Chris Faulkes

@moleratsarego

Evolutionary Ecologist at Queen Mary University of London, working on social evolution in mammals, especially mole-rats

London, England webspace.qmul.ac.uk/cgfaulkes/ Joined February 2017

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Chris Faulkes @moleratsarego Oct 24, 2022

@SJforKids have done a great outreach version of our Jan @NatureAging paper for schools! Life drawing of NMR by Hazel Faulkes aged 8! @QM_SBBS
Scientists conducted a DNA analysis of naked mole-rats to determine why they age differently than other mammals. sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/what-…

Chris Faulkes @moleratsarego Jul 5, 2024

Great day!

Dunja Aksentijevic Ricciarelli @dunjaaks Jul 5, 2024

Huge thank you @LChan_3 @DrSianH for organizing fantastic @QMULBartsTheLon Life Long Health cross-theme symposium! Chris and I were delighted to discuss our #nakedmolerat 🫀#metabolism @NatureComms study. @moleratsarego @QMUL @QM_SBBS @BartsMetabolism

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Chris Faulkes @moleratsarego Jun 2, 2024

Oooh! We @dunjaaks et al got included in a Spotlight article in Trends in Molecular Medicine - very chuffed indeed! Our thanks to Claudie Gabillard-Lefort, Jeanne Mialet-Perez, Guy Lenaers, and Olivier R. Baris. @QM_SBBS @QMULSciEng @QMULWHRI @QMULBartsTheLon

Trends in Molecular Medicine @TrendsMolecMed May 30, 2024

ONLINE NOW: Naked mole-rats: at the heart of it dlvr.it/T7blxh

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Chris Faulkes @moleratsarego Mar 28, 2024

One big message is that yet again, NMRs (red) are so different from everyone else, close (other mole-rats) and distant (H. golden mole, mouse). Figure 4B below -LD analysis of the cardiac metabolite data- illustrates this
nature.com/articles/s4146…

QMUL Sci & Eng News @QMULSciEng Mar 28, 2024

Dr @moleratsarego, lead author, explains: "Their unique social & low-oxygen environment likely drove these adaptations, contributing to their exceptional lifespan."
qmul.ac.uk/media/news/202…
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Chris Faulkes @moleratsarego Mar 27, 2024

Link to the paper (open access)
nature.com/articles/s4146…

www.nature.com Naked mole-rats have distinctive cardiometabolic and genetic adaptations to their underground... Nature Communications - The naked mole-rat exhibits extreme longevity, resistance to hypoxia and absence of cardiovascular disease. Here, Faulkes et al. identify mechanisms behind these traits by...

Chris Faulkes @moleratsarego Mar 27, 2024

Hurrah - at last, naked mole-rats strike again! @QM_SBBS @SBBSGenomics @QMULSciEng @QMULBartsTheLon
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