Hugh Dunstan
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
Newcastle University
Australia
Biography
Hugh has developed extensive expertise in cell and molecular profiling technologies based on metabolomics for the measurement of metabolites in cell systems including bacteria as well as mammalian tissues and fluids. The analytical approaches have been developed over the last 25 years and have primarily focused on gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The approaches have extended our capacity to undertake complex organic analyses to determine the impacts of environmental parameters on metabolism and health. Over the last 25 years, a cell and molecular profiling laboratory has been established for the Metabolic Research Group, which is specifically configured for biological research and contains two GC-MS units and two gas chromatographs (FID and ECD) with associated reference databases for metabolite identification.
Research Interest
Bacteriology, Medical Biochemistry: Amino Acids and Metabolites
Publications
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Evans C, Dunstan HR, Rothkirch T, Roberts TK, Reichelt KL, Cosford R, Deed G, Ellis LB, Sparkes DL. Altered amino acid excretion in children with autism. Nutritional neuroscience. 2008 Feb 1;11(1):9-17.
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Shah VG, Dunstan H, Geary PM. Application of Emerging Bacterial Source Tracking (BST) Methods to Detect and Distinguish Sources of Fecal Pollution in Waters. School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW. 2004;2308:57.
