Dr Martin Dickens
Senior Lecturer in Metabolic Physiology
School of Health Sciences
Massey University
New Zealand
Biography
Dr. Martin Dickens is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Metabolic Physiology in the Department of School of Health Sciences, Massey univesity , Newzealand.
Research Interest
Mechanisms of hormone action, particularly how insulin regulates metabolism in fat, liver and muscle cells and how this is impaired in diabetes. Pathways that mediate adaptive responses to cellular stresses, mainly in the cardiovascular system, most recently working on cardiac ischaemia/reperfusion injury & hypertrophic responses in cardiac myocytes.
Publications
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Miller, BW., Hay, JM., Prigent, SA., & Dickens, M. (2012). Post-transcriptional regulation of VEGF-A mRNA levels by mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) during metabolic stress associated with ischaemia/reperfusion. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. , 1-12
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Caswell, PT., & Dickens, M. (2017). JIP3 localises to exocytic vesicles and focal adhesions in the growth cones of differentiated PC12 cells. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. , 1-13
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Ali et al, . (2017). The highs and lows of caffeine intake in new zealand children.. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health.
