Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬

Mom of 2 sons, married @SmuldersLab, love #science, USAian in UK, study mitos in #Parkinson’s disease in #Drosophila (#FruitFlies), Senior Lecturer, tweets mine

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

My second (better?) @SoapboxScience @soapboxsciNCL video (taken by my friend Zoe) is here, if you'd like to see! :-D https://t.co/1Xj9etmTze

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

🧠🪰 Funded PhD: Neurodegeneration × social environment - discover sex‑specific brain ageing in Drosophila. Teesside × Leeds 🔬🧬✨ ⏳ Just ~3 weeks until it’s due (7 Jan)! Apply 👉 https://t.co/vCerUAsylX #PhD #Neuroscience #Drosophila #Ageing #Parkinsons #Alzheimers#NeuroAgeing

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[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

📣I had a chat with Teesside Postgraduate Society about my research and being a researcher!

I was honoured to be asked and they did a great job. For my 1st podcast experience, it was great.🙂

Thank you to everyone involved! Click the link to listen! 👂

https://t.co/qtg9oK3Byx

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

Today's the 1st day of the PhD conference on drug development for AD (PhD4AD) in Heraklion in Crete at FORTH. This conference has been organised by our PhD students in @TCclock4AD

It's been great so far! Organisation and talks are well done! Crete is lovely, never been before!

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

We successfully hosted the first North East Fly Meeting today! It was great to connect with people from all over as well as the local universities. A great learning and networking opportunity for us all! Sometimes it's just great to talk flies with all fly people! ��

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

✳️ I'm recruiting for a fully funded BBSRC NEEDL PhD!

✴️ Create Drosophila (fruit fly) models to study mtDNA mutations in ageing & disease at Teesside Uni!

✅ W/ Newcastle Uni researchers Prof. Laura Greaves & Dr. Jim Stewart!

📅 Due 12noon 31st March

https://t.co/3pGcT1iDxd

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

@aishuarjun Mom & Dad's house there was our last address in the USA, so, yep! 😁❤️🤞🏾

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

Yay! I'm very excited that my ballot has been received in Pennsylvania! My 18yo son's too! It's a great feeling to vote! 😁❤️

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

The party vibe

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

This is what 50 looks like! 😀
Me at my 50th birthday party on the 5th of October - which was my actual birthday. 🥳🍾🎉

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

The decor & DJ

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

@IIAR_Journals @_alanturing Thank you!

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

Our new publication is out - PDIA6 and Maspin in Prostate Cancer - we show for the first time that PDIA6 increase may be involved in prostate cancer. The image is showing that RNA levels of PDIA6 are highly increased in prostate cancer when compared to normal tissue - link below

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

Me and my poster at the NeuroFly Conference! @neurofly2024 #NeuroFly2024

I was so busy there, and same since I got back, so a long delay, but here we are!

Mitochondria and Parkinson’s in a Drosophila model!

Photo by Simona 🙂❤️ - an Instagram friend I met in person there 🙂

[TClock4AD @TCclock4AD]

Congrats to @KaziIshrakFaiyaz for presenting his work at the @neurofly2024 at the @unibirmingham! He’s studying circadian dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease using Drosophila melanogaster with Dr. @toraks & Dr. Bartolini.

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

Who else is going to @neurofly2024 ? I'll be there all week and my poster is on Tuesday - mine's #45 (PD & mitos) & Ishrak's is #89 (AD & circadian rhythms) - he's doing his PhD with me. Looking forward to seeing everyone & their science soon! 🙂#NeuroFly2024 @TeesUniSHLS @TU_NHC

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

@aliciaandrz Seriously! My hubby and I are both scientists with PhDs and are university profs. Older son is going to start a history degree in a few weeks! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😁

[TClock4AD @TCclock4AD]

Our DC8, Marion Le Meur, presented her work during an oral presentation at the 7th summer school of the International School of Nanomedicine held at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice. Congratulations!

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

@DrJenGunter @DrJenAdjacent Congratulations!

[Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan 🔬PhD 👩🏾‍🔬 @toraks]

@comeflywithJo I'm sure it's well-deserved! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

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