Dr Sophia Luikinga

AIBN researcher Dr Sophia Luikinga (@_Soph_89) is following in the footsteps of her MND research mentor after winning a prestigious fellowship to address the neurodegenerative condition from a new angle.

Here in Australia, we can be trusted with bottle caps. #dutchpolicies #bottlecaps #netherlands #australia

Regions of the human brain may shrink in size during pregnancy, but have better connectivity, with only a few regions of the brain remaining untouched by the transition to motherhood, according to research published in @NatureNeuro. go.nature.com/4enUvov

High quality science, international networking and fiery debates Day 1 was on point. #neurofilament #mndresearchsymposium2024 @MND_RIA

The October Scientific Seminar sees @turnerMNDlab highlighting a state-of-the-art Drug Screening Platform using patient-derived stem cells to accelerate MND drug discovery at @TheFlorey in Melbourne. Tune in on Tues Oct 25th at 3:30pm AEDT. Register at fal.cn/3sCMg

@ISN_society having trouble completing my symposium submission and you are not responsive to emails, help please!

@nervous_neuron @ausgov That's exactly right unfortunately 😔 if it was the other way around, ther wouldn't have been a problem...

@_Soph_89 @ausgov Wow, so in 2022, only the birth mother can apply and choose to share the leave with her partner if they are going to be the primary care giver? But if she's not eligible, the partner cannot apply even if they are eligible themselves? google.com/amp/s/amp.9new…

Australian government can be so twisted, been Aus resident for tax purposes for 10 years, PR for 18 months, yet unable to get paid parental leave. I can't even give primary care to my partner as he is not the birth mother. @ausgov #paidparentalleave #centrelink #sexist #whypaytax

The #OptusDataBreach saga continues #vicroads website down minutes after receiving email about license details

@UOW @NeuralOoi @MichaelJFoxOrg @shakeitupaust Amazing work @NeuralOoi 🎉 congratulations

#UOW researchers Prof. Lezanne Ooi (@NeuralOoi) and Dr Shane Ellis have received $1.3M funding from @MichaelJFoxOrg and @shakeitupaust for research into #Parkinson’s disease. It is the only project in Australia chosen in this round of funding! 🎉 👉 uow.to/3Sjsio0

As prizes go, this was pretty good! Dr Sophia Luikinga from our MND lab won 24 hours with the 2021 AFL Premiership Cup as a @FightMND raffle prize - and she brought it into the office for the Florey footy fans to grab a photo 🤳 Thanks Sophia! 🏆

Congratulations to Prof. Andy Lawrence who is now Vice-President of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism 👏 @ISBRAComm brings together clinicians + scientists to share ideas and collaborate to improve understanding of, and treatments for, alcoholism.

Exploiting novel peptides to kickstart protein aggregation cleanup in motor neurons in #MND #ALS. Excellent presentation by Dr Azin Amin from our MND Lab @Florey at #MNM2022 conference. @FazelShabanpoor

Super excited that the first few years of hard work of my Post-Doc has resulted in this beast of a paper. Key to the basis of clinical trial and highlighting importance of lipid dysregulation in ALS. Preprint available now #ambroxol #als #mnd @turnerMNDlab

Didn’t get to go to Japan, but Hawaii wasn’t too bad. Thanks @ISN_society @APSN_society for organising an amazing few days in paradise #isnapsn2022

Final plenary; excited to hear about ubiquitination, mitophagy and neurodegeneration #isnapsn22 #ubiquitin #neurodegeneration #mitophagy @komander_lab

Come and talk science with me (and baby) exciting prelim data on lipid based biomarkers for ALS @ISN_society #ALS #neuroscience #MND

Great presentation by Dr @_Soph_89 from our #MND #ALS lab at #ANZMNDSym on profiling blood lipids in MND. Exciting potential for new diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers! 🩸🩺 @TheFlorey research funded by @FightMND

International conferences in COVID times, can attend from anywhere, but live in the unluckiest timezone. Still excited for #alsmndsymp to kick off at 1AM local time

Early word is a 5.64. Very significant. Hope all are safe. #earthquakemelbourne