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Dr Sharon Mitchell

Dr Sharon Mitchell
Dr Sharon Mitchell
Dr Sharon Mitchell

PhD (Aberdeen University 2002)

Advanced Research Fellow

About
Email Address
s.e.mitchell@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

319, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ

School/Department
School of Biological Sciences
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Biography

2015-date       Research Fellow, Lab Manager Energetics Research Group

Research

Research Overview

 

 

 

 

 

PhD Students

2016-date Megan Simpson

2016-2020 Jazmin Mendoza “Impacts of the thermic effect of food on feeding behaviour in mice: a test of the heat dissipation limits theory”

2015-2020 Emem Udoh PhD “Impacts of Calorie Restriction on Behaviour and Post-restriction Hyperphagia”

2015-2017 Heba Althubaiti “Fruit and Vegetable Intake and its Relationship with Health Parameters in Primary School Children”

Masters

2021-2022 Master of Science by Research Daniel Phillips “Bioinformatic Characterisation of Alternative Splicing in Three Different Tissues of Male C57BL/6 Mice Following Short-Term Graded Calorie Restriction"

2019-2020  MSci Daniel Phillips “Remodelling of three different tissues in the male C57BL/6 mouse during short-term graded caloric restriction is caused by tissue-specific variations in cell size and number”

2018-2019  MRes Stephanie Summers "The Impact of Short-Term Graded Calorie Restriction on Melanocortin-3 receptor (MC3R) Knockout Mice"

2013-2015 MSci  Megan Simpson “The effect of maternal age on offspring susceptibility to high fat diet induced obesity and offspring expression of hypothalamic obesity related genes”.

2011-2013 MRes Dawn Graham, “The Role of Neuropeptides and their Receptors in Response to Increased Hunger, Reduced Food Intake and Reduced Body Fat Content”.

2011-2013 MRes Nicole Culbert, “Does Hunger Neuropeptide and Energy Balance Manipulation Affect Metabolic Rate and Antioxidant Activity in C57BL/6 Mice under Caloric Restriction?”

Supervisor of a number of Erasmus Funded Internships from AgroSup, Djon, France.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Lab Skills in Biosciences (BI3812), co-coordinator with Cath Jones

Parasitology Field trip (BI25F3), co-coordinator with Jerry Sternberg

Supervisor for laboratory-based research projects for Honours students

 

Lecturer on following courses:

Environmental Physiology (ZO3513)

Principles of Animal Physiology (BI2510)

Diversity of Life 2 (BI1512)

Publications

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  • Benefits of calorie restriction in mice are mediated via energy imbalance, not absolute energy or protein intake

    Smith, D. L., Mitchell, S. E., Johnson, M. S., Gibbs, V. K., Dickinson, S., Henschel, B., Li, R., Kaiser, K. A., Chusyd, D. E., Brown, A. W., Allison, D. B., Speakman, J. R., Nagy, T. R.
    GeroScience
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur elemental and isotopic variations in mouse hair and bone collagen during short-term graded calorie restriction

    Gutierrez, E., Mitchell, S., Hambly, C., Sayle, K. l., Von kriegsheim, A., Speakman, J. r., Britton, K.
    iScience, 110059
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Not feeling the heat?: Effects of dietary protein on satiation and satiety in mice are not due to its impact on body temperature.

    Osorio Mendoza, J., Mitchell, S., Hambly, C., Allison, D. B., Speakman, J.
    Appetite
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Turmeric shortens lifespan in houseflies

    Laurie, S., Ainslie, L., Mitchell, S., Morimoto, J.
    Frontiers in Insect Science, vol. 4, 1376011
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: XX. impact of long term graded calorie restriction on survival and body mass dynamics in male C57BL/6J mice

    Mitchell, S. E., Togo, J., Green, C. L., Derous, D., Hambly, C., Speakman, J. R.
    The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 78, no. 11, pp. 1953-1963
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A step toward precision gerontology: Lifespan effects of calorie and protein restriction are consistent with predicted impacts on entropy generation

    Semerciöz-Oduncuoğlu, A. S., Mitchell, S. E., Özilgen, M., Yilmaz, B., Speakman, J. R.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 120, no. 37, e2300624120
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Fur removal promotes an earlier expression of involution-related genes in mammary gland of lactating mice

    Krol, E., Turner, F., Derous, D., Mitchell, S. E., Martin, S., Douglas, A., Speakman, J.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, pp. 171-192
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction XVIII: tissue specific changes in cell size and number in response to calorie restriction

    Phillips, D., Mathers, H., Mitchell, S. E., Speakman, J. R.
    The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 77, no. 10, pp. 1994-2001
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Protein quality and quantity influence the effect of dietary fat on weight gain and tissue partitioning via host-microbiota changes

    Nychyk, O., Barton, W., Rudolf, A. M., Boscaini, S., Walsh, A., Bastiaanssen, T. F., Giblin, L., Cormican, P., Chen, L., Piotrowicz, Y., Derous, D., Fanning, ?., Yin, X., Grant, J., Melgar, S., Brennan, L., Mitchell, S. E., Cryan, J. F., Wang, J., Cotter, P. D., Speakman, J. R., Nilaweera, K. N.
    Cell Reports, vol. 35, no. 6, 109093
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Very-low-protein diets lead to reduced food intake and weight loss, linked to inhibition of hypothalamic mTOR signaling, in mice

    Wu, Y., Li, B., Li, L., Mitchell, S. E., Green, C. L., D'Agostino, G., Wang, G., Wang, L., Li, M., Li, J., Niu, C., Jin, Z., Wang, A., Zheng, Y., Douglas, A., Speakman, J. R.
    Cell Metabolism, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. P888-904.E6
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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