Prof Giles Yeo @ims-mrl.bsky.social and Prof Nita Forouhi at @imsepidemiology.bsky.social return to join Professor Brian Cox for a deeper dive into the science of nutrition on the BBC
@crick.ac.uk Question of Science podcast.
Listen at buff.ly/VIcWOY2
This #WorldObesityDay members of the @ims-mrl.bsky.social made the #OforObesity at key Cambridge landmarks!
Obesity is a complex medical condition, and our researchers study the biological, genetic, and environmental factors that contribute to obesity.
#8BillionReasons #ActOnObesity
Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
#WomenInScience #IDWGIS #IMS_MRL #WomenInSTEM #CambridgeScience
Starting on 9 Feb - BBC Radio 4's The Hunger Game is a 5 part series presented by Prof @gilesyeo.bsky.social from the @ims-mrl.bsky.social, exploring the GLP-1 weight loss drug revolution - their development, the latest research and the marketing strategy behind them.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Editor's Choice Paper by @jmschoonejans.bsky.social @ozannelab.bsky.social 'Balancing maternal benefits and cardiovascular risks of metformin during pregnancy' now includes a video short by Josca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2aB...
Read paper - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Congratulations to Professor Roman Hovorka from the
@ims-mrl.bsky.social on being awarded the 2025 Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research in recognition of his pioneering research in closed-loop insulin delivery systems in type 1 diabetes.
manpeisuzukiprize.org/winners/2025...
Congratulations to Dr Charlotte Boughton from the @ims-mrl.bsky.social on being selected to deliver the RD Lawrence Lecture at the @diabetesuk.bsky.social Professionals conference in 2027!
Constanza Alcaino et al. from @ims-mrl.bsky.social present this #SymposiumReview discussing #incretin hormones and #obesity 💉 🔎
🔗 Read the article here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Congrats Ellie
Don't forget to catch our behind-the-scenes look at life in the lab at the @ims-mrl.bsky.social, meet researchers and hear about cutting-edge science.
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Interesting article by the BBC about obesity featuring Prof Sadaf@farooqi-lab.bsky.social who suggests "the amount of weight people gain is significantly influenced by their genes and those genes are relevant for everybody"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Interested in studying for a PhD or MPhil at the
@ims-mrl.bsky.social - don't leave it too late, the deadline if you want University funding is 2nd December
Have a look now at what we can offer
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PhD - mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/study-us/phd
MPhil - mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/study-us/tau...
In our final @ims-mrl.bsky.social external seminar for this term, Professor Ivan de Araujo from the @mpicybernetics.bsky.social in Germany is talking to us about the 'Gut-Brain Mechanisms of Hunger'
Fantastic listen - well done Charlotte and thanks @mrcepid.bsky.social for putting it together for us.
#WorldDiabetesDay
An excellent podcast from the @ozannelab.bsky.social at @ims-mrl.bsky.social in the lead up to #WorldDiabetesDay 2025
Congratulations to Professor Sadaf @farooqi-lab.bsky.social
(@ims-mrl.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk), Yong Xu (@usf.edu) and Tiago Branco (@sainsburywellcome.bsky.social), on their @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant to study the biology of instinctive behaviour
Read more: www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/news/europea...
Congratulations to Sadaf Farooqi (@ims-mrl.bsky.social), Yong Xu (@usf.edu) and Tiago Branco (SWC), on receiving an @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant to study the biology of instinctive behaviour 👏
Read more: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/research...
Today’s external seminar at the @ims-mrl.bsky.social will be given by Dr Carina Ämmälä from the Novo Nordisk Research Centre, Oxford on the subject of ‘Building a “Discovery Engine” powered by large-scale data generation for unbiased drug target discovery’
We look forward to welcoming Professor @smandrup.bsky.social from @sdu.dk who is visiting the @ims-mrl.bsky.social to talk to us about ‘Adipose tissue plasticity at single cell resolution’
Congratulations to Dr @cabannon.bsky.social on being awarded a £65,000 Kathleen Harper award from the BMA Foundation for Medical Research to further develop his research into the role of the gut hormone INSL5, in patients with chronic diarrhoea.
www.bmafoundationmr.org.uk/grant-winner...
Today we celebrate #Diwali at the @ims-mrl.bsky.social
In a paper just published in Nature Medicine, we characterised the largest cohort of people with loss-of-function mutations in the Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene.
DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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We look forward to welcoming Professor @adeshmukh.bsky.social from the @cbmr.science @novo-nordisk.bsky.social as he delivers our first external seminar of the Michaelmas term.
We loved #BigBiologyDay with games and demos about sugar and fibre are in everyday foods, plus great chats about science careers.
Big thanks to @mrcepid.bsky.social and @ims-mrl.bsky.social - Paul, Agnes, Josh, Laura, Andreea and Thomas.
#PublicEngagement #ScienceForAll #STEM #Cambridge
We're seeking a motivated postdoc to help us and NovoNordisk generate cutting-edge human cellular models of metabolic disease. For details & to apply (by 6th Oct), see: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc.... If you think someone in your network might be interested, please share. Thank you!
MELD-ATG trial results presented at the @easdnews.bsky.social meeting & published in @thelancet.com show a lower dose of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), is safe and effective in preventing progression of T1 #Diabetes in young people. @mevans-diabetes.bsky.social
mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/news/new-fin...
👏Many congratulations👏 to Professor Sadaf Farooqi
@farooqi-lab.bsky.social for being honoured with the prestigious Gerald D Aurbach Award by the Endocrine Society
for Outstanding Translational Research
More👉 bit.ly/46gFx1d
@ims-mrl.bsky.social @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @endocrinesociety.bsky.social
Professor Farooqi to receive 2026 Laureate Award from @endocrinesociety.bsky.social!
Details on Endocrine Society website and here:
www.goos.org.uk/resource-cen...
🙌Many congratulations to all winners, but in particular our very own Professor Sadaf Farooqi as recipient of the Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research.
ℹ️https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-sadaf-farooqi-honoured-endocrine-society-2026-laureate-award
