Digestive Physiology and Nutrition Group
Our group focuses on digestive physiology and nutrition. We use animal models of digestive diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease.
Research interests
- Gut-brain axis
- Neuroimmune interactions
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Gastroparesis
- Stem cell therapies
- Hirschsprung disease
- G protein coupled receptors (GPCR) as drug targets
Techniques
- Animal models of disease
- High-resolution fluorescence microscopy
- Electrophysiology
- Stem cell biology
Research team
Research team head
Group Head
Team members
Research fellows
- Dr Lincon Stamp
- Dr Juan Molero
- Dr Cameron Adams
Research and technical staff
- Madeleine Di Natale
- Enie Lei
- Billie Hunne
Selected publications
- Di Natale M R, Athavale O N, Wang X, Du P, Cheng L K, Liu Z and Furness J B (2023), ‘Functional and anatomical gastric regions and their relations to motility control’, Neurogastroenterology and Motility: The Official Journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, Mar 13:e14560, doi:10.1111/nmo.14560.
- Wang X, Cao J, Han K, Cho M, She Y, Scheven U, Avci R, Du P, Cheng L K, Natale M R D, Furness J B and Liu Z (2023), ‘Diffeomorphic surface modeling for MRI-based characterization of gastric anatomy and motility’, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, doi:10.1109/TBME.2023.3234509.
Contact us
Professor John Furness
Group Head
[email protected]