Anatomy, Physiology, and Nutrition MRes/Phd Supervisors

Exercise Psychology

Laurence Warren Westgate (Perceptual- cognitive psychology; exercise behaviour)
Will Tyne (Recreational physical challenges and psychological development, physical activity and wellbeing)

Human Anatomy and Cell Biology Supervisors

Lopa Leach (Regulation of vascular flow and barrier function in the human placenta in normal and compromised pregnancies)
Rudolf Billeter-Clark (Human skeletal muscle; The effects of ageing; The effects of exercise)
Martin Gering (How blood cells form during vertebrate embryogenesis; haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs))
Vera Ralevic (Endothelium; purines (P1 and P2 receptors); cannabinoids; vanilloids)
Sebastian Serres (Development of a cutting-edge metabolic imaging method- called Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation ¹³C MR spectroscopy; Investigating metabolic changes associated with brain and musculoskeletal function in health and disease)
Paul Smith (Neurone cell biology)

Metabolic Nutrition and Physiology Supervisors

Kostas Tsintzas (Obesity, diabetes and ageing; Skeletal muscle, liver and adipose tissue; Nutrition and exercise in health and disease)
Liz Simpson (Diabetes, Metabolism, Gut Hormones, and Body Composition)
Mark Cole (Hypoxia and diet)
Matthew Brook (Skeletal muscle mass regulation, Stable isotope tracers in metabolic Research)
Moira Taylor (Obesity; Disease related undernutrition; Phytochemicals)
Paul Greenhaff (Skeletal muscle mass regulation and muscle fuel metabolism)

Physiology and Pharmacology Supervisors

Siobhan Laughna (Cardiovascular development and the formation of congenital heart defects)
Rudolf Billeter-Clark (Human skeletal muscle; The effects of ageing; The effects of exercise)
Paul Greenhaff (Skeletal muscle mass regulation and muscle fuel metabolism)
Martin Gering (How blood cells form during vertebrate embryogenesis; haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs))
Mark Cole (Hypoxia and diet)
Kostas Tsintzas (Obesity, diabetes and ageing; Skeletal muscle, liver and adipose tissue; Nutrition and exercise in health and disease)
Vera Ralevic (Endothelium; purines (P1 and P2 receptors); cannabinoids; vanilloids)
Sebastian Serres (Development of a cutting-edge metabolic imaging method- called Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation ¹³C MR spectroscopy; Investigating metabolic changes associated with brain and musculoskeletal function in health and disease)
Nicholas Blockley (Imaging human physiology using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI))
Paul Smith (Ion channel pharmacology, lipid membranes and mathematical modelling of intrinsic cellular properties)
Richard Roberts (Cardiovascular pharmacology including the study of signal transduction pathways that mediate vasoconstriction)

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