Szkoła Doktorska WUM zaprasza do udziału w wykładzie otwartym Prof. Gilesa Yeo z Uniwersytetu w Cambridge. Wykład odbędzie się w formule online.
Link do spotkania: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85004626824?pwd=Mm9RYWlzcGc0UWhOaUpSWmtEOXVIQ…
Identyfikator spotkania: 850 0462 6824
Kod dostępu: 057418
Giles Yeo jest profesorem neuroendokrynologii molekularnej i liderem programu w MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit w Cambridge. Jego badania koncentrują się na wpływie genów na zachowania żywieniowe i masę ciała. Ponadto jest wykładowcą i członkiem Wolfson College, a także honorowym prezesem British Dietetic Association. W 2022 roku otrzymał Medal Towarzystwa Endokrynologii. Jest współautorem ponad 150 artykułów naukowych, w tym w czasopismach z grupy Nature, Science i Cell.
Wykład odbędzie się w ramach programu STER Umiędzynarodowienie Szkół Doktorskich Narodowe Agencji Wymiany Akademickiej.
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Doctoral School of the Medical University of Warsaw invites to attend an open lecture by Prof. Giles Yeo from the University of Cambridge. The lecture will take place online.
Meeting link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85004626824?pwd=Mm9RYWlzcGc0UWhOaUpSWmtEOXVIQ…
Meeting ID: 850 0462 6824
Access code: 057418
Giles Yeo got his PhD in molecular genetics from the University of Cambridge in 1998, after which he joined the lab of Prof Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, working on the genetics of severe human obesity. Giles Yeo is now a Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology and programme leader at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit in Cambridge and his research currently focuses on the influence of genes on feeding behaviour & body-weight. In addition, he is a graduate tutor and fellow of Wolfson College, and Honorary President of the British Dietetic Association. Giles is also a broadcaster and author, presenting science documentaries for the BBC, and hosts a podcast called ‘Dr Giles Yeo Chews The Fat’. His first book ‘Gene Eating’ was published in December 2018, and his second book ‘Why Calories Don’t Count’ came out in June 2021. Giles was appointed an MBE in the Queen’s 2020 birthday honours for services to ‘Research, Communication and Engagement’. He won the Society for Endocrinology Medal in 2022. He is a co-author of over 150 scientific articles, including contributions in Nature, Science and Cell publishing groups.
The lecture will be held as part of the STER Internationalisation of Doctoral Schools programme of the National Agency for Academic Exchange.