Join us at AussieMIT 2026 in Brisbane (24-27 November) for Australia’s premier mitochondrial research conference! 🧬 🇦🇺 📆 Early bird registration close August 9th 👉🏻 aussiemit.com.au #AussieMIT2026 #Mitochondria #LifeSciences #STEM

These young women are truly a powerhouse! Yesterday we celebrated all things science: recent publications, submitted works, thesis submissions and the exciting new discoveries brewing in the lab. 🧪🧫🔬 🤓 @aibnatuq.bsky.social #womeninstem

“The NHMRC needs to reinstate grant review panels to ensure research excellence, restore faith in Australian science, and prevent an exodus of talent to overseas.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Australia’s erosion of peer review

Throughout the world, peer review serves as the cornerstone of the scientific enterprise, providing rigorous quality control and building the confidence that underpins progress for both science and so...

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Wonderful to see this out! Thank you @cp-trendsendomet.bsky.social and @cellpress.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this collection celebrating mitochondria research and global experts. I am honored to have our work featured! @aibnatuq.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mitochondria across the globe: diverse voices, shared energy

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The latest publication from the lab is now out in @natureportfolio.nature.com. We show that pharmacological inhibition of NMT1 perturbs respiratory virus infectivity due to Golgi-bypassing egress, compromising spike maturation and incorporation. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🦠🧫🔬

Today is #RareDiseaseDay. Each rare disease affects only a small number of individuals, but together they affect millions of families worldwide. Rare diseases are often invisible in society and in funding systems, but for the families living with them they are everything. #HSP54 #Neuroscience

Fatty acid oxidation in fruit fly neurons connects fat-derived energy to memory formation. Nice work! Read it below👇🏻

Bryon Silva@neurogut.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Textbooks said neurons don’t burn fatty acids for energy🤔. Our study delivers the first in vivo demonstration that fatty acid oxidation in defined memory neurons fuels memory formation. Closing chapter of my PhD 🥳, out today in Nature Metabolism💥 @natmetabolism.nature.com

RESEARCH | S Saber, @joensuulab.bsky.social et al. (U Queensland): The lipase DDHD2 provides endogenous fatty acids to support fatty acid oxidation and energy production, proteostasis and membrane trafficking balance in neurons 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

DDHD2 provides a flux of saturated fatty acids for neuronal energy and function - Nature Metabolism

Saber et al. show that the lipase DDHD2 provides endogenous saturated fatty acids to support fatty acid oxidation and energy production, proteostasis and membrane trafficking balance.

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More evidence appearing on fatty acid energy fuelling of neurons ⚡️🧠 🔋👇🏻 #pufa #dementia #ageing www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Interaction of sortilin with apolipoprotein E3 enables neurons to use long-chain fatty acids as alternative metabolic fuel - Nature Metabolism

Greda et al. show that sortilin and apolipoprotein E3 mediate import and utilization of long-chain fatty acids as a metabolic fuel in neurons after glucose restriction.

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Lupaavat uudet tutkimustulokset osoittavat, että aivojen hermosolut voivat käyttää rasvaa ajattelun, liikkumisen ja muistamisen polttoaineena. Yllättävä löydös saattaa mahdollistaa uusien hoitojen kehittämisen vakaviin aivosairauksiin. www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/t...

Rasva ruokkii aivoja – läpimurto aivojen aineenvaihduntasairauksien hoidossa | Helsingin yliopisto

Tiesitkö, että aivot voivat käyttää rasvaa energianlähteenä? Lupaavat uudet tutkimustulokset osoittavat, että aivojen hermosolut voivat käyttää rasvaa ajattelun, liikkumisen ja muistamisen polttoainee...

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Why fundamental research matters? It can have far-reaching implications for human health, as shown in latest Nobel Prize win on discovering why immune system does not destroy the body. Make funding fundamental science a priority - there is no translation without it! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientists win Nobel Prize for groundbreaking immune system work

The prize-winning discovery explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

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Sophia Davidson@sciencesophie.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My major note? It completely leaves out fundamental research as a priority 🤯 Which is wild, #NHMRC’s job is to "support the highest-quality research, from 👉BASIC science👈 through to clinical, public health and services research" (NHMRC Corporate Plan: nhmrc.gov.au)

🧠 If you are interested in our discovery of neurons using endogenous fatty acids to fuel their energy and function (rdcu.be/eIQA0), I recommend this read: www.sciencenewstoday.org/your-neurons... #fattyacids #betaoxidation #brain #neuron #mitochondria #HSP #rarediseasr #metabolism #energy

Your Neurons Have a Secret Power Source — And It Could Change Medicine Forever

For as long as modern neuroscience has existed, one belief has stood largely unquestioned: the brain, our most energy-hungry organ,…

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💡Fats fuel our thoughts 🌟 Read more here: rdcu.be/eIQA0 #fattyacids #metabolism #energy #betaoxidation #HSP #raredisease #brain #neuron #energy www.helsinki.fi/en/news/heal...

Fats Fuel the Brain – A Breakthrough in Treating Metabolic Brain Disorders | University of Helsinki

Did you know your brain can run on fat? Exciting new research has revealed that neurons in the brain can use fats as fuel—powering our thoughts, movements, and memories. This surprising discovery open...

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👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #neuron #energy #metabolism #fattyacid #raredisease #HSP #mitochondria #betaoxidation #brain #health #neurodegeneration Read more here: rdcu.be/eIQA0 🧠 🔬

DDHD2 provides a flux of saturated fatty acids for neuronal energy and function

Nature Metabolism - Saber et al. show that the lipase DDHD2 provides endogenous saturated fatty acids to support fatty acid oxidation and energy production, proteostasis and membrane trafficking...

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SCIENMAG@scienmag.bsky.social · 11mo ago

DDHD2 Supplies Saturated Fats for Neuronal Energy In a groundbreaking study that reshapes our understanding of neuronal metabolism, researchers have unveiled the pivotal role of DDHD2 in regulating the supply of saturated fatty acids essential for brain energy and function. This discovery holds…

🌟 Thrilled to share that my lab’s first publication is now out in @natmetabolism.nature.com. Congrats to the team 🎉 🧠 We discovered that neurons use endogenous fatty acids as an energy fuel, challenging long-standing models of sugars being the exclusive energy source for neurons. 1/3

Nature Metabolism@natmetabolism.nature.com · 11mo ago

Yesterday I was honored to receive 2025 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Award #YTP25 from The Australian Institute of Policy and Science @aipscience.bsky.social. The award celebrates scientific achievements & community outreach. Big thanks to my lab and AIBN at UQ for making this possible. 🏅

Some commiserations for fellow #ARC applicants - I was a 2020 ARC Future Fellow. With that support, I now have a senior author Nature Cell Biology paper. Here’s my grant outcomes for that period. You are not alone. There simply isn’t enough money in the system.

Check out our latest publication: Dynamin independent endocytosis is an alternative cell entry mechanism for multiple animal viruses. Congrats to all authors, especially A/Prof Balistreri, University of Helsinki, for this classic host-virus interaction paper. 🦠🧫🔬 journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Dynamin independent endocytosis is an alternative cell entry mechanism for multiple animal viruses

Author summary To initiate their infection cycle, most viruses first need to enter their target cells, a process called endocytosis. In mammalian cells, endocytosis often involves a class of proteins ...

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Heya! Introductory post on 🦋 I am a lab head at The University of Queensland. My lab studies molecular mechanisms of cellular and neuronal membrane trafficking, aiming at discovering new therapeutic strategies for human conditions caused by mutations, neurotoxins and viruses. aibn.uq.edu.au/joensuu