Neha Agrawal
@_neha_agrawal
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Lecturer and PI @SBSatEd @EdinburghUni, Interested in metabolic disease, Systems physiology, #Drosophila, Formerly @andreabrandlab @LeopoldLab.
Joined June 2020
Delighted to have been awarded a Springboard grant from @acmedsci to investigate adipose dysfunction in metabolic disorders using the Drosophila model. Many thanks for all the support @GrowingYourIdea @SBSatEd and collaborators @minchinlab @JennyCRegan
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We have an exciting @EastbioDTP PhD opportunity investigating the interplay between obesity and immune dysfunction, with @JennyCRegan, in beautiful Edinburgh @EdinburghUni. Deadline 17th January. Please share! @SBSatEd @FindAPhD https://t.co/67C1NGCxEs
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PhD Project - EastBio: Investigating the interplay between obesity and immune dysfunction using Drosophila at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
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We also have a Research Assistant position (for 12 months, with possibility of extension) in our lab. Application information here (deadline 17th April): https://t.co/JhOsyxskLs Happy to discuss further. Please RT!
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We are looking for a Research Assistant to work within a team researching the role of adipose tissue plasticity and dysfunction using the model Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies).
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Here at the Node, we are excited about all thing metabolism, so we are delighted that @zfm31, Ahmed Mahmoud, Ana Rita Diogo Robelo and @_neha_agrawal shared their meeting report on the recent @Co_Biologists Workshop. 1/3 https://t.co/ZNzmujurH7
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We have two exciting interdisciplinary PhD opportunities @PrecisionMedPhD with @soreearskid @minchinlab @tubuleguy and @EastbioDTP to investigate adipose tissue plasticity and dysfunction @EdinburghUni. Deadlines soon! Please RT. #Drosophila #metabolomics
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PhD Project - Precision Medicine DTP - Metabolomic analysis of adipose tissue in Drosophila models of human obesity at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Looking forward to participating! #EESInterOrgan
The second @EMBO | @embl Symposium of the year is about to start! 👏🏽 Get ready for a great first day of #EESInterOrgan with @KarsentyLab @FlyGutLab @RJDLab @rebekkapopovic @iqbalhamzalab @_neha_agrawal @jonnykohl and more! 🧬
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Congratulations to Neha @_neha_agrawal, one of our fellows from the 2019 cohort!
Exciting new model for predicting new candidate human obesity genes! Work led by former @andreabrandlab postdoc @_neha_agrawal (now PI at the University of Edinburgh) with @Farooqi_Lab Read more: https://t.co/YkcpFUrX84
#Drosophila #screening
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Delighted to see our collaborative study @PLOSBiology: https://t.co/1o7kDREvGR Thank you very much, Andrea and Sadaf! And thanks a lot to Katherine, Catherine, and everyone in the lab for your support! @andreabrandlab @Farooqi_Lab @GurdonInstitute
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This study set out to identify novel gene variants that may contribute to human obesity, by combining human exosome sequencing analyses with systematic functional screening in Drosophila. This...
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Exciting new model for predicting new candidate human obesity genes! Work led by former @andreabrandlab postdoc @_neha_agrawal (now PI at the University of Edinburgh) with @Farooqi_Lab Read more: https://t.co/YkcpFUrX84
#Drosophila #screening
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Hunting for human obesity genes in fat fruit flies https://t.co/1Jb9JNb4Zl
@andreabrandlab @Farooqi_Lab
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Fruit flies provide an effective platform for screening new obesity genes, and fat flies implicate a neuronal signaling pathway in weight gain, according to a new study publishing November 4th in the...
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https://t.co/CcVKomrLvW Interview: Study of fruit flies identifies novel human obesity genes:
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Great collaboration with interesting findings! Combining human and fly data is the way to go!
Using Drosophila as a slimmed down model for human obesity: our collaborative study with @Farooqi_Lab and our former postdoc @_neha_agrawal (now PI at @EdinburghUni) Check out the paper @PLOSBiology: https://t.co/WQMGxdyOFr
#fruitflies #obesity #Drosophila
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Using Drosophila as a slimmed down model for human obesity: our collaborative study with @Farooqi_Lab and our former postdoc @_neha_agrawal (now PI at @EdinburghUni) Check out the paper @PLOSBiology: https://t.co/WQMGxdyOFr
#fruitflies #obesity #Drosophila
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Hunting for human #obesity genes in fat #FruitFlies. Human exosome sequencing & functional screening in #Drosophila identifies novel genes that control adiposity in flies; role for the Hippo pathway in obesity @andreabrandlab @Farooqi_Lab #PLOSBiology
https://t.co/2aKAE8Rb08
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Hunting for human #obesity genes in fat #FruitFlies. Human exosome sequencing & functional screening in #Drosophila identifies novel genes that control adiposity in flies; role for the Hippo pathway in obesity @andreabrandlab @Farooqi_Lab #PLOSBiology
https://t.co/2aKAE8Rb08
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1) Fruit flies are an effective platform for screening new #obesity genes. Overweight flies point to a neuronal signaling pathway, Hippo, in weight gain, according to a new study. @PLOSBiology Hunting for human obesity genes in fat fruit flies
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Fruit flies provide an effective platform for screening new obesity genes, and fat flies implicate a neuronal signaling pathway in weight gain, according to a new study publishing November 4th in the...
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Fascinating new work from the Brand lab with Farooqi group, using fat fruit flies, that implicates a neural signalling pathway in weight gain #modelorganism #obesity #genes
Congratulations Neha! Our paper, a wonderful collaboration with Sadaf Farooqi and her group, is out in PLOS Biology.
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Congratulations Neha! Our paper, a wonderful collaboration with Sadaf Farooqi and her group, is out in PLOS Biology.
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