Dr Colin Selman

Curriculum vitae

Date of birth: 14/12/1967 Nationality: British

Address:

Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity
(ACERO), Department of Zoology, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB24, 2TZ, U.K.
Tel: +44 (1224) 273637 Fax: +44 (1224) 272396

E-mail: c.selman@abdn.ac.uk.

Education
1994-1998. Univ. of Durham, Department of Biological Sciences, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, U.K.
Ph.D. Title: "The causes of individual and seasonal variation in the metabolic rate of Knot Calidris canutus" Awarded: July 2nd 1998.

1990-1994 Univ. of Glasgow. BSc Zoology (Class 2.1)

Employment Record:

Feb. 1999- present. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Univ. of Aberdeen.
Project title: Tests of the free radical damage theory of ageing in a mammal.
BBSRC Science of Ageing (SAGE) Initiative.
Dec. 1998-Jan. 1999. Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Univ. of Durham.
Aug. 1998-Oct. 1998. Postdoctoral Research Assistant (The Wellcome Trust and Univ. of Durham). Project undertaken in The Gambia in collaboration with The Medical Research Council.
Oct. 1997-Mar. 1998 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Univ. of Durham.

Grants awarded:
Society for Experimental Biology (Company of Biologists) Travel Fund £500 (2001).
The Royal Society Travel Grant £839 (2001).

British Ecological Society - small project grant. (£1970)

Journal Reviewer for:
The Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Comparative Physiology B, Functional Ecology, Journal of Thermal Biology, Mammalia.

Professional Affiliations:
The Oxygen Society,
British Society for Research on Aging
British Ecological Society
American Physiological Society
The Society for Experimental Biology.
Member of Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity (ACERO).

Additional Skills:

I have extensive experience in animal energetic studies (birds and mammals) employing various techniques including open-flow respirometry, the doubly-labelled water technique and body composition analysis using TOBEC and chemical analysis. In the last 3 years I have been involved in the setting-up and maintenance of long-term longevity studies in rodents using both cold exposure and voluntary exercise, to increase metabolic rate above control levels. I have carried out various biochemical assays (aerobic and antioxidant enzymes), gene expression analysis using Northern blotting (antioxidant enzymes, UCP1-3) and gene arrays analysis using Clontech cDNA stress arrays. I have been involved with various collaborations with scientist out with the University of Aberdeen (Darren Talbot and Dr M. Brand, Dunn-Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, Dr Tilman Grune, Humboldt University, Berlin). Since my time in Aberdeen, I have been actively helped with the supervision and guidance of several PhD, MSc, overseas and BSc honours students. I have a good working knowledge of SPSS, Minitab and various Microsoft packages. I am a member of Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity (ACERO) and participated on the ACERO stand 'Why do we get fat" , at the Royal Society's annual Summer Science Exhibition in July 2001 in London.

Peer reviewed publications:

Selman, C; McLaren, J.S.; Collins, A.R. and Speakman, J.R. (2001). Voluntary exercise has only limited effects on activity of antioxidant enzymes and does not cause oxidative damage in a small mammal. J. Nutr.

Speakman, J.R.; Selman, C.; McLaren, J.S. and Harper, E.J. (2001). Living fast, dying when? The link between ageing and energetics. J. Nutr.

Selman, C.; Korhonen, T.K.; Bünger, L. Hill, W.G. and Speakman, J.R. (in press, 2001). Thermoregulatory responses of two mouse Mus musculus strains selectively bred for high and low food intake. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 171: 661-668.

Scott, I.; Selman, C.; Mitchell P.I. and Evans, P.R. (2001). The use of Total Body Electrical Conductivity to determine body composition in vertebrates. In 'Body Composition Analysis: A Handbook of Non-Destructive Methods'. Ed. J.R. Speakman. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Selman, C.; Lumsden, S.; Bünger, L.; Hill, W.G. and Speakman, J.R. (2001) Resting metabolic rate and morphology in mice (Mus musculus) selected for high and low food intake. J. Exp. Biology. 204: 777-784.

Selman, C.; McLaren, J.S.; Himanka, M and Speakman, J.R. (2000). Effect of long-term cold exposure on antioxidant enzyme activities in a small mammal. Free Radical Biol. Med. 28(8): 1279-1285

Lindsay, S.W.; Ansell;J.; Selman, C.; Cox, V.; Hamilton, K. and Walraven, G. (2000). Effect of pregnancy on exposure to malaria mosquitoes. The Lancet. 355:1972.
Reported in: The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, USA Today, The Financial Times, BBC World Service, BBC Scotland, BBC Newcastle.

Redman, P. Selman, C. and Speakman J.R. (1999). Male short-tailed field voles (Microtus agrestis) build better insulated nests than females. J. Comp. Physiol. B.169: 581-587.

Published Abstracts:

Speakman, J.R.; Snart, S.; Selman, C.; McLaren, J.S.; Redman, P.; Krol, E.; Jackson, D.M. and Johnson, M.S. (2000). The FASEB Journal. A757: 524.4
Selman C., Redman, P. and Speakman J.R. (2000). The FASEB Journal. A440: 317.9.
Selman, C.; McLaren, J.S.; Himanka, M.J.; Peacock, W.L. and Speakman, J.R. (2000). The FASEB Journal. A484: 346.1.

Invited articles:

Selman, C. and Speakman, J.R. (in press, 2001). Theories of Biological Aging: Disposable Soma. (Editor in Chief, Ekerdt, D.J.). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Aging, Macmillan Reference, USA.

Miscellaneous publications:

Speakman, J.R.; Snart, S.; Selman, C.; McLaren, J.S.; Redman, P.; Krol, E.; Jackson, D.M. and Johnson, M.S. (2000). Living fast and dying old. Cross sectional variation in daily energy expenditure is positively linked to lifespan in female mice. In Energy metabolism in animals. Proceedings of the 15th symposium on energy metabolism in animals. Ed. A. Chawalibog and K. Jacobsen. Wageningen Press, The Netherlands.

Selman, C. (2000). Lifespan. The Journal of the British Society for Research on Ageing. 8(2): 5-6.

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