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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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
