IMS-MRL seminars are primarily for staff and invited guests. External events open to a wider audience are included where appropriate.
NB: Since the Covid-19 pandemic we are running the IMS-MRL Tuesday seminar series as hybrid events or online only via Zoom. Please check the events calendar for details.
The IMS-MRL seminar series: taking place weekly during term time, with occasional seminars from visiting scientists.
- External Research Seminars (on Tuesdays at 1.15pm – invited audience only); – sponsored by Astra Zeneca
- Internal ‘Research in Progress’ Seminars (on Tuesday at 1.15pm -staff only)
- Internal ‘Hot Topics’ and ‘Technical’ Seminars (on Thursday at 2.30pm) for 1st year PhD and post-graduate students)
- Mastering Academic Excellence in Metabolic Medicine (MAXIM), sponsored by Eli Lilly. (on Fridays at 1.15pm; sandwiches available from 1.00pm)

January 2023
Professor Alex Banks, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA – Next-Generation Methods In Preclinical Obesity Research
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES LENT 2023 Online via Zoom Speaker: Professor Alex Banks, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, USA Title: Next-Generation Methods In Preclinical Obesity Research Host: Steve O'Rahilly Time: 13.15 For programme information or suggestions contact: Dr Daniel Fazakerley djf72 at medschl.cam.ac.uk, Professor Giles Yeo gshy2 at cam.ac.uk Dr Anthony Coll apc36 at cam.ac.uk
Find out more »February 2023
Professor Peter Shepherd, Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Auckland, NZ – “Developing precision medicine strategies for metabolic disease in Māori and Pacific peoples by targeting population specific genetic variants”
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES LENT 2023 HYBRID Speaker: Professor Peter Shepherd, Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Auckland, NZ Title: Developing precision medicine strategies for metabolic disease in Māori and Pacific peoples by targeting population specific genetic variants Host: Giles Yeo Time: 12.15 For programme information or suggestions contact: Dr Daniel Fazakerley djf72 at medschl.cam.ac.uk, Dr Giles Yeo gshy2 at cam.ac.uk Dr Anthony Coll apc36 at cam.ac.uk
Find out more »Dr Ben Jones, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College, London – Tissue-specific biased agonism in metabolic disease
HYBRID Speaker: Dr Ben Jones, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College, London Title: Tissue-specific biased agonism in metabolic disease Host: Fiona Gribble Time: 13.15
Find out more »Dr Sophie Trefely, Signalling and Epigenetics, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge – ‘Compartmentalised metabolism and metabolite signalling to the nucleus’
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES LENT 2023 HYBRID Speaker: Dr Sophie Trefely, Signalling and Epigenetics, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge Title: Compartmentalised metabolism and metabolite signalling to the nucleus Host: Daniel Fazakerley Time: 13.15 Abstract: Intracellular metabolites act as powerful signalling cues to adjust cell behaviour to the nutrient environment. A variety of metabolites operate in the nucleus as substrates, co-factors, or inhibitors of chromatin-modifying enzymes and have emerged as key determinants of gene regulation. Given that cellular metabolism is…
Find out more »Professor Cecilia Lindgren, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford – Common Forms of Obesity & Fat Distribution, From Phenotypes to Mechanisms
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES LENT 2023 HYBRID Speaker: Professor Cecilia Lindgren, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford Title: Common Forms of Obesity & Fat Distribution, From Phenotypes to Mechanisms Host: Giles Yeo Time: 13.15 For programme information or suggestions contact: Dr Daniel Fazakerley djf72 at medschl.cam.ac.uk, Dr Giles Yeo gshy2 at cam.ac.uk Dr Anthony Coll apc36 at cam.ac.uk
Find out more »Ozanne Group – ‘Title TBC’
INTERNAL 'RESEARCH IN PROGRESS' SEMINAR SERIES - Lent 2023 Venue: Hybrid at the IMS-MRL Speaker: Members of the Ozanne group Title: to be confirmed Time: 13:15
Find out more »March 2023
Professor Tobias Janowitz, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA – Title to be confirmed
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES LENT 2023 HYBRID Speaker: Professor Tobias Janowitz, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA Title: to be confirmed Host: Tony Coll Time: 13.15 For programme information or suggestions contact: Dr Daniel Fazakerley djf72 at medschl.cam.ac.uk, Professor Giles Yeo gshy2 at cam.ac.uk Dr Anthony Coll apc36 at cam.ac.uk
Find out more »Hovorka Group – Title TBC
INTERNAL 'RESEARCH IN PROGRESS' SEMINAR SERIES - Lent 2023 Venue: Hybrid at the IMS-MRL Speaker: Members of the Hovorka group Title: to be confirmed Time: 13:15
Find out more »Dr Natasha Karp, Biostatistics, Quantitative Biology, Discovery Science, R&D, AstraZeneca, UK – “Sex Inclusive Research: addressing misconceptions and barriers to including both sexes”
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES LENT 2023 Hybrid Seminar Speaker: Dr Natasha Karp, Biostatistics, Quantitative Biology, Discovery Science, R&D, AstraZeneca, UK Title: Sex Inclusive Research: addressing misconceptions and barriers to including both sexes Host: Chris Lelliott Time: 13.15
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