Dr Michaela Agapiou
@MichaelaAgapiou
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Bioinformatician and @storycollider producer. She/her 🏳️🌈🇨🇾🇭🇰
London, UK
Joined September 2016
Science + storytelling + senses collide THIS Thursday at @imperialspark #ImperialLates! 👂💡 🎤 Hosts: @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou 📖 Stories by @akshaygajria, @doctor_benji, Lillie Pakzad-Shahabi & Heather Hanna 🎟️ https://t.co/WmXjlRYAIi
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We’ve launched an exciting new pilot project that could potentially help combat health inequalities and save more lives. We’ve partnered with @datriworld, with the aim of recruiting 10,000 more people onto the DATRI Indian stem cell register. Learn more: https://t.co/Crj7NW1icT
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Delighted to share our new pre-print on translational activity of 80S monosomes. @AlbertBlandy @EltonVasconcel8 @AmyTurn67763683 @LabFontana @MichaelaAgapiou Thanks to @BBSRC and @wellcometrust. Great for this work to benefit from @RiboCode team input
biorxiv.org
Summary Translational regulation at the stage of initiation can impact the number of ribosomes translating each mRNA molecule. However, the translational activity of single 80S ribosomes (monosomes)...
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🌟Feb 8 join us for a night of science + storytelling @imperialcollege #ImperialLates. 🎤 Hosted by @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou with true, personal stories about 🐦🐝 by @The_Quantum_Ace @shivanidave @connorisnotbad + Chloë Coxshall. FREE 🎉 https://t.co/KEJ2WpPhxw
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1️⃣ week until we're @imperialcollege @ImperialSpark for #ImperialLates! Join hosts @rakemeny + @MichaelaAgapiou with stories about science & food 🍔 from @jennykleeman Ellis Ballard @MullaZeinab & @gutismycopilot. Details & Register: https://t.co/bS8N8SuRZz
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We’re joining @imperialcollege @ImperialSpark for their 1st #ImperialLates of the season! Hosted by @rakemeny + @MichaelaAgapiou with stories about science & food 🍔 from @jennykleeman Ellis Ballard @MullaZeinab & @gutismycopilot. Details & Register: https://t.co/bS8N8SuRZz
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This #PrideMonth, our #eLifeAmbassadors have launched a writing group for members of the #LGBTQinSTEM community that offers a safe space to connect and share experiences. To kick things off, join them on Discord and write about your STEM role model! https://t.co/RiDqJq6ihh
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OK we just had rehearsal and these stories are so great!! I can't wait for more people to hear them in just TWO DAYS. Grab your tickets here:
storycollider.org
Join us for a night of true, personal stories about science in London!
Hosting this next week! Come along to hear four great science stories. Official theme is Renewal, unofficial is Circle of Life. There is gonna be blood, kidneys, life and death (literally), and a lot heart (metaphorically).
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BIG CROWDFUNDING UPDATE! We have found our perfect space! It's a gorgeous pair of twin railway arches in East London. We have BIG plans for this space and we'll have the room to realise these plans. But there's a catch...
gofundme.com
*Update: We've found it! But we need to extend our goal to make this happen. We have on… Vagina Museum needs your support for A new home for the Vagina Museum
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Hosting this next week! Come along to hear four great science stories. Official theme is Renewal, unofficial is Circle of Life. There is gonna be blood, kidneys, life and death (literally), and a lot heart (metaphorically).
Just 1 more week until our #London show! Join hosts @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou at @Aces_Bar on May 24th and hear brilliant stories of science and renewal from: ☀️Pran Darshan ☀️An Nemia ☀️@ericabuist ☀️@rakemeny Tickets: https://t.co/H67ShF5Fxf
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Guess who's back in #London for a night of true, personal #stories about #science and renewal? WE ARE! Join hosts @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou at @Aces_Bar on May 24th and hear stories from: ☀️Pran Darshan ☀️An Nemia ☀️@ericabuist ☀️@rakemeny Tickets: https://t.co/H67ShF5Fxf
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What is an exon??? New paper w/ @ewjwallace and @RNA_julie in @CellGenomics : https://t.co/9EdQMf1bql Cue 🧵1/8
cell.com
Exons are genomic regions that are transcribed to RNA and retained after introns are spliced out. We clarify the definition of an exon, which is often misused as synonymous to “protein coding.” We...
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📣 We're looking for pitches for our next #London show! We want to hear from you if you have a great true, personal story about science! Whether you're a scientist or simply a science enthusiast, we want your pitches! Send us your pitch here: https://t.co/WWSCeRZNND
#Call4Pitches
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Us on our way to @Aces_Bar for our #London show tomorrow night! Hosted by @rakemeny + @MichaelaAgapiou with true, personal #science #stories from: 🇬🇧@dhrutishah 🇬🇧@franciswindram 🇬🇧@RobynJay4 🇬🇧@SofiaAtSea Grab your tickets before they're gone: https://t.co/vBcjy57Uws
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One week to go! London friends - come along and listen to these 4 excellent storytellers 😊
Just us patiently counting down the days until our first #London Story Collider show on Nov. 14 @Aces_Bar! Hosted by @rakemeny + @MichaelaAgapiou with stories from: 🇬🇧@dhrutishah 🇬🇧@franciswindram 🇬🇧@RobynJay4 🇬🇧@SofiaAtSea Don't miss it! Tickets: https://t.co/vBcjy58sm0
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London was calling & we answered! We're so excited to be hosting shows in #London again, with our first on Nov. 14 @Aces_Bar. Hosted by @rakemeny + @MichaelaAgapiou with stories from: 🇬🇧@dhrutishah 🇬🇧@franciswindram 🇬🇧@RobynJay4 🇬🇧@SofiaAtSea Tickets: https://t.co/vBcjy57Uws
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Story Collider is back in London on 14th November @Aces_Bar! Come along to hear true, personal science stories about The Unexpected ⚡️ from @dhrutishah @franciswindram @RobynJay4 & more Tickets available now: https://t.co/KWtUkBLBVq (Hosted by myself and @rakemeny)
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Story Collider is back in London on 14th November @Aces_Bar! Come along to hear true, personal science stories about The Unexpected ⚡️ from @dhrutishah @franciswindram @RobynJay4 & more Tickets available now: https://t.co/KWtUkBLBVq (Hosted by myself and @rakemeny)
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I'm so excited to see #BeforeWeWereTrans off into the world today! 😊 If you'd like to come and celebrate with me, there are THREE chances next week...
Happy publication day to @krheyam for Before We Were Trans!🎉 @BasicBooksUK ✨'A thoughtful, fun, and refreshingly readable romp through the history of gender variance' Susan Stryker ✨'A true treat for the mind' @jamie_windust Available now: https://t.co/h3w7xHq3Y5
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