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Florian T. Merkle, PhD @florianmerkle.bsky.social · 12d

We're seeking a motivated postdoc to help us and NovoNordisk generate cutting-edge human cellular models of metabolic disease. For details & to apply (by 6th Oct), see: cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc.... If you think someone in your network might be interested, please share. Thank you!

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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · 15d

MELD-ATG trial results presented at the @easdnews.bsky.social meeting & published in @thelancet.com show a lower dose of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), is safe and effective in preventing progression of T1 #Diabetes in young people. @mevans-diabetes.bsky.social

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New findings support low-dose ATG to delay progression of type 1 diabetes in children and young people | Institute of Metabolic Science

New research presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15-19 September) and published simultaneously in The Lancet shows ...

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NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre @cambridgebrc.bsky.social · 28d

👏Many congratulations👏 to Professor Sadaf Farooqi
@farooqi-lab.bsky.social for being honoured with the prestigious Gerald D Aurbach Award by the Endocrine Society
for Outstanding Translational Research
More👉 bit.ly/46gFx1d
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Cambridge Professor honoured with prestigious Endocrine Society award, marking a second consecutive win for Metabolic Science at the Biomedical Research Centre - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Cen...

Professor Farooqi has been awarded the esteemed Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research. This is the second year running that a Cambridge BRC researcher in the field of metaboli...

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Farooqi Lab @farooqi-lab.bsky.social · 28d

Professor Farooqi to receive 2026 Laureate Award from @endocrinesociety.bsky.social!
Details on Endocrine Society website and here:
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Professor Sadaf Farooqi receives Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research 2026 Laureate Award from the Endocrine Society - Genetics of Obesity Study

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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · 28d

🙌Many congratulations to all winners, but in particular our very own Professor Sadaf Farooqi as recipient of the Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research.

ℹ️https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-sadaf-farooqi-honoured-endocrine-society-2026-laureate-award

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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · 29d

Come and join us at the @Cambridge Biomedical Campus
#Wellness Festival. Find out about food and blood sugar, insulin peaks what it means for everyday food choices.

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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations on the paper
More details here
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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Sharing for our colleagues at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social who are carrying out a survey on weight loss drugs and pregnancy.
Please help us learn more.
Take the survey
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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · Aug 13

New research from Constanza Alcaino @ims-mrl.bsky.social and colleagues!

Human gut organoids reveal how enterochromaffin cells sense & respond to stimuli to control how our gut moves and feels.

#GutBrainAxis #Serotonin #Neurogastroenterology

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Mechanisms of Activation and Serotonin release from Human Enterochromaffin Cells

Gastrointestinal (GI) enterochromaffin (EC) cells are specialised sensors of luminal stimuli. They secrete most of the body’s serotonin (5-HT), and ar…

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Chris Bannon @cabannon.bsky.social · Jul 24

My project from my PhD has been published in Gut BMJ today!
The paper highlights an understudied gut hormone INSL5 has a role in chronic diarrhoea, in particular bile acid diarrhoea and a subset of patients with IBS.
@richard-kay.bsky.social
@ims-mrl.bsky.social
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Insulin-like peptide 5 is released in response to bile acid in the rectum and is associated with diarrhoea severity in patients with bile acid diarrhoea

Background Insulin-like peptide 5 (INSL5) is an enteroendocrine hormone expressed in distal colonic ‘L cells’. Bile acid receptor agonists are known to stimulate INSL5 secretion in primary cell cultur...

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NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre @cambridgebrc.bsky.social · Aug 4

👉East Anglia Researchers! There is still time to book onto the FREE PPI Training Sessions!
👉 Next session is Avoiding Tokenism - Tue 19 Aug!
👉 Book via bit.ly/Trg4PPI
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @ims-mrl.bsky.social @jameslindalliance.bsky.social @milnerinst.bsky.social @mrcepid.bsky.social

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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · Aug 4

Announcing the launch of our @ims-mrl.bsky.social Clinical Studies and PPI Opportunities Website

ℹ️ ims-mrl-studies.org.uk

Promoting research studies and public/patient involvement opportunities in a clear and accessible way for participants and collaborators alike.

Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · Jul 15

Fantastic celebration today of our 2024-25 Obesity, Endocrinology & Metabolism Taught MPhil cohort.
Posters and pizza - always a winner.
www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/study-us/tau...
#MPhil #obesity #metabolism #diabetes

MPhil students standing by their academic poster

Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · Jul 14

Professor Sue Ozanne, Director of the @ims-mrl.bsky.social was co-author on this important report

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Matt Higgins @matt-ba-higgins.bsky.social · Jun 15

I’m happy to share that I’ve recently started a new position as Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow at @ims-mrl.bsky.social
For more information about my project, read here: www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-mat...

Dr Matt Higgins | Institute of Metabolic Science

Research focus Our research aims to understand how obesity during pregnancy alters the development of the offspring’s hypothalamus, a key area of the brain responsible for regulating food intake and e...

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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · Jun 10

For our next @ims-mrl.bsky.social seminar, we look forward to welcoming Professor Robert Waterland from @bcmhouston.bsky.social to talk to us about ‘Epigenetic epidemiology: Time for a fresh start’.

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Jun 9

We recently welcomed Dr Alexander Mörseburg to the CEU!

In his previous work with @ims-mrl.bsky.social & @mrcepid.bsky.social he built a protein-based “aging clock” using data from 44k+ people. Having #type2diabetes & higher #BMI were associated with faster biological aging

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Genetic determinants of proteomic aging - npj Aging

npj Aging - Genetic determinants of proteomic aging

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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · Jun 9

For our next @ims-mrl.bsky.social seminar, we look forward to welcoming Professor @brent-richards.bsky.social ‪‪from McGill University, Montreal, Canada to talk to us about ‘Causality, Calories, and COVID: Chasing Disease through the Human Genome’‬

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Kate Ellacott @neuroendo.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨 Abstract deadline for the 7th International Melanocortin Meeting is this week - 6th June 2025 🚨

💥 8 Speaker slots available for selected abstracts 💥

www.melanocortinmeeting.org/abstracts/

The exciting programme can be viewed here:

www.melanocortinmeeting.org/programme/

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NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre @cambridgebrc.bsky.social · Jun 4

EVENT 👉Patient & Public Involvement in Discovery & Pre-Clinical Health Research - Panel Discussion
📅 Thurs 12 June ⏲️ 3.30 - 4.30pm📍Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical
BOOK 👉 bit.ly/Pre-ClinPPIp...
@cuh.nhs.uk @camneuro.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @scicambridge.bsky.social @ims-mrl.bsky.social @mrclmb.bsky.social

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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations to our own Professor Frank Reimann
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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · May 22

Delighted that Professor Sir @stephenorahilly.bsky.social from the @ims-mrl.bsky.social has been announced as joint winner of the Distinguished Service Award at the 2nd Lund Spring Symposium, along with Professor Jens Juul Holst
More details
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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · May 22

👏 Congratulations to Professor Frank Reimann, Professor of Endocrine Signalling at the @ims-mrl.bsky.social on being elected as a new Fellow at the @acmedsci.bsky.social
More details
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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · May 15

So, trials of doing this using a safe drug known to increase GDF15 are currently being planned.
Read more about HG
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Cambridge-led study discovers cause of pregnancy sickness – and potential treatment | Institute of Metabolic Science

A collaborative study led by Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, has shown why many women experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy – and why some women, including the Duchess of Cambridge, become ...

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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · May 15

We also predict that gently exposing women to more GDF15 before they are pregnant should make them less sensitive to the surge of placental GDF15 that comes when they become pregnant.

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