Principal investigators in theme:
| Name: Dr Catherine Aiken Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: cema2@cam.ac.uk Topic: metabolism in pregnancy reproductive aging developmental programming Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-catherine-aiken/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joy Archer Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ja331@cam.ac.uk Topic: Veterinary Clinical Pathology Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ja331@cam.ac.uk Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Kathryn Beardsall Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: kb274@cam.ac.uk Topic: Perinatal metabolism: impact on short term care and long term health Website: http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-sta... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Clemence Blouet Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: csb69@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Characterizing how nutrients are detected by the brain to maintain energy homeostasis Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/clemence-... Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Soren Brage Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: soren.brage@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Physical activity epidemiology Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/physical-activity Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jackie Brearley Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jcb78@cam.ac.uk Topic: Anaesthesia Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jcb78@cam.ac.uk Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Malcolm Burrows Department: Department of Zoology Email: mb135@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neural processing in local circuits that control natural limb movements Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/malcolm-burrows Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Krishna Chatterjee Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: tdw30 at medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular endocrinology; nuclear receptors and human disease Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/krishna-c... Themes: Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Anthony Coll Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: apc36@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular control of appetite and obesity Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AI/Coll/ Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bill Colledge Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: whc23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian reproductive physiology using transgenic mice Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/colledge/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Miguel Constancia Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/Constancia.php Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fernando Constantino-Casas Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: fc307@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathology Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Timothy Cox Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Metabolic Medicine) Email: tmc12@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular pathophysiology of iron transport disorders molecular cell pathology lysosomal storage diseases gene therapy in neuronal disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/divisions-and-research-groups/metabolic-medicine/ Themes: Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Crawford Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ac151@cam.ac.uk Topic: Sensory transduction in the inner ear Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-crawford Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Mark Evans Department: Wellcome Trust/ MRC Institute of Metabolic Science and Department of Medicine Email: mle24@cam.ac.uk Topic: Brain glucose and nutrient sensing, hypoglycaemia Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/mark-evans/ Themes: Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sadaf Farooqi Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms in human obesity Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Farooqi Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Walter Federle Department: Department of Zoology Email: wf222@cam.ac.uk Topic: Biomechanics of animal adhesion insect-plant interactions Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/walter-federle Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alison Forhead Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/forhead/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Nita Forouhi Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: nita.forouhi@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Nutritional Epidemiology in relation to diabetes and obesity Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/nutrition Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Abigail Fowden Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: alf1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Fetal and placental physiology Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/abigail-fowden Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr James Fraser Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jaf21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Combining computer modelling and experimental work to investigate the relationship between membrane potential cell volume and intracellular ion concentrations in normal and arrhythmic hearts Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/fraser/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Gibson Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jsg1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ion and water homeostasis in red cells and chondrocytes Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jsg1001@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dino Giussani Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Hypoxia and developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/giussani Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Fiona Gribble Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Signalling in the gut-brain-pancreatic axis Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/fiona-gri... Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Gurnell Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: mg299@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Acquired and genetic disorders of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function; functional imaging in endocrine neoplasia; acromegaly Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AI/Gurnell/index.php Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Frances Henson Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: fmdh1@cam.ac.uk Topic: Intrinsic repair of articular cartilage Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/fmdh1@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Judy Hirst Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: judy.hirst@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: The structure and mechanism, function and medically-relevant dysfunction, of mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hirst-group Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nicola Holdstock Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: nbh10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neonatal medicine and physiology Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/nbh10@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Roman Hovorka Department: Department of Paediatrics (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: rh347@cam.ac.uk Topic: Relationship between insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion. Longitudinal analysis of metabolic disturbances in Type 2 diabetes. Artificial pancreas Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/Staff/PI/Hovroka/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Huang Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: clh11@cam.ac.uk Topic: Calcium and cellular activation processes in skeletal and cardiac muscle including mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmogenesis Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/huang/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Randall Johnson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/rjohnson/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Fiona Karet Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: fek1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Renal tubular homeostasis in health and disease Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-fiona-karet Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Arthur Kaser Department: Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell. Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/arthur-kaser/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Albert Koulman Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: ak675@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of mass spectrometry for metabolomics and lipidomics Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/albert-ko... Themes: Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edmund Kunji Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: ek@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/kunji-group Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jane Ladlow Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jfl1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Small animal surgery Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jfl1001@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Claudia Langenberg Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: claudia.langenberg@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Epidemiology of diabetes and cardiovascular complications Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/aetiology-of-diabetes Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr L. Miguel Martins Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: lm795@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondria and cell death regulation following toxic injury Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/l-m-martins-programme Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Matthew Mason Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: mjm68@cam.ac.uk Topic: Function of the middle ear in vertebrates Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/matthew-mason Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Simon Mendez-Ferrer Department: Department of Haematology, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: sm2116@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cell niche regulation Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/mendez-ferrer Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Florian Merkle Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fm436@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular basis of neurological disease using human stem cell-derived and animal model systems Website: http://www.merklelab.org/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sara Morais de Silva Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: slm88@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cross-talk between cell cycle proteins and metabolic pathways. Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/sara-morais-de-silva Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Michael Murphy Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/mike-murphy Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Murray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-murray Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ken Ong Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit / Department of Paediatrics Email: ken.ong@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Childhood obesity, growth and development, and relationships to adult metabolic disease Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/ken-ong/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen O'Rahilly Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Laura Owen Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: lo247@cam.ac.uk Topic: Urinary incontinence and urinary tract cancers; Wound management and reconstruction Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Themes: Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Susan Ozanne Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Early life programming of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/susan-oza... Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nazima Pathan Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: np409@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathophysiology of multi-organ failure in critical illness Website: http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-sta... Themes: Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gareth Pearce Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: gpp28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Animal health and welfare involving wildlife fish and farm animals Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/gpp28@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ken Poole Department: Department of Medicine Email: kp254@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Rare Bone Diseases; Imaging and Microstructural Analysis Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/poole/ Themes: Medical Imaging, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Heidi Radke Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: hr264@cam.ac.uk Topic: Orthopaedics in cats and dogs Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/hr264@cam.ac.uk Themes: Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eleanor Raffan Department: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: er311@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetics of metabolic disease, animal genetics Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/eleanor-raffan Themes: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Frank Reimann Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fr222@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AffiliatePI/Reiman.php Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Rodgers Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre) Email: ctr28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ultra-high field (7T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Website: https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?ctr28 Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Ron Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: dr360@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Protein folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-david-ron-md-fmedsci-frs Themes: Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Rowitch Department: Professor of Paediatrics; Stem Cell Institute Email: dhr25@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: CNS Development and Disease Website: http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-sta... Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Milka Sarris Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immune cells and how they search tissues and find their way to sites of infection or tissue damage. Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/milka-sarris Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Savage Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of insulin resistance Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Savage/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nadia Schoenmakers Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: naaa2@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic basis of congenital hypothyroidism Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/nadia-sch... Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/amanda-sferruzzi-perri Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Gordon C S Smith Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: gcss2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Use of statistical modeling to predict and understand causes of adverse pregnancy outcome biomarker discovery screening test placental function Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-gordon-smith/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Teresa Tiffert Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jtt1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Homeostasis of human erythrocytes in health and disease; calcium regulation in malaria-infected erythrocyte Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/tiffert/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ludovic Vallier Department: Department of Surgery (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: lv225@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cell, Liver biology and liver diseases Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/vallier Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jelle van den Ameele Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: jv361@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neural stem cell metabolism, mitochondrial disease, chromatin regulation during brain development Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/van-den-ameele-group Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: ajv22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms of energy balance Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/VidalPuig/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Wareham Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: nick.wareham@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Aetiology and Mechanisms of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders of Later Life Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/aetiology-of-diabe... Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Erica Watson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic mechanism of folate metabolism during development Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/watson-erica Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Penny Watson Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: pjw36@cam.ac.uk Topic: Liver and pancreas diseases in small animals Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/pjw36@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alex Whitworth Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: alex.whitworth@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Role of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/whitworth-group Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Williams Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: tlw27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Biology of extracellular vesicles and biomarkers of renal disease Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/tlw27 Themes: Infection and Immunity, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
