Guy Rutter

**Professor Guy Rutter** holds the position of Professor of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics at Imperial College London, within the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction under the Faculty of Medicine. His research focuses on signal transduction in pancreatic β-cells, leveraging functional genomics to understand Type 2 diabetes mechanisms.

Education & Career:
- PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Bristol (supervisor: Dick Denton FRS)
- MRC Travelling Fellow at Geneva University with Claes Wollheim
- Full Professor of Biochemistry at University of Bristol (2002–2006)
- Joined Imperial College London in 2006.

Research Interests:
- Molecular mechanisms of insulin secretion and diabetes pathophysiology
- Mitochondrial calcium signaling in β-cells
- Functional genomics approaches to disease gene identification.

Awards & Honors:

• Minkowski Prize (2004)
• JDRF Mary Jane Krugel Award (2005)
• Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2011)
• Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award (2012)
• Diabetes UK Dorothy Hodgkin Lecturehip (2014)

Grants & Funding: Supported by Wellcome Trust, MRC, Diabetes UK, JDRF, BBSRC, NIH, BHF, and EU grants. Current funding includes Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator and Royal Society Wolfson awards.

Labs & Collaborations:

• Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics
• Centre for Advanced Therapeutics
• Membrane Receptor Network
• Pancreatic Islet Biology and Diabetes Consortium