29 Jul 2009
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.