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Personal profile
Biography
- 2001 - PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, UNSW, AU
- 2001-2003 - postdoc, Technical University of Delft, NL
- 2003-2011 - postdoc, University College London, UK
- 2011-2016 - Royal Society University Research Fellow, University College London, UK
- 2016 - present - ARC Future Fellow, Monash University, AU
Research interests
I am interested in how nutrition affects various aspects of fitness and and long-term health. Our model organism of choice is the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
The interaction between an organism, nutrition and its environment is complex. Inevitably, organisms must consume a diet that is not perfectly matched to their requirements. They must therefore implement strategies to alter their ability to seek out, consume, absorb and metabolise various nutrients in a manner that is sensitive to their nutritional history as well as current and perceived future experiences. My work seeks to understand the mechansms by which organisms modulate these traits.
Together, these underpin a range of projects on insect behaviour and physiology. The application of these activities will enable us to use nutrition as a treatment to enhance health and ageing.
Research area keywords
- nutrition
- Drosophila
- ageing
- fitness
- dietary restriction
Network
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Small, portable incubator for insect maintenance
Piper, M., Henstridge, M. & Johnson, T.
1/10/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Deciphering the role of SIK3 in development and disease
Parsons, L., Warr, C., Piper, M. & Cagan, R.
1/04/19 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Understanding diet designs that break life history trade-offs
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
1/03/16 → 29/02/20
Project: Research
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A dietary sterol trade-off determines lifespan responses to dietary restriction in Drosophila melanogaster females
Zanco, B., Mirth, C. K., Sgrò, C. M. & Piper, M. D. W., 26 Jan 2021, In: eLife. 10, 20 p., e62335.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
Amino acid quality modifies the quantitative availability of protein for reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster
Ma, C., Mirth, C. K., Hall, M. D. & Piper, M. D. W., 27 Mar 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Effects of short-term dietary protein restriction on blood amino acid levels in young men
Sjøberg, K. A., Schmoll, D., Piper, M. D. W., Kiens, B. & Rose, A. J., Aug 2020, In: Nutrients. 12, 8, 9 p., 2195.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
Restriction of essential amino acids dictates the systemic metabolic response to dietary protein dilution
Yap, Y. W., Rusu, P. M., Chan, A. Y., Fam, B. C., Jungmann, A., Solon-Biet, S. M., Barlow, C. K., Creek, D. J., Huang, E., Schittenhelm, R. B., Morgan, B., Schmoll, D., Kiens, B., Piper, M. D. W., Heikenwälder, M., Simpson, S. J., Bröer, S., Andrikopoulos, S., Muller, O. J. & Rose, A. J., 9 Jun 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 13 p., 2894.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile26 Citations (Scopus) -
Sexual dimorphism in the nutritional requirement for adult lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster
Wu, Q., Yu, G., Cheng, X., Gao, Y., Fan, X., Yang, D., Xie, M., Wang, T., Piper, M. D. W. & Yang, M., Mar 2020, In: Aging Cell. 8 p., e13120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile11 Citations (Scopus)