Position: Post-doctoral Research Associate

Address: Environmental Research Institute,
Castle Street,Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7JD

Tel: +44 (0)1847 889587

Fax: +44 (0)1847 890014

E-mail: Kathleen.Mcdougall@thurso.uhi.ac.uk

Joined ERI: December 2004

Background:

• BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences – Anatomy, University of Edinburgh, 1996
  
  
• PhD “Evaluating Biocompatibility using Human Craniofacial Bone Cells”, University of Nottingham, 2001
  
  
• MSc Marine Resource Management, Heriot-Watt University, 2004
  
  
• MSc dissertation “Intertidal seaweed species richness: a comparison of exposed and sheltered rocky shores of Caithness”

Research Interests:

• Previous background in biomedical science, now interested in environmental science
  
  
• Research at ERI involving chromatographic techniques, including investigation of pigments and fatty acids as biomarkers of environmental stress in corals.

Selected Publications:

• McDougall KE, Downes S, Corden TJ, Jones IA, Fisher SE (1998) A novel manufacturing process for the production of a long fibre composite for craniofacial bone repair. Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery 26(S1): 220
  
  
• Corden TJ, Christian P, Downes S, Fisher SE, Jones IA, McDougall KE, Rudd CR (2000) Physical and biocompatibility properties of poly-e-caprolactone produced using in situ polymerisation: A novel manufacturing technique for long fibre composite materials. Biomaterials 21(7): 713-724
  
  
• McDougall KE, Perry MJ, Tobias JH (2001) Mice with a targeted gene deletion in estrogen receptor-beta showed enhanced osteogenic responsiveness to 17beta-estradiol. Bone 28(5)(Suppl): S99
  
  
• McDougall KE, Perry MJ, Tobias JH (2001) Distinct Effects of Deletion of ERa and ERB on Responsiveness of the Skeleton to Exogenous Estrogen in Male Mice. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 16 (Suppl 1):S550
  
  
• McDougall KE, Perry MJ, Gibson RL, Bright JM, Colley SM, Hodgin JB, Smithies O, Tobias JH (2002) Estrogen-induced osteogenesis in intact female mice lacking ERB. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism 283(4):E817-E823
  
  
• McDougall KE, Perry MJ, Gibson RL, Colley SM, Korach KS, Tobias JH (2003) Estrogen receptor-alpha dependency of estrogen's stimulatory action on cancellous bone formation in male mice. Endocrinology 144(5):1994-9
  

• McDougall KE, Gibb SW, Boyd KG, Brown BE (2006) ‘Chlorophyll-like’ compounds as novel biomarkers of stress in corals.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 325:137-144

Selected Presentations:

• ASBMR Young Investigator Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2002, San Antonio, Texas, USA. McDougall KE, Perry MJ, Whitworth T, Colley SM, Robertson EJ, Tobias JH. Impaired osteogenic response of Bmp6 null mice.
  
  
• World Maritime Technology Conference, 2006, London, UK. McDougall KE, Gibb SW, Boyd KG, Brown BE. Can ‘chlorophyll-like’ compounds provide an early warning system for corals at risk of bleaching?
  
  
• International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS) European Meeting, 2006, Bremen, Germany.  McDougall KE, Boyd KG, Gibb SW, Brown BE, Downs CA. Relative sensitivity of biomarkers as early indicators of environmental stress in corals

Other Info:

• Marine research volunteer, coral reef monitoring, Madagascar, 2004.
  
  
• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

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