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compiled tweets from @nottalexiWe have a @UKDRI cross-centre computational postdoc position @ImperialBrains (London), together with Caleb Webber at Cardiff Uni, exploring the epigenome of midbrain cell types to interpret Parkinson’s disease risk. Closes Feb 23rd. Email queries & apply: https://t.co/Sn0tdsK9wU pic.twitter.com/wqbDEMU9pl
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) February 2, 2024
An unexpected holiday treat 🎄. The lab enjoying Japanese Macha goodies kindly sent to us by @austeyaD! 🇯🇵🥼 pic.twitter.com/HIQNbqTSiD
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) December 12, 2023
Happy #neurogenomics holiday season from @ImperialBrains @UKDRI with @sj_marzi, @n_skene and Nott groups 🌲🎁❄. Lots of festive fun, quizzes, 🍕 followed by karaoke in soho 🎤 👩🎤😆 pic.twitter.com/HTXUs1FdQ5
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) December 5, 2023
Join us for the @ImperialBrains #LGBTSTEMDay hybrid symposium on Fri Nov 17th 🌈👩🔬. We have 3 exciting talks from scientists who align with the LGBTQ+ community to highlight their research and academic journeys. For registration and more details see👇 pic.twitter.com/bzFJur2Lv2
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) October 30, 2023
Proud of all my group who presented posters and flash talks at this year's @UKDRI Connectome retreat. It was great catching up with colleagues across the Institute and learning about the latest in #dementia research. Followed by a lot of fun at the 'Neon Nights' social! 🪩🚨😍 pic.twitter.com/HK1o7r5f7B
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) October 6, 2023
Wonderful end-of-summer jolly on the river Thames, kayaking and standup paddle boarding with @sj_marzi and @n_skene neurogenomics groups @ImperialBrains & @UKDRI 🌞🛶🏄 pic.twitter.com/4I31QEseL5
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) September 16, 2023
Thrilled to have Jennifer and Angel visit the lab for a week @ImperialBrains @UKDRI through #In2Science. Thank you @philippamwells for organising this experience and to members of my group and @sj_marzi's group for sharing their science! 🧠🥼 pic.twitter.com/IEGs7otMAo
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) August 17, 2023
Great visit to Molecular Neurobiology @umcg University of Groningen with @IRHoltman and @EggenBart followed by a bike tour of Amsterdam. Lots of interesting genomics discussions, 'brown fruit' and I guess bike rental is becoming our thing 😆 pic.twitter.com/8CrMnMUIFz
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) July 18, 2023
Super happy to share this @ImperialBrains award with @DragosCGruia for the LGBTQ+ Allies Network and for Dragos' amazing efforts on his LGBTQ+ Brains blog 🧠📝. A special thanks to everyone on the network for all their input into making this a success! 🌈 pic.twitter.com/uBTrGyZLrM
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) June 28, 2023
It was great to host both Alison Goate and my former mentor Chris Glass (@UCSDGlassLab) here @ImperialBrains @UKDRI with @AlzResearchUK for a double seminar. A lot of stimulating discussion on #macrophages and #dementia and a nice opportunity to catch up after! pic.twitter.com/0wf4CV4roi
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) June 23, 2023
Happy #PrideMonth2023 from @ImperialBrains @ImperialMed LGBTQ+ Allies Network 🌈. We are hoping to make these lunchtime socials a more regular event! 🍕👩🔬 pic.twitter.com/c7FSlvzR3F
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) June 19, 2023
The first day of the Great Exhibition Road Festival has been a lot of fun! Check it out again tmr 🧐. And visit @UKDRI @ImperialBrains tables to learn about #dementia research with DNA origami🧬, brain hats🧠, Tetras protein aggregates and more! 👩🔬 #GERF pic.twitter.com/ydWJtTvIGR
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) June 17, 2023
Nice to see this review out with@IRHoltman! | Genetic insights into immune mechanisms of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease | https://t.co/FvXNDnuIn8
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) June 9, 2023
This #PrideMonth we wanted to celebrate some LGBTQ+ scientists who are working on the brain.
— Braintastic Science (@BraintasticSci) June 7, 2023
Meet @nottalexi. He studies the role of gene regulatory mechanisms, termed epigenetics, in the developing and adult brain during health and disease. pic.twitter.com/IqYjg6vNvu
Excited for the Heart Brain Axis: Zooming in on Vascular Dementia - Joint Symposium with @BHFCoREImperial @UKDRI @ImperialBrains on Fri (May 5th) https://t.co/CIDzjOpQKw 🧠🫀
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) May 3, 2023
Get in touch for more details! pic.twitter.com/a3KyDE9oZv
An amazing epigenetics meeting organised by @DrLiHueiTsai and @UPenn_SongMing in the beautiful Yucatan area. Stimulating science and nice to catch up with old friends! pic.twitter.com/TaUd8jE2RR
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) May 1, 2023
Neurogenomics welcoming in Spring. We had a beautiful sunny morning followed by hailed in the afternoon 😆☀️☂️ pic.twitter.com/yjOqn98m2v
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) March 24, 2023
Welcoming Janna and Austeja who joined the lab this year to complete their masters projects with an Italian feast 🥳 followed by some ghost stories 👻😱 pic.twitter.com/AECJVbAA9I
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) March 22, 2023
The LGBTQ+ Brains Symposium hosted at @ImperialBrains is happening on Monday 🌈🧠. Everyone is welcome and we encourage people to attend in person. For those joining remotely a link will be provided on Mon upon registration 👇, or DM me for the link! #LGBTHistoryMonth https://t.co/HB84d0g4W2
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) February 23, 2023
Excited that @ImperialBrains LGBTQ+ Allies Network will have its first LGBTQ+ Brains Symposium on 27th Feb to mark LGBT History month!
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) January 25, 2023
We have 3 exciting talks from scientists who align with the LGBTQ+ community to highlight their research and academic journeys.
More details 👇 pic.twitter.com/J9kvGSDaRa
Congratulations to Dr Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) and Prof Caleb Webber, who were awarded funding in the 4th round of our Cross-Centre Postdoctoral Awards!👏🎉
— UK Dementia Research Institute (@UKDRI) January 10, 2023
Their project will investigate the function of DNA changes that increase Parkinson’s disease risk👉https://t.co/9DpLRDTrCj pic.twitter.com/bJ7roLYBld
A Christmas gif(t) from the Neurogenomics groups @UKDRI @ImperialBrains 🎄🥳 Looking forward to what 2023 brings! pic.twitter.com/SlWhpEDz8b
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) December 16, 2022
Happy 25th birthday to one of my favourite colleagues and best new PI accomplices @nottalexi 🥳😇🎂 pic.twitter.com/SUoqmRKcRN
— Sarah Marzi (@sj_marzi) December 1, 2022
Exciting work from Michael Johnson @ImperialBrains led by @AlexHaglund9 using single-cell Mendelian randomisation to identify cell-type-specific genetic effects on human brain disease inc an association of PICALM in AD in microglia: https://t.co/AoeYIaWrYm
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) November 29, 2022
Today is #LGBTQSTEMDay, and we're highlighting the fantastic work of @nottalexi, who set up an LGBTQ+ Allies Network within his department at Imperial 👏
— UK Dementia Research Institute (@UKDRI) November 18, 2022
In our latest article, Alexi tells us about his motivations, hopes & goals for the network👉https://t.co/COaaM77kYf pic.twitter.com/rjuIqkPRSs
In celebration of #LGBTQSTEMDay the @ImperialBrains LGBTQ+ Allies Network is launching the LGBTQ+ Brains blog led by @DragosCGruia highlighting the work of queer brain scientists🌈🧠. This month features @UKDRI postdoc Dr @philippamwells, read more here 👇https://t.co/v2e08CnMtX
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) November 18, 2022
This week the @UKDRI got together for our annual meeting #connectome2022 and we celebrated our institute is 5 years old.
— Blanca Díaz Castro (@B_DiazCastro) November 6, 2022
I’m grateful everyday for being part of this amazing team of researchers. Here a small sample of such awesomeness! pic.twitter.com/8KOf9Ttcte
It has been a amazing few days in Brighton sharing and hearing science at the @UKDRI Connectome with @mangiruben @philippamwells @Janis_Lisa_ @KevinCZiegler and Aydan. Looking forward to the next meeting in 2024! pic.twitter.com/QFMXzsOVEH
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) November 4, 2022
It was a bittersweet farewell to @lucy_bedwell1. Lucy was the first (brave) person to join our group and is this week starting her PhD at Cambridge. Looking forward to what this exciting next stage of your journey brings! You are already missed by everyone here! pic.twitter.com/5Cmy1nBMAT
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) October 6, 2022
Always a pleasure talking science with @hyejung_won. This has been a fantastic first in-person host for me since joining @UKDRI @ImperialBrains! An amazing talk as always on ways to interpret and prioritise disease risk variants using MPRA. https://t.co/i2mhtSZFx4
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) October 3, 2022
Back on the 12th floor for a #neurogenomics social 🥳
— Sarah Marzi (@sj_marzi) September 30, 2022
Happy Friday all! pic.twitter.com/o2w2iUYk5W
Happy #PostdocAppreciationWeek to my wonderful colleagues @mangiruben and @philippamwells! pic.twitter.com/8vFmtI9pCW
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) September 22, 2022
Managed to get a screen grab from Making It Brain Day 2!
— Sophie Sanford (@_sophiesanford) September 15, 2022
Thank you so much to @B_DiazCastro @CA_maat @nottalexi @TatjanaZoller + Amber Wallis for your inspiring words and exciting talks.
Look forward to sharing the recordings of Making It Brain 2022! pic.twitter.com/sSscEsUT1C
📢We have a @UKDRI cross-centre postdoctoral position @ImperialBrains (London), together with Caleb Webber at Cardiff University, exploring the epigenome of midbrain cell types to interpret Parkinson’s disease risk. Closes Sept 30. Email queries & apply 👉 https://t.co/WtJYEV6cYs pic.twitter.com/UpFJOOaB52
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) September 12, 2022
This summer we have been fortunate to have @philippamwells join our group @ImperialBrains as an @UKDRI_ECR Research Associate. Philippa will be doing computational analysis of dementia-related epigenomic datasets of human brain cell types 🧠💻🎉 pic.twitter.com/0IUw0IYSZi
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) September 6, 2022
Looking forward to participating in this (free) event aimed at late-secondary school students (16 years old +) who are interested in learning more about 🧠 research 🧪🥼 Please forward to students and teachers! https://t.co/CDI0yAGdbg https://t.co/xaNXUsADDM
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) August 31, 2022
15 hour work day 😰😰 the things we do for @10xGenomics pic.twitter.com/EMTEZN7PYk
— Maria Tsalenchuk (@tsalenchuk) July 27, 2022
Excited to participate in the CNS Palaticity and Pathogenesis meeting in Erlnagen this Autumn/Fall! https://t.co/wT29T5sH5j
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) July 21, 2022
Having a great time at #BSPR2022 !! Enjoyed presenting the research that’s been completed over the last year with a great team @nottalexi @MyrtoMavro and @HarryWhitwell7 (who also gave an amazing talk!) pic.twitter.com/fZ91zl5EMA
— Lucy Bedwell (@lucy_bedwell1) July 5, 2022
It was a great pleasure having @MyrtoMavro in the lab for the past 4 months @ImperialBrains! Great job @lucy_bedwell1 for picking out the brunch venue🍳 pic.twitter.com/wp1gA6B2zS
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) June 30, 2022
Great to be a part of the panel for @ELEVAT_HER podcast today at the #ExRoadFestival, many important issues to consider regarding #EDI in Medicine! @ImperialBrains @ImperialMed https://t.co/C0OrmJaZ6Q
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) June 19, 2022
Looking forward to participating on the panel for the Women in Medicine @ELEVAT_HER podcast as part of the @imperialcollege Great Exhibition Road Festival this June 18/19 weekend #womeninmedicine @ImperialMed @Imperial600 @UKDRI https://t.co/kLxqvtZimy
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) June 8, 2022
Congratulations @lucy_bedwell1 and Myrto on being awarded travel grants for the British Society for Proteome Research meeting in July. They will present collaborative work with @HarryWhitwell7 on proteomics of brain cell-type-specific nuclei! pic.twitter.com/vJcMXr51Rz
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) May 12, 2022
Detection of brain somatic mosaicism allows for tracing of human brain development!
— Glass Lab (@UCSDGlassLab) May 4, 2022
Fun collaboration with @jogleeson_ucsd & team. Thanks to @JSchlache, Addison Lana, @nottalexi, Marten Hoeksema, and Martina Pasillas for their contribution.https://t.co/uB21V7bd9q
Pigs trotters anyone? The neurogenomics group going hard on a Thursday pic.twitter.com/Ult5wDXjfN
— Maria Tsalenchuk (@tsalenchuk) April 28, 2022
#Neurogenomics lab social @BrewDog before we're all off on Easter break 🍻 #VeganMonday pic.twitter.com/QUP0fkCmE4
— Sarah Marzi (@sj_marzi) April 11, 2022
Been wondering how to best do CUT&Tag and how it compares to ChIP-seq? We've got you covered!
— Sarah Marzi (@sj_marzi) April 1, 2022
📢 New preprint led by @dihuscientistdj
and Leyla Abbasova, where we optimised and benchmarked CUT&Tag:
CUT&Tag recovers up to half of ENCODE ChIP-seq peaks https://t.co/d8EZfl4Fjx pic.twitter.com/UR7anN0WrU
Great science and fond memories from the #MPA2022 Molecular Psychiatry meeting in Maui. 🌴🐢 Thank you @jsteinlab for putting together this great session with @hyejung_won and @xinjin! Aloha Hawaii! pic.twitter.com/4Dz2oRYlBR
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) March 10, 2022
It has been a great start to the #MPA2022 Molecular Psychiatry meeting. Having it hosted in paradise has been an added bonus 🌺🧠! Looking forward to presenting tmr with @hyejung_won, @xinjin & @jsteinlab on cell type and context specific effects of risk variants! pic.twitter.com/KWxyf4Dmdy
— Alexi Nott 🏳️🌈 (@nottalexi) March 7, 2022
Fantastic position in an excellent lab! @nottalexi is looking for a computational biologist working on epigenomics in dementia. Apply, join and come do awesome science in a great environment at @ImperialBrains @UKDRI
— Sarah Marzi (@sj_marzi) February 21, 2022
👇 https://t.co/d5pXo2zgS3
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science, with a special shout out to our group @Janis_Lisa_ @tsalenchuk @lucy_bedwell1 Natalie Figueredo and Myrto Mavrotas! #WomenInScience pic.twitter.com/nC4ejjTOBf
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) February 11, 2022
As a gay scientist, LGBTQ+ visibility has been hugely important. I am super excited to launch our LGBTQ+ Allies network @Imperialbrains, which we hope will provide support and help foster connections across the LGBTQ+ STEM community 🎉🏳️🌈 #LGBTHistoryMonth https://t.co/3ZQiGG8iFs
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) February 1, 2022
Celebrating our first group presentation to the @UKDRI Centre at Imperial, everyone did an amazing job showcasing our group 🧬🥳☕ Nice start to 2022 and looking forward to the year ahead! pic.twitter.com/D35RQpwwL3
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) January 28, 2022
Birthday celebrations with @Janis_Lisa_ and another amazing cake by @KevinCZiegler, look at those layers! 🥳🎉🎊 pic.twitter.com/ELxDUnnmJG
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) January 22, 2022
Christmas twins 🎄🎅✨
— Sarah Marzi (@sj_marzi) December 3, 2021
A #neurogenomics Christmas pic.twitter.com/4jmfoDkNr7
Christmas celebrations with my lab and the neurogenomic groups @ImperialBrains @UKDRI with @sj_marzi and @n_skene 🎄🤶🎅 pic.twitter.com/Qz9IVXGFoO
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) December 3, 2021
Janis and @KevinCZiegler did an amazing job representing the Nott Group at the Uren coffee hour @ImperialBrains! pic.twitter.com/60dmN2FK2Y
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) November 23, 2021
Weekend trip with my @nottalexi lab colleagues
— Kevin Ziegler (@KevinCZiegler) November 22, 2021
Delivering some #neurogenomics @UKDRI @imperialcollege greetings to @Cambridge_Uni
PS Where is @mangiruben and @nottalexi ? 🤔😄 pic.twitter.com/p7o1C4M8EN
Strengthening bridges by visiting our sister labs at the @UKDRI @imperialcollege and talking about the fantastic science @sj_marzi and @nottalexi are doing! #ukriflf @UKDRI_ECR pic.twitter.com/OV6yvDZ4uX
— Dayne Beccano (@DayneBeccano) November 19, 2021
Introducing enhancers and their role in AD. @nottalexi off to an excellent start 👏 https://t.co/VVwqbIDzM0 pic.twitter.com/rI3w2PNY6R
— Sarah Marzi (@sj_marzi) November 15, 2021
Excited to be giving my first in-person talk tonight to discuss gene regulation in dementia with students of the Clinical Neuroscience Society @StGeorgesUni together with @sj_marzi! https://t.co/Cz6wvRxbwq
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) November 15, 2021
Happy #PostdocAppreciationWeek to @mangiruben! Reuben is using chromatin conformation maps of disease-relevant cell types to better understand genetic susceptibility to neurodegeneration! @UKDRI @UKDRI_ECR @ImperialBrains pic.twitter.com/vKqV8FZKXe
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) September 24, 2021
We are a neuroepigenomics group that investigates how genes are expressed in different cell types of the brain to better understand the genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease @UKDRI @ImperialBrains #WhyWeResearch #WorldAlzheimersDay2021 pic.twitter.com/WErg3Q3P2w
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) September 22, 2021
Congrats @kittybmurphy and @sj_marzi for the first Marzi lab publication on deconvolution of bulk brain epigenetic data for the histone mark H3K27ac and its utilization for interpreting brain disorders! It was great to be a modest part of this story! 🎉 @UKDRI @ImperialBrains https://t.co/QvbYx95xpW
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) September 7, 2021
Pimm's o'clock for the neurogenomics labs with new starters and leaving do's. pic.twitter.com/d2NEsB4M4j
— Sarah Marzi (@sj_marzi) September 3, 2021
Excited to have two PhD students officially starting in our group this month. Welcome Janis Transfeld and @KevinCZiegler to @ImperialBrains @UKDRI! 🎉🧬🎉 pic.twitter.com/px1ca1NOgj
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) July 30, 2021
Reminder to register for ICS / @MRC_LMS colleagues:
— Vicki Metzis (@metzisv) July 14, 2021
Mixer next Tuesday 3pm BST with @imperialcollege Brain Sciences and @UKDRI Imperial!
Exciting mix of technologies and questions featuring @mikhailspivakov @nottalexi @aexbrown @RuedaLab @sj_marzi @digiovannilab pic.twitter.com/NSJ9EXNjvv
Sweepstake by @mikejmorten concluded @UKDRI @ImperialBrains. Winner @nottalexi with prize pot next to runner-up @liina_sirvio, who was really disappointed by the outcome. pic.twitter.com/X73FsqApPW
— Ye Lab (@lab_ye) July 12, 2021
First 6 months of hosting our iCMNar series with @cacace_rita at @CMN_VIB filled with amazing speakers @alicechenp @proukakis @LiddelowSA @nottalexi @tuuliel_lab and Dr. Alison Goate. Looking forward to what we still have in store for the rest of the year!! pic.twitter.com/seqhyr3iPj
— Cristina Vicente (@geeky_cris) July 7, 2021
Me as a tourist at my own institution this week. It was my first visit to the South Kensington campus and the Queens Tower. Have to admit that some days I do miss the CA 🌞 🤣 pic.twitter.com/hVWPeK3gRQ
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) July 4, 2021
Thrilled to have Reuben Yaa join the lab as a Research Associate this month! And looking forward to 2 incoming PhD students over the summer. It is starting to feel like an actual group! pic.twitter.com/WdNY3lOtxt
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) June 16, 2021
Super excited to have been invited by my PhD institute at UCL to talk as part of the Neuronal Epigenetics & Transcription symposium. Registration is open to attend! https://t.co/UK6Atc68Zx
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) June 8, 2021
Excited to have Lucy Bedwell, my first Masters student, join the group! And looking forward to further expansion of the lab in the coming months! | https://t.co/KevC1WCzkT pic.twitter.com/nhRhTmuAZQ
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) March 7, 2021
Happy to share our @NatureProtocols on nuclei isolation of brain cell types for genomics analysis of mouse and human archived tissue with @JSchlache @bethanyfixsen & @ckgucsd. https://t.co/4vRW8t9uhn@UCSanDiego @UKDRI @ImperialBrains
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) January 25, 2021
A fun chat with @dihuscientistdj about starting my group @ImperialBrains and @UKDRI https://t.co/yxecyKLIim
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) January 11, 2021
Interested in using epigenomics approaches to understand brain disease? We have postdoctoral & technician positions that we are looking to fill! @ImperialBrains @UKDRI For more on my research check out 👉 https://t.co/Cdca88wybY
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) October 16, 2020
See thread below on how to apply 👇👇👇
I have finally cobbled together a lab website that can be located here 👇👇https://t.co/wfJ2yw0b0y
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) September 23, 2020
I am hoping to navigate the covid restrictions and to have a functioning lab in a few months!@UKDRI @ImperialBrains
A big thank you to all my colleagues and friends who have provided me guidance and support over the years. In particular, I would like to give a special thanks to my previous mentors @ar888, @DrLiHueiTsai and @ckgucsd!
— Alexi Nott (@nottalexi) August 3, 2020