Dunja Aksentijevic Ricciarelli
@dunjaaks
Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology & Metabolism, Wellcome Trust Fellow, Director of Education William Harvey Research Institute
My kids called me Professor Mama today 👩🏻🎓Its been one emotional day and the moment childhood dream came true. 👩🏻🔬Hugely grateful to share this moment with my family, especially my parents #nevergiveup #dreambig @BartsMetabolism @wellcometrust @QMULBartsTheLon @QMULWHRI
Huge congratulations to Dunja Aksentijevic, Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology and Metabolism @QMUL, on delivering a brilliant inaugural lecture last night: ‘Fuelling the heart: A metabolic tale of risk, resilience and repair’. @dunjaaks @QMULBartsTheLon
Thrilled to see Prof. Mike Murphy @Mito_Redox recognized at the @QMULWHRI Research Day! His groundbreaking work in mitochondrial biology has shaped the field & inspired so many. Grateful for his mentorship over the years. And what a moment seeing these two scientific giants meet!
New Paper🚨 @NatRevCardiol "Mechano-energetic uncoupling in heart failure"explores how disrupted interactions between cardiac mechanics and mitochondrial energetics drive #HF @EU_METAHEART 🙌🏻 @QMULWHRI nature.com/articles/s4156…
Finally, in review #4 @dunjaaks @simon_sedej @PaillardMel @KatrinStreckf @EdoardoBertero @JeremyFauconni1 et al discuss how the imbalance between mechanical load and mitochondrial ATP supply induces a redox mismatch that drives #heartfailure progression. nature.com/articles/s4156…
Our @COSTprogramme @EU_METAHEART CA22169 compiled a FOCUS ISSUE on METABOLIC ALTERATIONS in #heartfailure @NatRevCardiol. Read the editorial➡️rdcu.be/esyLu & 4 Reviews outlined in thread⬇️@escardio @Soc_HrtVasMetab @AHAScience @DGKardio @dzhk_germany @ISHR_ES @ISHR_NAS
@KaitDennis19 et al found #FoxO1-zDHHC4-#CD36 S-acylation axis drives metabolic dysfunction in #diabetes. Learn more at ahajrnls.org/3Zpvc0g @heatherlab.bsky.social @heather_ox @JussherLab @FullerLabGlas @dunjaaks @MarcosCG_95 @ujangpurnama
It was a pleasure to contribute to this elegant study decipehring new metabolic mechanism in #diabetic 🫀. Huge congrats @Heatherlab_ox @CircRes 🥂@TheBHF @QMULWHRI
🚨New from our group in @CircRes We identify a FoxO1-zDHHC4-CD36 S-acylation axis driving metabolic + contractile dysfunction in the diabetic heart. Blocking this pathway reprograms FA metabolism and improves heart function. Read more: 🔗 ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…
…Starting to feel very real! 🎓🥂@QMULWHRI @QMULBartsTheLon
I had the incredible opportunity to meet my scientific hero-someone whose work I've long admired, closely followed, and drawn immense inspiration from. @laoneill111 🤩@BartsMetabolism @QMULBartsTheLon @Barts_Charity
The best crew 🫀! @Fenn_Cullen @megan_e_young @SanushiD @BartsMetabolism Day Conference day! Thank you for all your hard work 🫀 @QMULWHRI @QMULBartsTheLon
Proud PhD mentor🫀
I’ll be speaking in a session at #EuroPCR in Paris 20-23 May. Join me if you want to discuss more about ➡️DCBs in de novo lesions. Looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and making new connections. It is always a privilege to be a #PCRpresenter @PCRonline #womeninSTEM
Proud of all your hard work!
It was great to attend @ishr2025 in Nara this week 🇯🇵 and present my poster showing some of our latest research on diabetic cardiomyopathy and metabolism @QMULWHRI @BartsMetabolism @dunjaaks
The best part of @ishr2025 world congress countless catch ups, coffees, dinners and cocktails with 🌍scientific family 🫀🫶🏻 @k8weeks @AnjaKarlstaedt @simon_sedej @BertrandLuc_ky @rebeccahritchie @Heatherlab_ox @KimMellor_UAkl @DelbridgeLea @LabBell @JussherLab @PavlovicDavor
Huge thanks to @ishr2025 chairs & organizers for the chance to share our @QMULWHRI @QMULBartsTheLon 🫀metabolism research! Excited to see @megan_e_young present our @BartsMetabolism poster on Na elevation in #T2D, and grateful for the talk invite! @moleratsarego @wellcometrust
