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 […]
An interdisciplinary approach to tackling childhood obesity
This two-day event held in early September 2021 was jointly developed through our on-going collaboration with the Danish Diabetes Academy and offered an opportunity to learn from and discuss aspects of childhood obesity with researchers based in Danish and Cambridge institutions. The course aimed to expand participants’ knowledge on obesity research including physiology, epidemiology and […]
Childhood Obesity: an interdisciplinary approach to prevention and treatment
The Childhood Obesity: An inter-disciplinary approach to prevention and treatment course aims to expand participants’ knowledge on obesity research including physiology, epidemiology and social sciences as well as promote collaboration between experienced and early-stage researchers from Denmark and Cambridge.
Online symposium a great success
The deep history of obesity and metabolic disease: The past informs the present, and the present informs the past, 26 May 2021 This event was extremely successful given that we were restricted to an online format. It was attended by 194 participants from around the globe representative of wide-ranging interest and disciplines. In addition to […]
The deep history of obesity and metabolic disease: The past informs the present, and the present informs the past.
An online symposium and networking event drawing together perspectives on obesity and metabolism from deep history to the present day.
Metabolic Aspects of the Brain Muscle Axis – 3-4 September 2020
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 […]
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 […]
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” […]