July 2017
Lipid metabolism: new methods and translational aspects
This course for PhD students from Cambridge and from Danish Universities offered a series of in-depth talks and networking opportunities. Attendees also participated in a 'challenge' activity, working together under time pressure to suggest approaches to tricky research questions.
Find out more »November 2017
Cardiometabolic Early Career Researchers’ Event: Encouraging Collaboration and Connectivity
A joint meeting supported by the Cambridge Cardiovascular Strategic Research Initiative and the Cambridge Metabolic Network. This free event aimed to support integrative cardiometabolic science through sessions which showcased collaboration across research themes: • Developmental programming in cardiometabolic disease • Inflammation and platelet function in cardiometabolic disease • Mechanisms of obesity and its cardiometabolic effects • Translational science from bench to bedside. In addition to keynote speakers, Early Career Researchers were invited to present short talks and posters. The day…
Find out more »Cambridge metabolomics and proteomics network meeting
This one day event aimed to connect researchers from a number of disciplines, working in or around Cambridge, and who have an interest in studying metabolomics and/or proteomics. The programme included presentations on metabolomics in the morning and on proteomics in the afternoon, with a chance for participants to make connections over lunch. This event was supported by the Cambridge Metabolic Network, the Metabolomics Interest Group (MIG) and the Cambridge Clinical School Proteomics Group. Programme Post event note from the…
Find out more »March 2018
Cambridge Science Festival 2018
The theme for the 2018 Cambridge Science Festival will be ‘making sense of the world’. We'd like to have a network presence at the festival so anyone not joining in via a home institution but who'd like to get involved is welcome to get in touch with Jane and join us. Last year, network members Fiona Gribble and Paul Fletcher did a great talk on 'how the gut influences the brain's view of the world' (see also the excellent audience…
Find out more »July 2018
Summer BBQ for Early Career Researchers
LAST FEW PLACES! Researchers at the earlier stages of their career who have an interest in metabolism/ metabolic science are invited to join members of the Cambridge Metabolic Network for a summer barbeque aboard the Riverboat Georgina. The 2 hour round-trip will be a great chance to get to know other Cambridge-based researchers in a relaxed setting and to make connections that could prove fruitful for your career. Research staff and students from any organisation in or around Cambridge and…
Find out more »January 2019
Diet and genes: can we pass on our sins?
A huge thanks to our panelists and audience who made this event a great success! " It was a delightful evening in which I learnt a lot" "An enjoyable interactive interesting evening, in a lovely setting with nice food. Can't get better than that!" "... great to have the opportunity to talk to the speakers afterwards" They say that you are what you eat, that you’re a product of your genes, a product of your environment. They say that a…
Find out more »Advances at the interface between metabolism and epigenetics
An enormous thank you to all the contributors and participants who made this event such a success! This meeting focused on how metabolism can directly affect epigenetic regulation, and vice versa. It brought together leading experts and newcomers to the field, to provide an important forum for fostering new ideas and collaborations. 98% respondents said they made a new connection at EpiMet19 that they expect will benefit their work in the future. "It was the perfect atmosphere to learn and…
Find out more »March 2020
Escape Room at the Cambridge Science Festival – CANCELLED
This year as part of the Cambridge Science Festival in March we were offering places in an escape room, which was developed by first year students at the Institute of Metabolic Science. Unfortunately because of precautions related to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, the University has taken the difficult decision to cancel the ‘hands-on’ events and so our escape room will not run. Particular concerns are around large numbers attending these events, contact time for researchers and members of public, lack…
Find out more »June 2020
Voice of Young Science: Quality and Peer Review
FREE two-part workshop 19 and 26 June 2020 2-4pm This online workshop is free for STEM and social sciences early career researchers (PhD, post-doc or equivalent in first job). In Part I (on 1 June), led by Sense about Science, there will be opportunities to put your questions to experienced reviewers, journal editors and publishers. In Part II (on 26 June), led by a team of editors at Nature Communications, we’re bringing VoYS members an exclusive opportunity to be mentored…
Find out more »September 2020
Metabolic Aspects of the Brain Muscle Axis
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. Our speakers prepared short webcasts to be viewed in advance (see below) but joined the event live to present a summary of their topic and took questions. We also…
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