Evolutionary Ecologist at Queen Mary University of London, working on social evolution in mammals, especially mole-rats
London, England
Joined February 2017
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@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. sciencejournalforkids.org/ar…
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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: bsnbradford2025.oa-event.com…
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
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. qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/it… #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
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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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: buff.ly/3TQHNWB
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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
liveforever.club/article/nak…
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
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Dr @moleratsarego, lead author, explains: "Their unique social & low-oxygen environment likely drove these adaptations, contributing to their exceptional lifespan."
qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2024/f…
Link to the paper (open access)
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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 qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2024/f… via @QMUL
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!!
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
LAST CALL 📷 for Naked Mole Rats online drawing class, this coming Thursday 7th March at 7pm GMT for #internationalwomensday with @WildDrawing instagram.com/p/C4G05KmI90U/…
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__ – at South East, England
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:
forms.gle/pmz9QjLHxvM2bFe8
Or if you are not ready for that, email us: [email protected] to discuss more!
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 nature.com 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
This is a great initiative, Mike would have loved it .
Mike Bruford Memorial Conservation Forest (2024) | Regrow Borneo donorbox.org/mike-bruford-me…
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
Helping to support female guides on Kilimanjaro
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"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."
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
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 @physoc FEPS @moleratsarego @wellcometrust @QMULWHRI @QMUL
