Elina Akalestou

Lecturer/Assistant Prof @UniOfLeicester. Honorary @ImperialMed. Focus on bariatric surgery/ metabolism from bench-to-bedside. Opening a Tiki Bar is my plan B.

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

After 15 years of socialising on this platform, it is clearly time to move on. Follow me on @elina[email protected]

[Diabetologia @DiabetologiaJnl]

Further to reducing blood sugar in #T2D, SGLT2 inhibitors improve insulin sensitivity, reduce inflammation and boost antioxidant defences: new roles in immune modulation and metabolic balance @sciEntIst_iL @nfbrisnovali @uniofleicester @ImperialMDR https://t.co/qb940RpUW5 🔓

[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @LSHTM]

📢Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 & June 2024, new study estimates

LSHTM research in @TheLancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.

https://t.co/cp081eyhMr

[Scott Isaacs @scottisaacsmd]

One of the reasons why it is so difficult to maintain weight loss is because adipose issue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss.
https://t.co/BvNcuLdhYB

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

@MPSBrent possibly stolen car crashed this morning at 6.30am outside my property in 189 Anson Road. Both passengers in dark hoodies got out, took items from the back seat and fled. The car is still here with hazard lights, blocking the traffic. Slightly dangerous in the snow.

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

Here we are, once again. May the best woman win! #ElectionDay

[Nesrine Malik @NesrineMalik]

My longread on ‘The Mountain’ - Palestinian journalist Wael Al Dahdouh, and the killings of Palestinian journalists and their families in Gaza.

https://t.co/zUyeVK5KFE

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

What would it take to react to genocide? Apparently, nothing. https://t.co/gWYJlNGFFR

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

The night the UK shut down fascism (again)

[Simone Biles @Simone_Biles]

I love my black job 🖤

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

@TulipSiddiq Truly deserved, so proud you have been our MP for so long!

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

Once again, the majority of the French have looked at the possibility of a National Rally government and said “non”. Vive la France! #french_elections

[Glasgow Women's Library - follow us on Bluesky @womenslibrary]

This #HungerStrikeMedal belonged to Maud Joachim who was arrested, imprisoned & force-fed for campaigning for votes for women. Don't forget to use your hard-won vote tomorrow - so many have fought for this right! #GeneralElections2024 #VotesForWomen

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

Tis the night before the elections, and I am equipped with the right meds for the polling station. Let's swing this. #Election2024

[Parody Ken Clarke @MrKennethClarke]

Happy shoot ourselves in the foot day. #Brexit

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Stop criticising Ozempic - it could be a solution to more than obesity https://t.co/3CkKDXe074

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

GHOSTBUSTERS was released 40 years ago today. A 1980s comedy classic and one of the most popular of Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray, the making of story is as huge as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man…

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[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

9 year reunion of the @MGMlab postdocs. Still telling each other off like we are on the same bench Western Blotting.

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

The reason to go to #ENDO2024 is to run into this guy @Dr_Andrisse

[Elina Akalestou @sciEntIst_iL]

Boston, we meet again! #ENDO2024