Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ๐Ÿ”ฌPhD ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ (@toraks) header
Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ๐Ÿ”ฌPhD ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ (@toraks) profile picture

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

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Joined August 2007
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My second (better?) @SoapboxScience @soapboxsciNCL video (taken by my friend Zoe) is here, if you'd like to see! :-D youtube.com/watch?v=frQSloKKโ€ฆ
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I'm at #NeuroFly Conference in Cologne this week! If you're here too, please say hi & see Ishrak Faiyaz and his poster B19 Title of Ishrak's poster is Developing a circadian-disrupted Drosophila model to investigate and screen Alzheimer's therapeutics, based PhD work with me
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Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ๐Ÿ”ฌPhD ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ retweeted
How can I help fundraise for Lily for FREE? BLACK FRIDAY is TOMORROW and every time you shop through EasyFundraising, your favourite retailers will donate to your chosen cause โ€” and it wonโ€™t cost you a penny extra! Shop through EasyFundraising today! ow.ly/3pcG50XmrOR
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๐Ÿ“ฃI 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.๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you to everyone involved! Click the link to listen! ๐Ÿ‘‚ open.spotify.com/episode/4kIโ€ฆ
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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!
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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! ๐Ÿ™‚
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โœณ๏ธ I'm recruiting for a fully funded BBSRC NEEDL PhD! โœด๏ธ Create Drosophila (fruit fly) models to study mtDNA mutations in ageing & disease at Teesside Uni! โœ… W/ Newcastle Uni researchers Prof. Laura Greaves & Dr. Jim Stewart! ๐Ÿ“… Due 12noon 31st March findaphd.com/phds/project/inโ€ฆ
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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! ๐Ÿ˜โค๏ธ
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This is what 50 looks like! ๐Ÿ˜€ Me at my 50th birthday party on the 5th of October - which was my actual birthday. ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŽ‰
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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 Parkinsonโ€™s in a Drosophila model! Photo by Simona ๐Ÿ™‚โค๏ธ - an Instagram friend I met in person there ๐Ÿ™‚
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Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ๐Ÿ”ฌPhD ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ retweeted
Congrats to @KaziIshrakFaiyaz for presenting his work at the @neurofly2024 at the @unibirmingham! Heโ€™s studying circadian dysfunction in Alzheimerโ€™s disease usingย Drosophila melanogasterย with Dr. @toraks & Dr. Bartolini.
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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! ๐Ÿ™‚#NeuroFly2024 @TeesUniSHLS @TU_NHC
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Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ๐Ÿ”ฌPhD ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ retweeted
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!
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Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ๐Ÿ”ฌPhD ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ retweeted
We're committed to building strategic partnerships with academics, clinicians, regulators, industry and other patient organisations around the world, with a strong focus on ensuring that the #mito patient voice is represented at every stage. Learn more: ow.ly/ZaPE50SsO9X
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Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ๐Ÿ”ฌPhD ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ retweeted
Thank you @BiochemSoc for supporting our research with this Eric Reid funding! @TU_NHC @TeesUniResearch @TeesUniSHLS
Success story โญ Why do melanomas occur more frequently in Parkinson's disease patients? Using Eric Reid funding, @TeessideUni researchers have been developing methods to isolate and measure the modifications of alpha-synuclein which may give insights into its pathogenic forms.
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Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ๐Ÿ”ฌPhD ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ retweeted
Making memories during the holidays? Generate free donations for #LilyFoundation when you book tickets to popular events, book shows & more! ๐Ÿ’ธ It's free ๐Ÿ“ฑ There's a handy app ๐Ÿ›๏ธ There are over 6,000 stores! Find out more & sign up: bit.ly/2UBn520 Help fight #mito
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Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan ๐Ÿ”ฌPhD ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ retweeted
We are thrilled to be hosting the 12th @fuse_online Physical Activity Conference - 'Physical Activity Inequalities: moving things on' on 2nd July . Sign up via the link below if you're interested in attending ๐Ÿ‘‡ fuse.ac.uk/events/physicalacโ€ฆ
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Another successful grant was obtained by one of our brilliant researchers in the Science department. Dr Achadu @Ojodomo2000 is developing a solar-powered water purification system to improve access to clean drinking water.
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