Prof Caroline Pond
Emeritus Professor
Profile
With OU since 1979.
Professor of Comparative Anatomy since 2002.
Pond, C.M. (1998) The Fats of Life. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 344pp Hb 0521 583217; Pb 0521 635772. Reprinted 2000 and 2002. Chinese language edition published 2001 by Fudan University Press, People's Republic of China.
is a popular science book that summarizes my research up to 1997.
Experimental research ended in 2007. Work published 1997-2007 is summarized in:
Pond, C.M. (2007) Interactions of adipose and lymphoid tissues. In: Nutrition and Health: Adipose tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease ed. G. Fantuzzi and T. Mazzone, Humana Press Inc. Totowa N.J. Chapter 11 pp: 133-150.
Pond CM (2009) Paracrine provision of lipids in the immune system. Current Immunology Reviews 5, In press (May 2009).
Qualifications
M.A.; D.Phil. Oxon 1971
Teaching Interests
I have written primary course material for many OU courses. Those recently and currently in presentation are:
S204 Biology: Uniformity and diversity (2001-)
S293 The Fats of Life (2003-2006)
SXR374 Fat - The physiology of adipose tissue (2005-2009)
S366 Evolution (2007-)
S170 Darwin and Evolution (2009-)
Research Interests
Research:
- The comparative anatomy of adipose tissue and its functional basis
- Anatomy and metabolism in natural obesity in wild mammals and birds
- Paracrine interactions between adipose and lymphoid tissues in mammals and their role in determining lipids in immune cells.
- The role of chronic inflammation in long-term changes in the structure and properties of adipose tissue.
- Effects of small quantities of lipid-soluble pollutants on paracrine interactions between adipose and lymphoid tissues in mammals
Current Research
In collaboration with medical and scientific staff of Antigen Presentation Research Group, Imperial College, London, Northwick Park and St. Mark's Campus, Harrow and Department of Surgery, St. Mark's Hospital, Harrow:
- 2000-present The role of perinodal adipose tissue in determining the fatty acid composition of lymphoid tissues in Crohn´s Disease.
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