Christopher Armstrong
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Christopher William Armstrong, PhD, performs research in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Bio21 Molecular Science & Biotechnology Institute 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]
ME Australia interviewed Dr Armstrong and wrote a profile on him 'Meet the Scientists: Dr Christopher Armstrong'.[2]
In 2018, Dr Armstrong was part of delegation briefing Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Prof Brendan Murphy, on research into ME.[3]
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[4][5]
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[6] (Link)
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2022, The underlying sex differences in neuroendocrine adaptations relevant to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[7] - (Full text)
- 2019, Post-Exertional Malaise Is Associated with Hypermetabolism, Hypoacetylation and Purine Metabolism Deregulation in ME/CFS Cases[8] - (Full text)
- 2018, CD24 Expression and B Cell Maturation Shows a Novel Link With Energy Metabolism: Potential Implications for Patients With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[9] - (Full Text)
- 2017, The association of fecal microbiota and fecal, blood serum and urine metabolites in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome[10] - (Abstract)
- 2016, Widespread pain and altered renal function in ME/CFS patients[11] - (Abstract)
- 2015, Metabolic profiling reveals anomalous energy metabolism and oxidative stress pathways in chronic fatigue syndrome patients[12] - (Abstract)
- 2014, Metabolism in chronic fatigue syndrome[13] - (Abstract)
- 2012, NMR metabolic profiling of serum identifies amino acid disturbances in chronic fatigue syndrome[14] - (Abstract)
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
- 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"
- 20 Oct 2016, Solve ME/CFS Initiative Webinar with Christopher Armstrong, on recent metabolomics studies
- 23 Nov 2016, Inside Story Podcast - "In Melbourne, progress on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
- 12 Aug 2017, Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS - 2017: Speech title - ME, metabolism and I (in English with Spanish subtitles)
- 4 May 2018, ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference - Speech title: Australian ME/CFS Databases and Biobanks: The Down Under Experiences[15]
- 20 February 2019, Meet the Scientists: Dr Christopher Armstrong on ME Australia
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
- 2016: Australian metabolomics study of women with ME/CFS (CCC)
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "OMF grants $1.2M to Ramp Up Collaborative Research Center at Stanford University". Open Medicine. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ↑ Australia, ~ ME news (February 20, 2019). "Meet the Scientists: Dr Christopher Armstrong". ME Australia. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Scientists and Dr Tuller brief Australia's Chief Medical Officer". ME Australia. April 22, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ↑ "2016 Ramsay Award Program Results". Solve ME/CFS. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Metabolic Analysis of B-Cell Maturation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Solve ME/CFS Initiative. December 7, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ↑ Armstrong, Christopher W.; McGregor, Neil R.; Butt, Henry L.; Gooley, Paul R. (2014). Metabolism in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Elsevier. pp. 121–172. ISBN 9780128014011.
- ↑ Thomas, Natalie; Gurvich, Caroline; Huang, Katherine; Gooley, Paul R.; Armstrong, Christopher W. (July 1, 2022). "The underlying sex differences in neuroendocrine adaptations relevant to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 66: 100995. doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2022.100995. ISSN 0091-3022.
- ↑ McGregor, Neil R.; Armstrong, Christopher W.; Lewis, Donald P.; Gooley, Paul R. (July 4, 2019). "Post-Exertional Malaise Is Associated with Hypermetabolism, Hypoacetylation and Purine Metabolism Deregulation in ME/CFS Cases". Diagnostics. 9 (3): 70. doi:10.3390/diagnostics9030070. ISSN 2075-4418.
- ↑ Mensah, Fane F.K.; Armstrong, Christopher W.; Reddy, Venkat; Bansal, Amolak S.; Berkovitz, Saul; Leandro, Maria J.; Cambridge, Geraldine (2018). "CD24 Expression and B Cell Maturation Shows a Novel Link With Energy Metabolism: Potential Implications for Patients With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Frontiers in Immunology. 9. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.02421. ISSN 1664-3224.
- ↑ 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. (July 2016). "Metabolic profiling reveals anomalous energy metabolism and oxidative stress pathways in chronic fatigue syndrome 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.; Butt, Henry L.; Gooley, Paul R. (2014). "Metabolism in chronic fatigue syndrome". Advances in Clinical Chemistry. 66: 121–172. ISSN 0065-2423. PMID 25344988.
- ↑ Armstrong, Christopher W.; McGregor, Neil R.; Sheedy, John R.; Buttfield, Ianauthor-link4=; 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.
- ↑ "ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference program" (PDF). Retrieved March 6, 2019.
