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 David Bainbridge Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: db125@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immunology of the placenta Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/bainbridge/ 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 Ines Barroso Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: Ines.Barroso@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of metabolic disease Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/mechanisms-of-meta... Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| 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: cbs69@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@hermes.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: 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 mechanisms in the cochlea Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/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 David Dunger Department: Department of Paediatrics (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: dbd25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Early detection and prevention of diabetic complications and the effects of hormonal changes on glycaemic control and growth during puberty Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Dunger/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Evans Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: mle24@cam.ac.uk Topic: Glucose and nutrient sensing in the brain non-invasive glucose sensing hypoglycaemia and brain imaging Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Evans/ Themes: Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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 physiology and development Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/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: Dr Andrew Grace Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: aag1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Functional effects of genetic mutations associated with cardiac arrhythmias in genetically modified mice and clinical studies Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/grace.html Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Fiona Gribble Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research Affiliate) Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/fiona-gri... Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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 Berthold Hedwig Department: Department of Zoology Email: bh202@cam.ac.uk Topic: Auditory processing and signal generation in insects. Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/berthold-hedwig Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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 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: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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 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 Michael Mason Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: mjm39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ion Channels in Leukaemia Calcium Signalling in Non-Excitable Cells Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/mason_mi Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Patrick Maxwell Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: phm29@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Oxygen sensing and renal diseases Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Florian Merkle Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fm436@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Use of stem cell-derived hypothalamic neurones to study genetic and environmental factors contributing to obesity Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/florian-t... 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: Dr Andrew Murray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondrial metabolism in cardiac and skeletal muscle Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/murray/ 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 Stephen O'Rahilly Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular basis of severe obesity in man Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| 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 programming of diabetes obesity and longevity Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Ozanne/ Themes: 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 Evangelia Petsalaki Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: petsalaki@ebi.ac.uk Topic: cell signaling networks models data integration Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/petsalaki Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ann Prentice Department: MRC Human Nutrition Research Email: ann.prentice@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk Topic: Nutrition and bone health Website: http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/people/ann-prentice/ Themes: 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 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 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: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... 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 Paul Schofield Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: pns12@hermes.cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic effects of low dose radiation mouse pathology database Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/schofield/ Themes: Cancer, 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: Dr Hayley Sharpe Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: hjs49@cam.ac.uk Topic: Receptor tyrosine phosphatase signalling in physiology and disease Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-in... Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells, 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 Ludovic Vallier Department: Department of Surgery (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: lv225@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/lvallier Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, 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: Genetic models of neurodegenerative disease Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/alex-whitworth Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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 urinary exosomes and biomarkers of renal disease Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ian Winter Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: imw1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Sensory systems central processing of auditory signals Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/winter/ Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
