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Professor Douglas Morrison is an expert in Isotope Bioscience at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre. His research focuses on the design and synthesis of novel metaprobes and isotopically labelled molecular probes to measure metabolic processes in vivo. His work aims to develop probes that can release isotopically labelled substances at the correct physiological site to study bacterial metabolism, particularly in the colon. He explores carbohydrate metabolism by leveraging natural isotopic abundance variances in C3 vs. C4 plant carbohydrates to perform stable isotope enrichment studies to understand the fate of dietary carbohydrates through digestion and fermentation, and their impacts on health and disease. Furthermore, he has developed in vitro and in vivo stable isotope methods to investigate the function and activity of bacteria linked to gut health. His innovative work includes the development of instrumental platforms for functional metabolomics, which analyze multiple isotopically labelled metabolites, enabling tracer designs that probe flux within targeted metabolic pathways in biological systems.
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre • East Kilbride
Leading research in isotope bioscience and metabolic processes.