Dr Karl Morten - UK researcher based at Oxford University

That sounds interesting! I hope they'll work closely with the community if they get the grant, because sometimes there seem to be nearly as many understandings of PEM as there are people who get it.
Very interesting. He attended the PEM workshop organised on Eventbrite by Ian Bruce when he chaired the Delivery plan Research Working Group. That had two patient speakers at the start.
 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-...agues-tickets-1044042177257?aff=oddtdtcreator
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-...agues-tickets-1044042177257?aff=oddtdtcreator

In-person and online
Saturday, 2 November
New research on ME and associated illnesses from Prof Morten and colleagues
Hear about the latest research on ME, Long Covid, Fibromyalgia, and related conditions straight from Prof. Karl Morten and his team!

Date and time
Sat, 2 Nov 2024 14:00 - 16:00 GMT
Location
Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital and on Teams

John Radcliffe Hospital Headington OX3 0AG United Kingdom
About this event
  • Event lasts 2 hours
Professor Karl Morten is a well-known medical researcher specialising in chronic and post-viral illnesses. He and his team work as part of Oxford University at the John Radcliffe Hospital and collaborate with colleagues from around the world. Some of these colleagues will also present their latest research.


Starting at 2 pm, speakers include

Beata Godlewska (University of Oxford) 'Markers of energy metabolism: can brain scanning help to understand problems with energy production in the cells?'

Edie Guo (University of Oxford) “Using human endothelial cells to study factors in the blood which might drive ME/CFS”

Slawomir Kujawski (Nicholas Copernicus University , Poland) "A brief introduction to cold therapy"

Elisa Oltra ( Valencia, Spain) “Environment impact on ME/CFS immune system"

Beth Pollack ( MIT)


Just sign up, and we will send details on how to attend in person or on Teams a few days before the meeting.

Before the main event at 1.45 pm, OMEGA (Oxfordshire ME Group for Action) will host its AGM. OMEGA has existed since 1989 as a support group for people with ME in Oxfordshire. We are honoured to be presenting this opportunity to hear about the latest research from Professor Morten and his colleagues.

There will be a break at 3 pm for refreshments.

 
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-...agues-tickets-1044042177257?aff=oddtdtcreator
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-...agues-tickets-1044042177257?aff=oddtdtcreator

In-person and online
Saturday, 2 November
New research on ME and associated illnesses from Prof Morten and colleagues
Hear about the latest research on ME, Long Covid, Fibromyalgia, and related conditions straight from Prof. Karl Morten and his team!

Date and time
Sat, 2 Nov 2024 14:00 - 16:00 GMT
Location
Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital and on Teams

John Radcliffe Hospital Headington OX3 0AG United Kingdom
About this event
  • Event lasts 2 hours
Professor Karl Morten is a well-known medical researcher specialising in chronic and post-viral illnesses. He and his team work as part of Oxford University at the John Radcliffe Hospital and collaborate with colleagues from around the world. Some of these colleagues will also present their latest research.


Starting at 2 pm, speakers include

Beata Godlewska (University of Oxford) 'Markers of energy metabolism: can brain scanning help to understand problems with energy production in the cells?'

Edie Guo (University of Oxford) “Using human endothelial cells to study factors in the blood which might drive ME/CFS”

Slawomir Kujawski (Nicholas Copernicus University , Poland) "A brief introduction to cold therapy"

Elisa Oltra ( Valencia, Spain) “Environment impact on ME/CFS immune system"

Beth Pollack ( MIT)


Just sign up, and we will send details on how to attend in person or on Teams a few days before the meeting.

Before the main event at 1.45 pm, OMEGA (Oxfordshire ME Group for Action) will host its AGM. OMEGA has existed since 1989 as a support group for people with ME in Oxfordshire. We are honoured to be presenting this opportunity to hear about the latest research from Professor Morten and his colleagues.

There will be a break at 3 pm for refreshments.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1848429552726589472


Looks like @DMissa will be a part of the event.
 
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New research on ME and associated illnesses from Prof Morten and colleagues


Hear about the latest research on ME, Long Covid, Fibromyalgia, and related conditions straight from Prof. Karl Morten and his team!

November 2, Saturday

Event lasts 2 hours

Professor Karl Morten is a well-known medical researcher specialising in chronic and post-viral illnesses. He and his team work as part of Oxford University at the John Radcliffe Hospital and collaborate with colleagues from around the world. Some of these colleagues will also present their latest research.

Starting at 2 pm, speakers include

Professor Karl Morten (University of Oxford) Introduction and overview

Beata Godlewska (University of Oxford) 'Markers of energy metabolism: can brain scanning help to understand problems with energy production in the cells?'

Slawomir Kujawski (Nicholas Copernicus University , Poland) "A brief introduction to cold therapy"

Karl Morten/Ladislav Valkovic (Oxford) “Probing mitochondrial metabolism non-invasively with dynamic 31P MRS”

Edie Guo (University of Oxford) “Using human endothelial cells to study factors in the blood which might drive ME/CFS”

Elisa Oltra ( Valencia, Spain) “Environment impact on ME/CFS immune system"

Mikki Tal (MIT) "Developing predictive diagnostics to map illness trajectories"
LINK
 
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The Morten team have a new paper out:
Dysregulation of lipid metabolism, energy production, and oxidative stress in [ME/CFS], [GWS], and Fibromyalgia, 2025, Davis, Morten et al

It's looking pretty disappointing. In my view, this team has to do better than that in order to look like a good place to put research funding.
That paper was written by a hodge podge of other authors as well as the Morten team:

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Leah Davis1Maisy Higgs1
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Ailsa Snaith2
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Tiffany A. Lodge1James Strong1Jose A. Espejo-Oltra3Sławomir Kujawski4Paweł Zalewski4,5Etheresia Pretorius6,7Michael Hoerger8Karl J. Morten1*
  • 1The Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, The Women Centre, The John Radcliffe Hospital, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • 2Veterans and Families Institute for Military Social Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
  • 3Department of Pathology, Catholic University of Valencia Saint Vincent Martyr, Valencia, Spain
  • 4Department of Exercise Physiology and Functional Anatomy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
  • 5Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Warsaw Medical University, Warszawa, Poland
  • 6Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • 7Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • 8Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States
 
True, but I don't think that makes things any better, if that is what you are implying with that observation. Karl Morten is the senior author, a person based in his team is the first author. The Morten team seem to collaborate with at least some of these researchers, some of whom have produced work that has raised concerns in the forum.

I'm not saying that there is a permanent problem here. I'd love to see some high quality work come from the Oxford team.
 
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