{"id":7,"date":"2020-04-23T23:35:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T22:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-10-22T13:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:09:23","slug":"about-the-imsr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/about-the-imsr\/","title":{"rendered":"About the MSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-96\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2020\/06\/Group-Photo-CG-300x149.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2020\/06\/Group-Photo-CG-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2020\/06\/Group-Photo-CG-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2020\/06\/Group-Photo-CG-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2020\/06\/Group-Photo-CG-1536x765.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2020\/06\/Group-Photo-CG-250x125.png 250w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2020\/06\/Group-Photo-CG.png 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 85vw, 513px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1162 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/10\/MSS-logo-stacked-265x300.png\" alt=\"Logo for the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science featuring the University of Birmingham crest in red, blue and black colours.\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/10\/MSS-logo-stacked-265x300.png 265w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/10\/MSS-logo-stacked-221x250.png 221w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/10\/MSS-logo-stacked.png 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 85vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"intro\"><strong>The Department for Metabolism and Systems Science (MSS) is based at the University of Birmingham. MSS&#8217;s vision is to positively change lives and advance knowledge through innovative metabolism, maternal health and hormone research.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>We Are MSS<\/strong> is our blog which features stories, news and information about our public and patient engagement and involvement activities and events. If you are interested in detailed information about our research or the teaching we offer, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/research\/metabolism-systems\">main site.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-761 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2022\/07\/CoComad-Groups-Portraits-photo-credit-Hayley-Salter-1226510-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2022\/07\/CoComad-Groups-Portraits-photo-credit-Hayley-Salter-1226510-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2022\/07\/CoComad-Groups-Portraits-photo-credit-Hayley-Salter-1226510-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2022\/07\/CoComad-Groups-Portraits-photo-credit-Hayley-Salter-1226510-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2022\/07\/CoComad-Groups-Portraits-photo-credit-Hayley-Salter-1226510-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2022\/07\/CoComad-Groups-Portraits-photo-credit-Hayley-Salter-1226510-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2022\/07\/CoComad-Groups-Portraits-photo-credit-Hayley-Salter-1226510-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/cat\">Meet the MSS&#8217;s Community Action Team<\/a><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> who help organize and plan some of the institute-wide engagement and involvement activity in the MSS, such as our We Are MSS Community Day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/about-the-imsr\/meet-our-researchers\/\"><strong>Meet some of the faces of MSS research here<\/strong><\/a>, in short videos captured in 2020 as our researchers began adapting their work in response to the changes created by the COVID-19 pandemic<\/p>\n<p>On this blog you\u2019ll find:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/projects\/\"><strong>PROJECTS:<\/strong><\/a> Discover community and schools engagement projects coordinated by our Community Action Team and be inspired by creative initiatives involving artist and scientist collaborators<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/collaborate\/\"><strong>COLLABORATE:<\/strong><\/a> Explore how our public and patient involvement and engagement groups support and improve the quality of research<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/participate\/\"><strong>PARTICIPATE:<\/strong><\/a> Learn more about research studies that are recruiting participants or volunteers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/events\/\"><strong>EVENTS:<\/strong><\/a> Find upcoming opportunities to meet our researchers and to share your own perspectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to follow us on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UoB_MSS\">@UoB_MSS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep checking back, as we update the blogsite with new events and stories regularly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department for Metabolism and Systems Science (MSS) is based at the University of Birmingham. MSS&#8217;s vision is to positively change lives and advance knowledge through innovative metabolism, maternal health and hormone research. We Are MSS is our blog which features stories, news and information about our public and patient engagement and involvement activities and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/about-the-imsr\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About the MSS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1165,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/weareimsr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}