PhD studentship, University of Nottingham

Via www.jobs.ac.uk. A PhD studentship entitled 'The endocrine and dietary regulation of brown adipose tissue' is open for applications at the School of Clinical Sciences, University of Nottingham. The project will be in collaboration with the Cardiometabolic Disease Research Foundation, Los Angeles, USA.

The studentship aims to develop novel interventions aimed at promoting brown adipose tissue (BAT) function. It has recently been established that BAT function can be promoted by individual dietary compounds which can be quantified using novel imaging techniques. A number of landmark discoveries have identified the period from prior to birth extending up to and beyond puberty as a key window for developmental endocrine influences on the risk of becoming obese and developing diabetes. Therefore, interventions aimed at promoting BAT function early in life may be considerably more successful in regulating the capacity for lipid storage in white adipose tissue and energy expenditure in BAT during a person's life, compared with therapies during adult life when BAT is disappearing. This studentship will uniquely offer the opportunity to translate in vivo data with detailed in-depth cellular and molecular analysis.

This position will remain open until filled. Click on the link below for further information and details of how to apply.

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