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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1997 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Pat Monaghan is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields with a focus on aging, physiology, and ecology.

The primary fields of study for Monaghan include:

  • Medicine
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work further delves into specialized subfields, such as:

  • Physiology
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Aging
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Monaghan's research topics cover:

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Frequent publication venues where Monaghan's work appears include:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Monaghan are:

  • Intergenerational Transfer of Ageing: Parental Age and Offspring Lifespan, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Climate change and ageing in ectotherms, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Increased glucocorticoid concentrations in early life cause mitochondrial inefficiency and short telomeres, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Pace and stability of embryonic development affect telomere dynamics: an experimental study in a precocial bird model, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Experimental demonstration of prenatal programming of mitochondrial aerobic metabolism lasting until adulthood, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Monaghan frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, notably:

  • Neil B. Metcalfe
  • Winnie Boner
  • Pablo Burraco
  • Antoine Stier
  • Neal J. Dawson

Monaghan has been recognized with the following honors:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2011)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1997)

Best Publications

  • Compensation for a bad start: grow now, pay later?

    Neil B. Metcalfe;Pat Monaghan

  • Developmental plasticity and human health.

    Patrick Bateson;David Barker;Timothy Clutton-Brock;Debal Deb

  • Oxidative stress as a mediator of life history trade-offs: mechanisms, measurements and interpretation

    Pat Monaghan;Neil B. Metcalfe;Roxana Torres

  • Early growth conditions, phenotypic development and environmental change.

    Pat Monaghan

  • Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan

    Britt J. Heidinger;Jonathan D. Blount;Winnie Boner;Kate Griffiths

  • Human disturbance: people as predation-free predators?

    Colin M. Beale;P. A. T. Monaghan

  • Why don't birds lay more eggs?

    Pat Monaghan;Ruedi G. Nager

  • Growth versus lifespan: perspectives from evolutionary ecology

    Neil B. Metcalfe;Pat Monaghan

  • Behavioural responses to human disturbance: a matter of choice?

    Colin M. Beale;Pat Monaghan

  • Do telomere dynamics link lifestyle and lifespan

    Pat Monaghan;Mark F. Haussmann

  • Experimental demonstration that offspring sex ratio varies with maternal condition

    R. G. Nager;P. Monaghan;R. Griffiths;D. C. Houston

  • The evolutionary ecology of senescence

    P. Monaghan;A. Charmantier;D. H. Nussey;R. E. Ricklefs

  • The relationship between food supply, reproductive effort and breeding success in arctic terns Sterna paradisaea

    P. Monaghan;J. D. Uttley;M. D. Burns;C. Thaine

  • Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wild

    Pierre Bize;François Criscuolo;Neil B Metcalfe;Lubna Nasir

  • Ecological processes in a hormetic framework.

    David Costantini;Neil B. Metcalfe;Pat Monaghan

  • The price of eggs: increased investment in egg production reduces the offspring rearing capacity of parents

    P. Monaghan;R. G. Nager;D. C. Houston

  • Telomere loss in relation to age and early environment in long-lived birds

    Margaret E. Hall;Lubna Nasir;Francis Daunt;Elizabeth A. Gault

  • Somatic growth and telomere dynamics in vertebrates: relationships, mechanisms and consequences.

    Pat Monaghan;Susan E. Ozanne

  • Organismal stress, telomeres and life histories

    Pat Monaghan

  • Age‐specific reproductive performance in red‐billed choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax: patterns and processes in a natural population

    J. M. Reid;J. M. Reid;E. M. Bignal;S. Bignal;D. I. McCracken

  • Neonatal nutrition, adult antioxidant defences and sexual attractiveness in the zebra finch

    Jonathan D. Blount;Neil B. Metcalfe;Kathryn E. Arnold;Peter F. Surai

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil B. Metcalfe
Neil B. Metcalfe University of Glasgow
Ruedi G. Nager
Ruedi G. Nager University of Glasgow
Jane M. Reid
Jane M. Reid University of Aberdeen
Francis Daunt
Francis Daunt Natural Environment Research Council
David I. McCracken
David I. McCracken Scotland's Rural College
Sarah Wanless
Sarah Wanless Natural Environment Research Council
David C. Houston
David C. Houston University of Glasgow
Graeme D. Ruxton
Graeme D. Ruxton University of St Andrews
Daniel Nettle
Daniel Nettle Newcastle University
Melissa Bateson
Melissa Bateson Newcastle University

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