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Babis is a Reader in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology and Director of Industrial Innovation at Queen Mary University of London, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences. His research focuses on gene and protein networks implicated in cellular fitness and metabolism with a focus on nutrient-responsive signalling pathways.

Ira is an associate professor and laboratory head at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. She has a broad range of interests in geroscience, human physiology and cell biology. Her research focuses on ‘normal’ human brain ageing as well as the processes that fail in the brain during neurodegeneration. Since 2021, Ira also