Dr Sophia Luikinga (@_soph_89) 's Twitter Profile
Dr Sophia Luikinga

@_soph_89

| posdoctoral researcher | motor neurone disease | science | neuroscientist | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

ID: 152047728

calendar_today04-06-2010 23:20:41

273 Tweet

239 Followers

359 Following

Brad Turner (@turnermndlab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Proud of Dr Sophia Luikinga Dr Sophia Luikinga from our #MND lab at The Florey who took out first prize at the FPA Symposium today talking about her research into #ambroxol in MND. Great presentations and science by all 👏

Proud of Dr Sophia Luikinga <a href="/_Soph_89/">Dr Sophia Luikinga</a> from our #MND lab at <a href="/TheFlorey/">The Florey</a> who took out first prize at the <a href="/Florey_postdoc/">FPA</a> Symposium today talking about her research into #ambroxol in MND. Great presentations and science by all 👏
Dr Sophia Luikinga (@_soph_89) 's Twitter Profile Photo

International conferences in COVID times, can attend from anywhere, but live in the unluckiest timezone. Still excited for #alsmndsymp to kick off at 1AM local time

Brad Turner (@turnermndlab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great presentation by Dr Dr Sophia Luikinga from our #MND #ALS lab at #ANZMNDSym on profiling blood lipids in MND. Exciting potential for new diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers! 🩸🩺 The Florey research funded by FightMND

Great presentation by Dr <a href="/_Soph_89/">Dr Sophia Luikinga</a> from our #MND #ALS lab at #ANZMNDSym on profiling blood lipids in MND. Exciting potential for new diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers! 🩸🩺 <a href="/TheFlorey/">The Florey</a> research funded by <a href="/FightMND/">FightMND</a>
Dr Sophia Luikinga (@_soph_89) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Final plenary; excited to hear about ubiquitination, mitophagy and neurodegeneration #isnapsn22 #ubiquitin #neurodegeneration #mitophagy @komander_lab

Dr Sophia Luikinga (@_soph_89) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Super excited that the first few years of hard work of my Post-Doc has resulted in this beast of a paper. Key to the basis of clinical trial and highlighting importance of lipid dysregulation in ALS. Preprint available now #ambroxol #als #mnd Brad Turner

Brad Turner (@turnermndlab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exploiting novel peptides to kickstart protein aggregation cleanup in motor neurons in #MND #ALS. Excellent presentation by Dr Azin Amin from our MND Lab @Florey at #MNM2022 conference. Fazel Shabanpoor

Exploiting novel peptides to kickstart protein aggregation cleanup in motor neurons in #MND #ALS. Excellent presentation by Dr Azin Amin from our MND Lab @Florey at #MNM2022 conference. <a href="/FazelShabanpoor/">Fazel Shabanpoor</a>
The Florey (@theflorey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations to Prof. Andy Lawrence who is now Vice-President of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism 👏 ISBRA Communications brings together clinicians + scientists to share ideas and collaborate to improve understanding of, and treatments for, alcoholism.

Congratulations to Prof. Andy Lawrence who is now Vice-President of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism 👏

<a href="/ISBRAComm/">ISBRA Communications</a> brings together clinicians + scientists to share ideas and collaborate to improve understanding of, and treatments for, alcoholism.
The Florey (@theflorey) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As prizes go, this was pretty good! Dr Sophia Luikinga from our MND lab won 24 hours with the 2021 AFL Premiership Cup as a FightMND raffle prize - and she brought it into the office for the Florey footy fans to grab a photo 🤳 Thanks Sophia! 🏆

As prizes go, this was pretty good!

Dr Sophia Luikinga from our MND lab won 24 hours with the 2021 AFL Premiership Cup as a <a href="/FightMND/">FightMND</a> raffle prize - and she brought it into the office for the Florey footy fans to grab a photo 🤳

Thanks Sophia! 🏆
Dr Sophia Luikinga (@_soph_89) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Australian government can be so twisted, been Aus resident for tax purposes for 10 years, PR for 18 months, yet unable to get paid parental leave. I can't even give primary care to my partner as he is not the birth mother. Australian Government #paidparentalleave #centrelink #sexist #whypaytax

FightMND (@fightmnd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The October Scientific Seminar sees Brad Turner highlighting a state-of-the-art Drug Screening Platform using patient-derived stem cells to accelerate MND drug discovery at The Florey in Melbourne. Tune in on Tues Oct 25th at 3:30pm AEDT. Register at fal.cn/3sCMg

The October Scientific Seminar sees <a href="/turnerMNDlab/">Brad Turner</a> highlighting a state-of-the-art Drug Screening Platform using patient-derived stem cells to accelerate MND drug discovery at <a href="/TheFlorey/">The Florey</a> in Melbourne. Tune in on Tues Oct 25th at 3:30pm AEDT. 
Register at fal.cn/3sCMg
Nature Portfolio (@natureportfolio) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Regions of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but have better connectivity, with only a few regions of the brain remaining untouched by the transition to motherhood, according to research published in Nature Neuroscience. go.nature.com/4enUvov

Regions of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but have better connectivity, with only a few regions of the brain remaining untouched by the transition to motherhood, according to research published in <a href="/NatureNeuro/">Nature Neuroscience</a>.  go.nature.com/4enUvov
AIBN Research (@aibnatuq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

AIBN researcher Dr Sophia Luikinga (Dr Sophia Luikinga) is following in the footsteps of her MND research mentor after winning a prestigious fellowship to address the neurodegenerative condition from a new angle.

AIBN researcher Dr Sophia Luikinga (<a href="/_Soph_89/">Dr Sophia Luikinga</a>) is following in the footsteps of her MND research mentor after winning a prestigious fellowship to address the neurodegenerative condition from a new angle.