ECMage Ageing Network
@ECMage22
Extracellular Matrix (ECM) ageing across the life course interdisciplinary research network.
To join the ECMage Network please complete the form on this link: forms.office.com/e/rkEDP22TaD
We are excited to share that our multidisciplinary scoping review on the exogenous factors and biological mechanism of cognitive frailty is available online at Ageing Research reviews! It's free to read online within 24 hours: doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.… @UkAgeing @HealthyAgeingUK
It's the last few days to apply for the fantastic funding at EuroAgeNet. Details here:
There's just two weeks until the deadline for applications for EuroAgeNet's funding calls - for Events, Training & Skills and Scoping visits. Details and apply here: Funding calls - Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences - University of Liverpool
Are you interested in tissue engineering, immune responses and mechanoresponses? Apply for our exciting "organ-on-a-chip" PhD project! Led by Ana Ferreira-Duarte at @EngineeringNCL @nubiosciences @CGM_NCL @BSMB1 @ECMage22 @IEEEembs findaphd.com/phds/project/k…
Our morning's fantastic panel Q&A and workshop is followed by an afternoon of diverse and very interesting presentations @Food4Years @AgeingBlast


Delighted to welcome our delegates to our EuroAgeNet ECMage network event! Our expert panel introduced themselves to start us off!

We are busy finalising the plans for our joint event (free to attend) with EuroAgeNet - we will bring together researchers in ageing across the UK and Europe in Liverpool 12-13 February 2025. More info and registration here: forms.office.com/e/vwvfpwxws4 Reg closes 16 December.

There's just a few days left to apply for our Impact Funding call:
Our Second call for Impact is announced! Do you have a paper in development related to ECM ageing? Do you need a little support to complete? see here for details: Impact Call – Second Round - ECMage (ukanet.org.uk)
Join us on 7th February 2025 in London for the UK Ageing Research Funders’ Forum’s first ECR event. This free gathering will feature keynote talks, research presentations, and networking with peers in ageing research. Registration opens soon—mark your calendar!
We are excited to announce our upcoming Webinar exploring how to integrate Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) into your research, and also to involve lay older adults as co-researchers. Find out more information or sign up here: ukanet.org.uk/cfin/2024/11/0…
Our Second call for Impact is announced! Do you have a paper in development related to ECM ageing? Do you need a little support to complete? see here for details: Impact Call – Second Round - ECMage (ukanet.org.uk)

Registration has now launched for free places on our 17th January Drug Discovery, Ageing and Multimorbidity seminar, at the RSC, London - with exciting opportunities for flash presentations and posters. For full details and registration link see here: ukanet.org.uk/blast/2024/10/…
The European Ageing Network is delighted to support this upcoming event
Join @PhysicsNews for this two-day meeting to discuss the relevance of mechanics in key dynamic processes of life, such as development, ageing and - when it becomes aberrant - disease. For further details visit iop.eventsair.com/msl2025. Sponsored by @ECMage22 and @UofGlasgow
ECRs - don't miss this opportunity to present your research on ageing! We've extended the application deadline to Monday 4 November, Webinar January 2025 TBC.
We are excited to host a webinar with The Biochemical Society: 'Extracellular Matrix Ageing: forging new links and developments of cutting-edge models and enabling methodologies’, Jan 2025. There are 3-4 speaker slots! details and how to apply to present: ukanet.org.uk/ecmage/2024/09…
We are delighted to announce the Food4Years Winter 2025 Conference 🗓️20th January 📍University of Reading ❗️Registration is free! Sign up by December 5th (first-come, first-served) Programme information: shorturl.at/mYwxw
We are excited to host a webinar with The Biochemical Society: 'Extracellular Matrix Ageing: forging new links and developments of cutting-edge models and enabling methodologies’, Jan 2025. There are 3-4 speaker slots! details and how to apply to present: ukanet.org.uk/ecmage/2024/09…

Delighted that @theglasgowcemi will lead the MAINSTREAM UK hub for stem cell manufacturing with @UoNCfAM and @StrathBiomedEng.
The CeMi are incredibly excited to bring the MAINSTREAM Hub to Scotland, led by @DalbyMatthew (cont'd in comments)....
Take a look at UKAN's latest newsletter where you can see what the ageing networks have accomplished over the summer, with future plans and funding announcements! @LairdLiz @theglasgowcemi @LisaWhite_UoN @LivuniILCaMS
Check out our latest UKAN newsletter (Q3, 2024) for updates on our networks' activities, event listings, pages of funding opps and spotlight features on pump priming award recipients. With thanks to all who've contributed - ukanet.org.uk/news/uk-ageing…
5 spaces left for this fascinating (and free!) event at Brunel next Tuesday. See links below for programme, location and registration...
We have just 20 spots remaining on our one-day Social Psychology and Ageing workshop focused on Framing Effective Healthy Messages. For full details and reg link see here shorturl.at/WG4fB. Free event run in collaboration with @Bruneluni #happytochat
This Blood Cancer Awareness Month, we’re launching a landmark new report: Taking blood cancer out of the shadows: A plan to increase survival, that details how blood cancer survival in the UK is being overshadowed 🩸
Huge thanks to the UKAN team and our BBSRC colleagues who organised the fabulous meeting yesterday bringing together ageing networks from across the UK and @aibiouk & @BioFAIRUK. Wonderful to meet our colleagues again and hear updates about their amazing work and future plans!
