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Ian Bloor
Research Technician, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Biography
Ian joined the Academic Child Health team in 2008 to undertake his PhD investigating 'Inflammation and end-organ damage with obesity and gender' under the supervision of Professor Mike Symonds and Professor Ravi Mahajan. He was awarded his PhD in 2012 and was subsequently appointed as a postdoctoral researcher within the department working on the EU Early Nutrition Project.
Expertise Summary
- mRNA and protein analysis
- Endocrine signalling of adipose tissue
- Inflammatory network response in the presence of obesity
- HTA Person Designate
Research Summary
Ian is currently researching the effects of vibration, noise, physiological and biochemical instability that premature babies are exposed to during inter-hospital transport (Premitrans study).
Recent Publications
VELICKOVIC K, LUGO LEIJA HA, BLOOR I, LAW J, SACKS H, SYMONDS M and SOTTILE V, 2018. Low temperature exposure induces browning of bone marrow stem cell derived adipocytes in vitro. Scientific reports. 8(1), 4974 SYMONDS ME, BLOOR I, OJHA S and BUDGE H, 2017. The Placenta, Maternal Diet and Adipose Tissue Development in the Newborn. Annals of nutrition & metabolism. 70(3), 232-235 LINEKER, CHRISTOPHER, KERR, PAUL M., NGUYEN, PATRICIA, BLOOR, IAN, ASTBURY, STUART, PATEL, NIKHIL, BUDGE, HELEN, HEMMINGS, DENISE G., PLANE, FRANCES, SYMONDS, MICHAEL E. and BELL, RHONDA C., 2015. High fructose consumption in pregnancy alters the perinatal environment without increasing metabolic disease in the offspring Reproduction, Fertility and Development. LINEKER C, KERR PM, NGUYEN P, BLOOR I, ASTBURY S, PATEL N, BUDGE H, HEMMINGS DG, PLANE F, SYMONDS ME and BELL RC, 2015. High fructose consumption in pregnancy alters the perinatal environment without increasing metabolic disease in the offspring. Reproduction, fertility, and development. 28(12), 2007-2015
Past Research
During his PhD he was involved with determining the effects of gender and obesity on the function and physiology of kidneys and surrounding adipose tissue mediated by changes in metabolism and inflammation. He completed a post doctoral position researching the effects of maternal dietary interventions on placental function, specifically changes in glycaemic load during obesity in pregnancy and how these impact on energy sensing, lipid transfer and inflammation within the placenta and subsequent programming effects on development of the offspring.
VELICKOVIC K, LUGO LEIJA HA, BLOOR I, LAW J, SACKS H, SYMONDS M and SOTTILE V, 2018. Low temperature exposure induces browning of bone marrow stem cell derived adipocytes in vitro. Scientific reports. 8(1), 4974 SYMONDS ME, BLOOR I, OJHA S and BUDGE H, 2017. The Placenta, Maternal Diet and Adipose Tissue Development in the Newborn. Annals of nutrition & metabolism. 70(3), 232-235 LINEKER, CHRISTOPHER, KERR, PAUL M., NGUYEN, PATRICIA, BLOOR, IAN, ASTBURY, STUART, PATEL, NIKHIL, BUDGE, HELEN, HEMMINGS, DENISE G., PLANE, FRANCES, SYMONDS, MICHAEL E. and BELL, RHONDA C., 2015. High fructose consumption in pregnancy alters the perinatal environment without increasing metabolic disease in the offspring Reproduction, Fertility and Development. LINEKER C, KERR PM, NGUYEN P, BLOOR I, ASTBURY S, PATEL N, BUDGE H, HEMMINGS DG, PLANE F, SYMONDS ME and BELL RC, 2015. High fructose consumption in pregnancy alters the perinatal environment without increasing metabolic disease in the offspring. Reproduction, fertility, and development. 28(12), 2007-2015 LAW, J., BLOOR, I., BUDGE, H. and SYMONDS, M.E., 2014. The influence of sex steroids on adipose tissue growth and function Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 19(1), 13-24 BLOOR ID, SÉBERT SP, SAROHA V, GARDNER DS, KEISLER DH, BUDGE H, SYMONDS ME and MAHAJAN RP, 2013. Sex differences in metabolic and adipose tissue responses to juvenile-onset obesity in sheep. Endocrinology. 154(10), 3622-31