Due to the Covid-19 situation, this programme was converted into an online event instead of a face-to-face meeting at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The event was attended by 37 Post-docs and PhD students, not only from Cambridge and Denmark, but as far afield as the USA, India , Egypt, Portugal and Brazil. Course highlights: Our speakers […]
Professor Kevin Brindle elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Prof Kevin Brindle, Senior Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK Cancer Institute, and a member of the Cambridge Metabolic Network Steering Committee, has joined 50 exceptional scientists from around the world, including nine from Cambridge, to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Fellows are selected for their outstanding contributions to scientific […]
Metabolic Aspects of the Brain Muscle Axis – NOW ONLINE
Unfortunately because of precautions related to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, in conjunction with our co-organisers, the Danish Diabetes Academy, we took the difficult decision to postpone the meeting planned for March 23rd-24th at Trinity Hall. We have rescheduled the event for 3-4th September as an online event via Zoom. There are still a few places […]
New collaboration with the Danish Diabetes Academy
Following successful collaborative events in 2015 and 2017 we have once again teamed up with the DDA to offer an excellent learning experience for Early Career Researchers interested in Metabolic Science. The Cambridge-based event aims to foster collaboration between UK and Danish researchers and to give ECRs a chance to network with senior colleagues in […]
Escape room: research breakthrough!
Why not join us to help present this fun and engaging activity to visitors to the 2020 Cambridge Science Festival? The activity is being developed by first year students from the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories and is based around developing a weight loss drug targeting the MC4R pathway. We’ll be at the […]
The Science of Fat
A video recording of a public talk given by Prof Sir Stephen O’Rahilly is available online. Prof O’Rahilly spoke at Peterhouse Theatre on 20th March as part of the 2018 Cambridge Science Festival. He asks why people have different susceptibilities to obesity and why being fat can, but doesn’t always, lead to metabolic disease.
Inside out: how the gut influences the brain’s view of the world
It’s tempting to see the brain and gut as fulfilling different roles, one concerned with higher matters while the other does the dirty work: processing, absorbing and digesting the nutrients that we take in. We challenge this view and show that close interactions between the brain and the gut shape our eating behaviours. A popular […]
Clean Eating – The Dirty Truth
This investigative piece, part of the BBC Horizon series, airs on Thursday January 19th at 9pm on BBC2. Dr Giles Yeo investigates the latest diet craze and social media sensation – clean eating. Giles cooks with Ella Mills, the Instagram entrepreneur behind Deliciously Ella, one of the most popular brands associated with clean eating, and […]
Apply by Monday 19th Dec – FREE places for 2 postdocs at the Danish Diabetes Academy Winter School in Spain
The Cambridge Metabolic Network invites members to apply for one of two free places on the DDA Winter School 2017. Researchers working at post-doctoral level and third year doctoral candidates are eligible to apply. Accommodation and all meals for the selected participants will be covered by the DDA and travel costs will be covered by […]
Genetic approach could help identify side-effects at early stages of drug development
An approach that could reduce the chances of drugs failing during the later stages of clinical trials has been demonstrated by a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The technique involves identifying genetic variants that mimic the action of a drug on its intended target and then checking in large […]
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