Nicholas Rattray

Dr. Nicholas Rattray is an Associate Professor and Reader at the University of Strathclyde’s Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences. His research focuses on metabolic changes across the human life course, particularly energy metabolism, biomarker detection, and clinical applications in pregnancy, frailty, aging, and cancer. He leads projects funded by EPSRC and NHS Lanarkshire, including the DTP 2224 PhD Studentship and frailty-focused studies.

His lab specializes in metabolomics, mass spectrometry-based pipelines, and cellular models to study metabolic pathways and their role in disease. Collaborations span international institutions, with recent work addressing sex differences in cancer metabolism and biomarker validation for aging. Dr. Rattray supervises students like Mohammad Almawazini and utilizes advanced equipment such as the Genius SQ Nitrogen Generator and LCMS-2050 for high-throughput analysis.

Research Interests:
- Investigating metabolic dynamics in aging and disease
- Development of analytical tools for biomarker discovery
- Metabolomics applications in oncology and geriatrics

Grants & Projects:
- DTP 2224 Research Studentship (EPSRC)
- Frailty (eFI JARSS NHS Monies) (NHS Lanarkshire)

Key Contributions:
- Over 105 publications, including peer-reviewed articles on senescence, diabetes, and cancer metabolism
- Pioneering work on spatial lipidomics and protein corona analysis in nanomedicine