Faculty of Science and Technology

Dr. Shane Austin

Dr. Shane Austin

FST Deputy Dean (Graduate Research & Outreach)

Lecturer in Biochemistry

Department: BCS

Contact details

Qualifications

B.Sc. (UWI), M.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (MUW)
 

Research Areas

Cellular metabolism; mitochondrial homeostasis; mitochondrial cation exchange
 

Teaching Areas

Biochemistry
Bioenergetics      
 

Publications

Wilfinger, N., Austin, S., Scheiber-Mojdekhar, B.,  Berger, W., Reimport, S., Paschberger, M., Paur, J., Trondl, R., Keppler, B., Zielinski, C., Nowikovsky, K. (2015), Novel Anticancer Strategy by targeting Iron signalling and BNIP3L-dependent mitophagy. Oncotarget, 7 (2): 1242.

Alleyne, A.T., Austin, S. and Williams, A. (2014). Distribution of CYP17α polymorphism and selected physiochemical factors of uterine leiomyoma in Barbados. Meta Gene 2: 358-365.

Javeshghani, S., Zakikhani, M., Austin, S., Bazile, M., Blouin, M. J., Topisirovic, I., St-Pierre, J., and Pollak, M. N. (2012), Carbon Source and Myc Expression Influence the Antiproliferative Actions of Metformin. Cancer Research 72(23): 4963-4971.

Shane Austin and J. St-Pierre (2012). PGC1α and mitochondrial metabolism – emerging concepts and relevance in ageing and neurodegenerative disorders. Journal of Cell Science 125(21): 4963-4971.

Shane Austin, Eva Klimcakova, Julie St-Pierre (2011), Impact of PGC-1α on the topology and rate of superoxide production by the mitochondrial electron transport chain, Free Radical Biology and Medicine 51(12): 2243-2248.