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Sarah Kimmins

ResearcherAnimal ScienceMcGill University

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Sarah Kimmins

Researcher

Animal Science

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (10 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2019.

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Research

Epigenomics Sperm Reproduction Obesity Transgenerational Inheritance Chromatin Nutrition Crc

Latest papers

Current global status of male reproductive health.
Human reproduction open · 2024
Frequency, morbidity and equity - the case for increased research on male fertility.
Nature reviews. Urology · 2024 · first author
The Association between Long-Term DDT or DDE Exposures and an Altered Sperm Epigenome-a Cross-Sectional Study of Greenlandic Inuit and South African VhaVenda Men.
Environmental health perspectives · 2024 · senior author

All 38 publications

Latest funding

Identification of functional epigenomic regions in sperm that are environmentally responsive and associate with fertility and embryo development
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$879,750
Identifying molecular mechanisms underlying the regulatory role of sperm chromatin in embryo development and adult disease
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$921,825
Canada Research Chair - Tier 1
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$1,400,000

All 17 grants and awards

38 publications.

Current global status of male reproductive health.

De Jonge CJ, Barratt CLR, Aitken RJ, Anderson RA, Baker P, Chan DYL, Connolly MP, Eisenberg ML, Garrido N, Jørgensen N, Kimmins S, Krausz C, McLachlan RI, Niederberger C, O'Bryan MK, Pacey A, Priskorn L, Rautakallio-Hokkanen S, Serour G, Veltman JA, Vogel DL, Vazquez-Levin MH

Human reproduction open2024

DOI: 10.1093/hropen/hoae017 PMID: 38699533

Frequency, morbidity and equity - the case for increased research on male fertility.

Kimmins S, Anderson RA, Barratt CLR, Behre HM, Catford SR, De Jonge CJ, Delbes G, Eisenberg ML, Garrido N, Houston BJ, Jørgensen N, Krausz C, Lismer A, McLachlan RI, Minhas S, Moss T, Pacey A, Priskorn L, Schlatt S, Trasler J, Trasande L, Tüttelmann F, Vazquez-Levin MH, Veltman JA, Zhang F, O'Bryan MK

Nature reviews. Urology2024First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41585-023-00820-4 PMID: 37828407

The Association between Long-Term DDT or DDE Exposures and an Altered Sperm Epigenome-a Cross-Sectional Study of Greenlandic Inuit and South African VhaVenda Men.

Lismer A, Shao X, Dumargne MC, Lafleur C, Lambrot R, Chan D, Toft G, Bonde JP, MacFarlane AJ, Bornman R, Aneck-Hahn N, Patrick S, Bailey JM, de Jager C, Dumeaux V, Trasler JM, Kimmins S

Environmental health perspectives2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1289/ehp12013 PMID: 38294233

Determining the effects of paternal obesity on sperm chromatin at histone H3 lysine 4 tri-methylation in relation to the placental transcriptome and cellular composition

Pepin A-S, Jazwiec PA, Dumeaux V, Sloboda DM, Kimmins S

eLife202419 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.7554/elife.83288

Emerging evidence that the mammalian sperm epigenome serves as a template for embryo development.

Lismer A, Kimmins S

Nature communications2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37820-2 PMID: 37059740

Exposure to environmental contaminants and folic acid supplementation intergenerationally impact fetal skeleton development through the paternal lineage in a rat model.

L Charest P, Tessougue E, Lessard M, Herst PM, Navarro P, Kimmins S, Trasler JM, MacFarlane AJ, Benoit-Biancamano MO, Bailey JL, Dalvai M

Frontiers in toxicology2022

DOI: 10.3389/ftox.2022.881622 PMID: 36238601

Correction of neonatal vitamin D status using 1000 IU vitamin D/d increased lean body mass by 12 months of age compared with 400 IU/d: a randomized controlled trial.

Razaghi M, Gharibeh N, Vanstone CA, Sotunde OF, Khamessan A, Wei SQ, McNally D, Rauch F, Jones G, Kimmins S, Weiler HA

The American journal of clinical nutrition2022

DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab431 PMID: 35441210

Sperm histone H3 lysine 4 tri-methylation serves as a metabolic sensor of paternal obesity and is associated with the inheritance of metabolic dysfunction.

Pepin AS, Lafleur C, Lambrot R, Dumeaux V, Kimmins S

Molecular metabolism2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2022.101463 PMID: 35183795

Concordant Androgen-Regulated Expression of Divergent Rhox5 Promoters in Sertoli Cells.

Bhardwaj A, Sohni A, Lou CH, De Gendt K, Zhang F, Kim E, Subbarayalu P, Chan W, Kerkhofs S, Claessens F, Kimmins S, Rao MK, Meistrich M, Wilkinson MF

Endocrinology2022

DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqab237 PMID: 34902009

Whole-genome sequencing of H3K4me3 and DNA methylation in human sperm reveals regions of overlap linked to fertility and development.

Lambrot R, Chan D, Shao X, Aarabi M, Kwan T, Bourque G, Moskovtsev S, Librach C, Trasler J, Dumeaux V, Kimmins S

Cell reports2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109418 PMID: 34289352

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Sarah Kimmins

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Current global status of male reproductive health.

Frequency, morbidity and equity - the case for increased research on male fertility.

The Association between Long-Term DDT or DDE Exposures and an Altered Sperm Epigenome-a Cross-Sectional Study of Greenlandic Inuit and South African VhaVenda Men.

Determining the effects of paternal obesity on sperm chromatin at histone H3 lysine 4 tri-methylation in relation to the placental transcriptome and cellular composition

Emerging evidence that the mammalian sperm epigenome serves as a template for embryo development.

Exposure to environmental contaminants and folic acid supplementation intergenerationally impact fetal skeleton development through the paternal lineage in a rat model.

Correction of neonatal vitamin D status using 1000 IU vitamin D/d increased lean body mass by 12 months of age compared with 400 IU/d: a randomized controlled trial.

Sperm histone H3 lysine 4 tri-methylation serves as a metabolic sensor of paternal obesity and is associated with the inheritance of metabolic dysfunction.

Concordant Androgen-Regulated Expression of Divergent Rhox5 Promoters in Sertoli Cells.

Whole-genome sequencing of H3K4me3 and DNA methylation in human sperm reveals regions of overlap linked to fertility and development.

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Sarah Kimmins

Mathieu Dalvai

Jacquetta Trasler

Vanessa Dumeaux

Arnaud Droit

Vanessa Dumeaux

Guillaume Bourque

Serge McGraw

Janice Bailey

Tamara Cohen

Evelyn Constantin

Patricia Li

Steven Jones

Flavia Marini

Geraldine Delbes

Marie-Odile Benoit-Biancamano

Anick Bérard

Martine Puts

Howard Berger

Jon Barrett

Kellie Murphy

Rhonda Bell

Evelyn Constantin

Stephanie Atkinson

Deborah Sloboda

Joel Ray

Astrid Guttmann

Nicole Letourneau

Robyn Stremler

Stephen Scherer

Vardit Ravitsky

Deborah Da Costa

Patricia Li

Tomi Pastinen

Stephen Lye

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Peter Szatmari

Kevin Thorpe

Glenville Jones

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