Research output per year
Research output per year
Room 01.020 - Biological Sciences
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Dr Su is open to wide-ranging PhD applications from candidates with a basic science or clinical background. Her fields of interest include:
• Nutritional signalling, Energy metabolism, and metabolic disease
• Gut microbiota
• Pharmacology
Previous research experience is desirable.
Research activity per year
Our research strategically focuses on deciphering the molecular mechanisms linking nutritional signalling (e.g. high-fat/high-carbohydrate diet and functional foods) with the onset of chronic metabolic disease, including diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease and inflammatory bowel disease.
We employ a wide range of laboratory approaches from in vivo physiology to molecular biology and cell culture, such as genetically engineered animal models, Crispr/cas9 gene editing, single cell RNA-sequencing and microRNA profiling, to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms that link lipid/carbohydrate metabolism and gut microbiomes with the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome. We further investigate the therapeutic potentials of functional food (i.e. Fenugreek) and identify pharmaceutical targets that may lend supports for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiovascular disease.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
Su, Q. (Recipient), 01 Oct 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Su, Q. (Recipient), 06 Nov 2019
Prize: National/international honour
Su, Q. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: National/international honour
Su, Q. (Host)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Su, Q. (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Su, Q. (Session chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Su, Q. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Su, Q. (Vice-Chair)
Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups