Research
Major Research Interests
Comparative gastrointestinal physiology; Intestinal nutrient transport and regulation; Nutrient sensing and signalling in the intestinal epithelium; Nutrition; Gut microbiota and host interactions in health/disease.
Research grants
Restoration of luminal fluidity and microbiota in the CF gut (CFGI-SRC)
CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRUST (UK)
June 2017 - March 2023
A new generation of Crystallographic detector for Multi-user Barkla X-ray laboratory
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2017 - July 2018
Assessments of fish gut microbiota during development, and in response to environmental and dietary change
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2015 - April 2018
Four Year PhD Programme in Cellular and Molecular Physiology.
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2001 - September 2005
Cellular and molecular physiology (Mr MA Cuff)
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 1997 - September 2001
Mechanisms involved in transcriptional regulation of human intestinal Na/glucose cotransporter, SGLT1.
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2002 - September 2006
Molecular insights into microbial population and absorptive mechanisms of equine large intestine.
HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BOARD (UK)
October 1999 - September 2002
Transcriptional regulation of human colonic butyrate transporter, MCT1, a molecular analysis.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2003 - January 2007
Cellular Biology of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Pancreas in Health and Disease.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2000 - December 2004
Molecular insights into the role of dietary fibre in the prevention of cancer of the colon.
TENOVUS
October 1997 - July 2003
VIP 2007/08
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2007 - September 2008
Impaired butyrate metabolism may be a contributory factor in colon carcinogenesis. a molecular characterisation.
TENOVUS
January 2006 - December 2008
Adaptive response of equine intestinal function to changes in diet composition: molecular characterisation.
HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BOARD (UK)
October 2003 - September 2006
Nutrient regulation of gene expression in the intestinal epithelium.
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
January 2003 - December 2005
Molecular characterisation and adaptive response of digestive, absorptive, nutrient sensing and endocrine systems of fish gut epithelium during development and in response to a change in diet.
ADM INTERNATIONAL
September 2010 - March 2026
Molecular characterisation of substrate-induced mRNA stability of the human monocarboxylate transporter 1, MCT1.
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2001 - September 2003
Veterinary Research Training Scholarship.
HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BOARD (UK)
October 1999 - September 2002
Characterisation of fructose transport in equine small intestine.
THE HORSE TRUST (UK)
January 2001 - December 2002
Molecular insights into the role of dietary fibre and maintenance of colonic health.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 1999 - April 2002
Cellular biology of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas in health and disease.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2005 - December 2009
Interactions between diet, microflora and the development of large intestinal dysfunction: molecular characterisation.
HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BOARD (UK)
October 2005 - September 2008
Molecular characterisation of the equine intestinal sweet taste receptor.
HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BOARD (UK)
October 2007 - September 2010
Conference grant.
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
July 2002 - December 2002
VIP Bridging Support: Dr Kristian Daly
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
June 2010 - August 2010
Molecular characterisation of digestive and absorptive functions in equine intestinal tract.
THE HORSE TRUST (UK)
January 1999 - June 2002
Incoming study visit for Dr Frank Stolz from Belgium.
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
November 2002 - December 2002
Anatomy of gastrointestinal tract during development and in health/disease
ROYAL EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA
April 2010 - March 2013
Molecular insights into dietary protection against colonic cancer. the importance of butyrate transport.
TENOVUS
May 2003 - August 2005
Transcriptional regulation of intestinal Na+/glucose co-transporter (SGLT1) gene expression by dietary sugars.
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
March 1999 - February 2001