RefNo | EC/2022/28 |
Level | Item |
Title | Miguel-Aliaga, Irene: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
Date | 21 April 2022 |
Description | Certificate endorsing election of Irene Miguel-Aliaga as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citation giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
Citation | Miguel-Aliaga’s pioneering work has transformed our understanding of how organs communicate with one another and the importance of the gut-brain axis for regulating metabolism. Miguel-Aliaga established how adult organs in model organisms sense and are re-shaped by their environment. Her creative thinking and outside-the-box experimental approaches uncovered previously unrecognised sex differences and reproductive plasticity that impact food intake, fertility and tumour susceptibility. her insights have major implications for the treatment and prevention of metabolic illnesses such as diabetes and obesity and help explain why some diseases are more common in women, and why men and women respond differently to therapies. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Computer printout |
PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
AccessStatus | Closed |
AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers and date certificate was first submitted for candidacy are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |