Prof Lora Heisler

Working to understand how obesity and type 2 diabetes develop in order to discover new treatments. Opinions are my own.

[Prof Lora Heisler @LoraHeisler]

Join us at Keystone's Obesity Therapeutics: Unlocking Benefits and Minimizing Side Effects Jan 26-29 2026 to be held Keystone, CO. Fantastic line up of international leaders in the field.

Extended Deadline for short talk and travel prize October 8th, 2025

[Prof Lora Heisler @LoraHeisler]

@KeystoneSymp October 8, 2025 - Extended deadline for scholarships and short talk. Please submit and join us!!

[Keystone Symposia @KeystoneSymp]

🚨 Deadline Sept 24 (11:59pm MDT)!

Submit abstract/scholarship apps for the joint Keystone Symposia:
🧪 Obesity Therapeutics
❤️ Cardiometabolism in Health & Disease
📅 Jan 26–29, 2026 | Keystone, CO
🔗 https://t.co/G5Iuapdn6k
🔗 https://t.co/2xjDjMfmQs
▶️ https://t.co/FpWCG68vlu

[Keystone Symposia @KeystoneSymp]

Proud to feature world-class leaders driving discovery and innovation:
@LoraHeisler @jimmytrevaskis @MatthiasTschop @DanKellyPennCVI @Rongtian2
Join them Jan 26–29, 2026 in Keystone, CO!
#KSObesity26 #KSCardioMetab26

[Prof Lora Heisler @LoraHeisler]

Join us at Keystone's Obesity Therapeutics: Unlocking Benefits and Minimizing Side Effects Jan 26-29 2026 to be held Keystone, CO. Fantastic line up of international leaders in the field.

Deadline for short talk and travel prize September 24th, 2025

[BryanRoth @zenbrainest]

Identification of a neural basis for energy expenditure in the mouse arcuate hypothalamus: Neuron https://t.co/HjBq7HQ1Lp

[Giles Yeo @GilesYeo]

I’ve been hosting the 7th International Melanocortin Meeting here in Cambridge with my co-organisers Roger Cone, Kate Ellacott and Anne White. Spectacular science! Here we are at the conference dinner! #obesityisnotachoice

[Prof Lora Heisler @LoraHeisler]

Can't wait for Keystone's Obesity Therapeutics: Unlocking Benefits and Minimizing Side Effects Jan 26-29 2026. It will be an exciting meeting.

Deadline for short talk and travel prize September 24th, 2025
https://t.co/Em89EeWTLv

[TheRealZigmanLab @ZigmanLab]

Fueling our minds and souls with science, snacks, sights, and smiles. #ghrelin Aegean conference on obesity

[Prof Lora Heisler @LoraHeisler]

Fascinating talk today in our Rowett Institute @rowett_abdn Seminar Series by visiting speaker Dr Costas Christodoulides, University of Oxford about his work on body fat distribution and cardiometabolic disease risk.

[Molecular Metabolism @MolMetab]

#Exercise induces the transcription factor KLF5 in skeletal muscle, orchestrating a switch from enhanced #fattyacidoxidation after acute exercise to lipid remodeling with chronic training.

👩‍🔬👨‍🔬@UniBasel_en @biozentrum @SchneiderHeieck
🔗https://t.co/Ez1SYVghli

[Prof Lora Heisler @LoraHeisler]

I'm accepting applications for PhD students interested in studying gut-brain communication in the regulation of appetite. Interested? Please apply!

https://t.co/ONsQYJDyj9

[Aberdeen Cardiovascular and Diabetes Centre @AberdeenCDC]

Cell Metabolism 20th anniversary🥳publishing a broad range of impactful metabolic research. Enjoy the Voices series, highlighting journeys in metabolism research. Well done to @JohnSpeakman4 and @LoraHeisler for major contributions over the years.

[Rowett Institute @rowett_abdn]

Where are we on the journey from weight loss💉to 💊and how would patients and the NHS gain if we get there? When @BBCr4today and @bbc5live want to know, they turn to Prof @LoraHeisler
Listen back
https://t.co/DCfRW7WvGc
(44m45s) @JustinOnWeb
&
https://t.co/4qWsNBKfXU
(1h14m30s)

[Prof Lora Heisler @LoraHeisler]

Reminder: Register for the First Int'l Conference on #Obesity - #BiologicalDrivers and #Therapeutic Approaches https://t.co/x4sMll6rUg May 20-25 in #Crete, #Greece
@KalimeraKriti
Check out the line up - it will be a great meeting!

[Rowett Institute @rowett_abdn]

Two of our promising young researchers have been talking about their professional interest in exploring women's health issues and their hopes for the future as part of the University of Aberdeen's celebrations of #InternationalWomensDay 2025. (1/4)

[Aegean Conferences @AegeanConf]

REMINDER: Early Fee, Abstract Submission, Trainee Award Application Feb 1 to the First Int'l Conference on #Obesity - #BiologicalDrivers and #TherapeuticApproaches https://t.co/dRxDX4rDzf May 20-25, 2025

[Rowett Institute @rowett_abdn]

Obesity drugs without the nausea? That's one goal of a new £1.2m Rowett-led research project, funded by @The_MRC and in collaboration with @uclnews and @BioSScotland

See Prof @LoraHeisler talk about the work in this video - and read more details here:
https://t.co/HJR9FzLuyn

[Prof Lora Heisler @LoraHeisler]

Scientists launch £1.2m project to bypass weight-loss drug side effects https://t.co/Rj2pZDNEvA

[Prof Lora Heisler @LoraHeisler]

Scientists and clinicians, come and discuss the latest discoveries with leaders in the obesity field at this small obesity conference in Crete! Abstract deadline is 1 Feb.
https://t.co/vC76dygdJZ