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Burdge. BBSRC. Replacing fish with genetically modified plant oil

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Graham Burdge

Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry

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Other researchers

Professor Philip Calder

Head of School

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Professor Karen Lillycrop

Professor of Epigenetics

Research interests

  • Epigenetics
  • Human Disease

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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Plants and Food Security

We study the response of plants to the environment at the molecular, whole plant and ecological levels. This includes interactions with nematodes, insects and microbes.

Research outputs

Genetically modified plants are an alternative to oily fish for providing n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the human diet: A summary of the findings of a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council funded project
Annette West,
Elizabeth Miles,
Karen Lillycrop,
Johnathan Napier,
Philip Calder,
& Graham Burdge
, 2021 , Nutrition Bulletin , 46 (1) , 60--68
DOI: 10.1111/nbu.12478
Type: article
Dietary supplementation with transgenic Camelina sativa oil containing 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 or fish oil induces differential changes in the transcriptome of CD3+ T lymphocytes
Annette West,
Elizabeth Miles,
Lihua Han,
Karen Lillycrop,
Johnathan Napier,
Philip Calder,
& Graham Burdge
, 2021 , Nutrients , 13 (9)
DOI: 10.3390/nu13093116
Type: article
Differential postprandial incorporation of 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 into individual plasma triacylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine molecular species in humans
A West,
Louise Michaelson,
Elizabeth Miles,
Richard Haslam,
Karen Lillycrop,
Ramona Georgescu,
Lihua Han,
Olga Sayanova,
Johnathan Napier,
Philip Calder,
& Graham Burdge
, 2020 , Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids , 1865 (8)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2020.158710
Type: article
Lipidomic analysis of plasma from healthy men and women shows phospholipid class and molecular species differences between sexes
Annette West,
Louise Michaelson,
Elizabeth Miles,
Richard Haslam,
Karen Lillycrop,
Ramona Georgescu,
Lihua Han,
Johnathan Napier,
Philip Calder,
& Graham Burdge
, 2020 , Lipids
DOI: DOI10.1002/lipd.12293
Type: article
Dietary supplementation with seed oil from transgenic Camelina sativa induces similar increments in plasma and erythrocyte DHA and EPA to fish oil in healthy humans
Annette West,
Elizabeth Miles,
Karen Lillycrop,
Lihua Han,
Johnathan Napier,
Philip Calder,
& Graham Burdge
, 2020 , British Journal of Nutrition , 124 (9) , 922--930
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114520002044
Type: article
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