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CCMN @ccmnlondon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Pippa Wittenberg from the Gourine Lab for receiving the Early Investigator Prize!

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CCMN @ccmnlondon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

📣 New preprint out from the Adriaenssesns lab led by @nataliefigueredob.bsky.social Congratulations to all authors!

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Opposing GIPR brainstem circuits differentially control feeding behaviour www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Natalie Figueredo Burgos @nataliefigueredob.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Really excited to share our new bioRxiv preprint! 🎉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... In this study, we dissect the roles of GIPR neurons in two adjacent brainstem nuclei, the area postrema (AP) and nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), and show that they have opposing effects on feeding.

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Opposing GIPR brainstem circuits differentially control feeding behaviour

Central glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) signalling is required for the efficacy of GIP-based obesity therapeutics, yet how distinct subpopulations of GIPR neurons shape ap...

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CCMN @ccmnlondon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

📣 Join us for the next CCMN Lecture as we welcome Dr. Frank Duca for an insightful talk on: 🧠 Impact of the diet-gut microbiome interactions on gut-brain axis regulation of metabolic disease 📅 Monday 15th June ⏰ 1:00 PM 📍 G01 Lankester Lecture Theatre, Medawar Building, UCL

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CCMN @ccmnlondon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

📣 For our next CCMN seminar, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Hannah Botfield from the University of Birmingham, who will be presenting on: 🧠 Modulating CSF dynamics for stroke and hydrocephalus therapy 📅 Wednesday 22nd April ⏰ 1:00 PM 📍 CABI Seminar Room, Paul O’Gorman Building

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Alice Adriaenssens @adriaenssenslab.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Unbelievably proud of @nataliefigueredob.bsky.social for winning the prestigious Bogue Fellowship 🌟 She'll be heading across the pond to train with the @zknight.bsky.social lab for 3 months. Exciting things to come for this bright young scientist 🧠. @uclnpp.bsky.social @ccmnlondon.bsky.social

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Anna Roberts @drannaroberts.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Excited to share a new preprint from work I did during my PhD! 🎉 Here we uncover a direct gut-pancreas neuronal circuit that drives the glucoregulatory response to lipids 🫒 Huge thanks to @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and all involved. Read it here 📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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CCMN @ccmnlondon.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

📣Join the Trapp lab as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow! The Trapp lab is seeking for a highly motivated Research Fellow to explore the role of GLP-1 action within the brain. If you are interested we encourage you to apply! 📍 Location: UCL, London 📆 Application deadline: March 19th

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CCMN @ccmnlondon.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

📣 Professor Stefan Trapp will be giving a talk as part of the webinar titled Harnessing Hormones for Health: Taking GLP-1 from Research to Reality hosted by @chemistryworld.com Join to learn all about the groundbreaking science behind obesity drugs on March 6th at 3:00pm.

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Kate Ellacott @neuroendo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Welcome to Bluesky @danieljdrucker.bsky.social! The father of GLP-1 research and anyone who followed him on the other site knows he posts the latest obesity/diabetes research so give him a follow. Also check out the related starter pack below: go.bsky.app/NRoqMvp

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CCMN @ccmnlondon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

CCMN is off to an amazing start this year. Here are some highlights you don’t want to miss ✨

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CCMN @ccmnlondon.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

📣 We are excited to launch this year’s CCMN Lecture Series with Dr. @zknight.bsky.social! Join us to learn about his latest work on: In vivo imaging of brainstem neurons in response to nutrient intake. 🗓️ Wednesday, Dec 4, 2024 🕐 13:00 📍 H O Schild Lecture Theatre, Medical Sciences Building

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Kate Ellacott @neuroendo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

@stephenorahilly.bsky.social welcome! Find many in our community here via the starter pack. One of the great advantages of this site over the other 😀 go.bsky.app/NRoqMvp

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Obesity, Diabetes & Metabolism Research

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Dan Brierley @drdanbrierley.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Great to see the UCL Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience is here too now! Pls follow @ccmnlondon.bsky.social for updates and job / studentship opportunities from the Adriaenssens, Brierley, Gourine and Trapp labs and our collabs. www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/... 🧪 #neuroskyence

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Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience

The Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience at UCL brings together several UCL and external research groups that conduct basic and clinical studies directed at understanding the role of n...

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Sarah Ruediger @ruedigersarah.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My lab University College London is looking for an experimental postdoc to join our team. Interested in circuits underlying visually guided behavior, chronic #Neuropixel recordings or 2-photon imaging (Benchtop, #Mini2p)? Then check out our lab homepage www.ruedigerlab.com, apply & spread the word

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