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Tony HulbertProfessor 35.G10B +61 2 4221 3437 Lab 35.G10 Lab +61 2 4221 3014 |
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Research Interests
Evolutionary physiology and biochemistry of metabolism
Animal energetics, thermoregulation and hormonal control of metabolism
Effects of dietary fats on membrane composition, physiological function and health.
Representative Publications
Hulbert, A.J. & P.L. Else (1999) Membranes as possible pacemakers of metabolism. Journal of Theoretical Biology 199:257-274
Hulbert, A.J. & P.L. Else (2000) Mechanisms underlying the cost of living in animals. Annual review of Physiology 62:207-235
Hulbert, A.J. (2000) Thyroid hormones and their effects. Biological Reviews 75:519-631
Hulbert, A.J., S. Faulks, W.A. Buttemer & P.L. Else (2002). Acyl composition of muscle membranes varies with body size in birds. J. Experimental Biology 205:3561-3569
Hulbert, A.J. (2003) Life, death and membrane bilayers. J. Experimental Biology 206:2303-2311
Hulbert, A.J., D.J. Clancy, W. Mair, B.P. Braekman, D.Gems & L. Partridge (2004). Metabolic rate is not reduced by dietary-restriction or by lowered insulin/IGF signalling and is not correlated with individual lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster. Experimental Gerontology 39:1137-1143
Hulbert, A.J., N. Turner, L.H. Storlien & P.L. Else (2004). Dietary fats and membrane function: implications for metabolism and disease. Biological Reviews.
Current Students
PhD
Sarah Abbott, Project title: Effect of dietary fatty acid profile on metabolic physiology of the rat (Co-supervised with Prof. Paul Else).
Masters
Adam Zeiba, Project title: Lipid peroxidation and aging in insects (Co-supervised with Prof. Bill Buttemer).
Previous Students
Todd Mitchell, Project title: Mass-spectrometric measurement of membrane lipids
Sally Faulks, Project title: Lipid peroxidation and lifespan in higher vertebrates
Michael Usher, Project title: The physiology of aging in the blowfly Calliphora stygia
Jessica Gregg, Project title: Membrane composition and body size in dogs
Alison Couldwell, Project title: Are thyroid hormones membrane antioxidants?
Suggested Topics for Future Students
Are the hydrocarbons breathed out by animals a good measure of their rate of aging?
How does calorie-restriction extend lifespan of animals?
Are there differences in the mitochondrial function of species related to their rate of aging?
How does the fat composition of the diet affect the metabolism and performance of animals.
Does the fat composition of diet affect the rate of aging and lifespan of different species?
See also the Honours Topics Page
Abbreviated CV
Academic Degrees
B.Sc(Hons 1) in Zoology, Univeristy of NSW, 1969.
Ph.D. in Zoology, University of NSW, 1973.
D.Sc in Comparative Physiology, University of NSW, 2002
Academic Positions
1973 Post-doctoral Fellow, Section of Ecology & Systematics, Cornell University, NY, U.S.A.
1974 Senior tutor, School of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of N.S.W.
1975-1980 Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Wollongong.
1981 Visiting Research Scientist, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, U.S.A.
1981 Visiting Research Scientist, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA, U.S.A.
1981-1984 Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Biology, University of Wollongong.
1985-1987 Reader, Department of Biology, University of Wollongong.
1986 Visiting Research Scholar, Dept. of Medicine, Columbia University, NY, U.S.A.
1989 Visiting Scientist, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas, C.S.I.C. (Spanish Research Council), Madrid, Spain.
1989-1995 Visiting Fellow, Australian National University.
1988- 2004, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong.
1998 Brenda Rhyman Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK
2004-current, Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong.