Dunja Aksentijevic Ricciarelli (@dunjaaks) 's Twitter Profile
Dunja Aksentijevic Ricciarelli

@dunjaaks

Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology & Metabolism, Wellcome Trust Fellow, Director of Education William Harvey Research Institute

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The highlight of any academic mentors career: letting your PhD student know there is that “manuscript accepted” email from the editor in your inbox. Ivana Ivana Iveljic First (PhD thesis) paper ✅ 🎉 🍾#CardioOncology #proudmentor

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Happy #InternationalWomensDay2025 to amazing colleagues, students, collaborators, role models and mentors. Too many to tag! And from all corners of the world 🫀🗺️ This may (still) be a man’s world but it would be nothing, NOTHING without us! 🌹💪🏻👩🏻‍🔬 Barts Metabolism Network COST Action EU-METAHEART

Happy #InternationalWomensDay2025 to amazing colleagues, students, collaborators, role models and mentors. Too many to tag! And from all corners of the world 🫀🗺️ This may (still) be a man’s world but it would be nothing, NOTHING without us! 🌹💪🏻👩🏻‍🔬 <a href="/BartsMetabolism/">Barts Metabolism Network</a> <a href="/EU_METAHEART/">COST Action EU-METAHEART</a>
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Congratulations A/Prof Lana McClements for leading a team of international scientists and industry collaborators. Thank you for the opportunity to make a small contribution to your study 🇦🇺🇬🇧👇🏻 Paper out now in Journal of Translational Medicine

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In anticipation (and preparation!) of my professorial inauguration this summer Barts and The London, Queen Mary William Harvey Research Institute Queen Mary University of London , I had some special visitors at work! Still pretty petrified that Prof Aksentijevic senior (aka mum!) will tell me I am not working hard enough! 🙇🏻‍♀️😂 #rolemodels

In anticipation (and preparation!) of my professorial inauguration this summer <a href="/QMULBartsTheLon/">Barts and The London, Queen Mary</a> <a href="/QMULWHRI/">William Harvey Research Institute</a> <a href="/QMUL/">Queen Mary University of London</a> , I had some special visitors at work! Still pretty petrified that Prof Aksentijevic senior (aka mum!) will tell me I am not working hard enough! 🙇🏻‍♀️😂 #rolemodels
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Looking forward to hosting British Society for Cardiovascular Research British Society for Cardiovascular Research Autumn Meeting (Sept 3rd, 4th) at the beautiful and historic Charterhouse Square William Harvey Research Institute Barts and The London, Queen Mary . Exciting line up of speakers confirmed. Save the date! bscr.org/meetings/bscr2…

Looking forward to hosting <a href="/BSCResearch/">British Society for Cardiovascular Research</a> British Society for Cardiovascular Research Autumn Meeting (Sept 3rd, 4th)  at the beautiful and historic Charterhouse Square <a href="/QMULWHRI/">William Harvey Research Institute</a> <a href="/QMULBartsTheLon/">Barts and The London, Queen Mary</a> . Exciting line up of speakers confirmed. Save the date! 
bscr.org/meetings/bscr2…
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When Mama’s scientific family from #LosAngeles Cedars-Sinai come bearing the coolest gifts and become Sofia’s instant #TaylorSwift bffs! Anja Karlstaedt you legend 🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🏻🫶🏻

When Mama’s scientific family from #LosAngeles <a href="/CedarsSinai/">Cedars-Sinai</a> come bearing the coolest gifts and become Sofia’s instant #TaylorSwift bffs! <a href="/AnjaKarlstaedt/">Anja Karlstaedt</a> you legend 🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🏻🫶🏻
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Exciting times! 🎉 Longstanding collaborator Prof Anja Karlstaedt visited our lab William Harvey Research Institute today to discuss all things #cardiacmetabolism 🫀 Your insights are always invaluable, and good to explore new avenues for collaboration! 🫀⚡️🥂

Exciting times! 🎉 Longstanding collaborator Prof <a href="/AnjaKarlstaedt/">Anja Karlstaedt</a> visited our lab <a href="/QMULWHRI/">William Harvey Research Institute</a> today to discuss all things #cardiacmetabolism 🫀 Your insights are always invaluable, and good to explore new avenues for collaboration! 🫀⚡️🥂
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Mentoring #PhD students is a highlight of academia. Ivana Iveljic, your dedication and commitment are inspiring. 👏🏻👩🏻‍🔬🫀Despite your intense #interventional #cardiology workload, you've achieved so much. You're the true definition of a superwoman 🦸🏻‍♀️. #proudmentor

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🦇🦇 New preprint out!🚨 We reveal unique cardiac metabolic adaptations in the Egyptian fruit bat—supporting flight, longevity & life in low oxygen. First cardiac metabolomic map in bats! 👉biorxiv.org/content/10.110… William Harvey Research Institute QM_SBBS Rossiter Lab @ QMUL Fenn Cullen Anja Karlstaedt

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Its been a while since I had to dust off my copy of Stryer’s Biochemistry 🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️ the leftover post it note from exam revision time is a reminder that my handwriting was legible once upon a time!

Its been a while since I had to dust off my copy of Stryer’s Biochemistry  🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️ the leftover post it note from exam revision time is a reminder that my handwriting was legible once upon a time!
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After yrs of work, thrilled to share our Wellcome AstraZeneca study: #T2D #cardiomyopathy isn’t just metabolic, immune cells drive heart dysfunction! We show AZD1656 reverses this opening new therapy paths. Preprint out now! 🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Grateful to John R. Ussher Jordan SF Chan & American Diabetes Association for featuring our T2D cardiomyopathy model in their editorial.Of Mice and Men: Toward a Better Model of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy With Application in Female Animals diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/artic… William Harvey Research Institute Wellcome