Faculty profile
Heather Bruce
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Research
Latest papers
Breed dependent regulatory mechanisms of beneficial and non-beneficial fatty acid profiles in subcutaneous adipose tissue in cattle with divergent feed efficiency.
Scientific reports · 2022
Causes and Contributing Factors to "Dark Cutting" Meat: Current Trends and Future Directions: A Review.
Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2017
Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Identify QTL on SSC2 and SSC17 Affecting Loin Peak Shear Force in Crossbred Commercial Pigs.
PloS one · 2016
Latest funding
- $62,000
Upcycling of low valued cattle hides into alternative protein food products
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $160,000
Formation of intramuscular collagen cross-links in cattle
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $60,242
Validation of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (REIMS) for prediction of beef tenderness
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
5 publications.
Breed dependent regulatory mechanisms of beneficial and non-beneficial fatty acid profiles in subcutaneous adipose tissue in cattle with divergent feed efficiency.
Zhou M, Zhu Z, Sun HZ, Zhao K, Dugan MER, Bruce H, Fitzsimmons C, Li C, Guan LL
Causes and Contributing Factors to "Dark Cutting" Meat: Current Trends and Future Directions: A Review.
Ponnampalam EN, Hopkins DL, Bruce H, Li D, Baldi G, Bekhit AE
Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Identify QTL on SSC2 and SSC17 Affecting Loin Peak Shear Force in Crossbred Commercial Pigs.
Zhang C, Bruce H, Yang T, Charagu P, Kemp RA, Boddicker N, Miar Y, Wang Z, Plastow G
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identify a QTL close to PRKAG3 affecting meat pH and colour in crossbred commercial pigs.
Zhang C, Wang Z, Bruce H, Kemp RA, Charagu P, Miar Y, Yang T, Plastow G
Genetic and phenotypic correlations between performance traits with meat quality and carcass characteristics in commercial crossbred pigs.
Miar Y, Plastow G, Bruce H, Moore S, Manafiazar G, Kemp R, Charagu P, Huisman A, van Haandel B, Zhang C, McKay R, Wang Z
Upcycling of low valued cattle hides into alternative protein food products
Principal investigators: Bruce, Heather HL
Keywords: beef; cattle hide; collagen; gelatin
Formation of intramuscular collagen cross-links in cattle
Principal investigators: Bruce, Heather
Keywords: collagen; connective tissue; muscle; beef; cross-linking; muscle biochemistry; meat quality; pyridinoline; ehrlich's chromogen; muscle biology
Validation of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (REIMS) for prediction of beef tenderness
Principal investigators: Bruce, Heather
Pyrosequencer for genomics and epigenomics research
Principal investigators: Guan, Leluo
Alteration of collagen synthesis and cross-link profile by beta-adrenergic agonists
Principal investigators: Bruce, Heather
Functional Ingredient and Animal Nutrition Development Workshop
Principal investigators: Bruce, Heather
""Microplate reader, a necessary tool for functional genomics and proteomics studies in animal, microbial and plant systems""
Principal investigators: Guan, Leluo
Hybridization of computer tomography scanning with modelling of bovine physiology for derivation of meat yield
Principal investigators: Bruce, Heather
Characterization of collagen cross-links that influence meat quality
Principal investigators: Bruce, Heather
Whole genome association analysis for pork quality in both cross- and pure-bred populations.
Principal investigators: Plastow, Graham
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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