Newcastle University

Qualifications

PhD Nutritional Biochemistry (University of Bergen, Norway)
MRes (Dist) Applied Biology (University of Plymouth, UK)
BSc (Hons) Biology (University of Leeds, UK)

Previous Positions

Research Associate in Nutrition at the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway (2006-2008).

Research Interests

Gene-nutrient interactions
Vitamin A/Beta-carotene metabolism
Lipid metabolism

Current Work

Dietary intervention trial investigating the conversion of beta-carotene to vitamin A in humans (BetaSNP Study).

• Lietz G, Oxley A, Boesch-Saadatmandi C, Kobayashi D. Importance of b,b-carotene 15-15'-monooxygenase 1 (BCMO1) and b,b-carotene 9,10-dioxygenase 2 (BCDO2) in nutrition and health. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 2012, 56(2), 241.
• Lietz G, Oxley A, Leung W, Hesketh J. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Upstream from the beta-Carotene 15,15 '-Monoxygenase Gene Influence Provitamin A Conversion Efficiency in Female Volunteers. Journal of Nutrition 2012, 142(1), 161S-165S.
• Oxley A, Jolly C, Jordal AEO, Svardal A, Olsen RE. The combined impact of plant-derived dietary ingredients and acute stress on the intestinal arachidonic acid cascade in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). British Journal of Nutrition 2010, 103(6), 851-861.
• Oxley A, Bogevik AS, Henderson RJ, Waagbo R, Tocher DR, Olsen RE. Digestibility of Calanus finmarchicus wax esters in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) freshwater presmolts and seawater postsmolts maintained at constant water temperature. Aquaculture Nutrition 2009, 15(5), 459-469.
• Bogevik AS, Oxley A, Olsen RE. Hydrolysis of acyl-homogeneous and fish oil triacylglycerols using desalted midgut extract from Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Lipids 2008, 43(7), 655-662.
• Oxley A, Jutfelt F, Sundell K, Olsen RE. Sn-2-monoacylglycerol, not glycerol, is preferentially utilised for triacylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) intestine. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 2007, 146(1), 115-123.
• Oxley A, Tocher DR, Torstensen BE, Olsen RE. Fatty acid utilisation and metabolism in caecal enterocytes of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fed dietary fish or copepod oil. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids 2005, 1737(2-3), 119-129.
• Oxley A, Torstensen BE, Rustan AC, Olsen RE. Enzyme activities of intestinal triacylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 2005, 141B(1), 77-87.