Mirela Delibegovic
@mdelibeg
Regius Chair of Physiology @aberdeenuni; FRSE; Director, Aberdeen Cardiovascular & Diabetes Centre @AberdeenCDC; Opinions my own; now on:@mdelibeg.bsky.social
Delighted to receive the Royal Warrant signed by FM & His Majesty the King with my appointment as the Regius Chair of Physiology @aberdeenuni. I would like to thank all my colleagues, friends and lab members over the years! @AberdeenCDC @AbdnLifeScience abdn.ac.uk/news/23324/
🥳Congratulations to Vertebrate Antibodies-@EpitogenX , Nimesh Mody , @mdelibeg & colleagues for their work developing AI-powered EpitoPredikt™ & Epitogen® recombinant technology for diagnosing autoimmune and infectious diseases eg. Lyme's Disease, Covid-19 and type-1 diabetes👏
Congratulations to our team who partner Vertebrate Antibodies-EpitogenX Ltd for winning the Powerful Partnership Scottish Knowledge Exchange Award! 🏆 The award recognises their work developing AI-powered diagnostics using Epitogen tech to detect autoimmune & infectious diseases
50 #Elisa plates tribute to @TallShipsRaces ⛵️ smooth sailing towards the development 🙌🏻 of a #serology #diagnostic test for #T1D #Diabetes 💙🙌🏻 ♥️ @aberdeenuni 🧡 @AberdeenCDC 💛 @mdelibeg 💜 @EpitogenX 💚 @ktpnorthscot
Day 2 of iNUTRI kicking off with @mdelibeg talking about dietary interventions
#labaesthetics 🥼 #serology 🩸 #diagnostics 🔬 #Epitogenius 👩🏻🔬 caught in action 🎬 #biotechnology 🧬 #research #innovation 💡 #happy_place 🧪🧫 #theGreekGeek @PostdocVoice 🫶🏻
Opportunities for exciting PhD research project @AbdnLifeScience . 1) MASLD - supervisors, Nimesh Mody joint-lab with @mdelibeg and @RochfordJJ. The JAMT charity will fund the project that attracts the most promising applicant. Apps due Wed 4 Jun 2025. findaphd.com/phds/project/j…
Happy birthday 🎂 @RodanthiZin - our ELISA queen 👸 @AbdnLifeScience @AberdeenCDC
🧐 I AM RECRUITING a postdoc, please share widely abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies…
Come to us, @aberdeenuni , @AbdnLifeScience to study Pharmacology and Neuroscience of GLP-1 from undergraduate, postgraduate through to postdoctoral research on active projects 👍
In the same week that Pfizer decided to discontinue the development of danuglipron, an oral, small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist aimed at chronic weight management ➡️ Lilly report a successful Phase 3 trial with Orforglipron, lowering A1C and body weight😃
🚨BREAKING: Lilly’s oral GLP-1, orforglipron, hits its primary endpoint in the Phase 3 ACHIEVE-1 trial for type 2 diabetes. 🔸A1C↓ by 1.3–1.6% 🔸Weight loss: up to 16 lbs (7.9%) 🔸65%+ hit A1C ≤6.5% Once-daily, oral small molecule GLP-1—no food/water restrictions Safety…
Cell Metabolism 20th anniversary🥳publishing a broad range of impactful metabolic research. Enjoy the Voices series, highlighting journeys in metabolism research. Well done to @JohnSpeakman4 and @LoraHeisler for major contributions over the years.
The April issue has arrived! On the cover: Van der Stede et al. uncover a pivotal role for mononuclear cells in skeletal muscle in relation to exercise training adaptations. The cover image illustrates a degranulating mast cell, thereby releasing histamine that can bind to…
Also @lab_murray, @ProfAJohnstone, @mdelibeg & @RochfordJJ, @AberdeenCDC . Check Pubmed ➡️ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%28%22Ce…
Thank you for the kind invitation @NurulHoqueAli1 - it was a beautiful and reflective evening! Wishing you a peaceful Eid with friends and family. @aberdeenuni @AberdeenCC
An amazing Council Iftar today Thank you to the so many great people who attended
Eid Mubarak my family and friends 🎉🎉🎉🥘🎂🍹
BREAKING NEWS | The crescent moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia. #EidAlFitr will be celebrated on Sunday, 30th March 2025. May Allāh accept our siyām, qiyām & a'māl & may He allow us to witness many more Ramadāns in good health. Āmīn.
🎉 Join me in celebrating my @aberdeenuni colleague @IGFTowardAccess on her recent election to the @RoyalSocEd ! 🌟 Congratulations to all the newly elected fellows! 🎉 Aberdeen law professor elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh abdn.ac.uk/news/24227/ via @aberdeenuni
Delighted that our team won 🏆 the "Powerful Partnership Award" at the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025 #SKEAwards last night in Edinburgh. Thanks to the organisers- @InterfaceOnline! Congratulations to all the finalists 👏@aberdeenuni @AberdeenCDC @AbdnLifeScience
🏆💪Powerful Partnerships: WINNER! Our final award of the evening goes to Vertebrate Antibodies-EpitogenX Ltd and the @aberdeenuni We're grateful for Alison Gray, Director of @skillfluence, category sponsor for presenting this award!
This is a fantastic read. Our daily 24-h biological rhythms effect so many processes, these are variables to consider when designing good, reproducible pre-clinical studies in rodents to be translatable in people. Much work to do, the time is now🧐 nature.com/articles/s4225…
Great work by our colleagues @AberdeenCDC @AbdnLifeScience
Congratulations to Dr. Nimesh Mody, @ShehrozM_ & colleagues. Their paper on shRNA knockdown of #Hsd17b13 in diet-obese mice➡️markedly improved #MASLD is finally out. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
What an inspiring evening with @mdelibeg at @RoyalSocEd Hearing her story reminded me how powerful and resilient women in science are. Huge thanks to the @TheBHF for bringing us all together for such a great night!
For those who’s not yet seen it (and are in the UK), ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?,’ one of the most powerful and moving films about what happened in Srebrenica, is currently on the BBC iPlayer and will be there - and free to watch - for another month.