Strathmore's Roundtable Biography for
Nicola King
 | Nicola King |
| Biography | Upon completion of her PhD Nicola began her long and successful association with the University of Bristol, first within the Department of Physiology and then the Bristol Heart Institute. During this time, she was awarded prestigious fellowships from The British Heart Foundation which she used to characterize acidic amino acid transport in heart and to reveal the potential of acidic amino acids as myocardial anti-oxidants. Just prior to joining UNE, Nicola held a lecturing position at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam where she was involved in medical education and the development of a new degree program. |
| Industry | Education |
| Title | Senior Lecturer |
| Expertise | Cardiovascular Physiology; Research interests include-Oxidative stress and antioxidant status in the heart, physiological vs. pathological cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial protection and cardiac amino acid and dipeptide transport |
| Current Organization | University of New England, School of Science & Technology |
| Type of Organization | University |
| Major Product | Higher education, research |
| Area of Distribution | International |
| University/Degree | B.S., with Honors, Napier University; Ph.D., Physiology, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Honors & Awards | Fellowships from the British Heart Foundation |
| Published Works | Publications include- King N., Measurement of cardiac gene expression by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), Met Mol Biol, 336, pp 109-119, 2007 and King N., Lin H., McGivan J.D., Suleiman M., Glutamate transporter activity in hypertrophic rat heart and ischaemia-reperfusion injury, Pflügers Arch, 452, pp 674-682, 2006 |
| Affiliations | Executive Board Member, British Society for Cardiovascular Research; Elected Member, The Physiological Society |
| Hobbies & Sports | Field hockey, classical music, opera |
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