Chris Faulkes
@moleratsarego
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Evolutionary Ecologist at Queen Mary University of London, working on social evolution in mammals, especially mole-rats
London, England
Joined February 2017
@SJforKids have done a great outreach version of our Jan @NatureAging paper for schools! Life drawing of NMR by Hazel Faulkes aged 8! @QM_SBBS Scientists conducted a DNA analysis of naked mole-rats to determine why they age differently than other mammals. https://t.co/v0uYbFZfON
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Join us for Chris Faulkes' @moleratsarego presentation on: Life in a reproductive dictatorship–social control of reproduction in naked mole-rats in #BSNBradford2025 Symposium 3 Beyond traditional models in neuroendocrine research. Register by 15 August: https://t.co/yrq4irqNZa
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Great day!
Huge thank you @LChan_3 @DrSianH for organizing fantastic @QMULBartsTheLon Life Long Health cross-theme symposium! Chris and I were delighted to discuss our #nakedmolerat 🫀#metabolism @NatureComms study. @moleratsarego @QMUL @QM_SBBS @BartsMetabolism
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Oooh! We @dunjaaks et al got included in a Spotlight article in Trends in Molecular Medicine - very chuffed indeed! Our thanks to Claudie Gabillard-Lefort, Jeanne Mialet-Perez, Guy Lenaers, and Olivier R. Baris. @QM_SBBS @QMULSciEng @QMULWHRI @QMULBartsTheLon
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🚨 We're hiring! Join Prof. Rossiter's team as a Postdoc to study viral tolerance in bats. Ideal candidates have a PhD in molecular/evolutionary biology & bioinformatics experience. Closing 4/07. https://t.co/Dvf5juM2eq
#PostdocJobs #ResearchOpportunity
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Excited to share my latest paper: “No evidence for a signal in mammalian basal metabolic rate associated with a fossorial lifestyle” – the COVID chapter from my thesis! 🐀 Out now in @SciReports
@sjportugal1979 @RHULBioSci #AcademicTwitter
https://t.co/VCiJQf1zKh
nature.com
Scientific Reports - No evidence for a signal in mammalian basal metabolic rate associated with a fossorial lifestyle
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Naked mole-rats are known for their longevity, but how do they do it? 🤔 A recent @NatureComms study led by @dunjaaks & @moleratsarego (@QMUniversity) has discovered how their unique cardiometabolic profile plays a role — learn more at @ScienceDaily: https://t.co/v61qEcCEdS
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Naked mole-rats' genome unveils secrets of their heart health @NatureComms @QMUL @dunjaaks Unique metabolism shields hearts in low-oxygen conditions, offering clues to human heart protection #ImmortalAnimals #HeartDisease #HeartHealth
https://t.co/OelFpB3tMb
liveforever.club
Key points summary of Queen Mary University of London article. Unique metabolism shields hearts in low-oxygen conditions, offering clues to human heart protection
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One big message is that yet again, NMRs (red) are so different from everyone else, close (other mole-rats) and distant (H. golden mole, mouse). Figure 4B below -LD analysis of the cardiac metabolite data- illustrates this https://t.co/QQn6ZvVIyO
Dr @moleratsarego, lead author, explains: "Their unique social & low-oxygen environment likely drove these adaptations, contributing to their exceptional lifespan." https://t.co/QgYGWrF33x
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Thank you @QMULBartsTheLon press team! @moleratsarego Delighted to see our @NatureComms paper out! Secrets of the naked mole-rat: new study reveals how their unique metabolism protects them from heart attacks - Queen Mary University of London https://t.co/YscEnZd7DI via @QMUL
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Fantastic stuff, well done!👏
It's finally here! Our new paper, out now in Nature. It's one small step for a bumblebee... and a big leap for human understanding of their cognitive capabilities. With @LChittka , @AmandaRoyka , and others!! https://t.co/Rs9osQXS8w
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LAST CALL 📷 for Naked Mole Rats online drawing class, this coming Thursday 7th March at 7pm GMT for #internationalwomensday with @WildDrawing
https://t.co/nql5ffpKJl We will be live streaming with two camera angles and @moleratsarego and donating to @PTES
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Chuffed to see our @BBSRC funded #BBR project kick off last week - providing #bioinformatics support for #ecologists. If you’re UK based and need support, get in touch! Details 👇 @UCLCBER @uclbiosciences @QMUL @yannick__
Thank you everyone who attended the Eco-Flow launch last week! It was great to meet you all and hear about your projects. We have opened the official form: https://t.co/oeRmMpF1D9 Or if you are not ready for that, email us: ecoflow.ucl@gmail.com to discuss more!
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Daughter in law does amazing Anime style digital art, see below if you want portraits, animals, vectors/images for websites, educational material etc😃
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Well done Dunja - you broke my rule of not drinking before 8:00 am - unless it's is following the night before!😃 It's been a long mission with this manuscript but worth it in the end!
When the first email of the morning arrives from the editor at https://t.co/ou2AZyIixb stating they are delighted to accept the manuscript, 7.50 AMespresso is drunk Balkan style with 25 year old sljivovica. Nazdravlje! @moleratsarego 🎉@QMULWHRI @QMULBartsTheLon @wellcometrust
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This is a great initiative, Mike would have loved it . Mike Bruford Memorial Conservation Forest (2024) | Regrow Borneo
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Well done Hana
Congratulations @hana_merchant for passing your PhD viva today with Minors! Thank you to @rwriesch1976 and Mike Scantlebury for acting as Examiners! Thank you @London_NERC_DTP for the funding, and @moleratsarego for the co-supervision. @RHULBioSci
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Helping to support female guides on Kilimanjaro https://t.co/hVtGmbaExS "With the help of our Mountain Lioness Scholarship, over the past 3 years we have supported 28 ambitious women to gain their Guide License - a qualification that leads to a life-changing occupation."
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Went well, much fun!😃
Thank you @KingsImaging @kingscardio Tom Eykyn for hosting us today at @GSTTnhs St Thomas London. Always good to be back and share our #nakedmole rat metabolism story. @moleratsarego we should do more tandem talks! That was super fun! @QMULWHRI @QM_SBBS @wellcometrust
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Naked mole-rat research World Tour (well, Estonia this week, London next week with @dunjaaks !)😃
Super-early flight to #Estonia #Tallinn to present our exciting ongoing #nakedmolerat 🫀#metabolism work at @scandPhys Federation of European @ThePhySoc FEPS @moleratsarego @wellcometrust @QMULWHRI @QMUL
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