencemag.org/careers/2021/…
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I am incredibly honoured and proud to be the recipient of the 2021 Gottschalk Medal by the @Science_Academy I'm also honoured to be a scientist and lead a fantastic team studying the role of the gut microbiota linking fibre and prevention of cardiovascular disease
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A/Prof Francine Marques from @MonashUni has shown how more dietary fibre will improve our blood pressure and lower the chance of developing serious disease. She is the recipient of the 2021 Gottschalk Medal. #Honorifics21
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