September 2021
Technology and biomedicine: a Cambridge showcase
Technology and biomedicine: a Cambridge showcase A half-day collaborative online symposium and networking event Date: Monday 27 September 2021 (09.00-14.00 BST) Venue: Online via Zoom Co-chairs: Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science and Professor Roisin Owens, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge This was a collaborative event between the University’s Metabolic Network and Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, to showcase how innovative new approaches and technologies from mathematical, computing, engineering, physical and chemical sciences are…
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Career Paths in Cardiovascular & Metabolism – making the connections
Friday 11 March 2022, St Catherine’s College, Cambridge This collaborative event was specifically tailored for Metabolic and Cardiovascular early career researchers (ECRs) and the programme content informed by the results of a survey highlighting the career pathways they would be most interested in learning about. The event was attended by over 40 ECRs (including post-docs and graduate students) who wanted to find out how to maximise the impact of their work within industry and those possibly considering a change of…
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Croonian Prize Lecture 2022 – Nutrient sensing by the brain in health and disease
Croonian Prize Lecture 2022 - Nutrient sensing by the brain in health and disease 14 April 2022, 6.30pm – 7.30pm In-person and online event This year's Croonian Prize Lecture 2022, Nutrient sensing by the brain in health and disease, is given by Sir Stephen O'Rahilly FMedSci FRS and Professor Sadaf Farooqi FMedSci FRS from the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge. Globally, over 1 billion people are overweight or obese. Obesity and its complications are associated with…
Find out more »Professor Annette Schürmann, Department of Experimental Diabetology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam Rehbruecke, Germany
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES EASTER 2022 Venue: Virtual Seminar - via Zoom Speaker: Professor Annette Schürmann, Department of Experimental Diabetology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam Rehbruecke, Germany Title: "Genetic and epigenetic alterations contributing to obesity, NAFLD and type 2 diabetes" Host: Dr Daniel Fazakerley Time: 13.15 Contact Angela Lumsdon for Zoom details
Find out more »Diabetes in pregnancy – the scale of the issue in Uganda
Cambridge in Africa Webinar Programme - Diabetes in Pregnancy Diabetes in pregnancy – the scale of the issue in Uganda Thursday 28th April – Prof Moffat Nyirenda, MRC Uganda 13.00 (UK) and 16.00 (Uganda) Please contact clm70@cam.ac.uk in advance for a Zoom link, to be added to the mailing list, or to suggest future topics and speakers. This webinar programme is a new venture between researchers in Uganda and Cambridge This webinar programme aims to: Encourage…
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Professor David James, The Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia – “Tracking Insulin Action – have we lost the scent?”
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES EASTER 2022 Venue: Virtual Seminar - via Zoom Speaker: Professor David James, The Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia Title: "Tracking Insulin Action – have we lost the scent?" Host: Daniel Fazakerley Time: 11.00 Contact Angela Lumsdon for Zoom details
Find out more »Professor John Rawls, Departments of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology & Medicine, Microbiome Center, Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina, USA – “Integrative physiology of host-microbe interactions in the vertebrate intestine”
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES EASTER 2022 Venue: Virtual Seminar - via Zoom Speaker: Professor John Rawls, Departments of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology & Medicine, Microbiome Center, Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina, USA Title: "Integrative physiology of host-microbe interactions in the vertebrate intestine" Host: Frank Reimann and Fiona Gribble Time: 13.15 Contact Angela Lumsdon for Zoom details
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Dr Caroline Gorvin, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham – Deciphering complexities in GPCR signalling in endocrine & metabolic disease
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES EASTER 2022 Venue: Virtual Seminar - via Zoom Speaker: Dr Caroline Gorvin, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham Title: "Deciphering complexities in GPCR signalling in endocrine & metabolic disease" Host: Giles Yeo Time: 13.15 Contact Angela Lumsdon for Zoom details
Find out more »Dr Katsu Funai, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah. “Mitochondrial membrane lipids and respiratory efficiency”
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES EASTER 2022 Venue: Virtual Seminar - via Zoom Speaker: Dr Katsu Funai, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah Title: "Mitochondrial membrane lipids and respiratory efficiency" Host: Sam Virtue Time: 15.15 Contact Angela Lumsdon for Zoom details
Find out more »The use of mass spectrometry to assess maternal nutrition
Cambridge in Africa Webinar Programme - Diabetes in Pregnancy The use of mass spectrometry to assess maternal nutrition Thursday 30th June Dr Albert Koulman & Dr Samuel Furse, University of Cambridge 13.00 (UK) and 16.00 (Uganda) Please contact clm70@cam.ac.uk in advance for a Zoom link, to be added to the mailing list, or to suggest future topics and speakers. This webinar programme is a new venture between researchers in Uganda and Cambridge This webinar programme aims…
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