Research project

Sarcopenia Project II (MEMOSA Validation Study)

Research groups:

Plants and Food Security
Lead researcher:

Professor Keith Godfrey
Other researchers:

Professor Cyrus Cooper,

Professor Karen Lillycrop
Research funder:

Nestec Ltd
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise

Connect with Keith

Email: kmg@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology

Research interests

Key research contributions have been:
discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in late adulthood
demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood

Connect with Cyrus

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Karen Lillycrop

Professor of Epigenetics

Research interests

Epigenetics
Human Disease

Connect with Karen

Email: k.a.lillycrop@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Plants and Food Security

We study the response of plants to the environment at the molecular, whole plant and ecological levels. This includes interactions with nematodes, insects and microbes.