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Ageing across the life course interdisciplinary research network - to enhance collaborations and promote knowledge exchange in ageing research (UKRI funded)

Joined February 2022
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As funding for UKAN has ended, this account will no longer be updated. The website will remain live as a retrospective, with some networks updating their linked pages. Please do continue to visit us at ukanet.org.uk/ Thank you for your support - it's been a BLAST!☺️
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Our final ECR funding call is open 🙌🏼 Apply using the link: forms.office.com/e/xiKQV9FeR…
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Just 10 spaces left and 6 days remaining till registration closes - follow links below if you're interested in this Drug Discovery, Ageing and Multimorbidity event in Jan - great ECR poster/presentation opps and travel bursary available...
Deadline 9th December - so please complete the registration now to secure your free place
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UKAN (UK Ageing Network) retweeted
What an achievement by @YicsaC 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 this talented group of PhD students and postdocs just published a completely independent, comprehensive, and insightful review on senescence. Please read it and share it widely. Bravo, #yICSA!!!
🎉 Exciting news! The @YicsaC Committee is proud to share our collective review, now published in #npjAging! We offer our perspectives on the latest advances in senescence research and explore exciting directions for the future of the field. 📖 Read here: nature.com/articles/s41514-0…
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UKAN (UK Ageing Network) retweeted
Great to see CARINA members at the #BSIWinterSchool! Janet Lord @Lord_Lab and Ghada Alsaleh @GhadaAging @AlsalehAgingLab presenting their research on #ageing and #immunity 💡 We hope their talks will inspire the next generation of #immuneageing specialists 🤩
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Deadline 9th December - so please complete the registration now to secure your free place
We have 30 spaces remaining for this potentially ground-breaking event. We've also relaxed criteria for the travel/accommodation bursaries (details in reg form) and added RSC sponsored prize certificates for best Poster and Flash Presentation. Register now ukanet.org.uk/blast/2024/10/…
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There's just a few days left to apply for our Impact Funding call:
Our Second call for Impact is announced! Do you have a paper in development related to ECM ageing? Do you need a little support to complete? see here for details: Impact Call – Second Round - ECMage (ukanet.org.uk)
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🚨Grants alert!🚨 Our next grants round opens 1st December & closes 1st March 2025. We've increased the value of both the summer studentship and smaller research grant offerings too! Read more here, including eligibility and application process - bsra.org.uk/grants/
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A reminder of our upcoming event. Limited spaces remaining !
Very excited to announce our upcoming European Meeting of Ageing and Nutrition Sensing which will bring together leading researchers working in the area. ⁦@UkAgeing⁩
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UKAN (UK Ageing Network) retweeted
We are delighted to announce the Food4Years Winter 2025 Conference 🗓️20th January 📍University of Reading ❗️Registration is free! Sign up by December 5th (first-come, first-served) Programme information: shorturl.at/mYwxw
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Registration has now launched for free places on our 17th January Drug Discovery, Ageing and Multimorbidity seminar, at the RSC, London - with exciting opportunities for flash presentations and posters. For full details and registration link see here: ukanet.org.uk/blast/2024/10/…
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Limited spaces available - book your spot now!
Less than a month until our next event with LSE Health @LSEHealthPolicy on Tuesday 26th November Spaces limited, to register: lse.ac.uk/lse-health/events/…
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UKAN (UK Ageing Network) retweeted
ECRs - don't miss this opportunity to present your research on ageing! We've extended the application deadline to Monday 4 November, Webinar January 2025 TBC.
We are excited to host a webinar with The Biochemical Society: 'Extracellular Matrix Ageing: forging new links and developments of cutting-edge models and enabling methodologies’, Jan 2025. There are 3-4 speaker slots! details and how to apply to present: ukanet.org.uk/ecmage/2024/09…
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UKAN (UK Ageing Network) retweeted
In the latest issue of #Immunology News, we shine a light on the @CARINAnetwork, which we have been supporting since Feb 2022 🌱 Find out how the Network is helping us to understand more about the #ImmuneSystem & #ageing 👵👴 Read it here 👉bit.ly/3ZAKUqb
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Recent paper published by our network members on anorexia of ageing.
Congrats to @AygulDagbasi & @Adrian_Holliday for leading this review article we had a small part in, on Anorexia of Ageing & how little we understand mechanistically. Free 50 day access here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @AgeingNetwork @gfrost59 @ImperialMDR
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For your chance to shape the future of longitudinal research, sign up now for one of the PRUK workshops (happening across the UK in October/November) from the link or sign-up to the mailing list at pruk.ac.uk.
Join our PRUK workshops to improve data access, discovery & linkage. Your input can make a big impact! 📅 Register now: [pruk.ac.uk/workshops] #DataScience #PopulationResearch
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Registration is now open! Closes 7 November and places allocated on a first come first serve basis
Very excited to announce our upcoming European Meeting of Ageing and Nutrition Sensing which will bring together leading researchers working in the area. ⁦@UkAgeing⁩
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