Research project

Linking Adipose Biology with Neuroinflammation

Lead researcher:

Dr Helena Fisk
Status:

Active

Project overview

Linking Adipose Biology with Neuroinflammation. BBSRC pump priming funded project to investigate links between adipose tissue morphology and inflammation, blood metabolomics, and neuroinflammation in a murine model of Alzheimer's disease in response to probiotic intervention.

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Helena Fisk PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

Human nutrition, inflammation and disease acorss the lifecourse
Obesity associated inflammation in subcutaneous white adipose tissue
Immunomodulatory actions of nutrients including omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty, probiotics and vitamin D

Connect with Helena

Email: h.fisk@soton.ac.uk