An essential nutrient found in breastmilk can help protect babies from #infection & chronic #inflammation. The study, a collaboration b/w #MCRI & @BakerResearchAu has unlocked important answers about the benefits of #breastfeeding. MCRI's Dr Toby Mansell spoke to @theheraldsun👇

Breastfeeding until at least six months helps #babies to fight off infections and reduces chronic #inflammation, a new #MCRI and @BakerResearchAu-led study finds. @Deakin @BarwonHealth @MansellToby #Breastfeeding #ChildHealth 👉 https://t.co/I2AQWQxdfz

Can #CVD risk be detected and prevented from childhood? Findings are under embargo @MansellToby #aea2023 @AustralasianEpi

Hot off the press, our Article on Associations between Change in Adiposity and Change in Inflammatory Biomarkers in Children and Adolecents with Obesity. https://t.co/O92Bt7Hcf2 in Obesity Research and Clinical Practise ( https://t.co/Zq4bT1AQ0Z).

Assessment of the long-term impact of common pregnancy and perinatal complications on offspring metabolic traits by @aelhak19 @MansellToby and colleagues. Read the full study here: https://t.co/sj5ikSzx6H

Massive congratulations to our brilliant @MischHub biostatistician Peixuan Li for her @unimelbMSPGH 2022 Top Graduating Student Award in the Master of Biostatistics and Capstone Excellence Award - Master of Biostatistics Research Project 🥂

Thanks to 7NEWS for the opportunity to talk about our research! There's still a lot of questions that need answers about the possible links between early life infections and later health, but it's something we're excited to be investigating.

Very excited to have this work out there! This is a really interesting finding and potentially a very important one, and a key question is how persistent these effects are. We've got many steps to go to in understand these processes, but it's exciting to be investigating this!

Recently published with @SpringerNature in @IntJObesity by @MansellToby,@SiroonB,@BurgnerDave, et. al. on favorable changes in metabolomic profiles related to decreasing BMI from early adolescence to young adulthood. #Cardiology #metabolism #obesity https://t.co/KsXbqxJJ69

Thank you so much to @MCRI_for_kids @RCHMelbourne @RCH_Foundation for the fellowship! This award will support my #multiomic research into understanding the effects of childhood exposures, infections, and #inflammation in shaping later risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

Back on site for work for the first time in months - I had forgotten how nice the view from my desk was! Lovely day for it too.

First post-doc paper is now out in Pediatric Research! We investigated several pregnancy/birth outcomes in relation to the cord serum NMR metabolome, and found associations across a range of metabolites including cholesterol, fatty acids, and amino acids.

Thesis first chapter accepted! 🎓Peanut and multifood allergic adolescents are epigenetically distinct🧬 A huge shoutout to all SchoolNuts participants, @PopAllergy, and my incredible supervisors @nvk_brs @melanie_neeland @richard_saffery @KirstenPerrett https://t.co/W8S5q2ICPe

Early bird and abstract submission deadline for #AusEpi21 EXTENDED till Fri 18th December! 👏🙌 We have a wonderful line-up of international and national speakers. Submit an abstract and you could be one of them! https://t.co/tlYlUuip7s

Registration for Epigenetics 2021 virtual meeting #AusEpi21 NOW OPEN! Early bird rates: Regular: $150 / Student: $100 Diverse range of topics ✅ Awesome Aussie speakers ✅ Wonderful international speakers ✅ Abstract submission open ✅ https://t.co/tlYlUuip7s

I'm excited to share we've just published our findings in Epigenetics on a possible link between HIF3A DNA methylation in early life and childhood cardiovascular health in the Barwon Infant Study, a longitudinal Australian pre-birth cohort!

Our latest publication came out in @IntJObesity, on the inverse relationship between early life DNA methylation of the leptin gene promoter region and later childhood weight and adiposity in the Barwon Infant Study. @MCRI_for_kids https://t.co/sIgBCGvXRq

Just published: our manuscript on the genetic and environmental influences on offspring blood methylation of the leptin gene! Infant sex, cis-genetic variation, birth weight, and exposure to preeclampsia all show evidence of associations with methylation.

My first international conference award, featuring my tie! #placelfie

Well done Bec! My first primary student. 3rd place is better than nothing 😅