Research
This list is always growing - an up-to-date list of academic publications, including citations and metrics can be found via Google Scholar.
Academic Journal Articles
CS Starck, T Cassettari, E Beckett, S Marshall, F Fayet-Moore, Priority nutrients to address malnutrition and diet-related diseases in Australia and New Zealand, 2024,
Frontiers in Nutrition 11, 1370550
K Clark, JR Biesiekierski, OD Farrer, A Stefoska‐Needham, EL Beckett, et al, Nutrition employability and graduate readiness: The Australian Working in Nutrition study
2024, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
I Day, K Deroover, M Kavanagh, E Beckett, T Akanbi, M Pirinen, T Bucher Australian consumer perception of non-alcoholic beer, white wine, red wine, and spirits 2024, International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science 35, 100886
E Valenčič, B Koroušić Seljak, T Bucher, CE Collins, E Beckett, How to Nudge a Modern Consumer towards Healthier Food Choices, 2024, Proceedings 91 (1), 248
E Valenčič, E Beckett, CE Collins, BK Seljak, T Bucher, Changing the default order of food items in an online grocery store may nudge healthier food choices, 2024, Appetite 192, 107072
S Hunt, U Horton, P Buykx, E Beckett Acceptability and feasibility of CIRCUS: An online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy intervention for multiple health behaviours in women, 2024, Digital Health Week 2 (1)
T Bucher, J Malcolm, SP Mukhopadhyay, Q Vuong, E Beckett Consumer acceptance of edible coatings on apples: The role of food technology neophobia and information about purpose, 2023, Food Quality and Preference 112, 105024
P Jones, M Blumfield, E Beckett, S Marshall, K Abbott, E Duve, et al Real world evidence on the characteristics of regular and intermittent users of a very-low calorie diet program and associations with measures of program success, health… 2023, Obesity Science & Practice
H AL Ubeed, A Farahnaky, EL Beckett, M Khandaker, CJ Pillidge Potential Applications of Cannabis Plant Extracts and Phytochemicals as Natural Antimicrobials, 2023, Journal of Exploratory Research in Pharmacology 8 (2), 121-130
N Brasington, T Bucher, EL Beckett, Frequency of Convenience Cooking Product Use Is Associated with Cooking Confidence, Creativity, and Markers of Vegetable Intake, 2023, Nutrients 15 (4), 966
E Valenčič, E Beckett, CE Collins, B Koroušić Seljak, T Bucher, SnackTrack—An App-Based Tool to Assess the Influence of Digital and Physical Environments on Snack Choice, 2023, Nutrients 15 (2), 349
H AL Ubeed, A Farahnaky, EL Beckett, M Khandaker, CJ Pillidge Potential Applications of Cannabis Plant Extracts and Phytochemicals as Natural Antimicrobials, 2023, Journal of Exploratory Research in Pharmacology, 0-0
E Valenčič, E Beckett, CE Collins, BK Seljak, T Bucher Digital nudging in online grocery stores: A scoping review on current p ractices and gaps, 2022, Trends in Food Science & Technology
EA Ford, AE Peters, SD Roman, EA McLaughlin, EL Beckett, et al A scoping review of the information provided by fertility smartphone applications, 2022, Human Fertility 25 (4), 625-639
PR Jones, N Brasington, M Garland, T Bucher, EL Beckett. Vegetable content & variety of convenience cooking product recipes: An online audit of Australian supermarket products International journal of food sciences and nutrition 73 (3), 307-314. 10.1080/09637486.2021.1975659
MD Lucock, PR Jones, M Veysey, R Thota, M Garg, J Furst, C Martin, Z Yates, CJ Scarlett, NG Jablonski, G Chaplin, EL Beckett. Biophysical evidence to support and extend the vitamin D‐folate hypothesis as a paradigm for the evolution of human skin pigmentation American Journal of Human Biology 34 (4), e23667 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23667
N Brasington, T Bucher, EL Beckett. Correlations between Convenience Cooking Product Use and Vegetable Intake Nutrients 14 (4), 848 https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14040848
Kim RY, Sunkara KP, Bracke KR, Jarnicki AG, Donovan C, Hsu A, Ieni A, Beckett EL, et al. A microRNA-21–mediated SATB1/S100A9/NF-κB axis promotes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease pathogenesis. Science Translational Medicine, 2021, 13(621), eaav7223. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aav7223
Jones PR, Brasington N, Garland M, Bucher T, Beckett EL. Vegetable content & variety of convenience cooking product recipes: an online audit of Australian supermarket products. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2021, 1-8. doi:10.1080/09637486.2021.1975659
Ford EA, Frost ER, Beckett EL, Roman SD, McLaughlin EA, & Sutherland JM. Transcriptomic profiling of neonatal mouse granulosa cells reveals new insights into primordial follicle activation. Biology of Reproduction, 2021, ioab193. doi:10.1093/biolre/ioab193
Kaur K, Sculley D, Veysey M, Lucock M, Wallace J & Beckett EL, Bitter and sweet taste perception: relationships to self-reported oral hygiene habits and oral health status in a survey of Australian adults. BMC Oral Health, 2021, 21, 553 doi:10.1186/s12903-021-01910-8
Lucock MD, Jones PJ, Veysey M, Thota R, Garg M, Furst J, Martin C, Yates Z, Scarlett CJ, Jablonski NG, Chaplin G, Beckett EL, Biophysical evidence to support and extend the vitamin D-folate hypothesis as a paradigm for the evolution of human skin pigmentation, American Journal of Human Biology, 2021, e23667. doi:10.1002/ajhb.23667
Ferraris C, Turner A, Scarlett CJ, Veysey M, Lucock M, Bucher T & Beckett EL, Sour taste SNP KCNJ2-rs236514 and differences in nutrient intakes and metabolic health markers in the elderly, Front. Nutr. 2021, 17 August, doi:10.3389/fnut.2021.701588
Frost ER, Ford EA, Taylor G, Boeing S, Beckett EL, Roman SD, Lovell-Badge R, McLaughlin EA, & Sutherland JM. (2021). Two alternative methods for the retrieval of somatic cell populations from the mouse ovary. Molecular Human Reproduction, 27(6). doi:10.1093/molehr/gaab033
Kaur K, Turner A, Jones P, Sculley D, Veysey M, Lucock M, Wallace J, & Beckett EL. A Cross Sectional Study of Bitter-Taste Receptor Genotypes, Oral Health, and Markers of Oral Inflammation. Oral, 2021, 1(2), 122-138. doi:10.3390/oral1020013
Brasington N, Jones P, Bucher T, & Beckett EL. Correlations between self‐reported cooking confidence and creativity and use of convenience cooking products in an Australian cohort. Nutrients, 2021, 13(5). doi:10.3390/nu13051724
Ferraris C, Turner A, Scarlett C, Veysey M, Lucock M, Bucher T, & Beckett EL. Association between Sour Taste SNP KCNJ2-rs236514, Diet Quality and Mild Cognitive Impairment in an Elderly Cohort. Nutrients, 2021, 13(3). doi:10.3390/nu13030719
Turner A, Veysey M, Keely S, Scarlett CJ, Lucock M & Beckett EL. Genetic variation in the bitter receptors responsible for epicatechin detection are associated with BMI in an elderly cohort. Nutrients, 2021, 13(2), 1- 14. doi:10.3390/nu13020571
Ford EA, Peters AE, Roman SD, McLaughlin EA, Beckett EL & Sutherland JM. A scoping review of the information provided by fertility smartphone applications. Human Fertility, 2021, doi:10.1080/14647273.2021.1871784
Jones P, Lucock M, Martin C, Thota R, Garg M, Yates Z, Scarlett C, Veysey M, Beckett E, Independent and interactive influences of environmental UVR, vitamin D levels, and folate variant MTHFD1-rs2236225 on homocysteine levels, Nutrients, 2020, 12(5), 1455.
Turner A, Veysey M, Keely S, Scarlett C, Lucock M, Beckett E, Intense sweeteners, taste receptors and the gut microbiome; a metabolic health perspective, IJERPH, 2020, Jun; 17(11): 4094.
Ferraris C, Turner A, Kaur K, Piper J, Veysey M, Lucock M, Beckett EL, Salt taste genotype, dietary habits and biomarkers of health: associations in an elderly cohort. Nutrients, 2020, Apr; 12(4): 1056.
Jones P, Lucock M, Scarlett CJ, Vesey M, Beckett E. Environmental UVR levels and skin pigmentation gene variants associated with folate and homocysteine levels in an elderly cohort, IJERPH, 2020, Feb 28;17(5). pii: E1545.
Jones P, Lucock M, Chaplin G, Jablonski N, Veysey M, Scarlett C, Beckett E, Distribution of variants in multiple vitamin D-related loci (DHCR7/NADSYN1, GC, CYP2R1, CYP11A1, CYP24A1, VDR, RXRα and RXRγ) vary between European, East-Asian and Sub-Saharan African-ancestry populations, Genes & Nutrition, 2020, 13;15(1):5.
Beckett E, More Than Bone Health: The Many Roles for Vitamin D Nutrients, 2020, 12 (8), 2388
Ford EA, Beckett EL, Roman SD, McLaughlin EA, Sutherland JM, Advances in human primordial follicle activation and premature ovarian insufficiency. Reproduction, 2020, 159 (1), R15-R29
Ford EA, Roman SD, McLaughlin EA, Beckett EL, Sutherland J, The association between reproductive health smartphone applications and fertility knowledge of Australian women, BMC Womens Health, 2020, 20:45.
Turner A, Bond DR, Vuong QV, Chalmers A, Beckett EL, Weidenhofer J, Scarlett CJ, Elaeocarpus reticulatus fruit extracts reduce viability and induce apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells in vitro, Molecular Biology Reports, 2020, 47(3):2073-2084
Turner A, Chijoff E, Veysey M, Keely S, Scarlett CJ, Lucock M, Beckett EL, Interactions between taste receptors and the gastrointestinal microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease, Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, 2019, 18:100106.
Kaur K, Sculley D, Wallace J, Turner A, Ferraris C, Veysey M, Lucock M, Beckett EL, Micronutrients and bioactive compounds in oral inflammatory diseases, Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, 2019, 18:100105.
P Jones, M Lucock, CJ Scarlett, M Veysey, EL Beckett, Folate and Inflammation–links between folate and features of inflammatory conditions, Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, 2019,18: 100104.
Lucock M, Thota R, Garg M, Martin C, Jone P, Furst J, Yates Z, Jablonski NG, Chaplin G, Veysey M, Beckett E. Early lifecycle UV-exposure calibrates adult vitamin D metabolism; evidence for a developmentally originated vitamin D homeostat that may alter related adult phenotypes, American Journal of Human Biology, 2019, Jul;31(4):e23272.
Lee YQ, Beckett EL, Sculley DV, Rae KM, Collins CE, Pringle KG, The Relationship between Maternal Global Nutrient Restriction during Pregnancy and Offspring Kidney Structure and Function: A Systematic Review of Animal studies. American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology, 2019, 316 F1227-F1235.
Turner A, Veysey M, Keely S, Scarlett C, Lucock M, Beckett EL, Interactions between bitter taste, diet & dysbiosis: consequences for appetite & obesity, Nutrients, 2018, Sep 20;10(10). pii: E1336.
Lucock M, Thota R, Garg M, Martin C, Jones P, Furst J, Yates Z, Jablonski NG, Chaplin G, Veysey M, Sutherland JM, Beckett E. Vitamin D and folate: A reciprocal environmental association based on seasonality and genetic disposition. American Journal of Human Biology, 2018, Sep;30(5):e23166
Jones P, Lucock M, Veysey M, Beckett E. The vitamin D-folate hypothesis as an evolutionary model for skin pigmentation: an update and integration of current ideas. American Journal of Human Biology, 2018, Apr 30;10(5). pii: E554.
Jones P, Lucock M, Veysey M, Jablonski N, Chaplin G, Beckett E, Frequency of folate-related polymorphisms varies by skin pigmentation, American Journal of Human Biology, 2018, Mar;30(2).
Lucock M, Jones P, Martin C, Yates Z, Veysey M, Furst J, Beckett E. The photobiology of vitamins, Nutrition Reviews, 2018, 76(7); 512-525.
Beckett EL, Jones P, Veysey M, Lucock M. Nutrigenetics – personalized nutrition in the genetic age. Exploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine, 2017, 2(4);109-116.
Beckett EL, Veysey M, Lucock M. Folate and microRNA: bidirectional interactions, Clinica Chimica Acta, 2017, Nov; 474:60-66.
Beckett EL, Martin C, Boyd L, Porter T, King K, Niblett S, Yates Z, Veysey M, Lucock. Reduced plasma homocysteine levels in elderly Australians following mandatory folic acid fortification – a comparison of two cross-sectional cohorts. Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, 2017, 8;14-20.
Beckett EL, Jones P, Veysey M, Duesing K, Martin C, Furst J, Yates Z, Jablonski NG, Chaplin G, Lucock M. VDR gene methylation as a molecular adaption to light exposure: historic, recent and genetic influences, American Journal of Human Biology, 2017, Sep 10;29(5).
Beckett EL, Duesing K, Boyd L, Yates Z, Veysey M, Lucock M. A potential sex dimorphism in the relationship between bitter taste and alcohol consumption. Food & Function, 2017, 8:1116–1123.
Lucock M, Beckett E, Martin C, Jones P, Furst J, Yates Z, Jablonski N, Chaplin G, Veysey M. UV-associated decline in systemic folate: Implications for human nutrigenetics, health, and evolutionary processes. American Journal of Human Biology, 2017; 29:e22929.
Beckett EL, Duesing K, Martin Charlotte, Jones P, Furst J, King K, Niblett S, Yates Z, Veysey M, Lucock M. Relationship between methylation status of vitamin D-related genes, vitamin D levels, and methyl-donor biochemistry, Journal of Nutrition and Intermediary Metabolism, 2016, 6:8-15.
Beckett EL, Le Gras K, Martin C, Boyd L, Ng X, Duesing K, Yates Z, Veysey M, Lucock M. Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms relate to risk of adenomatous polyps in a sex specific manner, Nutrition and Cancer, 2016, 68(2):193-200.
Jones P, Beckett E, Yates Z, Veysey M, Lucock M. Converging Evolutionary and Clinical Ideas on Folate Metabolism, Exploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine, 2016; 1(3):31-41.
Camlin NJ, Sobinoff AP, Sutherland JM, Beckett EL, Jarnicki AG, Vanders RL, Hansbro PM, McLaughlin EA, Holt JE. Maternal smoke exposure impairs the long term fertility of female offspring. Biology of Reproduction, 2016, Feb;94(2):39.
Joubert B, den Dekker H, Felix J, Bohlin J, Ligthart S, Beckett E, Tiemeier H, et al. Maternal plasma folate impacts differential DNA methylation in an epigenome-wide meta-analysis of newborns, Nature Communications, 2016, Feb 10;7:10577.
Beckett EL, Martin C, Choi JH, King K, Niblett S, Boyd L, Duesing K, Yates Z, Veysey M, Lucock M. Folate status, folate-related genes and serum miR-21 expression: Implications for miR-21 as a biomarker, BBA Clinical. 2015, Jul 7;4:45-51.
Lucock M, Jones P, Martin C, Beckett E, Yates Z, Furst J, Veysey M. Vitamin D: Beyond Metabolism, Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 2015, Oct;20(4):310-22.
Essilfie A-T, Horvat JC, Kim RY, Mayall JR, Pinkerton JW, Beckett EL, Starkey MR, Simpson JL, Foster PS, Gibson PG, Hansbro PM. Macrolide therapy suppresses key features of experimental steroid-sensitive and steroid-insensitive asthma, Thorax, 2015, May;70(5):458-67.
Lucock M, Yates Z, Martin C, Choi J-H, Beckett E, Boyd L, le Gras K, Ng X, Skinner V, Wai R, Kho J, Roach P, Veysey M. Methylation diet and methyl group genetics in risk for adenomatous polyp occurrence, BBA Clinical, 2015, 3:107-112.
Beckett EL, Martin C, Duesing K, Jones P, Furst J, Yates Z, Veysey M, Lucock M. Vitamin D receptor genotype modulates the correlation between vitamin D and circulating levels of let-7a/b and vitamin D intake in an elderly cohort. Journal of Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics, 2014, 7(4-6):264-73.
Beckett EL, Martin C, Yates Z, Veysey M, Duesing K, Lucock M. Bitter Taste Genetics- the relationship to tasting, liking, consumption and health. Food and Function, 2014. Dec;5(12):3040-54.
Beckett EL, Yates Z, Veysey M, Duesing K, Lucock M. The role of vitamins and minerals in modulating the expression of microRNA. Nutrition Research Reviews, 2014, Jun;27(1):94-106.
Sobinoff AP, Sutherland JM, Beckett EL, Stanger SJ, Johnson R, Jarnicki AG, McCluskey A, et al., Damaging legacy; maternal cigarette smoking has long-term consequences for male offspring fertility, Human Reproduction, 2014, Dec;29(12):2719-35,
O'Reilly M, Hansbro PM, Horvat JC, Beckett EL, Harding R, Sozo F. Bronchiolar Remodeling in Adult Mice Following Neonatal Exposure to Hyperoxia: Relation to Growth. Anatomical Record (Hoboken), 2014, Apr:297(4):758-69.
Beckett EL, Stevens RL, Jarnicki AG, Kim RY, Hanish I, Hansbro NG, Deane A, et al., A new short-term mouse model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies a role for mast cell tryptase in pathogenesis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2013, Mar;131(3):752-62.
Sobinoff AP, Beckett EL, Jarnicki AG, Sutherland JM, McCluskey A, Hansbro PM, McLaughlin EA. Scrambled and fried: cigarette smoke exposure causes antral follicle destruction and oocyte dysfunction through oxidative stress. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2013, Sep 1;271(2):156-67.
Beckett EL, Phipps S, Starkey MR, Horvat JC, Beagley KW, Foster PS, Hansbro PM. TLR2, but Not TLR4, Is Required for Effective Host Defence against Chlamydia Respiratory Tract Infection in Early Life. PLoS ONE, 2012, June; 7 (6): e39460.
Starkey MR, Kim RY, Beckett EL, Schilter HC, Shim D, Essilfie AT, Nguyen DH, et al., Chlamydia muridarum lung infection in infants alters hematopoietic cells to promote allergic airway disease in mice. PLoS One, 2012, 7(8):e42588.
Jennings PC, Merriman JA, Beckett EL, Hansbro PM, Jones KT. Increased zona pellucida thickness and meiotic spindle disruption in oocytes from cigarette smoking mice. Human Reproduction, 2011, Apr;26(4):878-84.
Preston JA, Thorburn AN, Starkey MR, Beckett EL, Horvat JC, Wade MA, O'Sullivan BJ, et al., Streptococcus pneumoniae infection suppresses allergic airways disease by inducing regulatory T-cells. European Respiratory Journal, 2011, Jan;37(1):53-64..
Hansbro PM, Warner S, Tracey JP, Arzey KE, Selleck P, O'Riley K, Beckett EL, et al., Surveillance and analysis of avian influenza viruses, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010, Dec;16(12):1896-904.
Lau JY, Oliver BG, Baraket M, Beckett EL, Hansbro NG, Moir LM, Wilton SD, et al., Fibulin-1 is increased in asthma--a novel mediator of airway remodeling? PLoS One, 2010, Oct 13;5(10):e13360.
Book Chapters
Beckett E, Lucock M, Flour Fortification and the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects (NTDs), Flour and Breads and their Fortification in Health and Disease Prevention, Academic Press, Cambridge, MA 435-442 (2019).
Beckett EL, Veysey M, Lucock M, Joubert BR. Maternal Folate and DNA methylation in offspring in Handbook of Nutrition, Diet, and Epigenetics Eds Preedy & Patel. SpringerLink, USA (2017).
Beckett EL, Veysey M, Yates Z, Lucock M. Modulation of microRNA by vitamin D in Handbook of Nutrition, Diet, and Epigenetics, Eds Preedy & Patel. SpringerLink, USA (2017).
Letters to Academic Journals
Lucock M, Choi J-H, Veysey M, Beckett E, RE: Experts urge addition of folic acid to flour to halt “avoidable tragedy” of birth defects BMJ : BMJ 2018;360:k477.
Lucock MD, Jones PR, Veysey M, Beckett EL. B-vitamins and pollution, an interesting, emerging, yet incomplete picture of folate and the exposome. PNAS, 2017
Yates Z, Lucock M, Beckett E, Veysey M, B-vitamins and cognition- food for thought, Neurology.
Discussion papers
Beckett EL, Begley A, Boland M, Carter A, Hinkley T, Lassemillante A, Leahy D, Loyer J, Starck C, Talati Z, Willcox J, Winter G, Empowering Food Choices – Rethinking food and nutrition science, Australian Academy of Science Decadal Plan for Nutrition, Discussion paper.
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Research Funding
Fellowships
2022: Women in Research Fellowship, The University of Newcastle.
2017-2020: NHRMC Early Career Research Fellowship
2016: Australian Academy of Science and Japan Society for the promotion of Science Fellowship - To attend the 8th Annual HOPE meeting with Nobel Laureates Fellowship, Tsukuba, Japan.
2015: Science & Industry Endowment Fund – Australian Academy of Science Fellowship - to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureates Meetings, Lindau, Germany.
2014: Adam J Berry Memorial Fellowship - Australian Academy of Science and NIH Trust.
2012-2016: CSIRO OCE Scholarship.
Selected Research Funding
AMP Foundation - AMP Tomorrow Maker
ARC-LEIF
Central Coast Local Health District
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