Institute of Aquaculture

Douglas Tocher has a BSc (1979) and Doctorate (1982) in Biochemistry from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He worked for 16 years for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) at the Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Aberdeen (1982-1986) and the Unit of Aquatic Biochemistry, University of Stirling (1986-1998). His main research interests during this period were fish lipid and fatty acid metabolism including embryonic and early larval development, and cell culture studies on eicosanoid metabolism, polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis and neural development. Since April 1998 he has been Senior Lecturer in the Nutrition Group, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling. His primary research interests are currently focussed on the molecular biology and genetic basis of regulation of lipid and fatty acid metabolism and nutrition in fish. Douglas Tocher has co-authored 250 scientific publications. He is a member of the European Federation of Lipids, American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) and the European Aquaculture Society (EAS), and the editorial boards of the journals Aquaculture and Fish Physiology and Biochemistry.