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55
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9738
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15167
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1196

Overview

Albert Koulman is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent publications highlight a diverse range of topics related to human metabolism, cellular function, and disease modeling. Notable papers include:

  • A cross-platform approach identifies genetic regulators of human metabolism and health, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Inhibition of mitochondrial function by metformin increases glucose uptake, glycolysis and GDF-15 release from intestinal cells, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Cysteine synthases CYSL-1 and CYSL-2 mediate C. elegans heritable adaptation to P. vranovensis infection, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Modeling PNPLA3-Associated NAFLD Using Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, 2021, Hepatology
  • Fatty acids in the de novo lipogenesis pathway and incidence of type 2 diabetes: A pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies, 2020, PLoS Medicine

The scientist has coauthored extensively with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Samuel Furse
  • Benjamin Jenkins
  • Nicholas J. Wareham
  • Kerry S. Jones
  • Nita G. Forouhi

Koulman's work is regularly published in a range of scientific venues, reflecting both peer-reviewed journals and preprint servers. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The scientist's research fields and subfields incorporate broad medical and biological themes. Main fields of study encompass:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields include:

  • Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Epidemiology

Main topics explored in their work cover a wide range of metabolic and health-related areas:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Best Publications

  • Differences in the prospective association between individual plasma phospholipid saturated fatty acids and incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study.

    Nita G. Forouhi;Albert Koulman;Stephen J. Sharp;Fumiaki Imamura

  • A review of odd-chain fatty acid metabolism and the role of pentadecanoic Acid (c15:0) and heptadecanoic Acid (c17:0) in health and disease.

    Benjamin Jenkins;James A. West;Albert Koulman

  • Genetic Predisposition to an Impaired Metabolism of the Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomisation Analysis

    Luca A Lotta;Robert A Scott;Stephen J Sharp;Stephen Burgess

  • Towards metabolic biomarkers of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes: progress from the metabolome

    Lee D Roberts;Lee D Roberts;Albert Koulman;Albert Koulman;Julian L Griffin;Julian L Griffin

  • Interlaboratory Reproducibility of a Targeted Metabolomics Platform for Analysis of Human Serum and Plasma

    Alexandros P. Siskos;Pooja Jain;Werner Römisch-Margl;Mark Bennett

  • Design and cohort description of the InterAct Project: an examination of the interaction of genetic and lifestyle factors on the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the EPIC Study

    C. Langenberg;S. Sharp;N. G. Forouhi;Paul Franks

  • Fatty Acid Biomarkers of Dairy Fat Consumption and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: A Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

    Fumiaki Imamura;Amanda Fretts;Matti Marklund;Andres V Ardisson Korat

  • Quantitative determination of vitamin D metabolites in plasma using UHPLC-MS/MS

    Shujing Ding;Inez Schoenmakers;Kerry Jones;Albert Koulman

  • Association of Plasma Phospholipid n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids with Type 2 Diabetes : The EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study

    Nita G. Forouhi;Fumiaki Imamura;Stephen J. Sharp;Albert Koulman

  • Lipid zonation and phospholipid remodeling in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

    Zoe Hall;Nicholas J. Bond;Tom Ashmore;Francis Sanders

  • Combinatorial biosynthesis of medicinal plant secondary metabolites

    Mattijs K. Julsing;Albert Koulman;Herman J. Woerdenbag;Wim J. Quax

  • A cross-platform approach identifies genetic regulators of human metabolism and health.

    Luca A Lotta;Maik Pietzner;Isobel D Stewart;Laura B L Wittemans;Laura B L Wittemans

  • Identification of Two Aflatrem Biosynthesis Gene Loci in Aspergillus flavus and Metabolic Engineering of Penicillium paxilli To Elucidate Their Function

    Matthew J. Nicholson;Albert Koulman;Brendon J. Monahan;Beth L. Pritchard

  • From differentiating metabolites to biomarkers.

    Albert Koulman;Geoffrey A. Lane;Scott J. Harrison;Dietrich A. Volmer

  • PCYT1A Regulates Phosphatidylcholine Homeostasis from the Inner Nuclear Membrane in Response to Membrane Stored Curvature Elastic Stress

    Afreen Haider;Yu-Chen Wei;Koini Lim;Antonio D Barbosa

  • Assessing the causal association of glycine with risk of cardio-metabolic diseases

    Laura B. L. Wittemans;Luca A. Lotta;Clare Oliver-Williams;Isobel D. Stewart

  • High-throughput direct-infusion ion trap mass spectrometry: a new method for metabolomics

    Albert Koulman;Brian A. Tapper;Karl Fraser;Mingshu Cao

  • Odd Chain Fatty Acids; New Insights of the Relationship Between the Gut Microbiota, Dietary Intake, Biosynthesis and Glucose Intolerance

    Benjamin J. Jenkins;Kevin Seyssel;Sally Chiu;Pin-Ho Pan

  • High‐resolution extracted ion chromatography, a new tool for metabolomics and lipidomics using a second‐generation orbitrap mass spectrometer

    Albert Koulman;Gary Woffendin;Vinod K. Narayana;Helen Welchman

  • Hepatic steatosis risk is partly driven by increased de novo lipogenesis following carbohydrate consumption

    Francis Wb Sanders;Animesh Acharjee;Animesh Acharjee;Celia Walker;Luke Marney

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian L. Griffin
Julian L. Griffin University of Aberdeen
Nita G. Forouhi
Nita G. Forouhi University of Cambridge
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Claudia Langenberg
Claudia Langenberg Queen Mary University of London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
David B. Dunger
David B. Dunger University of Cambridge
Wim J. Quax
Wim J. Quax University of Groningen
Stephen J. Sharp
Stephen J. Sharp University of Cambridge
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge
Guy Fagherazzi
Guy Fagherazzi Institut Gustave Roussy

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