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Institute of Metabolic Science

Metabolic Research Laboratories
 

A selection of talks and interviews from our researchers

 

Professor Sir Stephen O'Rahilly delivers the Charles Perkins Centre's  Nicholas Catchlove Lecture 2025 arguing how adipose (aka fat) tissue has taken a bad rap and is unfairly blamed in the war against obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancers.

Dr Charlotte Boughton,from the Hovorka group talks about new technologies improving the outcomes of diabetes, as part of World Diabetes Day 2025. Produced by the MRC Epidemiology Unit.

3 IMS-MRL researchers from the Ozanne group talk about the origins of gestational diabetes as part of World Diabetes Day 2025. Produced by the MRC Epidemiology Unit.

A deep dive into the science of nutrition with Profs Giles Yeo and Nita Forouhi

Find out how Dr Chris Bannon is using AI to better understand metabolic and gastrointestinal conditions

Professor Stephen O'Rahilly talks about his career in metabolism and metabolic disease

Is it OK to stay on weight-loss injections? Presenter Greg Foot does a deep-dive into the science with Professor Giles Yeo.

McGill Novo Nordisk Diabetes Lectureship 2025 by Prof Sir Stephen O’Rahilly

Dr Mark Evans explains how medical alert assistance dogs can help patients with type 1 diabetes to manage their condition

Prof Krishna Chatterjee explains a gene abnormality identified as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project

Join researchers at the IMS-MRL to find out what's going on in the lab

 

Prof Sadaf Farooqi discusses her career in the genetics of obesity with BBC Radio’s Jim Al-Khalili

Battling obesity at aged 5 - a channel 4 documentary featuring Prof Sadaf Farooqi

Prof Roman Hovorka talks about how the artificial pancreas works and can improve life for people with type 1 diabetes.

Prof Krish Chatterjee explains Resistance to Thyroid Hormone Beta (BTF video)

This 'Naked Scientist' programme features Prof Giles Yeo and Dr Dolly van Tulleken on Ozempic and the obesity pandemic

Dr Eleanor Raffan talks to Chris Smith from the Naked Scientist about genetic factors driving greediness in dogs

In front of a live audience at Wellcome Collection in London, The BBC's 'Explanation' explores the potential and negatives of weight loss injections and asks whether they really are the next wonder drug

A previous PhD student Jennie Leggat, talks to Dr Chris about how fat works in an episode of BBC’s Operation Ouch