Prof Colin Barrow
Phone   +61 3 522 71318
Email   colin.barrow@deakin.edu.au
Position   Chair in Biotechnology
Campus   Geelong
Research grouping   Biomolecular Sciences
Chemistry and Forensic Sciences

Professor Colin Barrow is Chair of Biotechnology. Previously he was Executive VP of R&D for
Ocean Nutrition Canada where he led 45 scientists working on the discovery of marine-
derived supplement and healthy food ingredients and technologies. Prior to that Professor
Barrow was a faculty member in the School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne, and
has also spent a decade in the Japanese and American Biotech and Pharmacueticals
industries in the area of Natural Products Drug Discovery.

Research interests

  1. Omega-3 Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
  2. Fermentation of marine microorganisms
  3. Alzheimer's disease and amyloid inhibitors

Career

Professor and Chair of Biotechnology, Deakin University.
Executive Vice President of Research & Development, ONC Ltd, Canada
Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, Unversity of Melbourne.
Senior Research Investigator, Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals, USA.
Research Fellow, Suntory, Japan.

Key publications

Armenta, R.E.; Scott, S.D.; Burja, A.M.; Radianingtyas, H. and Barrow, C.J. (2009) Optimization of fatty acid determination in selected fish and microalgal oils. Chromatographia. Published online: 10 June 2009,

Kralovec, J.A.; Ewart, H.S.; Wright, J.H.D.; Watson, L.V.; Dennis, D. and Barrow, C.J. (2009) Production and bioavailability of calcium and magnesium salts of omega-3 fatty acids. Journal of Functional Foods 1, 217-221 USA

Barrow, C.J.; Noleen, C. and Holub, B.J. (2009) Bioequivalence of encapsulated and microencapsulated fish-oil supplementation. Journal of Functional Foods 1, 38-43 USA

Li, G.; Regunathan, S.; Barrow, C. J.; Eshraghi, J.; Cooper, R. and Reis, D. J. (1994) Agmatine: An Endogenous Clonidine-Displacing Substance in Brain. Science 263, 966-969 USA

Barrow, C. J. and Zagorski, M. G. (1991) Solution Structures of beta-Peptide and Its Constituent Fragments: Relation to Amyloid Deposition. Science 253, 179-182 USA

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Professional activities

Treasurer, International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF)
Member of Board of Directors for International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL)
Member of various societies.

 

Postdoctoral fellows

NameProject title
Dr Jacqui AdcockProduction and studies of omega-3 resolvins and protectins.  

 

Teaching areas

Masters of Biotechnology
Professional Practices in Biosciences


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22nd September 2011