MOD Research Groups

A list of the current PI-led research groups within the MOD research theme

Principal Investigators and Early Career Fellows

NameArea of Expertise
Ruth AndrewSteroid biochemistry, metabolic flux, mass spectrometry
Ahmad Al -MrabehDiabetes remission, experimental medicine, pancreatic biology
Cecile BenezechAdipose tissue–immune system crosstalk, Impact of obesity and ageing on the immune system, inflammation
Matthew BrookEpigenetics and gene regulation
Will CawthornBone marrow adipose tissue, caloric restriction, ageing, sex differences, immunometabolism, imaging, deep learning
Shareen ForbesPathogenesis of diabetes, organ regeneration and transplant, insulin secretion, pancreatic islets
James MinchinAdipose cell biology, model organisms, genetics, in vivo imaging, CRISPR mutagenesis screens
Mark NixonSteroid metabolism, visceral/subcutaneous adipose tissue
Sari PenningsEpigenetics in development and environmental exposure; nuclear chromatin control of gene expression
Rebecca ReynoldsPregnancy, developmental programming
Robert SempleInsulin resistance, lipodystrophy, human genetics, PI 3-kinase signalling, stem cells, model organisms
Roland StimsonBrown/beige adipose tissue, obesity and associated metabolic disease
Joyce YauSteroid metabolism and the brain

Affiliated Principal Investigators

Tim AitmanDiagnosis of rare recessive disease by exome sequencing
Triantafyllos ChavakisInflammation, immunometabolism
Laura DenbyNon-coding RNA regulation of injury and repair processes within the kidney and cardiovascular system
Joy Edwards-HicksAge-related metabolic changes and their impact on lymphocyte signalling and function
Ruth MorganMetabolism of stress hormones in horses, humans, mice
Ewan PearsonDiabetes, population health and genomics
Scott WebsterDrug discovery

Emeritus Principal Investigators

Karen ChapmanGlucocorticoids, developmental processes, in utero effects, metabolism of liver and heart

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