Adam Walker
@adamkeithwalker
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Neurobiologist striving for cures for #ALS #MND and #FTD #dementia | Leading the @WalkerNeuroLab, @QldBrainInst | Associate Professor | 🏳️🌈 UQ Ally | he/him
University of Queensland
Joined May 2013
Calling all Aus and NZ cellular/molecular neurodegeneration researchers - #CAMAND23 conference coming up @QldBrainInst
Abstracts closing Oct 5 for the conference on cellular and molecular neurodegeneration #CAMAND23, to be @QldBrainInst on Dec 3-4, 2023! https://t.co/oH21ifvl0d Prizes and travel awards for students and ECRs - get in quick!
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Congrats @BecSheean, very well deserved!
Congrats to our Director of Cure Research and Programs Bec Sheean! Last week, Bec received the XLI Club Tony Charlton AM Community Service Media Award 2023. Bec leads our MND research division, ensuring we can make promising discoveries & progress towards a cure. #FightMND #Award
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Excited to share our latest work by the hugely talented @DianaArseni, with the fantastic Renren (Heidy) Chen, showing that TDP-43 forms amyloid filaments with a new fold in type A FTLD-TDP, now online with open access @Nature. Thread below... https://t.co/s1DYDvDVLE
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Sad to hear of Justin Yerbury’s passing - such an inspirational leader in the MND research community, leaving an enduring legacy.
A very sad loss of a giant of MND research https://t.co/3MGw1T3cx2
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Cytoplasmic TDP-43 accumulation drives many dynamic changes to the cortex proteome. Together with @adamkeithwalker and the @WalkerNeuroLab, we have produced a “molecular map” of disease-specific changes over time in a mouse model of ALS and FTD. https://t.co/PZWilerxzz.
biorxiv.org
Understanding the mechanisms that drive TDP-43 pathology is integral to combating neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)....
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#IDAHOBIT is a day of solidarity and support for all LGBTQIA+ people. Shout out to the good people @QueersInScience, and allies who uplift our voices diligently. As a treat I’m sharing my op-ed which will be included in an upcoming @EMCRForum newsletter. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #QueerInSTEMM
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Great to see @molly_swanson’s great work now published - very cool correlative imaging analysis pipelines, plus interesting findings about on TDP-43 and microglia!
@molly_swanson's lovely work quantifying microglial changes in #ALS #MND is now published https://t.co/x2PkPtXZFQ. We teamed up with @adamkeithwalker to examine what comes first in people with MND and in the rNLS8 mouse model; TDP-43 pathology or microgliosis?
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“Understand your privilege”: an insightful piece on supporting change in academia
I recently wrote down some of my thoughts on equity, diversity & inclusion and why this needs to be prioritised, funded, outcome-driven and led by university leadership ... @AarhusUni_int @AIAS_dk @SingMolSci @UQ_News
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Absolutely delighted to be awarded the Daniel McLoone MND Research Prize. Together with @adamkeithwalker, @matildebalbi, @DinoPremilovac and Dr Adele Woodhouse we are going to tackle the spread of disease in MND head on!! @MND_RIA @UTAS_MedSci @WickingDementia @QldBrainInst
The Daniel McLoone MND Research Prize for 2023-2024 - $500,000 two-year grant Dr Catherine Blizzard - UTas “A collaborative multivariable approach to prevent the spread of corticomotor dysfunction in ALS”. Aims to establish a novel and targeted drug delivery approach for MND.
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Wanna live near the beach, teach enthusiastic and bright undergraduate students, and work with wonderful colleagues? Cell and Molecular Biology Lecturer position at the University of Wollongong @UOW Please RT!!!
We are hiring: Edu-focussed academic (level B) - fixed term) in the areas of Cell and Molecular Biology @UOW (some conditions - see PD in the link below)
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Another paper published from the New Zealand MND Lab. Well done to everyone involved 👏🔬
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My shirt’s not very purple this year, but I’m celebrating with double rainbows for #WearItPurpleUQ day @QldBrainInst - for visibility of LGBTQIA+ scientists, and in support of diversity, inclusion, and LGBTQIA+ youth everywhere. Be proud.
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We are RECRUITING! The Department of Anatomy and Physiology is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in muscle biology. Come and join a vibrant, collaborative and supportive department (I may be biased). DM me or check out the PD: https://t.co/POrBeYyPua
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Lights. Camera. Action! Dr Adam Walker and Dr Rebecca San Gil discussed their research yesterday with @FightMND. The crew were back today to interview Emeritus Professor Perry Bartlett and Dr Jing Zhao. @WalkerNeuroLab @adamkeithwalker @Rebecca_SanGlia
#QBI #FightMND #MND
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So many great articles now, honoring John’s legacy. I really enjoyed this one which compiles views from many of his colleagues over the years.
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We held out first meeting yesterday. Great presentations and lots of new collaboration opportunities coming to light! Thank you to @QldBrainInst for hosting.
Thank you @QldBrainInst for hosting the first QU MND Collective meeting. Also, thank you @adamkeithwalker and @NgoShyuan for having us. Also… check out the skills!!! #sciencemum
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Thanks @NovartisScience, @UniQuestUQ and @QldBrainInst for the support of our research mission @WalkerNeuroLab!
Dr Adam Walker, with the help of @Novartis and @UniQuestUQ, is looking to help people living with motor neurone disease and #dementia by focusing on a protein which clumps together and causes nerve cells to die. @adamkeithwalker @FightMND
https://t.co/qlA5rvFr2F
#QBI #MND
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