Neurobiologist @UCLIoN. Interested in neurons, intracellular trafficking and local translation.
Nicol Birsa
We found that mitochondrial transport was disrupted across FUS-ALS mice, whereas signalling endosome trafficking was selectively impaired in mice with innervation deficits.
This has been a big collaborative effort from many teams at IoN and Harwell @jamessleigh.bsky.social @dvillarroelc.bsky.social
If you are looking for a PhD, are passionate about neurobiology and enjoy microscopy, come and join us for a PhD project on axonal pathophysiology in ALS!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Applications close on Friday 4th July 2025
@mndassoc.bsky.social
@uclqsion.bsky.social
Very excited to share our latest preprint! We looked at loss and gain of function, innervation, reinnervation, and in vivo axonal transport in a FUS-ALS mouse model!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@uclqsion.bsky.social @beccasimkin.bsky.social @andrewtosolini.bsky.social @frattalab.bsky.social
Registration is now open for NeuroBioUK 2025!
This year we're looking forward to hearing from our plenary speaker @cathyabbott.bsky.social. As ever, all other talks chosen from submitted abstracts so get submitting - we can't wait to see you there!
neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/registration
New paper from the lab 🚨: Expansion microscopy reveals nano-scale insights into the human neuromuscular junction: Cell Reports Methods www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Nicol Birsa
Nicol Birsa
Nicol Birsa
Ali Twelvetrees
If you're struggling to visualise mouse NMJs, we've got a protocol just for you!
bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?...
Dissection and whole-mount immunofluorescent staining of mouse hind paw muscles for #NMJ analysis
Lovely work from Rebecca Simkin @uclqsion.bsky.social @nicolbirsa.bsky.social‬
