Neuropeptide signalling and hypothalamic regulation. Contact type Person First name Catherine Surname Hume Title Dr Role Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Ludwig Lab Organisation 1 Hugh Robson Building Organisation 2 15 George Square Organisation 3 Edinburgh EH8 9XD Work phone (0) +44 131 651 1131 Email chume2@exseed.ed.ac.uk Personal profile 2009-2013: BSc (Hons) Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh 2013-2017: Biomedical Sciences PhD in the lab of Dr John Menzies and Professor Gareth Leng, Centre for integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh 2017-present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of Professor Mike Ludwig, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh Research The central focus of my research is neuropeptide signalling and hypothalamic regulation. I am currently involved in two projects; the first investigating how vasopressin secreted from retinal ganglion cells influences the activity of hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons, a circuit thought to play a significant role in light entrainment. The second investigating how food-associated gut signalling pathways influence the activity of hypothalamic oxytocin neurons to further implicate the central oxytocin system in energy homeostasis. Recent publications Hume, C., Sabatier, N., & Menzies, J. (2017). Palatable food gavage activates supraoptic oxytocin neurones in the male rat. Endocrinology. 158(7):2200-2211. This article was published on 2022-10-17
Contact type Person First name Catherine Surname Hume Title Dr Role Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Ludwig Lab Organisation 1 Hugh Robson Building Organisation 2 15 George Square Organisation 3 Edinburgh EH8 9XD Work phone (0) +44 131 651 1131 Email chume2@exseed.ed.ac.uk
