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CCMN SEMINAR - Prof Kevin Murphy - Imperial College London

29 November 2022, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

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Title: ‘The function of foods: how nutrients regulate glucose and energy homeostasis’

Event Information

Open to

UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Charlette Bent-Gayle

Location

G46 H O Schild Pharmacology LT
Medical Sciences and Anatomy
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

Host: Alice Adriaenssens

Kevin is interested in how the gut senses specific macronutrients and overall nutritional status. He studies the hormonal and neuronal pathways by which the gut signals to the brain and the pancreas to regulate food intake and glucose homeostasis.

About the Speaker

Prof Kevin Murphy

Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism at Imperial College London

Kevin is a Prof of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Imperial College London, and acts as Admissions Tutor for Widening Participation in Medicine, and as Director of Postgraduate Studies for four Faculty of Medicine Depts. 

Kevin's research focuses on the role of the hypothalamus in the control of energy homeostasis and reproduction. Both of these physiological roles have important implications for human health. He is particularly interested in how the gut senses nutritional status and signals to appetite centres of the brain such as the hypothalamus and brain stem to regulate food intake. Kevin is also interested in how central hypothalamic neuropeptide circuits act to control body weight and reproductive function.

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