Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- a.douglas@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272873
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Co-lead of the Medical Statistics Team
- Member of the mangement team of the Centre for Genome Enabled Biology and Medicine (CGEBM).
- Member of the Steering Committee for the High Performance Computing facility, University of Aberdeen.
- External Memberships
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- Member of BBSRC Pool of Experts
- Academic advisor British Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
- Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
- Research Assessor for the Carnegie Trust
Prizes and Awards
University of Aberdeen Excellence Awards - Best Taught Postgraduate lecturer 2017
- Research
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences, Nutrition and Health, Biomedical Sciences, Applied Health Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Nutrition and Health
Accepting PhDsApplied Health Sciences
Accepting PhDsResearch Specialisms
- Applied Statistics
- Statistical Modelling
- Bioinformatics
- Medical Statistics
- Statistics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Funding and Grants
The genomic landscape of adaptive radiation in the Jaera albifrons species complex . NERC. £340K.
Professor Stu Piertney (UoA) and Dr Alex Douglas.
2015 - 2017
Gut health and immune function: the emerging role of gut microbiota in sustainable aquaculture. BBSRC-NERC, £212K.
Professor Sam Martin (UoA), Dr Alex Douglas, Dr Petra Lewis (UoA), Dr Daniel Merrifield (University of Plymouth), Dr Rachel Lawrence (Royal Veterinary College), Professor Douglas Tocher (University of Stirling), Professor Simon Davies(University of Plymouth).
2015 - 2016
The health black box in PCOD. Understanding the onset of health impacts caused by disturbances. ONR, £260K.
Dr David Lusseau (UoA), Dr Alex Douglas, Professor John Speakman (UoA and Chinese Academy of Sciences), Dr Dorian Houser (National Marine Mammal Foundation, USA), Dr Patricia Fair (USDOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, USA), Mark Styczynski (Georgia Institute of Technolofy, USA).
2015- 2018
Explaining niche separation in tropical forests: feedbacks between root-fungal symbioses and soil phosphorus partitioning . NERC. £521K.
Professor David Burslem
The human fetal liver: development and response to maternal drug use. MRC, £600K,
Professor P. Fowler (UoA), Dr Alex Douglas (UoA), Dr David Hay (University of Edinburgh), Professor John Iredale (University of Edinburgh), Professor P.O’shaughnessy (University of Glasgow).
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I am Programme Coordinator for PGR Quantitative Research and Skills in the School of Biological Sciences with overall responsibility for the strategic direction, curricula development, coordination and provision of statistics teaching and training for the postgraduate community.
I also coordinate and teach multiple courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, in the field, in the classroom and also online. Currently I teach on:
Undergraduate
BI29Z3 'Biodiversity Field Course'
Postgraduate Taught
MSc BI5009 'Experimental Design and Analysis' (course coordinator)
MSc BI5010 'Statistics for Complex Study designs' (course coordinator)
Postgraduate Research
QUADRAT and SUPER NERC DTPs 'An Introduction to R for biologists' (course coordinator)
QUADRAT NERC DTP 'An Introduction to Linear Modelling Using R' (course coordinator)
PGR 'An Introduction to R' (course coordinator)
PGR 'An Introduction to Statistical Modelling in R' (course coordinator)
PGR ' An Introduction to Generalised Linear Modelling using R' (course coordinator)
Previous Teaching
UG BI3010 'Statistical Analysis of Biological Data' (course coordinator)
MSc BI5505 'Introduction to Bayesian Inference' (course coordinator)
MSc ZO5304 'Population and Community Ecology'
I have also written a free open access book which introduces researchers to using R for robust and reproducible research.
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
I am a personal tutor for 16 undergraduate students
- Publications
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Modulation of metabolic and immunoregulatory pathways in the gut transcriptome of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) after early nutritional programming during first feeding with plant-based diet
Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 15, 1412821Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModulation of gut microbiota composition and predicted metabolic capacity after nutritional programming with a plant-rich diet in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): insights across developmental stages
Animal Microbiome, vol. 6, 38Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIn utero exposures to perfluoroalkyl substances and the human fetal liver metabolome in Scotland: a cross-sectional study
The Lancet Planetary Health, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. e5-e17Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMaternal High Fat Diet in Lactation Impacts Hypothalamic Neurogenesis and Neurotrophic Development, Leading to Later Life Susceptibility to Obesity in Male but Not Female Mice
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), vol. 10, no. 35, e2305472Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: XIX. Impact of graded calorie restriction on protein expression in the liver
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 78, no. 7, pp. 1125-1134Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFur removal promotes an earlier expression of involution-related genes in mammary gland of lactating mice
Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, pp. 171-192Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUntargeted plasma metabolomic analysis of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) indicate protein degradation when in poorer health
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, vol. 42, 100991Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffects of dietary macronutrients on the hepatic transcriptome and serum metabolome in mice
Aging Cell, vol. 21, no. 4, e13585Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChronic environmental perturbation influences microbial community assembly patterns
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 2300-2311Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEnvironmental DNA Based Surveillance for the Highly Invasive Carpet Sea Squirt Didemnum vexillum: A Targeted Single-Species Approach
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 8, 728456Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of graded calorie restriction XVII: Multitissue metabolomics reveals synthesis of carnitine and NAD, and tRNA charging as key pathways
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 118, no. 31, e2101977118Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101977118
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Metabolic response of dolphins to short-term fasting reveals physiological changes that differ from the traditional fasting model
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 224, no. 9, jeb238915Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVery-low-protein diets lead to reduced food intake and weight loss, linked to inhibition of hypothalamic mTOR signaling, in mice
Cell Metabolism, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. P888-904.E6Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2021.01.017
1,135 ionomes reveal the global pattern of leaf and seed mineral nutrient and trace element diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana
The Plant Journal, vol. 106, no. 2, pp. 536-554Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15177
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16357/1/Campos_etal_1135_ionomes_reveal_VOR.pdf
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The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: XVI. Metabolomic changes in the cerebellum indicate activation of hypothalamocerebellar connections driven by hunger responses
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 601-610Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGenome-wide association mapping for grain manganese in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using a multi-experiment approach
Heredity, vol. 126, no. 3, pp. 505-520Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGenetic loci regulating cadmium content in rice grains
Euphytica, vol. 217, no. 3, 35Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffects of dietary macronutrients and body composition on glucose homeostasis in mice
National Science Review, vol. 8, no. 1, nwaa177Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa177
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16785/1/Hu_etal_NSR_effects_of_dietary_VOR.pdf
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Comparative genomics of cetartiodactyla: energy metabolism underpins the transition to an aquatic lifestyle
Conservation Physiology, vol. 9, no. 1, coaa136Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPlasma proteome responses in salmonid fish following immunization
Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 11, pp. 1-20Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntegration of Transcriptome, Gross Morphology and Histopathology in the Gill of Sea Farmed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar): Lessons from Multi-site Sampling
Frontiers in Genetics, vol. 11, 610Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of graded levels of calorie restriction XV: phase space attractors reveal distinct behavioral phenotypes
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 858-866Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaa055
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15966/1/Sun_etal_Effects_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The carbohydrate-insulin model does not explain the impact of varying dietary macronutrients on the body weight and adiposity of mice
Molecular Metabolism, vol. 32, pp. 27-43Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Effects of Graded Levels of Calorie Restriction: XIV. Global Metabolomics Screen Reveals Brown Adipose Tissue Changes in Amino Acids, Catecholamines, and Antioxidants After Short-Term Restriction in C57BL/6 Mice
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 75, no. 2, pp. 218-229Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glz023
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13574/1/Green_etal_JGer_Effects_graded_XIV_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/advance-article/doi/10.1093/gerona/glz023/5435643
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Fetal androgen exposure is a determinant of adult male metabolic health
Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 20195Contributions to Journals: Articles
