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Samantha Hughes @SamHughesLab

Biochemist, developmental biologist and general lover of worms!

Joined June 2020
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The 2nd Dutch protein aggregation network conference abstract deadline is soon! Sign up at dpan-nl.org linkedin.com/posts/samantha-…
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Interested in how pesticides impact the onset and progression of Parkinson’s disease? Do you have C. elegans experience? Then this postdoc is for you! workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po…

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Much excitement in the lab today - We got worms to grow and reproduce in axenic media! I find it amazing the worms could grow without a bacterial food source!
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A beautiful article from the New York Times highlighting how much of an impact C. elegans has had. As Sydney Brenner said: “Without doubt, the fourth winner of the Nobel Prize this year is Caenorhabditis elegans” nytimes.com/2024/10/17/scien…

These Tiny Worms Account for at Least 4 Nobel Prizes (Published 2024)

A staple in laboratories worldwide, C. elegans is “an experimental dream,” said one scientist.

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I am part of a team organising a research topic in Frontiers in Toxicology : The need to add whole organism models to reduce uncertainties in developmental neurotoxicity testing strategies. We hope to see your submissions 🤓 frontiersin.org/research-top…

Frontiers | Whole organism models for testing (developmental) neurotoxicity testing strategies

There is growing evidence of an association between exposure to toxic compounds and (developmental) neurotoxicity ((D)NT). Despite this, systematic (D)NT tes...

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MERLON research project@MerlonResearch
2 Sep 2024
MERLON brings together experts from 1⃣1⃣ partner institutions across 7⃣ European countries. ⚕️By shedding a light on the possible health impacts of endocrine disrupters, the project will protect human reproductive health. Get to know the partners: merlon.dtu.dk/consortium
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New vacancy alert! I have a 2 year postdoc working with C. elegans in Amsterdam! Click on the link to apply before 15 September! workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po…
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New paper! A long time in the making but super proud of the team effort across different disciplines : Combined MALDI with LC-MS for observing partial distribution of lipids in whole Caenorhabditis elegans analyticalsciencejournals.on…

Combined matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionisation‐mass spectrometry imaging with liquid chroma...

Rationale Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation-mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) is a powerful label-free technique for biomolecule detection (e.g., lipids), within tissue sections...

analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Ready for day 2 in a lovely venue (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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#ewm2024 we are here and ready for worm knowledge with old friends and new
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Quick trip to Texel! So far seen (non-GFP) jellyfish 🪼🪼
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Really excited to be part of this great research team
MERLON research project@MerlonResearch
18 Jun 2024
#EndocrineDisruptors interrupt the normal functioning of our hormone systems and can cause health problems such as infertility. 🧫MERLON will explore the impacts of EDCs on #ReproductiveHealth and provide tools to better identify and regulate them. ➡️ bit.ly/3VmaGuo
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Very happy our new manuscript: Zebrafish and nematodes as whole organism models to measure developmental neurotoxicity is out 🤓 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Zebrafish and nematodes as whole organism models to measure developmental neurotoxicity

Despite the growing epidemiological evidence of an association between toxin exposure and developmental neurotoxicity (DNT), systematic testing of DNT is not mandatory in international regulations ...

tandfonline.com
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Good news out of the USA, but there is still a long way to go! Where do 'forever chemicals' in drinking water come from? bbc.com/future/article/20230…

Where do 'forever chemicals' in drinking water come from?

The US is introducing new environmental protections aimed at limiting long-lived PFAS chemicals in tap water, but these are only the tip of a very persistent iceberg.

bbc.com
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Funded PhD in exploring endocrine disrupting chemicals in worms and fish - if you are interested please apply to work on this important topic! workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph…
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A short but sweet message for the way home : “how was your day? Live the life”
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ZeroPM@ZeroPM_H2020
25 Jan 2024
🧩#ZeroPMPieces #16 In ZeroPM Pieces #16 @TimurBaygildiev from @VUamsterdam presents an exciting new methodology to combine Effect Directed Analysis #EDA with non-target suspect screening to identify #PFAS, #PMT and other emerging substances Link youtu.be/xVFi56oSysU?si=0--X… 💙💧
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Happy Christmas 🎄 bbc.com/news/entertainment-a…

Last Christmas scores Christmas number one, beating Sam Ryder and Mariah Carey

Wham's festive classic tops the Christmas chart for the first time, 39 years after its release.

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Ceron Lab@CeronLab
11 Dec 2023
🎉On this day, 25 years ago, the first complete animal genome sequenced was published in Science. 25 years later, this nematode is still a pioneer in many scientific fields. Long life to #Celegans research!
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Using C. elegans to detect cancer in dogs. Is there anything my favourite round worm can't do? 😆 frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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