Who am I?
- I'm Luke Johnston 👋
- : Postdoctoral researcher
- : Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Denmark
- :
- BSc in Kinesiology from University of Waterloo
- MSc and PhD in Nutritional Sciences from UofT
More details: cv.lukewjohnston.com
Career path
High school: 🤔 in sports medicine
Bachelor in Kinesiology: 🤔 in Nutrition
Career path
High school: 🤔 in sports medicine
Bachelor in Kinesiology: 🤔 in Nutrition
MSc and PhD in Nutrition: 🤔 in statistics, epidemiology, and software development
Career path
High school: 🤔 in sports medicine
Bachelor in Kinesiology: 🤔 in Nutrition
MSc and PhD in Nutrition: 🤔 in statistics, epidemiology, and software development
Postdoc in diabetes epidemiology: 🤔 in teaching stats + programming and in software and method development
Research from PhD
Clusters of fatty acids in the serum triacylglyceride fraction associate with the disorders of type 2 diabetes. (2018). DOI: 10.1194/jlr.P084970.
Association of non-esterified fatty acid composition with insulin sensitivity and beta cell function in the Prospective Metabolism and Islet Cell Evaluation (PROMISE) cohort. (2017). DOI: 10.1007/s00125-017-4534-6.
Longitudinal associations of phospholipid and cholesteryl ester fatty acids with disorders underlying diabetes.. (2016). DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-4267.
One 🔑 finding: Triglycerides related to de novo lipogenesis may diabetes risk
Some current research projects
Some current research projects
- MELD project: Studying how early life influences metabolism and risk for diabetes using the Danish national registers (e.g. Cause of Death Register, Birth Register).
Some current research projects
- MELD project: Studying how early life influences metabolism and risk for diabetes using the Danish national registers (e.g. Cause of Death Register, Birth Register).
- NetCoupler: Statistical method and R package 📦 to find links between metabolism and disease (like diabetes).
Some current research projects
- MELD project: Studying how early life influences metabolism and risk for diabetes using the Danish national registers (e.g. Cause of Death Register, Birth Register).
- NetCoupler: Statistical method and R package 📦 to find links between metabolism and disease (like diabetes).
- r-cubed: Training material on using modern tools for scientific data analysis.
💭 Future and general advice
- Things I've learned:
- High need for computational 💻 skills, tools, and training in research
- Academia has many many major flaws that need fixing 🔧
- Working in research is very rewarding and amazing!
💭 Future and general advice
- Things I've learned:
- High need for computational 💻 skills, tools, and training in research
- Academia has many many major flaws that need fixing 🔧
- Working in research is very rewarding and amazing!
- Biggest pieces of advice:
- Follow what interests and motivates you
- Enjoy and cultivate relationships with others (you may end up collaborating together!)