
Dr Sophia Luikinga
@_soph_89
| posdoctoral researcher | motor neurone disease | science | neuroscientist | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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04-06-2010 23:20:41
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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 👏






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


Come and talk science with me (and baby) exciting prelim data on lipid based biomarkers for ALS International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) #ALS #neuroscience #MND



Didn’t get to go to Japan, but Hawaii wasn’t too bad. Thanks International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry for organising an amazing few days in paradise #isnapsn2022


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

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


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.




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

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


High quality science, international networking and fiery debates Day 1 was on point. #neurofilament #mndresearchsymposium2024 MND Research Australia


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



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.
