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

Team members

Research fellows

  • Dr Lincon Stamp
  • Dr Juan Molero
  • Dr Cameron Adams

Research and technical staff

  • Madeleine Di Natale
  • Enie Lei
  • Billie Hunne

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, [online] p.e14560. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14560.
  • Wang, X., Cao, J., Han, K., Choi, 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 bio-medical engineering, [online] PP. doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2023.3234509.
  • 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, [online] p.e14560. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14560.

Contact us

Professor John Furness

Group Head
[email protected]