Principal investigators in theme:
Name: Dr Catherine Aiken
Dept: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Email: cema2@cam.ac.uk
Topic: metabolism in pregnancy, reproductive aging, developmental programming
WWW: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-catherine-aiken/
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Joy Archer
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: ja331@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Veterinary Clinical Pathology
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ja331@cam.ac.uk
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr David Bainbridge
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: db125@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Immunology of the placenta
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/bainbridge/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Kathryn Beardsall
Dept: Department of Paediatrics
Email: kb274@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Perinatal metabolism: impact on short term care and long term health
WWW: http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-staff/dr-kathryn-beardsall/
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Soren Brage
Dept: MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email: soren.brage@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Physical activity epidemiology
WWW: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/physical-activity
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Jackie Brearley
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: jcb78@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Anaesthesia
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jcb78@cam.ac.uk
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Professor Malcolm Burrows
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: mb135@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Neural processing in local circuits that control natural limb movements
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/malcolm-burrows
Themes: neuroscience, psychology and mental health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome
Name: Dr Anthony Coll
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: apc36@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Molecular control of appetite and obesity
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AI/Coll/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Bill Colledge
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: whc23@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Mammalian reproductive physiology using transgenic mice
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/colledge/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Miguel Constancia
Dept: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/Constancia.php
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Fernando Constantino-Casas
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: fc307@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Pathology
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/
Themes: infection and immunity, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Timothy Cox
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/divisions-and-research-groups/metabolic-medicine/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome
Name: Professor Andrew Crawford
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: ac151@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Sensory transduction mechanisms in the cochlea
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/crawford/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health, structural and molecular cell biology
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Professor David Dunger
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Dunger/
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Mark Evans
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Evans/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology; neuroscience, psychology and mental health, medical imaging
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Tai-Ping Fan
Dept: Department of Pharmacology
Email: tpf1000@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Pharmacology of angiogenesis and natural products
WWW: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/tpf1000@cam.ac.uk
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Professor Sadaf Farooqi
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Molecular mechanisms in human obesity
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Farooqi
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Walter Federle
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: wf222@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Biomechanics of animal adhesion, insect-plant interactions
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/walter-federle
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, evolutionary biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Alison Forhead
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/forhead/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Nita Forouhi
Dept: MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email: nita.forouhi@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Nutritional Epidemiology in relation to diabetes and obesity
WWW: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/nutrition
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Abigail Fowden
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: alf1000@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Fetal physiology and development
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/fowden
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr James Fraser
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/fraser/
Themes: cardiovascular science and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor John Gibson
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: jsg1001@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Ion and water homeostasis in red cells and chondrocytes
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jsg1001@cam.ac.uk/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Dino Giussani
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Hypoxia and developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/giussani
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Andrew Grace
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/grace.html
Themes: cardiovascular science and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Fiona Gribble
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research Affiliate)
Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells
WWW: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/fiona-gribble/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Berthold Hedwig
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: bh202@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Auditory processing and signal generation in insects.
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/berthold-hedwig
Themes: functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, neuroscience, psychology and mental health, metabolic disease, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Frances Henson
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: fmdh1@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Intrinsic repair of articular cartilage
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/fmdh1@cam.ac.uk/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Nicola Holdstock
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: nbh10@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Neonatal medicine and physiology
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/nbh10@cam.ac.uk/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine
Students: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Professor Roman Hovorka
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/Staff/PI/Hovroka/
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Chris Huang
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/huang/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Randall Johnson
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/rjohnson/
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, cancer
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Fiona Karet
Dept: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Email: fek1000@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Renal tubular homeostasis in health and disease
WWW: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-investigators-i-p/karet
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Albert Koulman
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: ak675@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Development of mass spectrometry for metabolomics and lipidomics
WWW: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/albert-koulman/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Claudia Langenberg
Dept: MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email: claudia.langenberg@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Epidemiology of diabetes and cardiovascular complications
WWW: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/aetiology-of-diabetes
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Virgilio Lew
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: vll1@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Cellular homeostasis and cell volume regulation in health and disease; mathematical models of cell homeostasis
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/lew/
Themes: structural and molecular cell biology, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr L. Miguel Martins
Dept: MRC Toxicology Unit
Email: lm795@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Mitochondria and cell death regulation following toxic injury
WWW: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/l-m-martins-programme
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, infection and immunity, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Matthew Mason
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: mjm68@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Function of the middle ear in vertebrates
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/matthew-mason
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, evolutionary biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Patrick Maxwell
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Email: phm29@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Oxygen sensing and renal diseases
WWW: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-investigators-i-p/maxwell
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Florian Merkle
Dept: 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
WWW: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/florian-t-merkle/
Themes: functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Sara Morais de Silva
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: slm88@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Cross-talk between cell cycle proteins and metabolic pathways.
WWW: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/sara-morais-de-silva
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Michael Murphy
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/mike-murphy
Themes: structural and molecular cell biology, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Andrew Murray
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Mitochondrial metabolism in cardiac and skeletal muscle
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/murray/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, cardiovascular science and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Stephen O'Rahilly
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Molecular basis of severe obesity in man
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/
Themes: structural and molecular cell biology, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Laura Owen
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: lo247@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Urinary incontinence and urinary tract cancers; Wound management and reconstruction
WWW: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-investigators/systems-pathology/laura-owen
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Professor Susan Ozanne
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Early programming of diabetes, obesity and longevity
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Ozanne/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Gareth Pearce
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: gpp28@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Animal health and welfare involving wildlife, fish and farm animals
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/gpp28@cam.ac.uk/
Themes: ecology and conservation, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Evangelia Petsalaki
Dept: European Bioinformatics Institute
Email: petsalaki@ebi.ac.uk
Topic: cell signaling, networks, models, data integration
WWW: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/petsalaki
Themes: cancer, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Ann Prentice
Dept: MRC Human Nutrition Research
Email: ann.prentice@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Nutrition and bone health
WWW: http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/people/ann-prentice/
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Dr Heidi Radke
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: hr264@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Orthopaedics in cats and dogs
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/hr264@cam.ac.uk
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Frank Reimann
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: fr222@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AffiliatePI/Reiman.php
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor David Ron
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Email: dr360@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Protein folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum
WWW: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-investigators-q-z/ron
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor David Rowitch
Dept: Professor of Paediatrics; Stem Cell Institute
Email: dhr25@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic: CNS Development and Disease
WWW: http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-staff/Professor-David-H-Rowitch/
Themes: functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine,metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology,neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Milka Sarris
Dept: 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.
WWW: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/milka-sarris
Themes: structural and molecular cell biology, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor David Savage
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Mechanisms of insulin resistance
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Savage/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology structural and molecular cell biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Nadia Schoenmakers
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: naaa2@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Genetic basis of congenital hypothyroidism
WWW: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/nadia-schoenmakers/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Paul Schofield
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: pns12@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Epigenetic effects of low dose radiation, mouse pathology database
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/schofield/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, cancer
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Dept: 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
WWW: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/amanda-sferruzzi-perri
Themes: cardiovascular science and medicine, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Hayley Sharpe
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Email: hjs49@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Receptor tyrosine phosphatase signalling in physiology and disease
WWW: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-investigators-q-z/hayley-sharpe
Themes: cancer, structural and molecular cell biology, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Gordon C S Smith
Dept: 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
WWW: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-gordon-smith/
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Teresa Tiffert
Dept: 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
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/tiffert/
Themes: structural and molecular cell biology, infection and immunity, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Ludovic Vallier
Dept: Department of Surgery (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research)
Email: lv225@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine
WWW: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/lvallier
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: ajv22@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of energy balance
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/VidalPuig/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Nicholas Wareham
Dept: MRC Epidemiology Unit
Email: nick.wareham@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Aetiology and Mechanisms of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders of Later Life
WWW: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/aetiology-of-diabetes/
Themes: epidemiology and public health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Erica Watson
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Epigenetic mechanism of folate metabolism during development
WWW: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/watson-erica
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular biology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Penny Watson
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: pjw36@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Liver and pancreas diseases in small animals
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/pjw36@cam.ac.uk/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Dr Alex Whitworth
Dept: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Email: alex.whitworth@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Genetic models of neurodegenerative disease
WWW: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/alex-whitworth
Themes: functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, development and regenerative biology and medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Dr Tim Williams
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: tlw27@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Biology of urinary exosomes and biomarkers of renal disease
WWW: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-investigators/systems-pathology/tim-williams
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Ian Winter
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: imw1001@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Sensory systems, central processing of auditory signals
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/winter/
Themes: neuroscience, psychology and mental health, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Giles Yeo
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: gshy2@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Molecular control of appetite and obesity
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/Ai/Yeo/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular cell biology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
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