Fantastic evening at my former department King's College London - started with a great talk from Prof Steve Harridge on muscle atrophy in microgravity followed by two inspirational talks from astronauts Dr Mike Foale CBE and Tony Antonelli @ISSET_STEM Pint of Science UK

Another of our Training Fellows, Dr Alexandra Iordachescu Dr Alexandra Iordachescu, is developing a 3D in vitro bone model that could replace the use of animals to study bone loss, including that experienced by astronauts in microgravity! #WomenInScience youtube.com/watch?v=yBhZEN…

Just released a Behind-The-Paper article on the npj Journals Microgravity website describing the technical and clinical contexts for developing trabecular bone organoids The National Centre for the 3Rs Prof. Tony Metcalfe npjmicrogravitycommunity.nature.com/posts/trabecul…

📢| Tomorrow we are launching a new consortium with Cranfield University to explore the effects of extreme environments on human biology College of Engineering & Physical Sciences ChemEng Bham Dr Alexandra Iordachescu birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/new-…

Tomorrow, Uni of Birmingham is launching a new consortium with Cranfield University to explore the effects of extreme environments on human biology: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2022/new-… ChemEng Bham Dr Alexandra Iordachescu

A new Uni of Birmingham and Cranfield University consortium will investigate how extreme environments affect human biology. Led by Dr Alexandra Iordachescu, projects will study tissue loss in a simulated microgravity environment and the shock response of tissues - and more 👇 birminghamhealthpartners.co.uk/new-research-w…

I am very grateful to have received this funding from the The National Centre for the 3Rs and excited to start working with Donald Ward at UoM Biology, Medicine and Health to apply my bone organoids for studying mineral sensing in skeletal physiology and disease

I am pleased to offer an exciting, fully-funded Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council PhD studentship with Gareth Appleby-Thomas between Cranfield DefSec, ChemEng Bham and QinetiQ Group looking at the response of composite materials to hypervelocity impacts ☄️. Application deadline 22 August cranfield.ac.uk/research/phd/o…

Just over 3 weeks remaining to apply for this fantastic PhD studentship looking at the response of composite materials under hyper-velocity impacts☄️🚀, supervised by Gareth Appleby-Thomas and myself Healthcare Technologies Institute (HTI) ChemEng Bham Cranfield DefSec findaphd.com/phds/project/o…

Did you know the 3Rs is not only international, but intergalactic? Through her Training Fellowship, Dr Alexandra Iordachescu developed an in vitro method to simulate skeletal tissue degeneration, which can be caused by ageing, disease and weightlessness in space: nc3rs.org.uk/our-portfolio/…

In her latest publication, Alex considers what the impact of microgravity on tissues might mean for future space missions. x.com/a_iordachescu/…

We have an exciting PhD studentship available with Dr Alexandra Iordachescu (Bham) and me (Notts) developing a new type of bone graft that harnesses the ability to control cell behaviour through their physical environment. Fully-funded ( Medical Research Council ) for 4 years. 🦴📷📷

Outer space …. underground. A fascinating story coming up on Channel 5 News at 5pm today about the Bio-SPHERE project, more than 1km below the North Yorkshire countryside. Big thanks to Science and Technology Facilities Council ICL Boulby and Uni of Birmingham for making it happen.

5 News has been given special access to interplanetary research, called the Bio-SPHERE project, taking place more than 1km below the North Yorkshire countryside. Peter Lane went to check it out. Science and Technology Facilities Council | ICL Boulby | Uni of Birmingham