Overview
Background
Dr Marloes Dekker Nitert is an Associate Professor at The University of Queensland. Marloes is a biomedical researcher with a PhD from Lund University in Sweden. Her research focuses on the role of metabolism in complications of pregnancy. She currently heads a laboratory research group at the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences studying the role of metabolism in pregnancy complications and especially how the gut microbiome contributes to a healthy pregnancy and to pregnancy complications. Marloes works closely together with clinician-scientists and clinicians at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and the Mater Mothers' Hospital to do her translational research. Marloes is a board member of the Australian Society for Medical Research and a past Council member of the Society of Obstetric Medicine Australia and New Zealand.
Availability
- Associate Professor Marloes Nitert Dekker is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Licentiate of Medical Sciences, Linköping University
- Doctor of Philosophy of Medical Sciences, Lund University
- Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Research interests
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Microbiome in pregnancy
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Complications of pregnancy
Works
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2011
Journal Article
Insulin promoter DNA methylation correlates negatively with insulin gene expression and positively with HbA1c levels in human pancreatic islets
Yang, B. T., Dayeh, T. A., Kirkpatrick, C. L., Taneera, J., Kumar, R., Groop, L., Wollheim, C. B., Nitert, M. D. and Ling, C. (2011). Insulin promoter DNA methylation correlates negatively with insulin gene expression and positively with HbA1c levels in human pancreatic islets. Diabetologia, 54 (2), 360-367. doi: 10.1007/s00125-010-1967-6
2011
Journal Article
A common variant in TFB1M is associated with reduced insulin secretion and increased future risk of type 2 diabetes
Koeck, Thomas, Olsson, Anders H., Nitert, Marloes Dekker, Sharoyko, Vladimir V., Ladenvall, Claes, Kotova, Olga, Reiling, Erwin, Ronn, Tina, Parikh, Hemang, Taneera, Jalal, Eriksson, Johan G., Metodiev, Metodi D., Larsson, Nils-Goran, Balhuizen, Alexander, Luthman, Holger, Stancakova, Alena, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Poulsen, Pernille, Vaag, Allan, Groop, Leif, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Mulder, Hindrik and Ling, Charlotte (2011). A common variant in TFB1M is associated with reduced insulin secretion and increased future risk of type 2 diabetes. Cell Metabolism, 13 (1), 80-91. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2010.12.007
2011
Book Chapter
Epigenetics and type 2 diabetes
Ling, Charlotte, Ronn, Tina and Nitert, Marloes Dekker (2011). Epigenetics and type 2 diabetes. Epigenetic aspects of chronic diseases. (pp. 135-145) edited by Helmtrud I. Roach, Felix Bronner and Richard O.C. Oreffo. London, United Kingdom: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-84882-644-1_9
2010
Journal Article
Apelin is a novel islet peptide
Ringstrom, Camilla, Nitert, Marloes Dekker, Bennet, Hedvig, Fex, Malin, Valet, Phillipe, Rehfeld, Jens F., Friis-Hansen, Lennart and Wierup, Nils (2010). Apelin is a novel islet peptide. Regulatory Peptides, 162 (1-3), 44-51. doi: 10.1016/j.regpep.2010.03.005
2010
Conference Publication
Resistance to exercise-induced changes in the global DNA methylation pattern of skeletal muscle in individuals with a family history of type 2 diabetes
Nitert, M. D., Dayeh, T., Lang, S., Elgzyri, T., Yang, B., Hansson, O., Ronn, T., Eriksson, K. F., Groop, L. and Ling, C. (2010). Resistance to exercise-induced changes in the global DNA methylation pattern of skeletal muscle in individuals with a family history of type 2 diabetes. 46th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Stockholm, Sweden, 20-24 September 2010. Springer.
2010
Conference Publication
Nesfatin-1 stimulates insulin secretion, inhibits glucagon secretion and is expressed in human and rodent beta cells
Voss, U., Riva, M., Dekker Nitert, M. N., Ling, C., Lindqvist, A. and Wierup, N. (2010). Nesfatin-1 stimulates insulin secretion, inhibits glucagon secretion and is expressed in human and rodent beta cells. 46th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Stockholm, Sweden, 20-24 September 2010. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s00125-010-1872-z
2010
Conference Publication
Apelin is expressed in human and rodent islets and regulates insulin secretion
Ringstrom, Camilla, Nitert, Marloes Dekker, Bennet, Hedvig, Fex, Malin, Valet, Philippe, Rehfeld, Jens F., Friis-Hansen, Lennart and Wierup, Nils (2010). Apelin is expressed in human and rodent islets and regulates insulin secretion. 18th International Symposium on Regulatory Peptides, Belfast, United Kingdom, 5 - 8 September 2010. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.regpep.2010.07.059
2010
Conference Publication
A lipotoxicity model in the INS-1 832/13 beta cell line and the epigenetic alterations induced by it
Malmgren, S., Sharoyko, V. V., Nicholls, D. G., Nagorny, C. L. F., Spegel, P., Nitert, M. D., Mulder, H. and Ling, C. (2010). A lipotoxicity model in the INS-1 832/13 beta cell line and the epigenetic alterations induced by it. 46th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study-of-Diabetes (EASD), Stockholm, Sweden, 20-24 September 2010. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s00125-010-1872-z
2010
Conference Publication
Risk genotypes, allele-specific expression and methylation status in human islets at the KCNQ1 type 2 diabetes-susceptibility locus
Travers, M. E., Nitert, M. D., Mackay, D. J. G., Lindgren, C. M., Groop, L., Gloyn, A. L. and McCarthy, M. I. (2010). Risk genotypes, allele-specific expression and methylation status in human islets at the KCNQ1 type 2 diabetes-susceptibility locus. 46th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Stockholm, Sweden, 20-24 September 2010. Springer.
2010
Conference Publication
Stimulation of 5-HT1a receptor decreased insulin secretion in islets of Langerhans from mice and humans
Bennet, H., Nagorny, C. L. F., Wierup, N., Dekker-Nitert, M., Lernmark, A. and Fex, M. (2010). Stimulation of 5-HT1a receptor decreased insulin secretion in islets of Langerhans from mice and humans. 46th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Stockholm, Sweden, 20-24 September 2010. Springer.
2009
Journal Article
A beta cell-specific knockout of hormone-sensitive lipase in mice results in hyperglycaemia and disruption of exocytosis
Fex, M., Haemmerle, G., Wierup, N., Dekker-Nitert, M., Rehn, M., Ristow, M., Zechner, R., Sundler, F., Holm, C., Eliasson, L. and Mulder, H. (2009). A beta cell-specific knockout of hormone-sensitive lipase in mice results in hyperglycaemia and disruption of exocytosis. Diabetologia, 52 (2), 271-280. doi: 10.1007/s00125-008-1191-9
2009
Conference Publication
Disruption of TFB1M impairs insulin secretion in beta cells
Kock, T., Nitert, M. D., Olsson, A., Kotova, O., Stamenkovic, J., Lyssenko, V., Groop, L., Luthman, H., Ling, C. and Mulder, H. (2009). Disruption of TFB1M impairs insulin secretion in beta cells. 45th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Vienna, Austria, 30 September - 2 October 2009. Springer.
2009
Conference Publication
5-hydroxytryptamine exposure stimulates insulin secretion in clonal beta cells but not in islets of Langerhans
Fex, M., Bennet, H., Nagorny, C., Nitert, M. D., Wierup, N. and Lernmark, A. (2009). 5-hydroxytryptamine exposure stimulates insulin secretion in clonal beta cells but not in islets of Langerhans. 45th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Vienna, Austria, 30 September - 2 October 2009. Springer.
2008
Journal Article
CaV1.2 rather than CaV1.3 is coupled to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1 832/13 cells
Nitert, Marloes Dekker, Nagorny, Cecilia L. F., Wendt, Anna, Eliasson, Lena and Mulder, Hindrik (2008). CaV1.2 rather than CaV1.3 is coupled to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1 832/13 cells. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 41 (1-2), 1-11. doi: 10.1677/JME-07-0133
2007
Journal Article
Rat insulin promoter 2-Cre recombinase mice bred onto a pure C57I3L/6J background exhibit unaltered glucose tolerance (vol 194, pg 551, 2007)
Fex, M., Wierup, N., Nitert, M. D., Ristow, M. and Mulder, H. (2007). Rat insulin promoter 2-Cre recombinase mice bred onto a pure C57I3L/6J background exhibit unaltered glucose tolerance (vol 194, pg 551, 2007). Journal of Endocrinology, 195 (3), 537-537. doi: 10.1677/JOE-07-0161e
2007
Journal Article
Rat insulin promoter 2-Cre recombinase mice bred onto a pure C57BL/6J background exhibit unaltered glucose tolerance
Fex, Malin, Wierup, Nils, Nitert, Marloes Dekker, Ristow, Michael and Mulder, Hindrik (2007). Rat insulin promoter 2-Cre recombinase mice bred onto a pure C57BL/6J background exhibit unaltered glucose tolerance. Journal of Endocrinology, 194 (3), 551-555. doi: 10.1677/JOE-07-0161
2007
Journal Article
Enhanced mitochondrial metabolism may account for the adaptation to insulin resistance in islets from C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet
Fex, M., Nitert, M. Dekker, Wierup, N., Sundler, F., Ling, C. and Mulder, H. (2007). Enhanced mitochondrial metabolism may account for the adaptation to insulin resistance in islets from C57BL/6J mice fed a high-fat diet. Diabetologia, 50 (1), 74-83. doi: 10.1007/s00125-006-0464-4
2007
Conference Publication
CaV 1.2 channels, rather than CaV 1.3 and CaV 2.3 channels, permit insulin secretion from INS-I 832/13
Nitert, M. D., Wendt, A., Eliasson, L. and Mulder, H. (2007). CaV 1.2 channels, rather than CaV 1.3 and CaV 2.3 channels, permit insulin secretion from INS-I 832/13. 43rd annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 18-21 September 2007. Springer.
2006
Journal Article
Characterisation of receptors for IGF-I and insulin; evidence for hybrid insulin/IGF-I receptor in human coronary artery endothelial cells
Chisalita, Simona I., Nitert, Marloes Dekker and Arnqvist, Hans J. (2006). Characterisation of receptors for IGF-I and insulin; evidence for hybrid insulin/IGF-I receptor in human coronary artery endothelial cells. Growth Hormone & Igf Research, 16 (4), 258-266. doi: 10.1016/j.ghir.2006.06.003
2005
Journal Article
IGF-I/insulin hybrid receptors in human endothelial cells
Nitert, Marloes Dekker, Chisalita, Simona I., Olsson, Karolina, Bornfeldt, Karin E. and Arnqvist, Hans J. (2005). IGF-I/insulin hybrid receptors in human endothelial cells. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 229 (1-2), 31-37. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2004.10.003
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
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Available projects
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Comparing the composition of the gut microbiota between pregnant women with and without previous bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery, a surgery used to reduce the size of the stomach and thereby reduce body weight, changes dietary intake. Outside pregnancy, the surgery and the change in diet are associated with changes to the composition of the gut microbiota. Pregnancy also changes the composition of the gut microbiota and may contribute to the physiological changes in metabolism of the mother that ensure adequate nutrient supply to the baby. It is not clear if women who had bariatric surgery prior to falling pregnant have similar or different changes to the composition of the gut microbiota. In this project, you would do a comparison of the composition of the gut microbiota between these two groups of women and link this to the levels of biochemical and hormonal markers.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Pregnancy after bariatric surgery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David McIntyre
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Doctor Philosophy
The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on infant development via changes to dietary intake and quality, mental health, and the gut microbiome of Queensland families
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Danielle Borg, Professor Kym Rae
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Doctor Philosophy
Pregnancy after bariatric surgery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David McIntyre
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Doctor Philosophy
Cattle Pregnancy and Methane Emissions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Elizabeth Ross, Associate Professor Marina Fortes
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Doctor Philosophy
Cattle Pregnancy and Methane Emissions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Elizabeth Ross, Associate Professor Marina Fortes
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Doctor Philosophy
Cattle Pregnancy and Methane Emissions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Elizabeth Ross, Associate Professor Marina Fortes
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Doctor Philosophy
Women's experiences of dietary management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shelley Wilkinson, Associate Professor Susie de Jersey
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The prevalence and management of ketones in pregnancy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Leonie Callaway
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The gut microbiome in overweight and obese pregnant women.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Leonie Callaway, Professor Mark Morrison
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Composition, Inflammation, and the Gut Microbiome in Cancer Survivors in Response to High Intensity Interval Training
Associate Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Infant body composition as a predictor of childhood obesity, cardiovascular risk and inflammatory markers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yvonne Eiby
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic and biochemical analysis of host-microbe interactions affecting gut homeostasis: functional and genomic analysis of polyphenol catabolism by bacteria from Clostridium cluster IV
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Morrison
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2017
Master Philosophy
Periconception weight loss: what are the effects on the HPA axis in the infant?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Leonie Callaway
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Maternal lipids and placental lipases in complicated pregnancy.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Leonie Callaway, Emeritus Professor David McIntyre
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