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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Group Leader, Instituto Gulbenkian de Medicina Molecular (Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine)
1 Apr 2010 → 31 Oct 2015
Research Specialist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1 Mar 2008 → 31 Mar 2010
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Washington
23 Mar 2003 → 28 Feb 2008
Research area keywords
- Developmental Plasticity
- Body Size
- Organ Size and Pattern
- Nutrition
- Developmental Timing
- Nutritional Geometry
- Life History
- Macronutrient Balancing
- Neurogenetics
- Evolution of Behaviour
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Fitness and evolutionary consequences of developmental plasticity
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Company of Biologists Scientific Meeting Grant - 2018 Australian Fly Meeting
Mirth, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Perry, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Marshall, O. (Chief Investigator (CI))
2/08/18 → 4/08/18
Project: Other
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How does developmental plasticity shape adaptation to environmental change?
Mirth, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/07/17 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Company of Biologist Scientific Meeting Grant to support travel expenses of a plenary speaker to the 2016 Australian Fly Meeting
15/09/16 → 17/09/16
Project: Research
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Short-term fasting of a single amino acid extends lifespan
Fulton, T. L., Wansbrough, M. R., Mirth, C. K. & Piper, M. D. W., 2 Feb 2024, In: GeroScience. 46, 4, p. 3607–3615 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Temperature and nutrition do not interact to shape the evolution of metabolic rate
Alton, L. A., Kutz, T., Bywater, C. L., Lombardi, E., Cockerell, F. E., Layh, S., Winwood-Smith, H., Arnold, P. A., Beaman, J. E., Walter, G. M., Monro, K., Mirth, C. K., Sgrò, C. M. & White, C. R., 26 Feb 2024, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 379, 1896, 11 p., 20220484.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Timing Drosophila development through steroid hormone action
Morrow, H. & Mirth, C. K., Feb 2024, In: Current Opinion in Genetics and Development. 84, 7 p., 102148.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Within-population plastic responses to combined thermal-nutritional stress differ from those in response to single stressors, and are genetically independent across traits in both males and females
Choy, Y. M. M., Walter, G. M., Mirth, C. K. & Sgrò, C. M., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 37, 6, p. 717-731 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Ageing impairs protein leveraging in a sex-specific manner in Drosophila melanogaster
Rushby, H. J., Andrews, Z. B., Piper, M. D. W. & Mirth, C. K., Jan 2023, In: Animal Behaviour. 195, p. 43-51 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Genetics Society of Australasia Ross Crozier Medal
Mirth, C. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Conference
Christen Mirth (Speaker)
4 Jul 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Journal)
Christen Mirth (Editorial board member)
2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Frontiers in Physiology (Journal)
Christen Mirth (Guest editor)
2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility