MSc (Jagiellonian University, Poland); PhD (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- e.krol@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272883
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
- Research
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Research Overview
My research interests focus on whole animal energetics and physiology. This framework provides the common theme that links my interests in the role of energy use during both reproduction and the development of obesity.
Current Research
My doctoral work on the energetics of hedgehogs (Jagiellonian University, Poland) and postdoctoral work on reproduction in laboratory mice (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) and deer mice (University of California, Riverside, USA) have resulted in a novel hypothesis that the limits to sustained energy intake at peak lactation are imposed by the capacity of the animal to dissipate body heat. This hypothesis is currently under further investigation.
My obesity related work focuses on the effects of photoperiod on body mass, food intake, body composition, energy balance and hypothalamic gene expression in the field vole, which provides a new animal model for the investigation of seasonal adiposity at both organism and molecular levels. The major finding of this project is that the photoperiod-induced increase in body mass is associated with the up-regulation of the suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS3). This appears to act as a desensitisation mechanism that allows animals to ignore elevated leptin levels generated by increased adiposity, leading to an accumulation of body fat without counter-regulatory mechanisms.
- Publications
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From gross morphology to gill transcriptome in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Lessons from multi-site sampling
Fish & Shellfish Immunology, vol. 91, pp. 467Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2019.04.278
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Impact of sea lice (Caligus rogercresseyi) infection levels on skin transcriptome in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Fish & Shellfish Immunology, vol. 91, pp. 436-437Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2019.04.196
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Switching off the furnace: brown adipose tissue and lactation
Molecular Aspects of Medicine, vol. 68, pp. 18-41Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mam.2019.06.003
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Limits to sustained energy intake XXVIII: Beneficial effects of high dietary fat on lactation performance in mice
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 221, jeb180828Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBrown adipocytes can display a mammary basal myoepithelial cell phenotype in vivo
Molecular Metabolism, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 1198-1211Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNutrigenomics and immune function in fish: new insights from omics technologies
Developmental and Comparative Immunology, vol. 75, pp. 86-89Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTranscriptomic responses in the fish intestine
Developmental and Comparative Immunology, vol. 64, pp. 103-117Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGut health and integrity in atlantic salmon fed plant protein diets
Fish & Shellfish Immunology, vol. 53, pp. 69Contributions to Journals: AbstractsLimits to sustained energy intake. XXIII. Does heat dissipation capacity limit the energy budget of lactating bank voles?
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 219, no. 6, pp. 805-815Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.134437
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Differential responses of the gut transcriptome to plant protein diets in farmed Atlantic salmon
BMC Genomics, vol. 17, pp. 1-16Contributions to Journals: Articles