2011-08 to Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology - Professor
Zoological Society of London Awarded the Zoological Society scientific medal (1995)
Royal Society of Edinburgh Caledonian Research Foundation Support Research Fellowship (1996)
Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship (1999)
Laboratory News Industry Awards 2001 short-listed finalist in the category Best UK academic research group (2001)
Royal Society of Edinburgh/Saltire Society Awarded the Scottish Science Medal (2003)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) (2004)
Kwarazmi International festival Prizewinner, International Guest of Honour (2005)
William Dick memorial lecture, Edinburgh Science festival (2005)
Royal Society of Edinburgh/ Lloyds TSB Research Fellowship (2007)
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) (2008)
Fellow of the Royal Academy of the Arts (FRSA) (2009)
Professor title at the 'Bingzhi Forum' of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2010)
Clive McCay Lecture Award, Cornell University (2011)
Selected for the National '****' Long-term Project (2011)
Fellow of the Academia Europaea (2011)
Great Wall Professor Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences-Novo Nordisk Foundation (2012)
Irving-Scholander Memorial Lecture Award, University of Fairbanks (2014)
International Science and Technology Cooperation Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2015)
Wolfson Value Award, Royal Society of London (2016)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2016)
Fellow of the Royal Society (2018)
Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019)
Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2020)
Research
Molecular Energetics
Protective effects of 5-heptadecylresorcinol against adipocyte mitochondrial dysfunction through upregulation of Sirt3-mediated autophagy, Hao, Yiming, Yang, Zihui, Liu, Jie, Wang, Ziyuan, Speakman, John R, Niu, Chaoqun, Sun, Baoguo, Wang, Jing, 2022
Protein quality and quantity influence the effect of dietary fat on weight gain and tissue partitioning via host-microbiota changes, Nychyk, Oleksandr, Barton, Wiley, Rudolf, Agata M, Boscaini, Serena, Walsh, Aaron, Bastiaanssen, Thomaz F S, Giblin, Linda, Cormican, Paul, Chen, Liang, Piotrowicz, Yolanda, Derous, Davina, Fanning, Aine, Yin, Xiaofei, Grant, Jim, Melgar, Silvia, Brennan, Lorraine, Mitchell, Sharon E, Cryan, John F, Wang, Jun, Cotter, Paul D, Speakman, John R, Nilaweera, Kanishka N, 2021
Adiposity, reproductive and metabolic health, and activity levels in zoo Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), Chusyd, Daniella E, Nagy, Tim R, GolzarriArroyo, Lilian, Dickinson, Stephanie L, Speakman, John R, Hambly, Catherine, Johnson, Maria S, Allison, David B, Brown, Janine L, 2021
The Effect of Aerobic and Resistance Training and Combined Exercise Modalities on Subcutaneous Abdominal Fat: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials, Yarizadeh, Habib, Eftekhar, Reza, AnjomShoae, Javad, Speakman, John R, Djafarian, Kurosh, 2021
Daily energy expenditure and water turnover in two breeds of laying hens kept in floor housing, Riek, A, Petow, S, Speakman, J R, Schrader, L, 2021
The Effects of Graded Levels of Calorie Restriction: XVI. Metabolomic Changes in the Cerebellum Indicate Activation of Hypothalamocerebellar Connections Driven by Hunger Responses, Green, Cara L, Mitchell, Sharon E, Derous, Davina, GarciaFlores, Libia A, Wang, Yingchun, Chen, Luonan, Han, JingDong J, Promislow, Daniel E L, Lusseau, David, Douglas, Alex, Speakman, John R, 2021
Comparison of total and activity energy expenditure estimates from physical activity questionnaires and doubly labelled water: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Sharifzadeh, Mohammad, Bagheri, Minoo, Speakman, John R, Djafarian, Kurosh, 2021
A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies, Speakman, John R, Yamada, Yosuke, Sagayama, Hiroyuki, Berman, Elena S F, Ainslie, Philip N, Andersen, Lene F, Anderson, Liam J, Arab, Lenore, Baddou, Issaad, BeduAddo, Kweku, Blaak, Ellen E, Blanc, Stephane, Bonomi, Alberto G, Bouten, Carlijn V C, Bovet, Pascal, Buchowski, Maciej S, Butte, Nancy F, Camps, Stefan G J A, Close, Graeme L, Cooper, Jamie A, Creasy, Seth A, Das, Sai Krupa, Cooper, Richard, Dugas, Lara R, Ebbeling, Cara B, Ekelund, Ulf, Entringer, Sonja, Forrester, Terrence, Fudge, Barry W, Goris, Annelies H, Gurven, Michael, Hambly, Catherine, El Hamdouchi, Asmaa, Hoos, Marije B, Hu, Sumei, Joonas, Noorjehan, Joosen, Annemiek M, Katzmarzyk, Peter, Kempen, Kitty P, Kimura, Misaka, Kraus, William E, Kushner, Robert F, Lambert, Estelle, V, Leonard, William R, Lessan, Nader, Ludwig, David S, Martin, Corby K, Medin, Anine C, Meijer, Erwin P, Morehen, James C, Morton, James P, Neuhouser, Marian L, Nicklas, Theresa A, Ojiambo, Robert M, Pietilainen, Kirsi H, Pitsiladis, Yannis P, P, 2021
Carbohydrates, insulin, and obesity, Speakman, John R, Hall, Kevin D, 2021
Adaptive immune response and resting metabolism are unaffected by manipulation of flight intensity, but negatively related to each other, Bryla, Amadeusz, Bury, Agata, Niedojadlo, Jowita, Speakman, John R, Sadowska, Edyta T, Cichon, Mariusz, Bauchinger, Ulf, 2021
Very-low-protein diets lead to reduced food intake and weight loss, linked to inhibition of hypothalamic mTOR signaling, in mice, Wu, Yingga, Li, Baoguo, Li, Li, Mitchell, Sharon E, Green, Cara L, DAgostino, Giuseppe, Wang, Guanlin, Wang, Lu, Li, Min, Li, Jianbo, Niu, Chaoqun, Jin, Zengguang, Wang, Anyongqi, Zheng, Yu, Douglas, Alex, Speakman, John R, 2021
Energetics suggest cause for even further conservation concern for Temminck's ground pangolin, Boyles, J G, Swart, J M, Bennett, N C, Ferguson, W, Speakman, J R, Scantlebury, D M, 2020
The energy savings-oxidative cost trade-off for migratory birds during endurance flight, McWilliams, Scott, Pierce, Barbara, Wittenzellner, Andrea, Langlois, Lillie, Engel, Sophia, Speakman, John R, Fatica, Olivia, DeMoranville, Kristen, Goymann, Wolfgang, Trost, Lisa, Bryla, Amadeusz, Dzialo, Maciej, Sadowska, Edyta, Bauchinger, Ulf, 2020
Impact of parental smoking on adipokine profiles and cardiometabolic risk factors in Chinese children, Li, Yu, Wang, Dongmei, Wang, Yuhan, Zhao, Yanglu, Han, Lanwen, Zhong, Ling, Zhang, Qian, Speakman, John R, Li, Ming, Gao, Shan, 2020
Maximizing precision and accuracy of the doubly labeled water method via optimal sampling protocol, calculation choices, and incorporation of O-17 measurements, Berman, Elena S F, Swibas, Tracy, Kohrt, Wendy M, Catenacci, Vicki A, Creasy, Seth A, Melanson, Edward L, Speakman, John R, 2020
Limits to sustained energy intake. XXXI. Effect of graded levels of dietary fat on lactation performance in Swiss mice, Huang, Yi, Mendoza, Jazmin Osorio, Hambly, Catherine, Li, Baoguo, Ji, Zengguang, Li, Li, Madizi, Moshen, Hu, Sumei, Speakman, John R, 2020
An Evolutionary Perspective on Sedentary Behavior, Speakman, John
Area of Focus
Tumorigenesis | Molecular | Genetics | Apoptosis | Alzheimer'S | Embryonic | Development | Pax Genes | Chinese Medicine | Neurodegeneration
