Metabolic Disease

听Metabolic disease covers research into听ageing, obesity, type 2 diabetes, genetic disorders of metabolic function, the evolution of metabolic genes, and the microbiome and metabolic health

Experts in Metabolic Disease	Research Interests
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	Professor of Immunology Division of Infection and Immunity, Faculty of Medical Sciences a.akbar@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Ageing and metabolism Human T cell differentiation and longevity Loss of immunity in ageing
	Senior Research Associate 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Healthy Ageing, Faculty of Life Sciences n.alic@ucl.ac.uk	Metabolic disease Insulin production Obesity and premature ageing Ageing and metabolism Programming of lifespan by unhealthy diets Transcriptional regulation
	Chair in Molecular Systems Biology 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Faculty of Life Sciences j.bahler@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Regulatory networks and complex relationships between genotype, phenotype and environment Ageing and stress response
	Chair in Computational Biology Systems Biology 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Faculty of Life Sciences f.balloux@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Computational genomic tools Genetic diversity evolution
	Professor of Obesity, Diabetes & Endocrinology 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medical Sciences r.batterham@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Obesity Neural/endocrine control of feeding Bariatric surgery Metabolic organ function and neural control of metabolism
	Director, Division of Biosciences 香港六合彩中特网 Division of Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences听 f.brodsky@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic Disease Cell biology Insulin response Muscle physiology Clathrin biochemistry
	Professor of Clinical Epidemiology (Cardiometabolic Disease) 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Cardiovascular Science, Faculty of Population Health Sciences n.chaturvedi@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic Disease Etiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes Metabolic function in ethnic minorities
	Professor in Biological NMR Spectroscopy; Director of ISMB Biomolecular NMR Facility 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences j.christodoulou@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Protein folding Mass spectrometry methods Metabolomics
	Principal Research Associate 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Cardiovascular Science s.davidson@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Cardiovascular disease and the influence of metabolic disease and diabetes
	Reader in Biochemistry 香港六合彩中特网听Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Division of Medicine听 nathan.davies@ucl.ac.uk	Metabolic disease Nutrition in critical illness Metabolism in health and disease Alcohol and malnutrition The microbiome and health Nutrition education
	Professor of Physiology 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biosciences m.duchen@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Mitochondrial biology and cell signalling
	Lecturer 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Healthy Ageing, Faculty of Life Sciences l.foukas@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Role of signalling pathways in age related pathologies, such as cancer and metabolic disease Carbohydrate and lipid homeostasis in ageing
	Professorial Research Associate 香港六合彩中特网 GOS Institute of Child Health, Faculty of Population Health Sciences p.gissen@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Protein misfolding/mislocalisation in disease Inborn errors of metabolism (CIEM)
	Honorary Professor The Francis Crick Institute and 香港六合彩中特网 Division of Biosciences alex.gould@crick.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms regulating growth and metabolism
	Professor of Cancer Biochemistry 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences i.gout@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Cancer biochemistry Cellular metabolism Small molecule inhibitors
	George Grimble Principal Teaching Fellow 香港六合彩中特网 Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences g.grimble@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Diet
	Scientific Programme Leader 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Epidemiology and Health, Faculty of Population Health Sciences rebecca.hardy@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Prenatal development Childhood growth Adult BMI trajectories Trajectories of physical function and influences on later health and ageing
	Professor of Pharmacognosy 香港六合彩中特网 School of Pharmacy m.heinrich@ucl.ac.uk听	听 Metabolic disease Herbal medicine interface The anthropology of food Diabetes and metabolic syndrome prevention and ethnopharmacology
	Director, 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Cardiovascular Science 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Cardiovascular Science, Faculty of Population Health Sciences a.hingorani@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Genetic epidemiology of metabolic and cardiovascular disease
	Professor of Neuroscience 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Ophthalmology g.jeffery@ucl.ac.uk	Metabolic Disease Age-related macular degeneration Retinal structure Development and visual areas of the brain Comparative evolution of the brain
	Senior Teaching Fellow 香港六合彩中特网 Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences a.kalea@ucl.ac.uk	Metabolic Disease Food and Decision Making Personalised Nutrition Dietetics Molecular nutrition听 Disease prevention and survival (vascular ageing, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer) Biomarkers (of nutritional exposure and nutritional status)
	Professor of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry 香港六合彩中特网 School of Pharmacy michael.munday@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Drug discovery in cardiovascular disease and diabetes Hormonal and nutritional control of metabolism
	Senior Lecturer in Medical Anthropology听香港六合彩中特网 Department of Anthropology a.parkhurst@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolism and Global Health Metabolic Disease Obesity and type 2 diabetes Culture and chronic illness Health and urban living
	Professorial Research Fellow 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Faculty of Life Sciences linda.partridge@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic Disease Genetic determinants of ageing Ageing response to dietary restriction
	Brian Power Lecturer 香港六合彩中特网 Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Division of Medicine听 brian.power@ucl.ac.uk	听 Dietetics Intervention Development and Evaluation Implementation Science Clinical Trials
	Markus Ralser Group Leader The Francis Crick Institute and University of Cambridge markus.ralser@crick.ac.uk	听 Metabolic Disease Dynamic evolution of metabolic networks
	Reader in Behavioural Genetics听香港六合彩中特网 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biosciences听 j.rihel@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Neurons that regulate sleep
	Reader in Microbiology 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences j.santini@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Microbial metabolism and its impact on the environment and human health
	Professorial Research Associate 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences e.shephard@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Drug metabolism FMOs in energy metabolism
	Senior Teaching Fellow 香港六合彩中特网 Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences a.slee@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Malnutrition, cachexia, sarcopenia and frailty
	Chair in Oral Health Sciences Eastman Dental Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences andrew.m.smith@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Microbial diseases
	Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences k.srai@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Iron transport and metabolism
	Reader 香港六合彩中特网 MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology c.stefan@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Membrane lipid and organelle homeostasis
	Professor of Physiology 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences g.szabadkai@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease
	Professor of Biochemistry 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences g.thomas@ucl.ac.uk 听	听 Metabolic disease Phospholipids Computational analysis of metabolism
	Professor of Autonomic Neuroscience and Metabolic Disease Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience,听香港六合彩中特网 Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology s.trapp@ucl.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Central nervous control of metabolism and feeding Autonomic Nervous system in cardiovascular and metabolic disease Gut peptides in metabolic control Obesity
	Mariia Yuneva Group Leader The Francis Crick Institute mariia.yuneva@crick.ac.uk	听 Metabolic disease Oncogenes and tumour metabolism

Experts in Metabolic Disease

Research Interests

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Professor of Immunology

Division of Infection and Immunity, Faculty of Medical Sciences

a.akbar@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Ageing and metabolism
Human T cell differentiation and longevity
Loss of immunity in ageing

Senior Research Associate

香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Healthy Ageing, Faculty of Life Sciences

n.alic@ucl.ac.uk

Metabolic disease
Insulin production
Obesity and premature ageing
Ageing and metabolism
Programming of lifespan by unhealthy diets
Transcriptional regulation

Chair in Molecular Systems Biology

香港六合彩中特网 Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Faculty of Life Sciences

j.bahler@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Regulatory networks and complex relationships between genotype, phenotype and environment
Ageing and stress response

Chair in Computational Biology Systems Biology

香港六合彩中特网 Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Faculty of Life Sciences

f.balloux@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Computational genomic tools
Genetic diversity evolution

Professor of Obesity, Diabetes & Endocrinology

香港六合彩中特网 Department of Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medical Sciences

r.batterham@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Obesity
Neural/endocrine control of feeding
Bariatric surgery
Metabolic organ function and neural control of metabolism

Director, Division of Biosciences

香港六合彩中特网 Division of Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences听

f.brodsky@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic Disease
Cell biology
Insulin response
Muscle physiology
Clathrin biochemistry

Professor of Clinical Epidemiology (Cardiometabolic Disease)

香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Cardiovascular Science, Faculty of Population Health Sciences

n.chaturvedi@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic Disease
Etiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Metabolic function in ethnic minorities

Professor in Biological NMR Spectroscopy; Director of ISMB Biomolecular NMR Facility

香港六合彩中特网 Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences

j.christodoulou@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Protein folding
Mass spectrometry methods
Metabolomics

Principal Research Associate

香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Cardiovascular Science

s.davidson@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Cardiovascular disease and the influence of metabolic disease and diabetes

Reader in Biochemistry

香港六合彩中特网听Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Division of Medicine听

nathan.davies@ucl.ac.uk

Metabolic disease
Nutrition in critical illness
Metabolism in health and disease
Alcohol and malnutrition
The microbiome and health
Nutrition education

Professor of Physiology

香港六合彩中特网 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biosciences

m.duchen@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Mitochondrial biology and cell signalling

Lecturer

香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Healthy Ageing, Faculty of Life Sciences

l.foukas@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Role of signalling pathways in age related pathologies, such as cancer and metabolic disease
Carbohydrate and lipid homeostasis in ageing

Professorial Research Associate

香港六合彩中特网 GOS Institute of Child Health, Faculty of Population Health Sciences

p.gissen@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Protein misfolding/mislocalisation in disease
Inborn errors of metabolism (CIEM)

Honorary Professor

The Francis Crick Institute and 香港六合彩中特网 Division of Biosciences

alex.gould@crick.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms regulating growth and metabolism

Professor of Cancer Biochemistry

香港六合彩中特网 Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences

i.gout@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Cancer biochemistry
Cellular metabolism
Small molecule inhibitors

George Grimble

Principal Teaching Fellow

香港六合彩中特网 Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences

g.grimble@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Diet

Scientific Programme Leader

香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Epidemiology and Health, Faculty of Population Health Sciences

rebecca.hardy@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Prenatal development
Childhood growth
Adult BMI trajectories
Trajectories of physical function and influences on later health and ageing

Professor of Pharmacognosy

香港六合彩中特网 School of Pharmacy

m.heinrich@ucl.ac.uk听

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Metabolic disease
Herbal medicine interface
The anthropology of food
Diabetes and metabolic syndrome prevention and ethnopharmacology

Director, 香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Cardiovascular Science

香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Cardiovascular Science, Faculty of Population Health Sciences

a.hingorani@ucl.ac.uk

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Metabolic disease
Genetic epidemiology of metabolic and cardiovascular disease

Professor of Neuroscience

香港六合彩中特网 Institute of Ophthalmology

g.jeffery@ucl.ac.uk

Metabolic Disease
Age-related macular degeneration
Retinal structure
Development and visual areas of the brain
Comparative evolution of the brain

Senior Teaching Fellow

香港六合彩中特网 Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences

a.kalea@ucl.ac.uk

Metabolic Disease
Food and Decision Making
Personalised Nutrition
Dietetics
Molecular nutrition听
Disease prevention and survival (vascular ageing, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer)
Biomarkers (of nutritional exposure and nutritional status)