Digestive Physiology and Nutrition Lab @TheFlorey @UniMelbMDHS. Head: Prof John Furness. Views own. #gut #physiology #enteric #neuroscience #ens #gutbrainaxis

Melbourne, Victoria
Joined July 2020
🆕🔥Characterization of idiopathic chronic #diarrhea & associated intestinal #inflammation & preliminary observations of effects of #VagalNerveStimulation in #NonHumanPrimate @TheFurnessLab👏 ⚡️#VNS⬇️#diarrhea & bowel #Inflammation‼️ 👉onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @ANMSociety @esnm_eu
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What an honour to receive the Mendelsohn Student Lecture Award (Fundamental) 2023 and present my PhD research at the awards ceremony. Congratulations to @VYogendrakumar for winning the Clinical Award 👏 🏅 @TheFurnessLab @UniMelbMDHS @TheFlorey
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Excited! Our work #dopamine & #ghrelin #GPCR signalling pathway interaction on BioRxiv: molecular basis for voluntary defecation co-regulation tinyurl.com/yj59d2ty & tinyurl.com/bddxp87t @TheFurnessLab collab led by @DehkhodaFarhad, @MitchellRinguet biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Great translational perspective highlighting the potential significance of #ghrelin and #dopamine GPCR interactions in spinal defecation centres and broader autonomic functions @TheFurnessLab @SebFurness physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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The Florey's Professor John Furness from @TheFurnessLab has teamed up with @BionicsInst and @Austin_Health for a world first. A bionic device has been implanted in a patient with Crohn's disease to stimulate a nerve to prevent inflammation. Read more: florey.edu.au/news/2023/12/f…
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John Furness @TheFurnessLab and Kim Barrett perfectly summarize #NIPGIT2023 in a single slide. We still have much more to work out regarding the neuroimmunophysiology interactome. Can’t wait for the next meeting!
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#GastroparesisAwarenessMonth🔥 @NGMJournal ▶️#Functional & #Anatomical #GastricRegions & their relations to #Motility control ✅Simple naming of regions should be used when #GastricMotility is being considered @TheFurnessLab @ANMSociety @esnm_eu #GITwitter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Upon learning of a naming competition for rooms @TheEndoSociety that listed major glands but not the gut endocrine system, the largest endocrine organ in the body, an emergency meeting has been called by the enteroendocrine system to be chaired by the L cell to discuss next steps
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Are you interested in working in #gut and #enteric research? 🔬🧪🥽🧬⚡️🔧💩🧠👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧑‍🔬🥼🧫🩸💉We're hiring a research assistant to join our lab! Please spread the word! @APSSunimelb @SOBRNetwork @ANGMA_AU @UniMelbMDHS #MedEd Apply here 👇jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/9…
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We are enormously proud and honoured to continue his legacy through the impactful work of The Florey to this day. Professor Derek Denton AC has left a legacy of discovery and leadership that will always be remembered. Read our full tribute: florey.edu.au/about/news-med…
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It's an honour to be named @the_ASSCR Vice President. I can't wait to serve the Australasian stem cell community in this role & help promote the responsible, groundbreaking & impactful basic & translational #StemCell research Australasia is known for!! 🥹🤓 @ISSCR
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We would like to give a shoutout to Dr. Ada Koo, who came on board as financial guru for #LBBB2022 & #LBBB2020 & is doing an outstanding job 👏🏽 No doubt the #LBBB2024 committee is up to a great start! @adakoo126 🙌🏽🫶🏽 @alyce_martin @KristenSEdwards @kramadi @Alain_J_Benitez – at Great Shelford, England
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BREAKING NEWS: The 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”
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Reflecting on a great experience at my first in person conference @ISANcongress 😀 Excellent discussions with experts in the field sparking ideas💡What a way to kick off conference life with sunny Cairns being the🍒 on top! 🏖 #phdlife @TheFurnessLab @sparc_science @UniMelbMDHS
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What a fantastic last sessional at #LBBB2022 ✨ We give you the #LBBB2024 Organizing Committee: Alyce Martin, Kristen Smith-Edwards, Khalil Ramadi, Alain Benitez & Ada Koo! Huge congratulations to all!!! 🥳 @adakoo126 @Alain_J_Benitez @alyce_martin @KristenSEdwards @kramadi
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We had a wonderful #GutSerotonin session today! Sarah, Ada, Alyce, Lin & Lauren delivered impressive talks on the role of epithelial 5-HT in GI health @alyce_martin @LinYungHung1 @adakoo126 @ConfocalJones @SarahANajjar #LBBB2022 #ECgang #EECs #Enterochromaffincell
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On today’s #LBBB2022 Participant Highlights ✨ we’ve got Nathalie Vaes from @MaastrichtU & Ada Koo from @UniMelb they’ll share their work on colorectal cancer & motility @adakoo126 @TheFurnessLab @ANGMA_AU @esnm_eu @MUMC_GI
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Happy #NationalScienceWeek to all! 🧬🧪🧫💊 We are a @UniMelbMDHS @TheFlorey Lab in Melbourne investigating #digestive #physiology and #enteric #neuroscience, and how our #gut and #brain talk to each other. This week, we’ll be featuring cool projects and people from our lab! – at Melbourne, Victoria
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