Inaugural lecture by metabolic scientist Prof. Saskia van Mil, 8 July 2022

Prof. Saskia van Mil of the UMC Utrecht has been studying metabolic diseases for over 20 years. She mostly focuses on the role of bile salts - specific substances in the bile - that play an important role in the metabolism of nutrients. Saskia held her inaugural lecture on Friday 8 July. “We are studying the role of bile salts in fatty liver disease,” Saskia explains. "Over a quarter of the global population suffers from this disease. It develops when the body receives more food than needed for an extended period of time. Fatty liver disease can result in the formation of scar tissue in the liver, and this in turn increases the risk of a person developing even more serious diseases, such as liver cirrhosis and liver cancer." Read more about Saskia's research: https://lnkd.in/er3sbrbk