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
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]