Inside our laboratories - Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science

These videos were all shot in the IMS labs or the Translational Research Facility in Cambridge.

Tendai Chisowa wears a blue lab coat and works with cells growing in culture — PhD student Tendai Chisowa is part of the Merkle Lab. See her working with brain cells grown in dishes.

Dr Jacek Mokrosinski and Hannah Thomas stand in the lab discussing results — Research Associate Dr Jacek Mokrosinski and Senior Research Laboratory Technician Hannah Thomas demonstrate one of the methods they use to study the MC4 Receptor.

Dr Sam Virtue stands in the lab next to a large mass spectrometer machine — Dr Sam Virtue, Senior Research Associate, gives a basic introduction to a powerful method known as Mass Spectroscopy.

Dr Richard Kay sits in the lab using a multi-channel pipette — Watch Senior Research Associate Dr Richard Kay as he uses Mass Spectroscopy to analyse gut hormones.

Inside the Translational Research Facility (TRF)

Volunteers involved in research studies may be invited to come to the TRF, next door to our main laboratory building.

A five year old patient lies under a hood as metabolic measurements are taken — Professor Sadaf Farooqi tells a young patient that her genes are making her exceptionally hungry

A girl and her mother arrive at the Cambridge Translational Research Facility — A young type 1 diabetes patient talks to research nurse Janet Allen about joining an artificial pancreas study