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Biography	<div><div><div>I joined the OU in late 2006 from the Department of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London. Prior to that I have held positions at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) field station and the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW).</div><div> </div><div><p>I served on the SRF (<a href="http://www.srf-reproduction.org/Home.aspx" rel="nofollow">Society for Reproduction& Fertility</a>) Council of Management 2013-6.</p><p> </p><p>My research interests are very broadly in the areas of:</p></div><ul><li><strong><em>Endocrinology of pregnancy and lactation and the regulation of appetite</em></strong></li><li><strong><em>Metabolic adjustments to the increased appetite of pregnancy and lactation</em></strong></li></ul><div>My current research concerns hormonal changes and interactions during mammalian pregnancy and lactation, focusing on appetite regulation by gastrointestinal hormones such as peptide YY and ghrelin. Pregnancy and lactation are physiological states characterised by metabolic changes associated with increased appetite and feeding behaviour. These occur due to changes in the setpoints of a number of orexigenic (appetite-stimulating) and anorexigenic (appetite-suppressing) signals as well as increased body weight, partly due to the promotion of adipose tissue accretion in early gestation to meet increased metabolic demands. Understanding the mechanisms behind these physiological shifts and the influence of maternal energy status on developing offspring may provide important insights for human health management.</div><div> </div><div>Research areas cover: hormone interactions during different metabolic states, focusing on appetite regulation by gut-brain hormones, especially during development, pregnancy and lactation. Subject specialities include: reproductive physiology; endocrinology; nutrition; metabolism; obesity.</div><div> </div></div></div>
Description	<div><div><div>I joined the OU in late 2006 from the Department of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College London. Prior to that I have held positions at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) field station and the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW).</div><div> </div><div><p>I served on the SRF (<a href="http://www.srf-reproduction.org/Home.aspx" rel="nofollow">Society for Reproduction& Fertility</a>) Council of Management 2013-6.</p><p> </p><p>My research interests are very broadly in the areas of:</p></div><ul><li><strong><em>Endocrinology of pregnancy and lactation and the regulation of appetite</em></strong></li><li><strong><em>Metabolic adjustments to the increased appetite of pregnancy and lactation</em></strong></li></ul><div>My current research concerns hormonal changes and interactions during mammalian pregnancy and lactation, focusing on appetite regulation by gastrointestinal hormones such as peptide YY and ghrelin. Pregnancy and lactation are physiological states characterised by metabolic changes associated with increased appetite and feeding behaviour. These occur due to changes in the setpoints of a number of orexigenic (appetite-stimulating) and anorexigenic (appetite-suppressing) signals as well as increased body weight, partly due to the promotion of adipose tissue accretion in early gestation to meet increased metabolic demands. Understanding the mechanisms behind these physiological shifts and the influence of maternal energy status on developing offspring may provide important insights for human health management.</div><div> </div><div>Research areas cover: hormone interactions during different metabolic states, focusing on appetite regulation by gut-brain hormones, especially during development, pregnancy and lactation. Subject specialities include: reproductive physiology; endocrinology; nutrition; metabolism; obesity.</div><div> </div></div></div>
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Research overview	<div><div> </div></div><div><div><div><div><strong><strong>Gut-brain peptides in relation to appetite& reproductive physiology in females</strong></strong></div><div><strong><strong> </strong></strong><p>My current research efforts are revealing the roles of the appetite hormones (ghrelin, peptide-YY: PYY, glucagon-like hormone-1: GLP-1) produced by the gastrointestinal tract in feeding and structural changes that occur during the reproductive cycle, pregnancy and lactation.</p><p>My recent PhD student (Dr Michelle Johnson, now awarded) gave the prize-winning talk about this work at the the annual SRF conference 2015 (St Catherine’s College, Oxford) during the Post Doctoral Scientist Prize session.</p></div><div><strong><em><strong>Previous research interests have included:</strong></em></strong></div><ul><li><strong><em><strong>the endocrinology, metabolism and reproductive health of high yielding dairy cows and interactions between their nutritional status and ovarian function;</strong></em></strong></li><li><strong><em><strong>reproductive health in captive Asian elephants</strong></em></strong></li><li><strong><em><strong>immune responses in common and grey seals</strong></em></strong></li></ul><div><strong><em><strong> </strong></em></strong></div></div></div></div>
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Johnson, Michelle ; Saffrey, Jill and Taylor, Victoria (2013). Gastrointestinal changes during lactation are further altered by litter size in Wistar rats. In: The Society for Reproduction and Fertility Annual Meeting 2013, 11-13 Jul 2013, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. Taylor, V. J. ; Beever, D. E.; Bryant, M. J. and Wathes, D. C. (2006). Pre-pubertal measurements of the somatotrophic axis as predictors of milk production in Holstein-Friesian dairy cows. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 31(1) pp. 1–18. Johnson, Michelle ; Saffrey, Jill and Taylor, Victoria (2013). Increased glucagon-like peptide-1 concentration in rat descending colon during proestrus is associated with decreased food intake at estrus. In: SSR's 46th Annual Meeting Reproductive Health: Nano to Global, 22-26 Jul 2013, Montréal, Québec, Canada, pp. 150–151. Taylor, V. J. ; Beever, D. E.; Bryant, M. J. and Wathes, D. C. (2003). Metabolic profiles and progesterone cycles in first lactation dairy cows. Theriogenology, 59(7) pp. 1661–1667. Johnson, M. L. ; Taylor, V. J. ; Ranson, R. N. and Saffrey, M. J. (2014). Changes in appetite hormone-producing enteroendocrine cells in the C57BL/6 mouse stomach during ageing. In: Conference abstracts of British Society for Research on Ageing 64th Annual Scientific meeting. 'Exercise, Activity and Ageing Mechanisms', article no. 32. Johnson, Michelle L. ; Saffrey, M. Jill and Taylor, Victoria J. (2016). Plasma Ghrelin Concentrations Were Altered with Oestrous Cycle Stage and Increasing Age in Reproductively Competent Wistar Females. PLoS ONE, 11(11), article no. e0166229. Wathes, D. C.; Bourne, N.; Cheng, Z.; Taylor, V. J. ; Brotherstone, S. and Coffey, M. P. (2007). Multiple correlation analyses of metabolic and endocrine profiles with fertility in primiparous and multiparous cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 90 pp. 1310–1325. Johnson, Michelle L. ; Saffrey, M. Jill and Taylor, Victoria Jane (2019). Gastrointestinal capacity, gut hormones and appetite change during rat pregnancy and lactation. Reproduction (Early Access). Wathes, D. C.; Cheng, Z.; Bourne, N.; Taylor, V. J. ; Coffey, M. P. and Brotherstone, S. (2006). Differences between primiparous and multiparous dairy cows in the inter-relationships between metabolic traits, milk yield and body condition score in the periparturient period. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 33(2) pp. 203–225. Stramek, Agata K. ; Johnson, Michelle L. and Taylor, Victoria J. (2018). Improved timed-mating, non-invasive method using fewer unproven female rats with pregnancy validation via early body mass increases. Laboratory Animals (Early Access). Johnson, Michelle ; Saffrey, Jill and Taylor, Victoria (2013). Changes in appetite hormones and gut tissue architecture during the rat reproductive cycle, pregnancy and lactation. In: Programming obesity: central and peripheral contributors, 14-16 Apr 2013, Cambridge, UK. [...] There are 13 more subjects. You can use the links at the top of the page to download all the data.	Creator
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