PhD studentships
Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD Programme in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease
Application deadline: 4th January 2013
MRL investigators are the first to identify a patient with a defect in thyroid receptor alpha
Mechanism discovered for how poor maternal diet can increase risk of diabetes in the offspring
Studies led by Dr Sue Ozanne and Prof Ken Siddle from the MRL, in collaboration with scientists at the MRC Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester, shed light on why a poor maternal diet reduces the ability of the offspring to store fats correctly in later life, and increases the risk of developing diabetes.
Artificial Pancreas - Winter 2011/2012 Newsletter available
Dr Ak Reddy is elected into the EMBO Young Investigator Programme
20th October 2011 - Professor David Ron is one of 46 life scientists elected to EMBO membership
MRL scientists identify a genetic cause of severe hypoglycaemia in children, providing the prospect of effective drug treatments for this disorder
Dr Helen Murphy wins 2011 Joseph Hoet Research Award MRL
Congratulations to Sadaf Farooqi and Ines Barroso
Inaugral Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards for two MRL researchers
Study shows obesity-related changes in fat cell membranes might be key to the metabolic syndrome
Steve O'Rahilly elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
Artificial pancreas helps prevent overnight hypoglycaemia in adults with type 1 diabetes
MRL to host UK Annual Adipose Tissue Discussion Group Meeting (ATDG) Meeting 2011
Fascinating Fat - the Metabolic Research Laboratories at the 2011 Cambridge Science Festival
MRL students at SET for BRITAIN
You are what your mother ate
MRL researchers provide new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring's long term health.
Dr Akhilesh Reddy awareded the prestigious Colworth Medal from the Biochemical Society
A novel genetic cause of lipodystrophy and the metabolic syndrome
Artificial MRL scientists make 'body clock' discovery
Shwetha Ramachandrappa wins the 2010 Society for Endocrinology Postgraduate Essay Prize
Artificial Pancreas - Winter 2010/2011 Newletter available
Rare genetic disorder highlights importance of selenium
A team led by Professor Krishna Chatterjee has identified a rare genetic disorder that highlights the importance of selenium, a little known trace element, to human health. The study might also shed light on the role of free radicals - highly reactive molecules that can cause cellular damage - in the body. The discover is reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation
Professor Stephen O'Rahilly recognised for clinical excellence and scientific influence
Professor Stephen O’Rahilly, Director of the University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and Co-Director of the Institute of Metabolic Science has been named in two recent assessments of the most important figures in contemporary science and medicine in Britain.
Fat cells reach their limit and trigger changes linked to Type 2 Diabetes
IMS Away Day 2010
Kavita Kumarewaran wins JDRF Student Research Award
A New study shows thyroid hormones act in the brain to regulate energy balance
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Dr David Savage awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science
9th International Workshop on Resistance to Thyroid Hormone & Thyroid Hormone Action
Molecular pharmacology of metabolic disease
Hungry for progress - appetite, genes and drugs
Professor Stephen O’Rahilly, Director of the MRL and Co-Director of the Institute of Metabolic Science awarded the 2010 INBEV-Baillet Latour Health Prize
MRL PhD student wins Diabetes UK prize
New insights into genetic causes of obesity
‘Artificial pancreas’ a step nearer for children with type 1 diabetes
Artificial Pancreas - 2009 Newsletter available
Rare copy number variants cause severe obesity in childhood
Rare copy number variants cause severe obesity in childhood
Big Lottery Fund grant to fund world-class research
Rethinking genetic susceptibility to obesity and metabolic diseases
IMS Away Day 2009
The mystery of FTO deepens!
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MRL group identifies new gene required for fat cell function
EU boost for obesity research
Cambridge ideas podcast - The genetics of obesity
Obesity Management for the Endocrinologist
Director honoured by the University of Warwick
Prof Ken Siddle honoured with major University teaching prize
‘Partial insulin resistance’ contributes to the pathogenesis of fatty liver and metabolic dyslipidaemia
Vital link between obesity and high blood pressure identified
Scientists identify key regulator of puberty
Artificial Pancreas Project, new newsletter available
Recent PhD successes
Official opening of the Institute of Metabolic Science
University College Dublin honours MRL Director, Professor Stephen O’Rahilly
Development of new fat cells requires the BSCL2 gene
IMS-MRL researcher wins Young Investigator Award
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New mechanism for controlling hunger identified
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