Australia-UK: Collaboration for multidisciplinary research in nutrition and ageing
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Genetics Evolution and Environment
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Nazif Alic (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Martínez Corrales G
(2020)
Evolutionary Conservation of Transcription Factors Affecting Longevity.
in Trends in genetics : TIG
Martínez Corrales G
(2020)
Partial Inhibition of RNA Polymerase I Promotes Animal Health and Longevity.
in Cell reports
| Description | Ribosome biogenesis as a central driver of animal ageing - a mechanistic study in the fruit fly. |
| Amount | £630,430 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/W013525/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 07/2025 |
| Description | Ageing Masterclass, Oriel College Oxford (invited talk). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk to some 20 industry/professionals about recent work in ageing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Aging Science (selected talk) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented my work at the "Ageing Science" international virtual talks series (twitter: @AgingSciTalks) that were organised during the initial wave of the Covid-19 pandmic to engage global research audiences interested in ageing. The talk resulted in a number of discussions with the members of the international ageing research community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Conferene on the Nucleolus 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I spoke about Pol I and its role in againg to an audence of experts in nucleolar function. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Developmental Metabolism and the Origins of Health and Disease workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Some 50 international scientists participated in the workshop on Developmental Metabolism and the Origins of Health and Disease. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | European Drosophila Research Conference (selected talk) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Selected talk about recent work on ageing to the attendees of the 2019 European Drosophlia Research Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Genetics conference in Bosni and Hercegovina |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I spoke about ageing at a Genetics conference in Bosnia and Hercegovina. The audience reported enthusiasm about a tipic they had not encountered much before. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Hosting a highschool student through 15billionebp |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | We hosted a highschool student through the 15billionebp programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An invited talk to the fly ageing group at the MP institute in Cologne. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany (retreat, invited talk). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk to some >50 research staff at a Max Planck retreat. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | OddPols 2021 conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a selected talk to the OddPols conference. The talk reached the international community of researchers working of Pol I, III and other RNA polymerases. It informed them about ageing and the role of Odd Pols in ageing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Pan-London Geriatric SpR Training day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a talk on ageing for the pan-London Geriatric trainees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | St George University of London (Departmental seminar, invited talk) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented my work as part of the Cell Biology & Genetics departmental seminar series. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |