So exciting to be in The Times and The Sunday Times Sunday Times Bestseller list this week - third time I have been in this now! Highlights the importance of evidence based perimenopause and menopause information for as many people as possible. YellowKiteBooks C&W

Our oral microbiome evolution from ancient DNA data review is out! Led by @GDahlquistAxe and Francesca Standeven with Andrew Tedder and Camilla Speller, published in MGEN Microbiology Society and of interest to SPAAM-community and others in microbiome evolution or aDNA. microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

Are you an #ECR CARINA member working on #ageing & #immunity? If the answer is yes, check out our #EarlyCareer Development #Grants which can support you in your #ProfessionalDevelopment & help you reach your #CareerGoals 🤩 Apply before Wed 12 June 👉bit.ly/3xZO3nL

Our review paper in DFU wound and treatment is just published. Many thank Paul Norton, Prof Julie Thornton 💙, Pavlos Trus, and Fengyi Wang. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dr Karthic Swaminathan has secured £125,000 from the Academy of Medical Sciences to conduct ground-breaking cancer research. Part of the research will involve ‘tagging’ cancer cells & watching them as they spread with a view to developing new treatments. bit.ly/3KwRYLG

⏰ Our #EarlyCareer Development #Grant applications close this week! We are offering these grants to #ECR CARINA members to boost their #ProfessionalDevelopment & help them reach their #CareerGoals 🤩 Apply by 23:59 BST this Wed 12 June 👉bit.ly/3xZO3nL

What a great net working event by SMiHA in a nice new and old buildings of QMU.

📣 Just 1 week until the CARINA Network's next in-person meeting! (15 & 16 July) Come along if you would like to hear some high-level summaries of Network members’ work in the area of #immune frailty & #ageing There's still time to register 👉bit.ly/4bvND77

Bit on the early side but if anyone has a talented Undergraduate looking for Skin microbiome lab experience in 2025...put them in touch...🦠👐🦠👐🦠 bsid.org.uk/bsid-undergrad…

Delighted to announce the 2nd issue of UKAN Newsletter is live (shorturl.at/XjYBl), featuring event listings, pages of funding opps, network & GPA news PLUS spotlight features from VitaDAO 💛, Alzheimer's Association journal, Helen Weavers PP project, and a profile on ATTAIN Network

The University of Bradford has joined Soterios Pharma's trial for a potential hair regrowth drug for people with a form of alopecia. Find out more about the project: bit.ly/3YkgpUW #TeamBradford

Listen Now: The Science of Ageing - an interview with Richard Faragher "to discover what we know about the biological hallmarks of ageing in our bodies and why we have evolved to have the lifespans we do" Secrets of ageing: what makes me age? – podcast | Science | The Guardian

Exciting day at the SMiHA sandpit at Queen Mary University London! Top researchers from gut, oral, and skin microbiome fields collaborated on groundbreaking projects. Looking forward to future discoveries in healthy ageing! smiha.org/post/a-playful…

Join us for the free UKAN/UKRI Partnering Meeting on 03/09 in Birmingham - a satellite meeting that precedes the British Society for Research on Ageing event. Hear from the 11 interdisciplinary ageing research networks that make up UKAN - networking, posters and ECR bursary available shorturl.at/Y3C3w

Exciting news that our interdisciplinary research group comprising Life Sci at University of Bradford UoB School of Health Sciences UoBEngineering has an opening for a funded PhD studentship through Brad-ATTAIN programme UoBPharmMedSci University of Bradford! Sherif El-Khamisy Anant Paradkar Krzysztof J Paluch findaphd.com/phds/project/k…

A revolutionary new ‘self-tanning’ cosmetic skincare range will enable people to gain natural suntans without chemicals or UV radiation, thanks to a deal between the University of Bradford and Swedish biotech company, Coegin Pharma. Find out more: bit.ly/3yMfeTD

Join us for the 2nd Northern Skin Club Meeting on "Skin Health and Ageing" on Wednesday, 20th November 2024, 2:00-6:00pm, at The University of Manchester. The event is free and includes a networking reception. lnkd.in/esuagFMp

The UK Ageing Network (UKAN) is hosting an event at OIST featuring CELLO, BLAST, and SMiHA networks, focusing on ageing research, cellular mechanisms, and the role of the microbiome in healthy ageing. groups.oist.jp/exec/event/bbs…

Great progress for the Skin Microbiome in Healthy Ageing (SMiHA) Network! 🌟 Our trip to Singapore 🇸🇬 with UKageing (UKAN) opened up new collaborations on skin health and ageing. Thanks to Prof. Julie Thornton and everyone involved! Looking forward to future advancements!

Updated NICE menopause guidelines published today. While it’s welcome to see HRT as the preferred treatment for the menopause, this is a disappointing update overall. The focus remains primarily on vasomotor symptoms – hot flushes and night sweats – which are, for many women,