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Wolvetang Lab

@WolvetangLab
 University of Queensland
aibn.uq.edu.au/wolvetang
Joined October 2021
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Very happy to share our new review 📰on the vast extent by which Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) recapitulates multiple aspects of human aging hallmarks. authors.elsevier.com/a/1fB9O… Big thanks to @gomez_inclan @Wolvejong and twitterless Hannah Lesson, Martin Lavin and Yossi Shiloh!🙏
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On Friday, a truly AMAZING Moon Charity Dinner & Auction was held in Darwin, with @Wolvejong from @AIBNatUQ joining us as guest speaker. Raising over $40k for @ourmoonsmission, this was one of 5 events that have been spearheaded by Territorians in 2022, with every dollar (1/2)
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Meet the man who grows mini brains to solve big problems🧬 In this week's 'Meet The Team', we are proud to introduce Professor Ernst Wolvetang, who heads up the Stem Cell Engineering Laboratory at Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology @AIBNatUQ (Tweet: 1/7)
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Our December issue is now live! go.nature.com/3lnSXBF
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Ernst Wolvetang@Wolvejong1 Dec 2021
An important mission that needs your support! Join and retweet!
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Prior to official launch on #GivingTuesday, we kickstarted #OurMoonsMission with #TallulahsArmy, leading the charge, starting over 150 mini Facebook fundraisers. With their help, Genetic Cures for Kids has already raised over $120k to fund vital @AIBNatUQ & @GRIDD_GU research 🙏
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"The significant increase in deaths associated with epilepsy in Wales during 2020 could be explained by the direct effect of COVID-19 infection" seizure-journal.com/article/…
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‘The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised’, a new Perspective by Frisoni, Altomare, Thal, Ribaldi, van der Kant, Ossenkoppele, Blennow, Cummings, van Duijn, Nilsson, Dietrich, Scheltens & Dubois go.nature.com/30ScTVP
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"We found no evidence suggesting worsening seizures after vaccination" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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eLife - the journal@eLife22 Nov 2021
A survey reveals that many researchers do not use appropriate statistical analyses to evaluate sex differences. elifesciences.org/digests/70…

Sex-based data in the spotlight

A review of studies in the life sciences shows that inappropriate statistical approaches may distort conclusions on sex differences.

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Myeloid Metabolism as a New Target for Rejuvenation?-Comments on Restoring Metabolism of Myeloid Cells Reverses Cognitive Decline in Ageing. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3475…
Myeloid Metabolism as a New Target for Rejuvenation?-Comments on Restoring Metabolism of Myeloid...

Myeloid Metabolism as a New Target for Rejuvenation?-Comments on Restoring Metabolism of Myeloid...

Research led by Katrin Andreasson suggests that fixing age-induced metabolic defects in myeloid cells would suffice to reverse cognitive impairment and to restore synaptic plasticity to the level of...

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Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) are enzymes that break down toxic alcohol compounds into safe, useful molecules. Our 34th #PDB50structures is ADH1B, which catalyses conversion of ethanol in our bodies: pdbe.org/1hdy/3d
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A game changer for metabolic disease? Researchers @UConn show eliminating #senescent cells in cultures of human fat tissue and in obese mice alleviates #diabetes. eurekalert.org/news-releases…

Deleting dysfunctional cells alleviates diabetes

Eliminating old, dysfunctional cells in human fat also alleviates signs of diabetes, researchers from UConn Health report. The discovery could lead to new treatments for Type 2 diabetes and other...

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"Non-ambulatory neuromuscular disease patients respond well to two doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine despite low muscle mass and even chronic steroid use" nmd-journal.com/article/S096…
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eLife - the journal@eLife22 Nov 2021
A map of the neurons in the brains of bumblebees finds differences with other insects that help them navigate home over long distances. elifesciences.org/digests/68…

Flying home

A map of the neurons in the brains of bumblebees finds differences with other insects that help them navigate home over long distances.

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Eric Topol
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Undercounting the neurologic cost of Covid nature.com/articles/s41582-0… by @AMannanBaig
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Use of NODDI to visualize microstructural abnormalities in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/sho…
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Transplanting wild-type neurons into the brains of #Alzheimer's disease model mice shows that #microglia contribute to the infiltration of amyloid beta (#Aβ) into the grafts go.nature.com/3lkxcD5
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New Research: Objective Assessments of Mental Fatigue During a Continuous Long-Term Stress Condition: Prolonged periods of cognitive workload will cause mental fatigue, but objective, quantitative, and sensitive measurements that reflect… frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #Neuroscience

Frontiers | Objective Assessments of Mental Fatigue During a Continuous Long-Term Stress Condition

Prolonged periods of cognitive workload will cause mental fatigue, but objective, quantitative, and sensitive measurements that reflect long-term, stress-ind...

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New Research: Low Serum Testosterone Concentrations Are Associated With Poor Cognitive Performance in Older Men but Not Women: Objective: Current evidence on the association between serum testosterone and cognitive performance has… frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #ageing #neuroscience
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Cell@CellCellPress12 Nov 2021
New Review online now! Human brain organogenesis: Toward a cellular understanding of development and disease 🧠🧠 #sciencetwitter #organogenesis #developmentalbiology bit.ly/3He2Uer
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