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Dr Michaela Agapiou @MichaelaAgapiou

Bioinformatician and @storycollider producer. She/her 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇾🇭🇰

Joined September 2016
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Dr Michaela Agapiou retweeted
The Story Collider@storycollider
3 Dec 2024
Science storytelling senses collide THIS Thursday at @imperialspark #ImperialLates! 👂💡 🎤 Hosts: @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou 📖 Stories by @akshaygajria, @doctor_benji, Lillie Pakzad-Shahabi & Heather Hanna 🎟️ ow.ly/GPUB50UecIw #ScienceEvents #LondonEvents
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Anthony Nolan@AnthonyNolan
28 Oct 2024
We’ve launched an exciting new pilot project that could potentially help combat health inequalities and save more lives. We’ve partnered with @datriworld, with the aim of recruiting 10,000 more people onto the DATRI Indian stem cell register. Learn more: bit.ly/4fiBioq
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julie aspden@RNA_julie
27 Jun 2024
Delighted to share our new pre-print on translational activity of 80S monosomes. @AlbertBlandy @EltonVasconcel8 @AmyTurn67763683 @LabFontana @MichaelaAgapiou Thanks to @BBSRC and @wellcometrust. Great for this work to benefit from @RiboCode team input biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Translational activity of 80S monosomes varies dramatically across different tissues

Summary Translational regulation at the stage of initiation can impact the number of ribosomes translating each mRNA molecule. However, the translational activity of single 80S ribosomes (monosomes)...

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Dr Michaela Agapiou retweeted
The Story Collider@storycollider
27 Jan 2024
🌟Feb 8 join us for a night of science storytelling @imperialcollege #ImperialLates. 🎤 Hosted by @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou with true, personal stories about 🐦🐝 by @The_Quantum_Ace @shivanidave @connorisnotbad Chloë Coxshall. FREE 🎉 ow.ly/FySE50Qv1Xu
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The Story Collider@storycollider
2 Nov 2023
1️⃣ week until we're @imperialcollege @ImperialSpark for #ImperialLates! Join hosts @rakemeny @MichaelaAgapiou with stories about science & food 🍔 from @jennykleeman Ellis Ballard @MullaZeinab & @gutismycopilot. Details & Register: storycollider.org/tickets/20…
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The Story Collider@storycollider
28 Oct 2023
We’re joining @imperialcollege @ImperialSpark for their 1st #ImperialLates of the season! Hosted by @rakemeny @MichaelaAgapiou with stories about science & food 🍔 from @jennykleeman Ellis Ballard @MullaZeinab & @gutismycopilot. Details & Register: storycollider.org/tickets/20…
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Dr Michaela Agapiou retweeted
eLife Community@eLifeCommunity
13 Jun 2023
This #PrideMonth, our #eLifeAmbassadors have launched a writing group for members of the #LGBTQinSTEM community that offers a safe space to connect and share experiences. To kick things off, join them on Discord and write about your STEM role model! discord.gg/AMdKaeYWjs
Join the E life ambassadors' queer stem writing group. A discord for the LGBTQ plus scientific community.

ALT Join the E life ambassadors' queer stem writing group. A discord for the LGBTQ plus scientific community.
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OK we just had rehearsal and these stories are so great!! I can't wait for more people to hear them in just TWO DAYS. Grab your tickets here: storycollider.org/tickets/20…

Story Collider Live Shows & Events | True, Personal Stories About Science — The Story Collider

Join us for a night of true, personal stories about science in London!

storycollider.org
Dr Michaela Agapiou@MichaelaAgapiou
19 May 2023
Hosting this next week! Come along to hear four great science stories. Official theme is Renewal, unofficial is Circle of Life. There is gonna be blood, kidneys, life and death (literally), and a lot heart (metaphorically).
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Vagina Museum@vagina_museum
17 May 2023
BIG CROWDFUNDING UPDATE! We have found our perfect space! It's a gorgeous pair of twin railway arches in East London. We have BIG plans for this space and we'll have the room to realise these plans. But there's a catch... gofundme.com/f/9um7y

Donate to A new home for the Vagina Museum, organized by Vagina Museum

*Update: We've found it! But we need to extend our goal to make this happen. We have on… Vagina Museum needs your support for A new home for the Vagina Museum

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Hosting this next week! Come along to hear four great science stories. Official theme is Renewal, unofficial is Circle of Life. There is gonna be blood, kidneys, life and death (literally), and a lot heart (metaphorically).
The Story Collider@storycollider
17 May 2023
Just 1 more week until our #London show! Join hosts @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou at @Aces_Bar on May 24th and hear brilliant stories of science and renewal from: ☀️Pran Darshan ☀️An Nemia ☀️@ericabuist ☀️@rakemeny Tickets: ow.ly/Plze50O94ZH
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The Story Collider@storycollider
10 May 2023
Guess who's back in #London for a night of true, personal #stories about #science and renewal? WE ARE! Join hosts @rakemeny & @MichaelaAgapiou at @Aces_Bar on May 24th and hear stories from: ☀️Pran Darshan ☀️An Nemia ☀️@ericabuist ☀️@rakemeny Tickets: ow.ly/Plze50O94ZH
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Nicky Whiffin@nickywhiffin
12 Apr 2023
What is an exon??? New paper w/ @ewjwallace and @RNA_julie in @CellGenomics : cell.com/cell-genomics/fullt… Cue 🧵1/8

Not all exons are protein coding: Addressing a common misconception

Exons are genomic regions that are transcribed to RNA and retained after introns are spliced out. We clarify the definition of an exon, which is often misused as synonymous to “protein coding.” We...

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The Story Collider@storycollider
26 Mar 2023
📣 We're looking for pitches for our next #London show! We want to hear from you if you have a great true, personal story about science! Whether you're a scientist or simply a science enthusiast, we want your pitches! Send us your pitch here: ow.ly/li2j50NrPfu #Call4Pitches
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The Story Collider@storycollider
13 Nov 2022
Us on our way to @Aces_Bar for our #London show tomorrow night! Hosted by @rakemeny @MichaelaAgapiou with true, personal #science #stories from: 🇬🇧@dhrutishah 🇬🇧@franciswindram 🇬🇧@RobynJay4 🇬🇧@SofiaAtSea Grab your tickets before they're gone: ow.ly/gZ1w50LmhCU
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One week to go! London friends - come along and listen to these 4 excellent storytellers 😊
The Story Collider@storycollider
4 Nov 2022
Just us patiently counting down the days until our first #London Story Collider show on Nov. 14 @Aces_Bar! Hosted by @rakemeny @MichaelaAgapiou with stories from: 🇬🇧@dhrutishah 🇬🇧@franciswindram 🇬🇧@RobynJay4 🇬🇧@SofiaAtSea Don't miss it! Tickets: ow.ly/gZ1w50LmhCU
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The Story Collider@storycollider
28 Oct 2022
London was calling & we answered! We're so excited to be hosting shows in #London again, with our first on Nov. 14 @Aces_Bar. Hosted by @rakemeny @MichaelaAgapiou with stories from: 🇬🇧@dhrutishah 🇬🇧@franciswindram 🇬🇧@RobynJay4 🇬🇧@SofiaAtSea Tickets: ow.ly/gZ1w50LmhCU
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Dr Michaela Agapiou@MichaelaAgapiou
20 Oct 2022
Story Collider is back in London on 14th November @Aces_Bar! Come along to hear true, personal science stories about The Unexpected ⚡️ from @dhrutishah @franciswindram @RobynJay4 & more Tickets available now: storycollider.org/shows/2022… (Hosted by myself and @rakemeny)
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Kit Heyam; also on 🧵s & the sky site@krheyam
23 Jun 2022
I'm so excited to see #BeforeWeWereTrans off into the world today! 😊 If you'd like to come and celebrate with me, there are THREE chances next week...
John Murray Press@johnmurrays
23 Jun 2022
Happy publication day to @krheyam for Before We Were Trans!🎉 @BasicBooksUK  ✨'A thoughtful, fun, and refreshingly readable romp through the history of gender variance' Susan Stryker ✨'A true treat for the mind' @jamie_windust  Available now: fal.cn/3pGEg
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