Christopher Armstrong
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Christopher William Armstrong, is a post doctorate student in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a Bio21 Molecular Science & Biotechnology Institute researcher at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia with an interest in the dysfunction of energy metabolism of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
Dr. Armstrong is a member of the Working Group which offers their expertise and resources to the ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University.[1]
Awards[edit | edit source]
- 2016 Ramsay Award Program grant recipient, sponsored by the Solve ME/CFS Initiative. This grant, shared with Geraldine Cambridge, University College London, and Fane Mensah, University College London, will focus on the metabolic analysis of B-Cell maturation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[2]
Books[edit | edit source]
- 2014, Chapter Five in Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Vol. 66, published by Elsevier; "Metabolism in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," by Christopher W. Armstrong, Neil R. McGregor, Henry L. Butt, and Paul R. Gooley[3]
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2017, The association of fecal microbiota and fecal, blood serum and urine metabolites in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome[4] (Abstract)
- 2016, Widespread pain and altered renal function in ME/CFS patients[5] (Abstract)
- 2015, Metabolic profiling reveals anomalous energy metabolism and oxidative stress pathways in chronic fatigue syndrome patients[6] (Abstract)
- 2012, NMR metabolic profiling of serum identifies amino acid disturbances in chronic fatigue syndrome[7] (Abstract)
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
- 12 Aug 2017, Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS - 2017: Speech title - ME, metabolism and I (in English with Spanish subtitles)
- 23 Nov 2016, Inside Story Podcast - "In Melbourne, progress on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
- 20 Oct 2016, Solve ME/CFS Initiative Webinar with Christopher Armstrong, on recent metabolomics studies
- 15-16 June 2016, Speaker at the International Conference on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain. Speech title: "The impact of the gut microbiome on host fatigue in ME/CFS patients"
Online presence[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- 3 Feb 2017, "How Gut Bacteria Is Helping To Unpack Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Can improving a person's gut health help?" by Emma Brancatisano in The Huffington Post
- Bio21 Molecular Science & Biotechnology Institute webpage on Armstrong's work - "Gutted by bad gut bugs" by Florienne Loder
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://bos.etapestry.com/prod/viewEmailAsPage.do?erRef=773.0.423082047&databaseId=OMF&mailingId=34274682&jobRef=773.0.506425459&key=b6b9237b3ebd1e462a5d11dbc5c4dae&personaRef=773.0.423082048&memberId=1348639685
- ↑ http://solvecfs.org/2016-ramsay-award-program-results/
- ↑ Christopher W. Armstrong, Neil R. McGregor, Henry L. Butt, and Paul R. Gooley. (2014) Metabolism in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome In Gregory S. Makowski (Editor), Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Vol. 66, (pp 121-172). Burlington: Academic Press, Elsevier Inc. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/11578244/CHAPTER_FIVE_Metabolism_in_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome
- ↑ Armstrong, Christopher W.; McGregor, Neil R.; Lewis, Donald P.; Butt, Henry L.; Gooley, Paul R. (2017), "The association of fecal microbiota and fecal, blood serum and urine metabolites in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome", Metabolomics, 13 (1), doi:10.1007/s11306-016-1145-z
- ↑ McGregor, Neil R.; Armstrong, Christopher W.; Lewis, Donald P.; Butt, Henry L.; Gooley, Paul R. (2016), "Widespread pain and altered renal function in ME/CFS patients", Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 4 (3): 132-145, doi:10.1080/21641846.2016.1207400
- ↑ Armstrong, Christopher W.; McGregor, Neil R.; Lewis, Donald P.; Butt, Henry L.; Gooley, Paul R. (2015), "Metabolic profiling reveals anomalous energy metabolism and oxidative stress pathways in chronic fatigue syndrome patients", Metabolomics, 11 (6): 1626–1639, doi:10.1007/s11306-015-0816-5
- ↑ Armstrong, Christopher W.; McGregor, Neil R.; Sheedy, John R.; Buttfield, Ian; Butt, Henry L.; Gooley, Paul R. (2012), "NMR metabolic profiling of serum identifies amino acid disturbances in chronic fatigue syndrome", Clinica Chimica Acta, 413 (19–20): 1525–1531, doi:10.1016/j.cca.2012.06.022