PhD (Aberdeen University 2002)
Advanced Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- s.e.mitchell@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
319, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
2015-date Research Fellow, Lab Manager Energetics Research Group
- Research
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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
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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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Reproduction has immediate effects on female mortality, but no discernible lasting physiological impacts: A test of the disposable soma theory
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 121, no. 42, e2408682121Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBenefits of calorie restriction in mice are mediated via energy imbalance, not absolute energy or protein intake
GeroScience, vol. 46, pp. 4809–4826Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCarbon, nitrogen, and sulfur elemental and isotopic variations in mouse hair and bone collagen during short-term graded calorie restriction
iScience, vol. 27, no. 6, 110059Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNot feeling the heat?: Effects of dietary protein on satiation and satiety in mice are not due to its impact on body temperature.
AppetiteContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107421
Turmeric shortens lifespan in houseflies
Frontiers in Insect Science, vol. 4, 1376011Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe 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
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 78, no. 11, pp. 1953-1963Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA step toward precision gerontology: Lifespan effects of calorie and protein restriction are consistent with predicted impacts on entropy generation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 120, no. 37, e2300624120Contributions 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: ArticlesThe effects of graded levels of calorie restriction XVIII: tissue specific changes in cell size and number in response to calorie restriction
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 77, no. 10, pp. 1994-2001Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProtein quality and quantity influence the effect of dietary fat on weight gain and tissue partitioning via host-microbiota changes
Cell Reports, vol. 35, no. 6, 109093Contributions 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
The 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 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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GPR55 deficiency is associated with increased adiposity and impaired insulin signaling in peripheral metabolic tissues
The FASEB Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 1299-1312Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201800171R
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11743/1/FASEB_Article.pdf
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The Effects of Graded Levels of Calorie Restriction: XIII. Global Metabolomics Screen Reveals Graded Changes in Circulating Amino Acids, Vitamins, and Bile Acids in the Plasma of C57BL/6 Mice
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 16-26Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFemale adipose tissue-specific Bscl2 knockout mice develop only moderate metabolic dysfunction when housed at thermoneutrality and fed a high-fat diet
Scientific Reports, vol. 8, 17863Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of graded caloric restriction: XII. Comparison of mouse to human impact on cellular senescence in the colon
Aging Cell, vol. 17, no. 3, e12746Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLimits to sustained energy intake XXVII: trade-offs between first and second litters in lactating mice support the ecological context hypothesis
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 221, no. 5, jeb170902Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.170902
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12041/1/jeb170902.full.pdf
The Effects of Graded Levels of Calorie Restriction: X. Transcriptomic Responses of Epididymal Adipose Tissue
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 279-288Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLimits 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: ArticlesEnergy balance and the sphingosine-1-phosphate/ceramide axis
Aging, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 2463-2464Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101347
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9890/1/zzEbzToKopC5bGMkZ.pdf
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The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: XI. Evaluation of the main hypotheses underpinning the life extension effects of CR using the hepatic transcriptome
Aging, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 1770-1824Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: IX. Global metabolomic screen reveals modulation of carnitines, sphingolipids and bile acids in the liver of C57BL/6 mice
Aging Cell, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 529-540Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: VIII. impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on basal metabolic rate in the C57BL/6 mouse
Oncotarget, vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 17453-17474Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCalories or protein? The effect of dietary restriction on lifespan in rodents is explained by calories alone
Experimental Gerontology, vol. 86, pp. 28-38Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLimits to sustained energy intake XXIV: impact of suckling behaviour on the body temperatures of lactating female mice
Scientific Reports, vol. 6, pp. 1-12Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep25665
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/6011/1/srep25665.pdf
The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: VII. Topological rearrangement of hypothalamic aging networks
Aging, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 917-931Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.100944
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10744/1/aging_08_0917.pdf
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CB1 receptor blockade counters age-induced insulin resistance and metabolic dysfunction
Aging Cell, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 325-335Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.12438
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5920/1/Lipina_et_al_2016_Aging_Cell.pdf
The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: VI. Impact of short-term graded calorie restriction on transcriptomic responses of the hypothalamic hunger and circadian signaling pathways
Aging, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 642-661Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.100895
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5562/2/aging_08_642.pdf
The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: V. Impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on physical activity in the C57BL/6 mouse
Oncotarget, vol. 7, no. 15, pp. 19147-19170Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.8158
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7370/1/8158_124048_8_PB.pdf
Oxidative costs of reproduction: Oxidative stress in mice fed standard and low antioxidant diets
Physiology and Behavior, vol. 154, pp. 1-7Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.11.009
The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: IV. Non-linear change in behavioural phenotype of mice in response to short-term calorie restriction
Scientific Reports, vol. 5, 13198Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13198
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4968/1/srep13198.pdf
The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: III. Impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on mean daily body temperature and torpor use in the C57BL/6 mouse
Oncotarget, vol. 6, no. 21, pp. 18314-18337Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4506
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4988/1/4506_69963_1_PB_1_.pdf
Mice that are resistant to diet-induced weight loss have greater food anticipatory activity and altered melanocortin-3 receptor (MC3R) and Dopamine receptor 2 (D2) gene expression
Hormones and Behavior, vol. 73, pp. 83-93Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.06.006
The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: I. impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on body composition in the C57BL/6 mouse
Oncotarget, vol. 6, no. 18, pp. 15902-15930Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: II. Impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on circulating hormone levels, glucose homeostasis and oxidative stress in male C57BL/6 mice
Oncotarget, vol. 6, no. 27, pp. 23213-23237Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFactors influencing individual variability in high fat diet-induced weight gain in out-bred MF1 mice
Physiology and Behavior, vol. 144, pp. 146-155Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.03.029
Effects of a specific MCHR1 antagonist (GW803430) on energy budget and glucose metabolism in diet-induced obese mice
Obesity, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 681-690Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.20418
Limits to sustained energy intake. XXI. Effect of exposing the mother, but not her pups, to a cold environment during lactation in mice
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 216, no. 23, pp. 4326-4333Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLimits to sustained energy intake. XX. Body temperatures and physical activity of female mice during lactation
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 216, no. 19, pp. 3751-3761Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.090308
Limits to sustained energy intake. XVI. Body temperature and physical activity of female mice during pregnancy
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 216, no. 12, pp. 2328-2338Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.078410
Effects of Chronic Oral Rimonabant Administration on Energy Budgets of Diet-Induced Obese C57BL/6 Mice
Obesity, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 954-962Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2011.357
Physiological and behavioral responses to intermittent starvation in C57BL/6J mice
Physiology and Behavior, vol. 105, no. 2, pp. 376-387Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.08.035
Traversing the ovine cervix: a challenge for cryopreserved semen and creative science
Animal , vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 1791-1804Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731111000978
Caloric Restriction
Molecular Aspects of Medicine, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 159-221Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mam.2011.07.001
The impact of acute caloric restriction on the metabolic phenotype in male C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, vol. 131, no. 2, pp. 111-118Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2009.12.008
Dietary supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid plus n-3 polyunsatturated fatty acid increases food intake and brown adipose tissue in rats
Nutrients, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 178-196Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLeptin receptor gene expression and number in the brain are regulated by leptin level and nutritional status
The Journal of Physiology, vol. 587, no. 14, pp. 3573-3585Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2009.173328
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The contribution of animal models to the study of obesity
Laboratory Animals, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 413-432Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1258/la.2007.006067
The Lou/C rat is proportionally smaller than the Wistar and not anorexic or hyperactive as previously reported
International Journal of Obesity, vol. 31, no. S1, pp. S84-S84Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0803597
Animal models of obesity
Obesity Reviews, vol. 8, no. Suppl 1, pp. 55-61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00319.x
Effects of Obestatin on Energy Balance and Growth Hormone Secretion in Rodents
Endocrinology, vol. 148, no. 1, pp. 21-26Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2006-0915
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Circulating hormones and hypothalamic energy balance: Regulatory gene expression in the Lou/C and Wistar rats
Journal of Endocrinology, vol. 190, no. 3, pp. 571-579Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.1.06576
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Negative energy balance and leptin regulate neuromedin-U expression in the rat pars tuberalis
Journal of Endocrinology, vol. 190, no. 2, pp. 545-553Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.1.06577
Proteinase-activated receptors in ovine cervical function
Reproduction, Fertility and Development, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 693-699Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/RD05032
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Cannabinoids and ghrelin have both central and peripheral metabolic and cardiac effects via AMP-activated protein kinase
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 280, no. 26, pp. 25196-25201Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.C500175200
Regulation of growth hormone secretagogue receptor gene expression in the arcuate nuclei of the rat by leptin and ghrelin
Diabetes, vol. 53, no. 10, pp. 2552-2558Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.53.10.2552
Interleukin 8 in the cervix of non-pregnant ewes
Reproduction, vol. 124, no. 3, pp. 409-416Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOvine cervical function and control in non-pregnant ewes
The Journal of Animal BreedingContributions to Journals: ArticlesAgonists of proteinase-activated receptor 2 induce inflammation by a neurogenic mechanism
Nature Medicine, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 151-158Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/72247
Suppression of leptin during lactation: contribution of the suckling stimulus versus milk production
Endocrinology, vol. 140, no. 6, pp. 2621-2627Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1210/endo.140.6.6802
Towards improved reproductive technologies for sheep
Animal and Food Science Research Report. Scottish Agricultural College, pp. 2-5, 4 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersNutritional and hormonal regulation of the leptin system
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedingsob gene expression and secretion of leptin following differentiation of rat preadipocytes to adipocytes in primary culture
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 230, no. 2, pp. 360-364Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.1996.5964