Simon Jones
@UoB_JonesLab
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Professor in Musculoskeletal Ageing. Research into role of inflammation and obesity in the decline of muscle function with age and development of osteoarthritis
Birmingham, England
Joined June 2016
Our BRC funded PhD student Bradley Welsh presents his research into PRPS mediated nucleotide synthesis and its role in building muscle mass. Sarcopenia and MultimorbidityBRC @BirminghamBRC
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Daisy Wilson provides and an update on clinical interventions to reduce signatures of biological ageing in older people. Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity BRC. @BirminghamBRC @InflamAge_UoB
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Sally Fenton presents on behalf of our BRC funded PhD student Florentia Kitas on intervention strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour in RA patients. Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity BRC. @BirminghamBRC
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Sofia Ahola presents her research on stress responses and metabolic changes upon mitochondrial dysfunction and its relevance to #sarcopenia and multimorbidity. #ferroptosis @BirminghamBRC
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Amanda Sardeli shows how physical activity modulates immune function in older people. More impactful patient centric research at our Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity BRC away day. @BirminghamBRC @InflamAge_UoB @amandasardeli @Duggal_UoB
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Dilan Dibare, consultant kidney transplant surgeon, investigating frailty and prehabilitation intervention strategies for CKD patients. Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity BRC @BirminghamBRC
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Niharika Duggal shows how features of immune ageing are present at the earliest stages of RA. Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity BRC @BirminghamBRC @InflamAge_UoB
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Paula Rudzinska, BRC funded student for Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity theme, explains how targeting mitochondrial dysfunction can rejuventate older stem cells. @BirminghamBRC @InflamAge_UoB
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Ana Crastin, BRC funded PhD student with Rowan Hardy for Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity provides an update on her research into glucocorticoids, macrophage activity and sarcopenia @BirminghamBRC
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Michael MacLeod kicking off the talks at our Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity BRC away day @BirminghamBRC @InflamAge_UoB
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From fat to flame: How adipose tissue stokes the fires of osteoarthritis - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage @BirminghamBRC
@InflamAge_UoB
https://t.co/mEZqkQoxuh
oarsijournal.com
To investigate the inflammatory profiles of adipose tissues from patients with osteoarthritis (OA), comparing the joint-associated adipose tissues (infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) and sub-synovial...
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https://t.co/d8u7dKEtOy Delighted that @MRC_AIM_DTP student Michael MacLeod's review on #adipose #ExtracellularVesicles in skeletal #muscle is now published in Obesity Reviews. @BirminghamBRC @InflamAge_UoB
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Sarcopenic obesity, characterized by the concurrent presence of excess adiposity and diminished skeletal muscle mass and function, is closely linked to frailty, chronic inflammation, and insulin...
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Dr Michael Sagmeister has been nominated Deputy Theme Lead for our #Sarcopenia & #Multimorbidity research theme. Michael specialises in renal medicine at @unibirmingham & @uhbtrust and will work alongside Prof @UoB_JonesLab - congratulations! 👏
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New hope for osteoarthritis (OA) – Prof Simon Jones has been awarded @VersusArthritis funding to develop a targeted ‘gene-silencing’ therapy that tackles pain & inflammation at the source, potentially offering advantages over traditional drugs. 🔗 https://t.co/6f8dTTDsav
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A fantastic turn out at @unibirmingham for the first Midlands Extracellular Vesicles (EV) Network annual conference! We've had a great day of inspiring and insightful presentations with collaborative discussions over the breaks Bookings are already coming in for next year!
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🚀 Fantastic news! The BSRA has released its league table of UK Ageing Biology institutions, and I am super proud to see @UoB ranked joint top . A huge congratulations to ageing reaserchers at the @InflamAge_UoB for pushing the boundaries of ageing science!
Our league table of UK Ageing Biology institutions. Congrats to @unibirmingham & @ucl for joint 1st! Top 10 includes @AstonUniversity
@UniofOxford
@imperialcollege
@KingsCollegeLon
@LivUni
@UniWestminster
@lborouniversity
@sheffielduni Read more -
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Great to see our osteoarthritis pain dataset curated and onboarded by @Alleviate_Data as part of the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform @HDR_UK @unibirmingham @unibirm_CMH @InflamAge_UoB @VersusArthritis
📔 Alleviate Pain Data Hub have onboarded a new Inflammation and Joint Pain study - you can access it via @HDR_UK, or read more in our latest blog post 👉 https://t.co/6sbCE5IE6U
#chronicpain #painresearch @UoDMedicine @MsApdp @Dataonamission
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New insight.into the involvement of synovial fibroblasts in driving arthritic joint pain. @InflamAge_UoB
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@VersusArthritis Delighted to promote our PNAS publication. A collaboration with the fantastic @psalmotoxin @Cambridge_Uni
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Inflammation is associated with localized acidosis, however, attributing physiological and pathological roles to proton-sensitive receptors is chal...
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Do you want to do a PhD in ageing science? Join our lab @unibirmingham ! We have a PhD studentship @MIBTP_BBSRC for a project with @UoB_JonesLab @InflamAge_UoB to study ageing and cell rejuvenation using computational methods. 1/2 Please see: https://t.co/hA6DKjVlLe
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PhD Project - Developing and applying computational methods to study ageing and cellular rejuvenation at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
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