![Dr Elzbieta Krol Dr Elzbieta Krol](/img/200x200/ibes/images/energetics/krol.jpg)
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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Modulation 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: ArticlesCan nutritional programming in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) be optimised with a reduced stimulus period?
Aquaculture, vol. 585, 740686Contributions 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: ArticlesA Summer Heat Wave Reduced Activity, Heart Rate, and Autumn Body Mass in a Cold-Adapted Ungulate
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 247-320Contributions 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: ArticlesGill Transcriptomic Responses to Toxin-producing Alga Prymnesium parvum in Rainbow Trout
Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 12, 794593Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDeterminants of heart rate in Svalbard reindeer reveal mechanisms of seasonal energy management
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 376, no. 1831, 20200215Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFat storage influences fasting endurance more than body size in an ungulate
Functional Ecology, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 1470-1480Contributions 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: ArticlesPhotoperiodic regulation in a wild-derived mouse strain
Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 223, no. 6, jeb217687Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.217687
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