{"id":71,"date":"2019-10-11T14:50:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T13:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/?p=71"},"modified":"2019-10-11T16:15:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:15:14","slug":"mdr-away-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/2019\/10\/11\/mdr-away-day\/","title":{"rendered":"MDR Away Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_77\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-image-77 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/IMG_2052-e1570800604241-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Dr David MacIntyre presenting work from the Section of Pregnancy, Parturition and Prematurity at the MDR Away Day.\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr David MacIntyre presenting the work of the Section of Pregnancy, Parturition and Prematurity at the MDR Away Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Monday 7th October, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/medicine\/departments\/metabolism-digestion-reproduction\/\" data-toggle=\"section\">Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction<\/a> held its inaugural Away Day.<\/p>\n<p>As a new Department, it was a fantastic opportunity to get the vast majority of our researchers and academics in one place and hear about all the diverse and fascinating work taking place across the Divisions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As Prof Mark Thursz, Head of Department, referenced in his opening remarks, whilst metabolism, digestion and reproduction may appear somewhat unrelated, they share the goal of driving improvements in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, based on strong basic, translational and clinical science.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our Director <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkThursz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkThursz<\/a> kicks off the MDR Away Day. Everyone is looking forward to hearing about all the fantastic and diverse research programmes going on across the Department. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3oApLoy9JR\">pic.twitter.com\/3oApLoy9JR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Metabolism, Digestion &amp; Reproduction (@ImperialMDR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImperialMDR\/status\/1181136571837353984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The presentations showed numerous opportunities for collaboration and cross-departmental support, particularly in the investigation of the genome, microbiome and metabolome, methodologies used by many in the Department to underpin their fundamental research and provide novel insights on disease pathogenesis.<\/p>\n<p>Division and Section Heads from across the Department gave presentations highlighting the current projects being undertaken in their research areas. This allowed attendees to discover potential opportunities to collaborate, and also gain insight and experience from colleagues work in the Department.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr Maud Lemoine <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maud_lemoine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@maud_lemoine<\/a>, Head of Hepatology &amp; Gastroenterology Section <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IHepatology?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IHepatology<\/a>, presenting at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImperialMDR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImperialMDR<\/a> department away day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImperialMed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImperialMed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9U6r8dicIQ\">pic.twitter.com\/9U6r8dicIQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Imperial Hepatology (@IHepatology) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IHepatology\/status\/1181157607702175745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We will be updating the below programme with the speakers&#8217; slides as we receive them:<\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoTableGrid\" data-tablelook=\"1696\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Division<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Speaker<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">MDR Welcome and Introduction<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Introduction-Mark-Thursz.pdf\">Mark Thursz<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Division-of-Diabetes-Endocrinology-Metabolism-Waljit-Dhillo.pdf\">Waljit Dhillo<\/a> <\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Section-of-Metabolic-Medicine-Nick-Oliver.pdf\">Nick Oliver<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Digestive Diseases<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Hepatology-and-Gastroenterology\u200b-Maud-Lemoine.pdf\">Maud Lemoine<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reorganising\u00a0the Faculty of Medicine<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jonathan Weber<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">IRDB<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Section-of-Gynaecologic-Oncology\u200b-Maria-Kyrgiou\u200b.pdf\">Maria Kyrgiou\u200b<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Section-of-Fetal-Medicine-Christoph-Lees.pdf\">Christoph Lees<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Glycosciences-Laboratory-\u200b-Yan-Liu.pdf\">Yan Liu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Systems Medicine\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Zoltan\u00a0Takats<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Digestive Diseases<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Section-for-Nutrition-Research\u200b-Gary-Frost.pdf\">Gary Frost<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">IRDB<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">David\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">MacIntyre<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">Kate Hardy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Guy\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Rutter<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Molecular-Endocrinology-Laboratory\u200b-Duncan-Bassett-and-Graham-Williams\u200b.pdf\">Duncan Bassett<br \/>\nGraham Williams\u200b<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Systems Medicine<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Jules Griffin<br \/>\nMarc Dumas<br \/>\nAnthony Beucher<br \/>\nHector Keun<br \/>\nPhilippe Froguel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Drug Development<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td data-celllook=\"0\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/mdr\/files\/2019\/10\/Drug-Discovery-Steve-Bloom.pdf\">Steve Bloom<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Please feel free to contact any of the speakers if you think there are potential opportunities for collaboration or if you would like further information about their research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday 7th October, the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction held its inaugural Away Day. 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