Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Dr Ramez Alhazzaa
  Phone   +61 3 522 72639
Email   ramez.alhazzaa@deakin.edu.au
Position   Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Campus   Geelong

Ramez focuses his research on lipid metabolism in animals, such as fish and in mammal models, as in
rats and human cells, to understand how the omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are
metabolised and synthesised from sustainable sources other than the finite fish oil. He is also
interested in investigating the effects of functional foods on the production of omega-3 fat and
enhancing quality of farmed animals as well as on our health and physiology from different aspects.

Research interests

  1. Animal nutrition
  2. Lipid and fatty acids metabolism
  3. Functional foods


Career

Deakin University, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow: 2012-present
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Division, Research Fellow: 2008-2012
University of Tasmania, PhD Candidate: 2008-2012

Key publications

Alhazzaa, R., Bridle, A.R., Mori, T. A., Barden, A.E., Nichols, P.D. and Carter, C.G. (2013) Echium oil is better than rapeseed oil in improving the response of barramundi to a disease challenge Food Chemistry http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.04.052

Alhazzaa, R., Oen, J.J.J., Sinclair, A.J. (2013) Dietary phytosterols modify the sterols and fatty acid profile in a tissue-specific pattern Journal of Functional Foods 5, 829–837

Alhazzaa, R., Bridle, A.R., Carter, C.G. and Nichols, P.D. (2012) Sesamin modulation of lipid class and fatty acid profile in early juvenile teleost, Lates calcarifer, fed different dietary oils Food Chemistry 134, 2057–2065

Alhazzaa, R., Bridle, A.R., Nichols, P.D. and Carter, C.G. (2011) Replacing dietary fish oil with Echium oil enriched barramundi with C18 PUFA rather than long-chain PUFA Aquaculture 312, 162-171

Alhazzaa, R., Bridle, A.R., Nichols, P.D. and Carter, C.G. (2011) Upregulated desaturase and elongase gene expression promoted accumulation of PUFA but not long-chain PUFA in Lates calcarifer Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 59, 8423–8434

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Masters students

Student nameThesis title Khaled SaseValidating the role of bioactive compounds in n-3 LC-PUFA biosynthesis  


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