Fondation IPSEN 2012 Endocrine Regulation Prize lecture - 17:10, Main Hall

La Fondation IPSEN 2012 Endocrine Regulation Prize will be awarded to Professor Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Donald Bren Professor at the University of California, USA. Professor Sassone-Corsi, who is also Director of the Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, University of California, has been awarded this prize for his body of research on the understanding of circadian clocks and how disruption of circadian rhythms has been linked to depression, insomnia, jet lag, coronary heart disease, neurodegenerative disorders and cancer.

This prize is awarded by la Fondation IPSEN to a researcher or a physician who has carried out work essential to a better understanding of the role of neuroendocrine interactions in regulating the body’s major metabolic functions. Join Professor Sassone-Corsi for his prize lecture 'Common threads: Epigenetics, metabolism and the clock' at 17:10-17:55 in the Main Hall today.

You can read the abstract to Professor Sassone-Corsi's presentation on Endocrine Abstracts