Giles Yeo MBE is an American-British biologist. He is the professor of molecular neuroendocrinology at the Medical Research Council Metabolic Diseases Unit and scientific director of the Genomics/Transcriptomics Core at the University of Cambridge.[1]
Giles Yeo MBE | |
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 Yeo in 2020 in Skye, Scotland | |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom United States |
| Alma mater | University of California at Berkeley and University of Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, author and broadcaster |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Employer | University of Cambridge |
| Title | Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology |
| Awards | MBE |
Early life and education
editGiles Yeo was born in London, England and previously lived in Singapore, San Francisco, and since 1994 has been based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.[2] In 1994 he graduated from University of California, Berkeley (Molecular and Cell Biology) and in 1997 he completed a PhD study at University of Cambridge (Molecular genetics).[3] His focus is on the study of obesity, brain control of body weight and genetic influences on appetitive behaviour.[4]
Career
editMedia
editHe has presented three BBC Horizon documentaries: Why Are We Getting So Fat? (2016),[5] Clean Eating: The Dirty Truth (2017)[6] and Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth? (2018).[7] Giles was also a presenter on BBC Two's Trust Me, I'm A Doctor.[8] His first book, Gene Eating: The Story Of Human Appetite was published in December 2018.[9] His second book, Why Calories Don't Count, was published in June 2021.[10] Giles also presented Plant Based Promises, a three-part BBC Radio 4 programme in June–July 2022.[11] He also hosts the podcast Dr Giles Yeo Chews The Fat.[12]
Academic positions
editYeo has held the following posts at the University of Cambridge:[13][self-published source?]
- from December 1998: Research Associate at Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
- from December 2007: Scientific Director of Genomics/Transcriptomics at Institute for Metabolic Science
- from September 2009: Graduate Tutor at Wolfson College, Cambridge
- from September 2014: Principal Research Associate at MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit
- from August 2022: Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology at MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit
Honours and public appearances
editIn November 2019 Giles was the winner of the centenary year The Genetics Society JBS Haldane Lecture, which ‘recognises an individual for outstanding ability to communicate topical subjects in genetics research, widely interpreted, to an interested lay audience’.[14] His Haldane Lecture was entitled 'Is Obesity A Choice', and was given at The Royal Institution in London on November 27, 2019.[15] In October 2020 he was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2020 Birthday Honours for services to 'Research, Communication and Engagement'.[16] In January 2021 he was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific.[17] He was awarded The Society for Endocrinology medal in 2022.[18] Dr Giles Yeo has been the honorary president of the British Dietetic Association since 2019. In 2023, Dr Yeo became the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of Neutrally Health, a UK-based metabolic health start-up.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Giles Yeo". Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science.
- ^ "Giles Yeo: 'Love your food but don't eat quite as much of it as you want'". the Guardian. 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Giles Yeo". New Scientist Live 2019.
- ^ "Dr Giles Yeo :: Cambridge Neuroscience". www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk.
- ^ "Why are we getting so fat - 2016".
- ^ "Clean Eating: The Dirty Truth - 2017".
- ^ "Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth? - 2018"..
- ^ "Trust Me, I'm A Doctor".
- ^ Yeo, Giles (5 February 2019). 'Gene Eating: The Story of Human Appetite' - Orion, Dec 2018. ISBN 9781841882949.
- ^ Yeo, Giles (20 November 2020). 'Why Calories Don't Count' - Orion, June 2021. ISBN 9781409199731.
- ^ "'Plant-based Promises' - June/July 2022".
- ^ "'Dr Giles Yeo Chews The Fat'".
- ^ "Giles Yeo". LinkedIn.
- ^ "JBS Haldane Lecture 2019 – Giles Yeo".
- ^ "JBS Haldane Lecture 2019 'Is Obesity A Choice' – Giles Yeo, Royal Institution, November 27, 2019". YouTube.
- ^ "Cambridge academics recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours". University of Cambridge. 10 October 2020.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Giles Yeo on how our genes can make us fat". BBC.
- ^ "2022 Society Medal awarded to Dr Giles Yeo". 25 November 2021.
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