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Dr Sharon Mitchell

Dr Sharon Mitchell
Dr Sharon Mitchell
Dr Sharon Mitchell

PhD (Aberdeen University 2002)

Advanced Research Fellow

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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
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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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  • Leptin receptor gene expression and number in the brain are regulated by leptin level and nutritional status

    Mitchell, S. E., Nogueiras, R., Morris, A., Tovar, S., Grant, C., Cruickshank, M., Rayner, D. V., Dieguez, C., Williams, L. M.
    The Journal of Physiology, vol. 587, no. 14, pp. 3573-3585
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The contribution of animal models to the study of obesity

    Speakman, J. R., Hambly, C., Mitchell, S. E., Król, E.
    Laboratory Animals, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 413-432
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Lou/C rat is proportionally smaller than the Wistar and not anorexic or hyperactive as previously reported

    Hambly, C., Mitchell, S. E., Speakman, J. R., Williams, L.
    International Journal of Obesity, vol. 31, no. S1, pp. S84-S84
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Animal models of obesity

    Speakman, J., Hambly, C., Mitchell, S., Król, E.
    Obesity Reviews, vol. 8, no. Suppl 1, pp. 55-61
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of Obestatin on Energy Balance and Growth Hormone Secretion in Rodents

    Nogueiras, R., Pfluger, P., Tovar, S., Arnold, M., Mitchell, S. E., Morris, A., Perez-Tilve, D., Vázquez, M. J., Wiedmer, P., Castañeda, T. R., DiMarchi, R., Tschöp, M., Schurmann, A., Joost, H. G., Williams, L. M., Langhans, W., Diéguez, C.
    Endocrinology, vol. 148, no. 1, pp. 21-26
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Circulating hormones and hypothalamic energy balance: Regulatory gene expression in the Lou/C and Wistar rats

    Mitchell, S. E., Nogueiras, R., Rance, K., Rayner, D. V., Wood, S., Dieguez, C., Williams, L. M.
    Journal of Endocrinology, vol. 190, no. 3, pp. 571-579
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Negative energy balance and leptin regulate neuromedin-U expression in the rat pars tuberalis

    Nogueiras, R., Tovar, S., Mitchell, S. E., Barrett, P., Rayner, D. V., Dieguez, C., Williams, L.
    Journal of Endocrinology, vol. 190, no. 2, pp. 545-553
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Proteinase-activated receptors in ovine cervical function

    Mitchell, S. E., Robinson, J. J., King, M. E., Williams, L. M.
    Reproduction, Fertility and Development, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 693-699
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cannabinoids and ghrelin have both central and peripheral metabolic and cardiac effects via AMP-activated protein kinase

    Kola, B., Hubina, E., Tucci, S. A., Kirkham, T. C., Garcia, E. A., Mitchell, S. E., Williams, L., Hawley, S. A., Hardie, D. G., Grossman, A. B., Korbonits, M.
    The Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 280, no. 26, pp. 25196-25201
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Regulation of growth hormone secretagogue receptor gene expression in the arcuate nuclei of the rat by leptin and ghrelin

    Nogueiras, R., Tovar, S., Mitchell, S. E., Rayner, D. V., Archer, Z. A., Dieguez, C., Williams, L.
    Diabetes, vol. 53, no. 10, pp. 2552-2558
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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