Li Chan announced as winner of the 2024 European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE) Award
Date: 30 November 2023
The European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) is delighted to announce that the 2024 European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE) Award has been awarded to Professor Li Chan.
Li Chan is Professor of Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, at the Queen Mary University of London.
The European Journal of Endocrinology Award is presented to a candidate who has significantly contributed to the advancement of knowledge in the field of endocrinology through publication.
Professor Chan has been undertaking world class research in the biology of melanocortins and their accessory proteins MRAPs following her description of how MRAP and MRAP2 interact and regulate melanocortin receptor expression, trafficking and function. In 2009, she was awarded a highly competitive MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship, which she used to establish her research group and a collaborative network, resulting in several highly significant outputs, including the description of the involvement of MRAP2 in obesity.
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