Tony Hulbert Position:   Professor Room:   35 G10B Phone No:   +61 2 4221 3437 Email:   hulbert@uow.edu.au Lab/other loc:   35.G10 Lab Phone:   +(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. J. 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. Braeckman, 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 and P.L. Else (2004) Dietary fats and membrane function: implications for metabolism and disease. Biological Reviews

Searchable Publication List

 

Current Students

Todd Mitchell

Mass-spectrometric measurement of membrane lipids

Sally Faulks

Lipid peroxidation and lifespan in higher vertebrates

Michael Usher

The physiology of aging in the blowfly Calliphora stygia

Jessica Gregg

Membrane composition and body size in dogs

Alison Couldwell

Are thyroid hormones membrane antioxidants?

 

Suggested Topics for Future Students

Are the hydrocarbons breathed out by animals are 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, University of NSW, 1969.

Ph. D. in Zoology University of N.S.W., 1973.

D.Sc. in Comparative Physiology University of N.S.W. 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.