2011 Tim Hunt prize for Cell Biology awarded to Shuai Chen
Congratulations to Shuai Chen, postdoc in Carol MacKintosh's group, for winning the 2011 Tim Hunt Prize for Cell Biology for his work on complementary roles of AS160 and TBC1D1 in regulating glucose uptake into muscle in response to insulin and energy stress.
The Tim Hunt prize for Cell Biology is awarded for a significant advance in basic research in any area of cell biology carried out in the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. The award committee commented 'We were all very impressed with your use of such a wide range of approaches to develop and test your hypothesis and your discoveries have clearly made a significant contribution to the understanding of the regulation of glucose homeostasis.'
Shuai's studies used an elegant blend of biochemistry and genetics, the latter in collaboration with Kei Sakamoto, another programme leader in the Unit.
Shuai is the second member of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit to be awarded this prize, following Anna Zagorska last year.
The Tim Hunt prize for Cell Biology is awarded for a significant advance in basic research in any area of cell biology carried out in the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. The award committee commented 'We were all very impressed with your use of such a wide range of approaches to develop and test your hypothesis and your discoveries have clearly made a significant contribution to the understanding of the regulation of glucose homeostasis.'
Shuai's studies used an elegant blend of biochemistry and genetics, the latter in collaboration with Kei Sakamoto, another programme leader in the Unit.
Shuai is the second member of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit to be awarded this prize, following Anna Zagorska last year.