Robin Clugston, University of Alberta

Research

Liver Retinoic Acid Vitamin A Alcohol Alcoholic Liver Disease Steatosis Iron Deficiency Vitamin A Deficiency

Latest papers

WT1-Expressing Interneurons Regulate Left-Right Alternation during Mammalian Locomotor Activity.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2018
Cd36 knockout mice are protected against lithogenic diet-induced gallstones.
Journal of lipid research · 2017

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Molecular mechanism and pathophysiological consequences of disrupted vitamin A homeostasis during iron deficiency
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$944,775
HPLC for Lipidomic Core Applications
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$147,182
Dissecting the cell type-specific role of MT1-MMP/MMP14 in the development of liver fibrosis
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,067,175

All 9 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

WT1-Expressing Interneurons Regulate Left-Right Alternation during Mammalian Locomotor Activity.

Haque F, Rancic V, Zhang W, Clugston R, Ballanyi K, Gosgnach S

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2018

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0328-18.2018 PMID: 29789381

02

Cd36 knockout mice are protected against lithogenic diet-induced gallstones.

Xie Y, Cifarelli V, Pietka T, Newberry EP, Kennedy SM, Khalifeh-Soltani A, Clugston R, Atabai K, Abumrad NA, Davidson NO

Journal of lipid research2017

DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m077479 PMID: 28634191

Molecular mechanism and pathophysiological consequences of disrupted vitamin A homeostasis during iron deficiency

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Clugston, Robin D; Bourque, Stephane

Keywords: Iron Deficiency; Liver; Vitamin A Deficiency

$944,775

HPLC for Lipidomic Core Applications

Co-investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Fahlman, Richard

Keywords: liquid chromatography; lipid; purification

$147,182

Dissecting the cell type-specific role of MT1-MMP/MMP14 in the development of liver fibrosis

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zhang, Dawei

Keywords: Extracellular Matrix; Fatty Liver; Hepatic Stellate Cells; Immunohistochemistry; Knockout Mice; Lipid Metabolism; Liver Fibrosis; Liver Steatosis; Matrix Metalloproteinase; Triglycerides

$1,067,175

Dietary ethanolamine and phosphoethanolamine phospholyase (ETNPPL) as novel modulators of liver health

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jacobs, Rene L

Keywords: Diet-Gene Interaction; Lipids; Liver; Nutrition

$688,500

Dietary ethanolamine and phosphoethanolamine phospholyase (ETNPPL) as novel modulators of liver health

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes

Principal investigators: Jacobs, Rene L

Keywords: Diet-Gene Interaction; Lipids; Liver; Nutrition

$100,000

Altered vitamin A homeostasis and retinoic acid signaling in the development of congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Clugston, Robin D

Keywords: Birth Defect; Diaphragm; Diaphragmatic Hernia; Retinoic Acid; Vitamin A

$569,925

The Vitamin A Laboratory (VitAL) research program: fundamental insight into vitamin A metabolism

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Clugston, Robin

$182,000

Altered hepatic retinoid homeostasis in the initiation and progression of alcoholic liver disease

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Clugston, Robin D

Keywords: Alcohol; Alcoholic Liver Disease; Fibrosis; Hepatic Stellate Cell; Hepatocyte; Liver; Nutrition; Retinoic Acid; Steatosis; Vitamin A

$679,320

Altered hepatic retinoid homeostasis in the initiation and progression of alcoholic liver disease

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Clugston, Robin D

Keywords: Alcohol; Alcoholic Liver Disease; Liver; Liver Fibrosis; Steatosis; Vitamin A/Retinoid Biology

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Simon Gosgnach

Physiology

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Liver Dear Professor Clugston, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "WT1-Expressing Interneurons Regulate Left-Right Alternation during Mammalian Locomotor Activity." (2018), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Molecular mechanism and pathophysiological consequences of disrupted vitamin A homeostasis during iron deficiency" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]