Congratulations to the following applicants who have been awarded an early career grant (May 2009 deadline):

Dr Emily Thompson, Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London (£9,814 awarded) Title: Do inherent differences in leptin sensitivity predict age of pubertal onset and propensity to become obese?

Dr Lesia Kurlak, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham (£9,621 awarded) Title: Placental selenoproteins’ iodothyronine deiodinases expression and activity in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies

Dr Laura Matthews, Department of Medicine, University of Manchester (£9,680 awarded) Title: Investigating Gc sensitivity in meiosis

Dr Nicole Reisch, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham (£10,000 awarded) Title: Analysing protein degradation of 21-hydroxylase as a novel approach towards an improved understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Dr Kirsty Smith, Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London (£6,621 awarded) Title: Augurin, a novel regulator of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis

Full details of the Early Career Grant Programme can be found at the website below. The closing date for the next round of applications is 27 November 2009.

Early Career Grant