The Royal Society, London, UK 11th – 13th December 2012 This event features a symposia on ‘Brown adipose tissue: a new human organ’ and will explore the development of brown adipose tissue; its role in energy balance and as an endocrine organ. The meeting is organised by Toni Vidal-Puig (Cambridge), Michael Symonds (Nottingham) & Jan […]
Dr Robert Semple awarded a highly prestigious Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellowship
This 5-year award of £1.6M award will enable recent findings of novel human genetic disorders of insulin action to be extended into cellular and murine model systems. The first goal will be to increase understanding of the mechanisms linking genetic defects in either the PI3K/AKT pathway or in DNA damage response signalling to the extreme […]
2012 Lister Prize for Ak Reddy
Ak Reddy has received a prestigious Lister Prize for 2012. These annual awards are made by The Lister Institute to support young scientists undertaking high quality research in biomedical science or related scientific areas in the UK. Prize holders also become members of the Lister Community of Fellows. The Prize award, which includes 200,000 over […]
Recent awards for MRL scientists
Professor Sadaf Farooqi has been honoured by the Society for Endocrinology. Professor Farooqi won the 2012 Society for Endocrinology Medal, which is awarded annually in recognition of outstanding studies. Professor Farooqi delivered the Society for Endocrinology Medal Lecture in March 2012. Three younger clinician scientists Drs Vicki Parker, Ben Challis and Carla Moran have also […]
