Alex Charles

PhD student @SheffieldUni 🎓
Diet 🍖 Ageing 👴 Bioinformatics 🖥️ Traveller 🌍 Runner🏃Sporadic cyclist 🚴

[Alex Charles @AlexJCharles]

Very exited to share our work on the germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds, out now in @NatureComms!
https://t.co/XiOkEZNgPv

[Alexander Suh 서상재 @alexander_suh]

Our study on the germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds is now out in @NatureComms! https://t.co/eZKPPCwse5

Team @Kinsella_Cormac @fjruizruano @AnneMarie_DC @AlexJCharles @TI_Gossmann_EVO J. Cabrero @denniskappei @HemmingsNicola1 @MirreSimons J.P.M. Camacho & W. Forstmeier

[Alex Charles @AlexJCharles]

*Warning*

Some fun, non virus and weirdly research-related news 🐕

What a delightful example of between species epigenetic comparisons with a focus on longevity.

Then again. Reading a paper on our four legged friends at work is a reward in itself 🐾

https://t.co/MBF3tqqOYA

[Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net @TaxJusticeNet]

Could the wealth in tax havens help us pay for the Coronavirus response? https://t.co/Yd4c2suQrU

[Alex Charles @AlexJCharles]

@MousCase I've been waiting since day one for this.... Still - (1) Why the price bump? (£40 > £60) and (2) will this be ready before the UK pre-order ships.

If there's an issue with the supply chain then be more transparent. Are we talking a couple of weeks or a couple of months here?🤷🏼‍♂️

[Alex Charles @AlexJCharles]

Novel/potentially universal cancer treatment, which happened to be stumbled upon. I particularly enjoyed figure 4 'does not recognise MR1 by known mechanisms'. Great way of saying We don't know, we tried to find out! 😅
(Great research from Cardiff!)🔬

https://t.co/JFL9t67fX6

[Alex Charles @AlexJCharles]

@rajrup_das @MSEdgeDev Seriously?
It's not an issue at all... Just go to your settings>appearance and display your favourites bar. The add to favourites button does exactly that; add to your favourites. It is not how you access your favourites.

You could always try the new collections feature too! :)

[Mirre Simons @MirreSimons]

The effect of Dietary Restriction (DR) on #lifespan in #drosophila is determined by a reaction norm that is genotype and environment sensitive. Absence of DR can only be shown when a range of diets is tested. Top job again by my student: @AndyMcCracken5 https://t.co/ujhmBQ2YjN

[The University of Sheffield @sheffielduni]

Research from our Institute of Work Psychology has found that even witnessing bullying at work can result in a decline in workplace wellbeing.

Read more here👇
https://t.co/x7ylGY9jp3

[Nature Metabolism @NatMetabolism]

Join us for our upcoming conference #mhd20 on metabolic aspects of the most common diseases, including cardiovascular disease, obesity and cancer. Early registration and abstract submission deadline 𝟮𝟬 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. @NatureCellBio @NatureConf
https://t.co/79sMYzIDrK

[Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net @TaxJusticeNet]

Over $1 trillion is siphoned out of countries and into tax havens each year through illicit financial flows. That’s money drained away from hospitals, schools and services in your neighbourhood. How is this inequality all made possible? Financial secrecy. https://t.co/Iv3Mb8QVRh

[openDemocracy @openDemocracy]

Over the last month we have run major investigations on dark money flowing into Europe, boosting far-right and Conservative movements.

Where is the money coming from? Help us find out > https://t.co/K9M37PtLy8

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

New study: germline-specific chromosome contains dozens of expressed developmental genes, some of which have been there since ancestor of all songbirds

https://t.co/l4mVCdA95S

@Kinsella_Cormac
@fjruizruano
@AnneMarie_DC
@TI_Gossmann_EVO
@denniskappei
@MirreSimons
@alexander_suh

[Dr Nicola Hemmings @HemmingsNicola1]

Excited to share our new study in @NatureComms: new insights into the evolutionary history & function of an unusual & fascinating germline-restricted chromosome that probably evolved in the common ancestor of all songbirds! #evolution #birds https://t.co/STJZMkjNUI

[Systematic Biology Programme @SystBio_UU]

Have you seen the new paper in @NatureComms by @Kinsella_Cormac et al. "Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds"? It turns out birds have a whole chromosome found ONLY in the germline but not in the somatic tissue!
#SystBioPaper #Genomics

[Mirre Simons @MirreSimons]

Age-dependent effects of reduced mTor signalling on life expectancy through distinct physiology in #drosophila. Our work out in preprint now, presented 2 years ago at @B_S_R_A Oxford & @ACSCevents. Long time coming. Funding from @wellcometrust @acmedsci https://t.co/oghL7nfQL5

[Mirre Simons @MirreSimons]

Interesting paper showing that also in mammals (as we showed in birds), telomere shortening rather than absolute length predicts longevity comperatively. Would be interesting to see if phylogenetic effects are the same too. https://t.co/rtUPjz9K0E

[Alex Charles @AlexJCharles]

For anyone interested on what I look into each day look no further. Bit oversimplified, but informative for people of all backgrounds 🤓🔬

[Geroscience @gerosciencecom]

Do vegetarians actually live longer than meat eaters? The answer might surprise you.

https://t.co/vPr0HTFrVc

[Geroscience @gerosciencecom]

Many of us think that multivitamins and their various counterparts provide a shortcut to living a healthier and longer life. However, this might be quite far from the truth.

https://t.co/Shsz8MdRbo

[Geroscience @gerosciencecom]

According to researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, consuming red meat is slowly killing you.

https://t.co/wwuqXtLMl0

[Alex Charles @AlexJCharles]

Was great to have the opportunity to help, many interested biologists... and some even more enthusiastic parents! 🔬

[Mirre Simons @MirreSimons]

Great open day again @SheffieldAPS. The next generation of biologists!