🔬 We're hiring!
MIA-Portugal is looking for an Auxiliary Researcher for the The Systems Cell Biology Group.
Deadline: Apr 7 2026
Location: MIA-Portugal, University of Coimbra
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
More info: uc.pt/mia/open-pos...
#ageingresearch #postdoc #horizon2020 #Centreofexcellence
We'll cover general "how to", the EIC's collaborative portfolio approach&detail the sub-topics of the funding call (therapeutic approaches, biomarkers on non-animal models)
If you know someone for whom this may be if interest-spread the word!
#sciencefunding #biotechinnovation #ageingresearch
This is linked to new Applied Research Collaboration in East Midlands, England @ARC-EM.bsky.social #AgeingResearch
These children weren't more emotionally close, weren't sending money home, weren't helping out more.
So what explains it?
Read our commentary here:
share-eric.eu/research-res...
#AgeingResearch #PublicHealth
Great discussions last week at our Brussels office on nutritional strategies for healthy ageing 🦠🧠💪⚡
Peer-reviewed proceedings will follow — stay tuned!
#HealthyAgeing #Nutrition #AgeingResearch
🧬 New study published in Nature Communications by the Ageing Brain Group, MIA-Portugal, shows that dynamins are essential for maintaining nuclear integrity and protecting the genome.
Full story: www.uc.pt/mia/mia-port...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
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📢Just 1 Day Left to Submit Your Abstract!
If you’re working in cellular and biological ageing research, this is your chance to present your research at the 3rd MIA Portugal Ageing Spring School.
🔗 uc.pt/mia/mia-port...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
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🎉 Celebrating our Amazing Women in Ageing Research! 🎉
Meet Hannah, a research group leader exploring the role of microglia in maintaining brain health, and investigating how their function changes during aging and in neurodegenerative diseases. 👩🔬
#WomenInScience #AgeingResearch
🔗 Learn more about Katie’s work:
www.imm.ox.ac.uk/people/katie...
#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #StemCellResearch #Haematopoiesis #AgeingResearch #ComputationalBiology #MRCWIMM
⏳ As interest in ageing clocks grows, we examine what it will take to move these tools from curiosity to credible clinical biomarkers—highlighting advances in epigenetic clocks, key methodological gaps, and the path toward rigorous validation and clinical integration.
#AgeingResearch #Epigenetics
International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩🔬
Today, we celebrate women in STEM! At MIA-Portugal, women make up 64% of our team, driving excellence and impactful ageing research. Thank you for shaping our world!
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #UNESCO #EveryVoiceInScience #ageingresearch
⏰ Good news!
The Early Bird deadline for the 3rd MIA-Portugal Ageing Spring Schoolis extended until Feb 20
📃 Abstracts open for oral & poster presentations
✈️Travel grants available
🔗 uc.pt/mia/mia-port...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social @umcgroningen.bsky.social
#ageingresearch
🐦 Early Bird Countdown: 10 Days Left!
Register for the 3rd MIA-Portugal Ageing Spring School. 📃 Submit your abstracts and apply for travel grants.
🔗uc.pt/mia/mia-portugal-ageing-...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
#ageingresearch #Horizon2020 #Centreofexcellence
📢 Delegate Registration Now Open
International Conference on Geriatrics & Gerontology 2026.
📅 August 07–08, 2026
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands
🔗 Register here:
👉 geriatrics-gerontology.inovinemeetings.com
#geriatricsconference2026
#geriatricsandgerontology
#gerontologyresearch
#ageingresearch
The study by Horton & Börsch-Supan (MEA/SHARE) in PLoS One used dried blood spot samples collected during home visits - reaching people who might never get tested otherwise.
Full story: share-eric.eu/research-res...
#AgeingResearch #PublicHealth
📢 Excited to share the preliminary programme & confirmed speakers for the 3rd MIA-Portugal Spring School!
📍Quinta das Lágrimas, Coimbra | 📅 13–15 May 2026
🔗 www.uc.pt/mia/mia-port...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
#AgeingResearch #ageing #CentreofExcellence #Horizon2020
The Lasting Shadow of Childhood Hardship on Thinking in Later Life
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#stress #childhood #juvenilestress #juvenile #neuroscience #ptsd #brain #mentalhealth #health #research #science #trauma #childhoodtrauma #neurodevelopment #HealthyAgeing #CognitiveWellbeing #AgeingResearch
The BSRA congratulates Prof Andrew J Scott on being awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List!
His work on the economics of longevity has shaped how we think about ageing & wellbeing across the life course. A well-deserved recognition👏 #AgeingResearch #Longevity #NewYearsHonours
🎄 Happy holidays from all of us at MIA-Portugal 🎄
Wishing you joyful holidays and a wonderful start to the New Year. Thank you for being part of our community!
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Early Bird Registration Opens for the 2026 Geriatrics & Gerontology Conference
📅August 07–08, 2026
📍Amsterdam, Netherlands
👉 Register Now : geriatrics-gerontology.inovinemeetings.com/registration...
#geriatrics #gerontology #healthyaging #eldercare #ageingresearch
🚨A new BSRA fundraising & awards campaign to support the next generation of ageing researchers
- 6 travel grants (£500)
- 6 summer studentships (£2,000)
- 6 small research grants (£3,000)
Small grants. Big impact.
#6for2026 #AgeingResearch #HealthyAgeing
🔗 bsra.org.uk/six-for-2026...
📣We’re excited to announce Prof. Björn Schumacher as a Plenary Speaker at the 3rd MIA-Portugal Spring School, 13–15 May 2026 in Coimbra!
Meet him during “Speed Dating with the Speakers”.
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Join us in our plenary #seminar tomorrow, with Dr. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana (#IRBBarcelona-@icreacommunity.bsky.social)!
Register here ➡️ https://shorturl.at/elX2R
#AgeingResearch #AgingResearch #CancerResearch
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🎉 Celebrating our Amazing Women in Ageing Research! 🎉
Meet Xinping, scientific staff in the proteomics core facility 👩🔬
#WomenInScience #AgeingResearch
Join us in our plenary #seminar this week, with Dr. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana (#IRBBarcelona-@icreacommunity.bsky.social)!
Register here ➡️ https://shorturl.at/elX2R
#AgeingResearch #AgingResearch #CancerResearch
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The Guardian view on ageing research: our lives have more distinct phases than we thought | Editorial #Science #HealthandMedicine #PublicHealth #AgeingResearch #Longevity
Registration is open for the 3rd MIA-Portugal Ageing Spring School!
📅Early-bird: Dec 5 – Feb 15
Submit your abstract and travel grants available.
Folow the link: uc.pt/mia/mia-port...
@ucoimbra.bsky.social
#AgeingResearch #CentreOfExcellence #Horizon2020
👋 #MeetTheTeam: Dr. Carrie Stewart!
🔍 Qualitative research expert @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
🧠 Focus: pain, dementia, Parkinson’s & #AgeingResearch
🤝 Leads #PPI in @acer-aberdeenuni.bsky.social, making research truly patient-centred
💙 Proud to have her guiding qualitative work in the #WATCHProject
The first 4 speakers for the 3rd MIA-Portugal Spring School are confirmed! Don’t miss the chance to meet them in our “Speed Dating with the Speakers”.
🗓️Registration open soon!
More info: www.uc.pt/mia/mia-port...
@UnivdeCoimbra
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