Congratulations to Prof Francesco Rubino who has been awarded the honour of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy 🇮🇹

Prof Rubino was recognised with the knighthood for his expertise in metabolic and weight loss surgery

King’s is supporting a trial for a machine that could diagnosis heart attacks directly at the site the patient is receiving care

The trial involves scientists from Prolight Diagnostics and patients from Guy's and St Thomas'

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Today marks one month since the London Marathon 🏃‍♀️

We spoke to Diabetes postdocs Tzuwen Hong and Lydia Daniels-Gatward about their running journey, how they caught the bug, and raising money for Diabetes UK

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…and we are now hiring a Research Associate to work on this exciting project on #metabolism in #heartfailure using #hiPSC , and #metabolomics . Join us Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences King's BHF Centre
Check this out: kcl.ac.uk/jobs/089205-po…

📢We are incredibly grateful to receive funding from JDRF to explore if modulating islet-resident immune cells can delay or prevent #type1diabetes .

Excited to continue collaborating with James Pearson Cardiff University.

Thank you @jdrf JDRFUK!

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences KHP Diabetes, Endocrinology & Obesity Diabetes Research Group @King’s.

📢 New PhD studentship available with Dr @GavBev!

🧑‍🔬 This project aims to prove gut organoids as the best diagnostic tool and help establish a UK organoid program for faster diagnosis

❌ Deadline: 17 June

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Still time to apply for this postdoc position with me at King's College London . Deadline has been extended by one week! 🧠 ⚡️ DM or email me if you'd like to chat

Join us as we look back at the first series of Humanising Healthcare
 
Hosted by Dr Manasi Randi, the podcast explores the work of researchers who have identified and are aiming to address inequalities within their fields
 
Listen now: kcl.ac.uk/humanising-hea…

We're looking for an Operations Officer to join our dynamic School team!

The role will be split between HR & Finance and on-site activities at St Thomas' Hospital

❌ Deadline: 27 March ❌

Apply below! 👇

kcl.ac.uk/jobs/086873-op…

Oluwatunmise Akintewe – also known as ‘Tumie’ – joined King’s in April 2022 as a lab technician for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

We spoke to Tumie about researching crop varieties, stepping out of your comfort zone and becoming a Registered Scientist (RSci)

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💪 We want to wish Dr Lydia Daniels Gatwards, postdoc in diabetes research, the best of luck as she is running in the London Marathon on Sunday 21 April to raise money for Diabetes UK

Support her by donating to her fundraising page ⬇️

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Here's Jocelyn and the Head of School, Professor Mauro Giacca, with the winning artwork! 👏

♻️ Congratulations to Jocelyn Grant who won the Repurposing Packaging Artwork Competition from Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences that challenges people to recycle workplace waste into new products/artworks

🖌️ Jocelyn won with an art piece made from an Amazon box and old bottle tops

Check it out ⬇️

This year's #FoLSMStaffAwards are open for nominations! Recognise a colleague in the categories of Research, People & Culture and Education. Full details, award criteria and the nomination form are on the Faculty Information Hub: lnkd.in/ewX7RbdY

👀 We're looking for a new School Operations Officer!

💪 Consider applying if you're an experienced and motivated administrator

❌ Deadline: 30 April

Full description below 🔽

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Women are currently underrepresented in technical leadership roles in UK labs 👩‍🔬

Thankfully, The Herschel Programme has been designed to advance opportunities for women to become leaders

Tumie Akintewe spoke to us about what the programme has taught her

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Inaugural Lecture 20/3/24

Older people who regularly do endurance exercise maintain similar muscle health to younger people

The research suggests inactivity has a greater effect on some muscle characteristics than simply getting older

Read more 🔽

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British Heart Foundation has awarded Dr Joseph Burgoyne from Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences nearly £450k to lead a heart disease project

The project looks at the causes of dilated cardiomyopathy, which can lead to heart attack or cardiac arrest ❤️‍🩹

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Dr Ricci Hannah from School of Basic & Medical Biosciences and Dr Ryuichi Fukuda from Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences have been awarded prestigious grants from Academy of Medical Sciences

Dr Hannah will look into the treatment process for epilepsy, while Dr Fukuda will explore aspects of heart regeneration 👇

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