Working to understand how obesity and type 2 diabetes develop in order to discover new treatments. Opinions are my own.
Rowett, Univ of Aberdeen
Joined October 2014
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Join us at Keystone's Obesity Therapeutics: Unlocking Benefits and Minimizing Side Effects Jan 26-29 2026 to be held Keystone, CO. Fantastic line up of international leaders in the field.
Extended Deadline for short talk and travel prize October 8th, 2025
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🚨 Deadline Sept 24 (11:59pm MDT)!
Submit abstract/scholarship apps for the joint Keystone Symposia:
🧪 Obesity Therapeutics
❤️ Cardiometabolism in Health & Disease
📅 Jan 26–29, 2026 | Keystone, CO
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Proud to feature world-class leaders driving discovery and innovation:
@LoraHeisler @jimmytrevaskis @MatthiasTschop @DanKellyPennCVI @Rongtian2
Join them Jan 26–29, 2026 in Keystone, CO!
#KSObesity26 #KSCardioMetab26
Join us at Keystone's Obesity Therapeutics: Unlocking Benefits and Minimizing Side Effects Jan 26-29 2026 to be held Keystone, CO. Fantastic line up of international leaders in the field.
Deadline for short talk and travel prize September 24th, 2025
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Identification of a neural basis for energy expenditure in the mouse arcuate hypothalamus: Neuron cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S08…
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I’ve been hosting the 7th International Melanocortin Meeting here in Cambridge with my co-organisers Roger Cone, Kate Ellacott and Anne White. Spectacular science! Here we are at the conference dinner! #obesityisnotachoice
Can't wait for Keystone's Obesity Therapeutics: Unlocking Benefits and Minimizing Side Effects Jan 26-29 2026. It will be an exciting meeting.
Deadline for short talk and travel prize September 24th, 2025
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Fueling our minds and souls with science, snacks, sights, and smiles. #ghrelin Aegean conference on obesity
Fascinating talk today in our Rowett Institute @rowett_abdn Seminar Series by visiting speaker Dr Costas Christodoulides, University of Oxford about his work on body fat distribution and cardiometabolic disease risk.
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#Exercise induces the transcription factor KLF5 in skeletal muscle, orchestrating a switch from enhanced #fattyacidoxidation after acute exercise to lipid remodeling with chronic training.
👩🔬👨🔬@UniBasel_en @biozentrum @SchneiderHeieck
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I'm accepting applications for PhD students interested in studying gut-brain communication in the regulation of appetite. Interested? Please apply!
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Cell Metabolism 20th anniversary🥳publishing a broad range of impactful metabolic research. Enjoy the Voices series, highlighting journeys in metabolism research. Well done to @JohnSpeakman4 and @LoraHeisler for major contributions over the years.
The April issue has arrived! On the cover: Van der Stede et al. uncover a pivotal role for mononuclear cells in skeletal muscle in relation to exercise training adaptations. The cover image illustrates a degranulating mast cell, thereby releasing histamine that can bind to various immune cell populations. Artwork by DrawImpacts.🔗cell.com/cell-metabolism/cur…
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Where are we on the journey from weight loss💉to 💊and how would patients and the NHS gain if we get there? When @BBCr4today and @bbc5live want to know, they turn to Prof @LoraHeisler
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Reminder: Register for the First Int'l Conference on #Obesity - #BiologicalDrivers and #Therapeutic Approaches aegeanconferences.org/src/Ap… May 20-25 in #Crete, #Greece
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Check out the line up - it will be a great meeting!
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Two of our promising young researchers have been talking about their professional interest in exploring women's health issues and their hopes for the future as part of the University of Aberdeen's celebrations of #InternationalWomensDay 2025. (1/4)
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REMINDER: Early Fee, Abstract Submission, Trainee Award Application Feb 1 to the First Int'l Conference on #Obesity - #BiologicalDrivers and #TherapeuticApproaches aegeanconferences.org/src/Ap… May 20-25, 2025
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Obesity drugs without the nausea? That's one goal of a new £1.2m Rowett-led research project, funded by @The_MRC and in collaboration with @uclnews and @BioSScotland
See Prof @LoraHeisler talk about the work in this video - and read more details here:
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Scientists launch £1.2m project to bypass weight-loss drug side effects news.stv.tv/north/scientists…
Scientists and clinicians, come and discuss the latest discoveries with leaders in the obesity field at this small obesity conference in Crete! Abstract deadline is 1 Feb.
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Reminder: Register and submit your abstract by Feb. 1, 2025 to the First Int'l Conference on #Obesity - #BiologicalDrivers and #Therapeutic Approaches aegeanconferences.org/src/Ap… May 20-25 in #Crete, #Greece @KalimeraKriti Funds available for students/trainees! Apply!
ALT Therefore this meeting proposes to bring together experts in several different tissue/organ systems known to regulate components of energy utilization or intake (i.e., CNS, adipose tissue, muscle function). Cutting edge concepts around the biological processes of energy intake regulation, energy metabolism, lipid homeostasis and adipocyte dys/function, and muscle biology will be discussed. Updates on potential innovative or combination therapeutic approaches for the treatment of obesity will also be reviewed. Such cross-fertilization of ideas and experiences will lead to outside-the-box collaborative approaches and concepts to further push the frontiers of obesity research and make novel discoveries.