School of Life Sciences

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)
 

 

School of Life Sciences

University of Nottingham
Medical School
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham NG7 2UH

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