David Hodson, MRCVS

Prof, BVSc (Hons), PhD

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

David Hodson is currently a Senior Birmingham Fellow in Molecular Endocrinology and also holds Diabetes UK RD Lawrence and EFSD/Novo Nordisk Fellowships. David has particular interest in using multidisciplinary and innovative approaches (eg biophotonics, genetics, network biology, chemical biology) to tackle challenging research questions in endocrinology. The overall objective of his work is to identify new mechanisms through which insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells fail during diabetes.

Research in Dr Hodson's lab revolves around the use of sophisticated imaging modalities (eg high-speed multibeam, two-photon, super-resolution), combined with chemical biology, recombinant technologies and genetic manipulation, to interrogate and decipher the population basis for hormone secretion from endocrine tissues in situ and in vivo. Focussing predominantly upon rodent and human islets of Langerhans, these studies have demonstrated a novel mode of incretin action which boosts insulin release through coaxing beta cell cooperativity, a role for GWAS-identified genes in regulating human beta cell-beta cell interconnectedness, and dual orchestration of metabolic dynamics in a subpopulation of beta cells by glucose and incretin.

20062024

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Martin Hewison

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Davide Calebiro

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Alex Sinclair

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Stephen Goldup

  • Chemistry - Chair in Supramolecular Chemistry

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Carolyn Greig

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Jack Bryant

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Ed Rainger

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Lina Schiffer

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Philip Newsome

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Yasir Elhassan

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Leigh Breen

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Dylan Owen

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Ian Tomlinson

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Manuel Banzhaf

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Helen McGettrick

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Felicity Williams

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Adam Boufersaoui

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Johannes Broichhagen

  • Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
  • Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Muchen, and Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, 81377 Muchen, Germany
  • Max Planck Inst. for Med. Research

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Patrice Mollard

  • University of Montpellier
  • Inserm U-1191, Montpellier, France
  • CNRS, UMR-5203, Institut de Genomique Fonctionnelle, F-34000 Montpellier, France

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Ben Jones

  • Imperial College London

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Guy Rutter

  • Imperial College London

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Chrystel Lafont

  • CNRS, UMR-5203, Institut de Genomique Fonctionnelle, F-34000 Montpellier, France

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Dirk Trauner

  • New York University
  • Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

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Domenico Bosco

  • University of Geneva

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Piero Marchetti

  • Università di Pisa
  • University of Pisa

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Alejandra Tomas

  • Imperial College London

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Lorenzo Piemonti

  • San Raffaele Scientific Institute Via Olgettina
  • IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute

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Pierre Fontanaud

  • University of Montpellier

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Marco Bugliani

  • University of Pisa

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Nicola Romano

  • University of Edinburgh

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Julie Townsend

  • University of Bristol

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Tricia M. Tan

  • Imperial College London

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Stefan Trapp

  • Imperial College London

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Isabelle Leclerc

  • Imperial College London

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Danielle Carmignac

  • MRC National Institute for Medical Research

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Frank Reimann

  • University of Cambridge

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James A Frank

  • Oregon Health and Sciences University

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Tom Podewin

  • Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

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Maria A. Lucey

  • Imperial College London

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Giuseppe D’agostino

  • University of Manchester

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Amelia K. Linnemann

  • Indiana University School of Medicine

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Elisa D’este

  • Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

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Rita Nano

  • San Raffaele Scientific Institute Via Olgettina

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Wen-Hong Li

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Iain C A F Robinson

  • MRC National Institute for Medical Research
  • The Francis Crick Institute
  • Southend Hospital

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Bettina Mathes

  • University of Melbourne

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Agnes O Martin

  • University of Montpellier

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Emma R. McGlone

  • Imperial College London

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Ramona Birke

  • Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

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Kilian Roßmann

  • Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

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Daniel I. Brierley

  • Imperial College London

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Shugo Sasaki

  • University of British Columbia

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Tom Podewin

  • Max Planck Inst. for Med. Research

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Elizabeth Haythorne

  • Imperial College London

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Marie-Sophie Nguyen-Tu

  • Imperial College London

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Nikolay Ninov

  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

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Kai Johnsson

  • Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

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Dmytro Yushchenko

  • Europ. Molecular Biology Laboratory

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Carsten Schulz

  • Europ. Molecular Biology Laboratory

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Francesca Semplici

  • Imperial College London

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Ryan Mitchell

  • Imperial College London

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Christopher A. Reissaus

  • Indiana University School of Medicine

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Natalie Johnston

  • Imperial College London

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Jean-Louis Baneres

  • University of Montpellier

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Benoit Hastoy

  • University of Oxford

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Francis C. Lynn

  • University of British Columbia

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Richard Benninger

  • University of Colorado-Denver

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Maria Paiva Pessoa

  • Imperial College London

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Malcolm Low

  • University of Michigan

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Gary A. Rutter

  • Imperial College London

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Dorien A. Roosen

  • Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

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Chunjie Li

  • Fudan University

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Philipp Sasse

  • University of Bonn

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Nikolaus Plesnila

  • The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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Thomas Marjot

  • Imperial College London
  • University of Oxford
  • John Radcliffe Hospital

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Michael P. Greenwood

  • University of Bristol

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Ying Mao

  • Fudan University
  • Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Function Restoration and Neural Regeneration

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Teresa Buenaventura

  • Imperial College London

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David Grahame Hardie

  • University of Dundee

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Marc Foretz

  • INSERM
  • CNRS-CEA
  • Paris Descartes University
  • Institut Cochin

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Igor Felippe

  • University of Auckland

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Pauline Campos

  • CNRS, UMR-5203, Institut de Genomique Fonctionnelle, F-34000 Montpellier, France

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Jatin Nagpal

  • Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS)

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Giatgen A. Spinas

  • University of Zurich

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Richard A. Zuellig

  • University of Zurich

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Benoit Viollet

  • Institut Cochin
  • Paris Descartes University

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Peter G Schultz

  • Scripps Res Inst

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Nisha Kanda

  • Imperial College London

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Peter M Jones

  • King’s College London

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Adrian L Harris

  • University of Oxford

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Benjamin Glaser

  • The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School

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Daniela Malan

  • University of Bonn

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Rebecca M. Callingham

  • Imperial College London

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Constantino Sotelo

  • Imperial College London

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Roger Lehmann

  • University of Zurich

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Jeremy W. Tomlinson

  • University of Oxford

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Paul Le Tissier

  • University of Edinburgh

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James V. Gardiner

  • Imperial College London

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Yuval Dor

  • The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School

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Violeta Mitutsova

  • Inserm U-1191, Montpellier, France

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Helen E Parker

  • University of Cambridge

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Tao Ye

  • Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
  • CNRS-CEA
  • INSERM
  • IN2P3

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Michael Watkinson

  • Queen Mary, University of London
  • Keele University

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Jay K. Kolls

  • University of Pittsburgh

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Sarah J. Richardson

  • University of Birmingham

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David Bushir

  • Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

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GC Huang

  • King’s College London

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Yannic Nonnenmacher

  • Technische Universität Braunschweig

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Papillon Gustafson

  • University of Otago

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Giulio Laurenti

  • University of Birmingham

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Anja Hoffmann-Roder

  • Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

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Philip Duncanson

  • Queen Mary, University of London

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Zenobia Mehta

  • Imperial College London

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Richard K. P. Benninger

  • University of Colorado

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Paul R V Johnson

  • University of Oxford

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Nabeel Bardeesy

  • Harvard Medical School

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Jeong-Seop Rhee

  • Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine

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Marine Chazalon

  • Inserm U-1191, Montpellier, France

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Christina Frost

  • Technical University Munich

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Alexander Barre

  • Inserm U-1191, Montpellier, France

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Helio C Salgado

  • University of Sao Paulo

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Julian F R Paton

  • University of Bristol
  • University of Auckland

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Pratik Thakka

  • University of Auckland

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Charlotte Morris

  • Heart England NHS Fdn

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Noel G. Morgan

  • University of Exeter

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Volker Haucke

  • Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

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Andrew Philp

  • Garvan Institute of Medical Research
  • University of New South Wales

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Stephen Bunn

  • University of Otago

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Nicholas Vierra

  • Vanderbilt University

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Christopher A. Reynolds

  • University of Essex

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Christiane Huhn

  • Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

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Esther Bridges

  • University of Oxford

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David A Jacobson

  • Vanderbilt University

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Manon Granier

  • Inserm U-1191, Montpellier, France

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Nils Brose

  • Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine

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Edlira Luca

  • University of Zurich

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Mark Sherlock

  • Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Adelaide and Meath Hospitals, Incorporating the National Children's Hospital and Trinity College, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin

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Rebecca Cheung

  • Imperial College London

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David Grattan

  • University of Otago

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Wei Hua

  • Fudan University
  • Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Function Restoration and Neural Regeneration

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Manuel Gailer

  • Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

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Ekaterine Berishvili

  • University of Geneva

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Audrys G. Pauza

  • University of Bristol

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Karsten Hiller

  • Technische Universität Braunschweig
  • Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine
  • Luxembourg University

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Mevlut Citir

  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg

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Dieter Groneberg

  • University of Würzburg

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Z. B. Jiao

  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Dainius H. Pauza

  • Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

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Guillaume Osterstock

  • Inserm U-1191, Montpellier, France

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David T Murphy

  • University of Bristol

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Tatjana Tasic

  • University of Belgrade

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Martin Zacharias

  • Technical University Munich

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Jorge Ferrer

  • Imperial College London
  • CSIC/IDIBAPS
  • Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM)
  • Hospital Clinic i Provincial

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Jaimini Cegla

  • Imperial College London

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Richard B. Sessions

  • University of Bristol

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Wei Zhu

  • Fudan University

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Hendrik Luuk

  • University of Tartu

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Catherine Hornby

  • University of Birmingham

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Craig Dorrell

  • Oregon Health and Sciences University

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Ilona Kokay

  • University of Otago

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Margherita Duca

  • Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

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Eloise Williams

  • University of Otago

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Alexander Gottschalk

  • Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (BMLS)

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Siew Yip

  • University of Otago

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Rosario Scopelliti

  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
  • School of Basic Sciences
  • Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) , Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. aravindkumar.chandiran@epfl.ch
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
  • Downtown Station
  • Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces

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Hans Vellama

  • University of Tartu

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Kate J. Heesom

  • University of Bristol

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Alexander Gray

  • University of Dundee

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David W Ray

  • University of Manchester

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Kristina Rysevaite-Kyguoliene

  • Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

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Paul Bishop

  • University of Bristol

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Maria Karsai

  • University of Zurich

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Michael Lisurek

  • Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie

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