Dr Nick Hudson
Senior Lecturer
School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
+61 7 54601 521
Building 8117A, Room 224, Gatton campus
Teaching and Development
- AGRC2001 Agricultural biochemistry
- ANIM3061 Animal nutrigenomics and metabolism
Researcher biography
Nick is interested in fostering efficient, environmentally friendly animal production enterprises. He uses the data and capabilities provided by modern 'omics technologies to help improve breeding decisions and to inform other types of 'on farm' intervention.
Nick has a parallel interest in the development, physiology, metabolism and conservation of native Australian species, particularly frogs and butterflies.
Nick is a metabolic biochemist by training with research expertise in a) the handling and biological interpretation of large, complex data sets b) molecular technologies c) mitochondrial physiology and d) metabolic flux.
Nick enjoys teaching various aspects of biochemistry and molecular biology to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He highlights the main themes using the comparative method and illustrates their importance through applied examples from agriculture and other areas of human endeavour.
Before taking his current position as a Teaching and Research academic in the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability (AGFS) Nick worked for the CSIRO in a research intensive multi-disciplinary Systems Biology group.
Through this group he helped develop and apply bioinformatic methods that used metabolite, protein, RNA and DNA biotech to understand, model and predict phenotypes of commercial importance in cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens.
A research highlight from this time was the co-invention of a universal method for inferring causal molecules from genome-wide gene expression data (Hudson et al 2009. PLoS Comp Biol e1000382). This method has been applied across a diverse range of model systems including human kidney cancer and commercial traits in various agricultural species.
Following an undergraduate degree in Animal Biology at the University of St.Andrews, Nick was awarded his PhD through what was then the Zoology department of the University of Queensland, after travelling from England on a Britain-Australia Society funded Northcote Scholarship.
Journal Articles
Bista, Damber, Baxter, Greg S., Hudson, Nicholas J., Lama, Sonam Tashi, Weerman, Janno and Murray, Peter J. (2024). Red pandas on the move: weather and disturbance effects on habitat specialists. Wildlife Biology. doi: 10.1002/wlb3.01384
Fernandez, Elmer, Hudson, Nicholas, Innes, David, Quigley, Simon and Poppi, Dennis (2024). Impact of crude protein and phosphorus deficiencies on liver mitochondrial content and transcriptome in growing Merino wethers. Journal of Animal Science, 102 (Supplement_3) skae234.437, 384-385. doi: 10.1093/jas/skae234.437
Tan, Wei Liang Andre, Hudson, Nicholas James, Porto Neto, Laercio Ribeiro, Reverter, Antonio, Afonso, Juliano and Fortes, Marina Rufino Salinas (2024). An association weight matrix identified biological pathways associated with bull fertility traits in a multi‐breed population. Animal Genetics, 55 (4), 495-510. doi: 10.1111/age.13431
Hudson, Nicholas J., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2024). Dramatic genome-wide reprogramming of mRNA in hypometabolic muscle. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 272 110952, 110952. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2024.110952
Soumeh, Elham A., Bottje, Walter G. and Hudson, Nicholas J. (2024). How low can you go? Broiler breast muscle possesses a mitochondrial content of just 2%. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences, 73 (1-2), 22-27. doi: 10.1080/09064702.2023.2262470
Bond, J. J., Hudson, N. J., Khan, U. H., Dougherty, H. C., Pickford, Z., Mackenzie, S., Barzegar, S., Santos, G. A., Woodgate, S., Vercoe, P. and Oddy, V. H. (2023). Corrigendum to: Phenotypic variation in residual feed intake and relationship with body composition traits and methane emissions in growing wether lambs. Animal Production Science, 63 (17), 1804-1804. doi: 10.1071/an22425_co
Bista, Damber, Baxter, Greg S., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Murray, Peter John (2023). Red panda tourism gives hope in the mid‐mountain range of the Eastern Himalaya, yet inappropriate practices may lead to failure. Conservation Science and Practice, 5 (11) e13036. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13036
Innes, D. J., Hudson, N. J., Anderson, S. T., Poppi, D. P. and Quigley, S. P. (2023). Differential voluntary feed intake and whole transcriptome profiling in the hypothalamus of young sheep offered crude protein and phosphorus deficient diets. Animal, 17 (10) 100973, 100973. doi: 10.1016/j.animal.2023.100973
Bond, J. J., Hudson, N. J., Khan, U. H., Dougherty, H. C., Pickford, Z., Mackenzie, S., Barzegar, S., Santos, G. A., Woodgate, S., Vercoe, P. and Oddy, V. H. (2023). Phenotypic variation in residual feed intake and relationship with body composition traits and methane emissions in growing wether lambs. Animal Production Science, 63 (17), 1705-1715. doi: 10.1071/an22425
Parry, Peter I., Lefringhausen, Astrid, Turni, Conny, Neil, Christopher J., Cosford, Robyn, Hudson, Nicholas J. and Gillespie, Julian (2023). ‘Spikeopathy’ part 1: COVID-19 spike protein is pathogenic, from both virus and vaccine mRNA. Biomedicines, 11 (8) 2287, 1-50. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11082287
Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Alexandre, Pamela A., Hudson, Nicholas J., Bertram, John, McWilliam, Sean M., Tan, Andre W. L., Fortes, Marina R. S., McGowan, Michael R., Hayes, Ben J. and Reverter, Antonio (2023). Multi-breed genomic predictions and functional variants for fertility of tropical bulls. PLoS One, 18 (1) e0279398, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279398
Chakori, Sabrina, Russell, Richards, Smith, Carl, Hudson, Nicholas J. and Abdul Aziz, Ammar (2022). Taking a whole-of-system approach to food packaging reduction. Journal of Cleaner Production, 338 130632, 130632. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130632
Bista, Damber, Baxter, Greg S., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Murray, Peter J. (2022). Seasonal resource selection of an arboreal habitat specialist in a human-dominated landscape: a case study using red panda. Current Zoology, 69 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoac014
Bista, Damber, Baxter, Greg S., Hudson, Nicholas J., Lama, Sonam Tashi, Weerman, Janno and Murray, Peter John (2021). Movement and dispersal of a habitat specialist in human-dominated landscapes: a case study of the red panda. Movement Ecology, 9 (1) 62, 62. doi: 10.1186/s40462-021-00297-z
Bista, Damber, Baxter, Greg S., Hudson, Nicholas J., Lama, Sonam Tashi and Murray, Peter John (2021). Effect of disturbances and habitat fragmentation on an arboreal habitat specialist mammal using GPS telemetry: a case of the red panda. Landscape Ecology, 37 (3), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10980-021-01357-w
Bista, Damber, Lama, Sonam Tashi, Shrestha, Janam, Rumba, Yam Bahadur, Weerman, Janno, Thapa, Madhuri, Acharya, Haribhadra, Sherpa, Ang Phuri, Hudson, Nicholas J., Baxter, Greg S. and Murray, Peter John (2021). First record of Bengal Tiger, Panthera tigris tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (Felidae), in eastern Nepal. Check List, 17 (5), 1249-1253. doi: 10.15560/17.5.1249
Hudson, N. J., Porto-Neto, L., Naval-Sanchez, M., Lyons, R. E. and Reverter, Antonio (2021). A conserved haplotype in Wagyu cattle contains RAB4A whose encoded protein regulates glucose trafficking in muscle and fat cells. Animal Genetics, 52 (3), 275-283. doi: 10.1111/age.13054
Bista, Damber, Lama, Sonam Tashi, Weerman, Janno, Sherpa, Ang Phuri, Pandey, Purushotam, Thapa, Madhuri Karki, Acharya, Haribhadra, Hudson, Nicholas J., Baxter, Greg S. and Murray, Peter John (2021). Improved trapping and handling of an arboreal, montane mammal: Red panda Ailurus fulgens. Animals, 11 (4) 921, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ani11040921
Bottje, Walter G., Lassiter, Kentu R., Kuttappan, Vivek A., Hudson, Nicholas J., Owens, Casey M., Abasht, Behnam, Dridi, Sami and Kong, Byungwhi C. (2021). Upstream Regulator Analysis of Wooden Breast Myopathy Proteomics in Commercial Broilers and Comparison to Feed Efficiency Proteomics in Pedigree Male Broilers. Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 10 (1) 104, 104. doi: 10.3390/foods10010104
Bista, Damber, Baxter, Greg S., Hudson, Nicholas J., Lama, Sonam Tashi, Weerman, Janno and Murray, Peter J. (2021). Space use, interaction and recursion in a solitary specialized herbivore: a red panda case study. Endangered Species Research, 47, 131-143. doi: 10.3354/esr01171
Reverter, Antonio, Hudson, Nicholas J., McWilliam, Sean, Alexandre, Pamela A., Li, Yutao, Barlow, Robert, Welti, Nina, Daetwyler, Hans, Porto-Neto, Laercio R. and Dominik, Sonja (2020). A low-density SNP genotyping panel for the accurate prediction of cattle breeds. Journal of Animal Science, 98 (11) skaa337, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa337
Alexandre, Pâmela A., Hudson, Nicholas J., Lehnert, Sigrid A., Fortes, Marina R. S., Naval-Sánchez, Marina, Nguyen, Loan T., Porto-Neto, Laercio R. and Reverter, Antonio (2020). Genome-wide co-expression distributions as a metric to prioritize genes of functional importance. Genes, 11 (10) 1231, 1231-13. doi: 10.3390/genes11101231
Reverter, Antonio, Martinez, Cristina, Currey, Phil, van Bommel, Severine and Hudson, Nicholas J. (2020). Unravelling student evaluations of courses and teachers. Cogent Education, 7 (1) 1771830, 1771830. doi: 10.1080/2331186X.2020.1771830
Lau, Li Yieng, Reverter, Antonio, Hudson, Nicholas J., Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Fortes, Marina R. S. and Alexandre, Pâmela A. (2020). Dynamics of gene co-expression networks in time-series data: a case study in Drosophila melanogaster embryogenesis. Frontiers in Genetics, 11 517, 517. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00517
Al-Lamki, Rafia S., Hudson, Nicholas J., Bradley, John R., Warren, Anne Y., Eisen, Tim, Welsh, Sarah J., Riddick, Antony C. P., O’Mahony, Fiach C., Turnbull, Arran, Powles, Thomas, SCOTRRCC Collaborative, Reverter, Antonio, Harrison, David J. and Stewart, Grant D. (2020). The efficacy of sunitinib treatment of renal cancer cells is associated with the protein PHAX in vitro. Biology, 9 (4) 74, 1-21. doi: 10.3390/biology9040074
Reverter, Antonio, Vitezica, Zulma G., Naval-Sánchez, Marina, Henshall, John, Raidan, Fernanda, Li, Yutao, Meyer, Karin, Hudson, Nicholas J., Porto-Neto, Laercio R. and Legarra, Andrés (2020). Association analysis of loci implied in 'buffering' epistasis. Journal of Animal Science, 98 (3) skaa045. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa045
Hudson, Nicholas J., Reverter, Antonio, Griffiths, William J., Yutuc, Eylan, Wang, Yuqin, Jeanes, Angela, McWilliam, Sean, Pethick, David W. and Greenwood, Paul L. (2020). Gene expression identifies metabolic and functional differences between intramuscular and subcutaneous adipocytes in cattle. BMC Genomics, 21 (1) 77, 77. doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-6505-4
Hart, Nathan S., Lamb, Trevor D., Patel, Hardip R., Chuah, Aaron, Natoli, Riccardo C., Hudson, Nicholas J., Cutmore, Scott C., Davies, Wayne I. L., Collin, Shaun P. and Hunt, David M. (2019). Visual opsin diversity in sharks and rays. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37 (3), 811-827. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz269
Khatri, Bhuwan, Seo, Dongwon, Shouse, Stephanie, Pan, Jeong Hoon, Hudson, Nicholas J., Kim, Jae Kyeom, Bottje, Walter and Kong, Byungwhi C. (2018). MicroRNA profiling associated with muscle growth in modern broilers compared to an unselected chicken breed. BMC Genomics, 19 (1) 683, 683. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-5061-7
Hudson, Nicholas J., Naval-Sánchez, Marina, Porto-Neto, Laercio, Pérez-Enciso, Miguel and Reverter, Antonio (2018). A haplotype information theory method reveals genes of evolutionary interest in European vs. Asian pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 96 (8), 3064-3069. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky225
Cassar-Malek, Isabelle , Boby, Céline , Picard, Brigitte, Reverter, Antonio and Hudson, Nicholas J. (2017). Molecular regulation of muscle mass in developing Blonde d’Aquitaine foetuses compared to Charolais. Biology Open, 6 (10), 1483-1492. doi: 10.1242/bio.024950
Leno-Colorado, Jordi, Hudson, Nick J., Reverter, Antonio and Pérez-Enciso, Miguel (2017). A pathway-centered analysis of pig domestication and breeding in eurasia. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 7 (7), 2171-2184. doi: 10.1534/g3.117.042671
Hudson, N. J., Hawken, R. J., Okimoto, R., Sapp, R. L. and Reverter, A. (2017). Data compression can discriminate broilers by selection line, detect haplotypes, and estimate genetic potential for complex phenotypes. Poultry Science, 96 (9), 3031-3038. doi: 10.3382/ps/pex151
Bottje, Walter G., Lassiter, Kentu, Piekarski-Welsher, Alissa, Dridi, Sami, Reverter, Antonio, Hudson, Nicholas J. and Kong, Byung-Whi (2017). Proteogenomics reveals enriched ribosome assembly and protein translation in Pectoralis major of high feed efficiency pedigree broiler males. Frontiers in Physiology, 8 (MAY) 306. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00306
Bottje, Walter, Kong, Byung-Whi, Reverter, Antonio, Waardenberg, Ashley J., Lassiter, Kentu and Hudson, Nicholas J. (2017). Progesterone signalling in broiler skeletal muscle is associated with divergent feed efficiency. BMC Systems Biology, 11 (1) 29. doi: 10.1186/s12918-017-0396-2
Perez-Enciso, M., De Los Campos, G., Hudson, N., Kijas, J. and Reverter, A. (2017). The 'heritability' of domestication and its functional partitioning in the pig. Heredity, 118 (2), 160-168. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2016.78
Reverter, Antonio, Okimoto, Ron, Sapp, Robyn, Bottje, Walter G., Hawken, Rachel and Hudson, Nicholas J. (2017). Chicken muscle mitochondrial content appears co-ordinately regulated and is associated with performance phenotypes. Biology Open, 6 (1), 50-58. doi: 10.1242/bio.022772
Kong, Byung-Whi, Hudson, Nicholas, Seo, Dongwon, Lee, Seok, Khatri, Bhuwan, Lassiter, Kentu, Cook, Devin, Piekarski, Alissa, Dridi, Sami, Anthony, Nicholas and Bottje, Walter (2017). RNA sequencing for global gene expression associated with muscle growth in a single male modern broiler line compared to a foundational Barred Plymouth Rock chicken line. BMC Genomics, 18 (1) 82. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3471-y
Bottje, W. G. , Lassiter, K., Dridi, S., Hudson, N. and Kong, B. W. (2017). Enhanced expression of proteins involved in energy production and transfer in breast muscle of pedigree male broilers exhibiting high feed efficiency. Poultry Science, 96 (7), 2454-2458. doi: 10.3382/ps/pew453
Kong, Byung-Whi, Lassiter, Kentu, Piekarski-Welsher, Alissa, Dridi, Sami, Reverter-Gomez, Antonio, Hudson, Nicholas James and Bottje, Walter Gay (2016). Proteomics of breast muscle tissue associated with the phenotypic expression of feed efficiency within a pedigree male broiler line: I. Highlight on mitochondria. PloS One, 11 (5) e0159897, e0155679. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155679
Guo, Bing, Zhang, Wangang, Tume, Ron K., Hudson, Nicholas J., Huang, Feng, Yin, Yan and Zhou, Guanghong (2016). Disorder of endoplasmic reticulum calcium channel components is associated with the increased apoptotic potential in pale, soft, exudative pork. Meat Science, 115, 34-40. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2016.01.003
Hudson, Nicholas J., Porto-Neto, Laercio, Kijas, James W. and Reverter, Antonio (2015). Compression distance can discriminate animals by genetic profile, build relationship matrices and estimate breeding values. Genetics Selection Evolution, 47 (1) 78. doi: 10.1186/s12711-015-0158-9
Hudson, N. J., Reverter, A., Greenwood, P. L., Guo, B., Cafe, L. M. and Dalrymple, B. P. (2014). Longitudinal muscle gene expression patterns associated with differential intramuscular fat in cattle. Animal, 9 (4), 650-659. doi: 10.1017/S1751731114002754
Hudson, Nicholas J., Baker, Michelle L., Hart, Nathan S., Wynne, James W., Gu, Quan, Huang, Zhiyong, Zhang, Guojie, Ingham, Aaron B., Wang, Linfa and Reverter, Antonio (2014). Sensory rewiring in an echolocator: genome-wide modification of retinogenic and auditory genes in the bat Myotis davidii. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 4 (10), 1825-1835. doi: 10.1534/g3.114.011262
Ramayo-Caldas, Y., Fortes, M. R. S., Hudson, N. J., Porto-Neto, L. R., Bolormaa, S., Barendse, W., Kelly, M., Moore, S. S., Goddard, M. E., Lehnert, S. A. and Reverter, A. (2014). A marker-derived gene network reveals the regulatory role of PPARGC1A, HNF4G, and FOXP3 in intramuscular fat deposition of beef cattle. Journal of Animal Science, 92 (7), 2832-2845. doi: 10.2527/jas.2013-7484
Puig-Oliveras, Anna, Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis, Corominas, Jordi, Estelle, Jordi, Perez-Montarelo, Dafne, Hudson, Nicholas J., Casellas, Joaquim, Folch, Josep M. and Ballester, Maria (2014). Differences in muscle transcriptome among pigs phenotypically extreme for fatty acid composition. PLoS ONE, 9 (6) e99720, e99720. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099720
Hudson, Nicholas J., Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Kijas, James, McWilliam, Sean, Taft, Ryan J. and Reverter, Antonio (2014). Information compression exploits patterns of genome composition to discriminate populations and highlight regions of evolutionary interest. BMC Bioinformatics, 15 (Article ID.66) 66. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-66
Ingham, Aaron B., Osborne, Simone A., Menzies, Moira, Briscoe, Suzie, Chen, Wei, Kongsuwan, Kritaya, Reverter, Antonio, Jeanes, Angela, Dalrymple, Brian P., Wijffels, Gene, Seymour, Robert and Hudson, Nicholas J. (2014). RNF14 is a regulator of mitochondrial and immune function in muscle. BMC Systems Biology, 8 (1) 10, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/1752-0509-8-10
Hudson, Nicholas J., Lyons, Russell E., Reverter, Antonio, Greenwood, Paul L. and Dalrymple, Brian P. (2013). Inferring the in vivo cellular program of developing bovine skeletal muscle from expression data. Gene Expression Patterns, 13 (3-4), 109-125. doi: 10.1016/j.gep.2013.02.001
De Jager, N., Hudson, N. J., Reverter, A., Barnard, R., Cafe, L. M., Greenwood, P. L. and Dalrymple, B. P. (2013). Gene expression phenotypes for lipid metabolism and intramuscular fat in skeletal muscle of cattle. Journal of Animal Science, 91 (3), 1112-1128. doi: 10.2527/jas2012-5409
Kayes, Sara M., Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2013). Effect of opioids on tissue metabolism in aestivating and active Green-Striped Burrowing Frogs, Cyclorana alboguttata. Journal of Herpetology, 47 (2), 369-377. doi: 10.1670/12-039
Sun, Wei, Hudson, Nicholas J., Reverter, Antonio, Waardenberg, Ashley J., Tellam, Ross L., Vuocolo, Tony, Byrne, Keren and Dalrymple, Brian P. (2012). An Always Correlated gene expression landscape for ovine skeletal muscle, lessons learnt from comparison with an "equivalent" bovine landscape. BMC Research Notes, 5 (1) 632. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-632
Perez-Montarelo, Dafne, Hudson, Nicholas J., Fernandez, Ana I., Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis, Dalrymple, Brian P. and Reverter, Antonio (2012). Porcine tissue-specific regulatory networks derived from meta-analysis of the transcriptome. PLoS ONE, 7 (9) e46159, e46159. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046159
Hudson, Nicholas J. (2012). Mitochondrial treason: a driver of pH decline rate in post-mortem muscle?. Animal Production Science, 52 (12), 1107-1110. doi: 10.1071/AN12171
Hudson, Nicholas J., Dalrymple, Brian P. and Reverter, Antonio (2012). Beyond differential expression: the quest for causal mutations and effector molecules. BMC Genomics, 13 (1) 356. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-356
Hudson, Nicholas J., Gu, Quan, Nagaraj, Shivashankar H., Ding, Yong-Sheng, Dalrymple, Brian P. and Reverter, Antonio (2011). Eukaryotic evolutionary transitions are associated with extreme codon bias in functionally-related proteins. PLoS ONE, 6 (9) e25457, e25457. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025457
De Jager, Nadia, Hudson, Nicolas J., Reverter, Antonio, Wang, Yong-Hong, Nagaraj, Shivashankar H., Cafe, Linda M., Greenwood, Paul L., Barnard, Ross T., Kongsuwan, Kritaya P. and Dalrymple, Brian P. (2011). Chronic exposure to anabolic steroids induces the muscle expression of oxytocin and a more than fiftyfold increase in circulating oxytocin in cattle. Physiological Genomics, 43 (9), 467-478. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00226.2010
Hudson, Nicholas J. (2011). Musical beauty and information compression: complex to the ear but simple to the mind?. BMC Research Notes, 4 (1) 9. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-9
Gu, Quan, Nagaraj, Shivashankar H., Hudson, Nicholas J., Dalrymple, Brian P. and Reverter, Antonio (2011). Genome-wide patterns of promoter sharing and co-expression in bovine skeletal muscle. BMC Genomics, 12 (1) 23, 23.1-23.13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-23
Mantle, Beth L., Guderley, Helga, Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2010). Enzyme activity in the aestivating Green-striped burrowing frog (Cyclorana alboguttata). Journal of Comparative Physiology B-biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology, 180 (7), 1033-1043. doi: 10.1007/s00360-010-0471-0
Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2010). Activity, abundance, distribution and expression of Na+/K+-ATPase in the salt glands of Crocodylus porosus following chronic saltwater acclimation. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213 (8), 1301-1308. doi: 10.1242/jeb.039305
Reverter, Antonio, Hudson, Nicholas J., Nagaraj, Shivashankar H., Perez-Enciso, Miguel and Dalrymple, Brian P. (2010). Regulatory impact factors: unraveling the transcriptional regulation of complex traits from expression data. Bioinformatics, 26 (7) btq051, 896-904. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq051
Mantle, Beth L., Hudson, Nicholas J., Harper, Gregory S., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2009). Skeletal muscle atrophy occurs slowly and selectively during prolonged aestivation in Cyclorana alboguttata (Gunther 1867). Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (22), 3664-3672. doi: 10.1242/jeb.033688
Hudson, Nicholas J., Reverter, Antonio, Wang, YongHong, Greenwood, Paul L. and Dalrymple, Brian P. (2009). Inferring the transcriptional landscape of bovine skeletal muscle by integrating co-expression networks. PLoS ONE, 4 (10) e7249, e7249. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007249
Kayes, Sara M., Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2009). Surviving the drought: Burrowing frogs save energy by increasing mitochondrial coupling. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (14), 2248-2253. doi: 10.1242/jeb.028233
Hudson, Nicholas J., Reverter, Antonio and Dalrymple, Brian P. (2009). A differential wiring analysis of expression data correctly identifies the gene containing the causal mutation. PLoS Computational Biology, 5 (5) e1000382, e1000382. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000382
Hudson, Nicholas J. (2009). Symmorphosis and livestock bioenergetics: production animal muscle has low mitochondrial volume fractions. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 93 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2007.00791.x
Hudson, Nicholas J., Lonhienne, T. G. A,, Franklin, Craig E., Harper, Gregory S. and Lehnert, S. A. (2008). Epigenetic silencers are enriched in dormant desert frog muscle. Journal of Comparative Physiology B Biochemical, Systems, and Environmental Physiology, 178 (6), 729-734. doi: 10.1007/s00360-008-0261-0
Hudson, Nicholas J., Lehnert, Sigrid A. and Harper, Gregory S. (2008). Obese humans as economically designed feed converters: symmorphosis and low oxidative capacity skeletal muscle. Medical Hypotheses, 70 (3), 693-697. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.05.042
Lavidis, N. A., Hudson, N. J., Choy, P. T., Lehnert, S. A. and Franklin, C. E. (2008). Role of calcium and vesicle-docking proteins in remobilising dormant neuromuscular junctions in desert frogs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 194 (1), 27-37. doi: 10.1007/s00359-007-0284-0
Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J., Holmberg, Anna, Holmgren, Susanne and Franklin, Craig E. (2007). The effects of saltwater acclimation on neurotransmitters in the lingual salt glands of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. Regulatory Peptides, 140 (1-2), 55-64. doi: 10.1016/j.regpep.2006.11.011
Hudson, Nicholas J, Harper, Gregory S., Allingham, Peter G., Franklin, Craig E., Barris, W. and Lehnert, Sigrid A. (2007). Skeletal muscle extracellular matrix remodelling after aestivation in the green striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 146 (3), 440-445. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.12.023
Lehnert, SA, Reverter, A, Byrne, KA, Wang, Y, Nattrass, GS, Hudson, NJ and Greenwood, PL (2007). Gene expression studies of developing bovine longissimus muscle from two different beef cattle breeds. Bmc Developmental Biology, 7 (1) 95. doi: 10.1186/1471-213x-7-95
Hudson, N. J., Lehnert, S. A., Ingham, A. B., Symonds, B., Franklin, C. E. and Harper, G. S. (2006). Lessons from an estivating frog: sparing muscle protein despite starvation and disuse. American Journal of Physiology-regulatory Integrative And Comparative Physiology, 290 (3), R836-R843. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00380.2005
Lehnert, S. A., Byrne, K. A., Reverter, A., Nattrass, G. S., Greenwood, P. L., Wang, Y. H., Hudson, N. J. and Harper, G. S. (2006). Gene expression profiling of bovine skeletal muscle in response to and during recovery from chronic and severe undernutrition. Journal of Animal Science, 84 (12), 3239-3250. doi: 10.2527/jas.2006-192
Reverter, A, Barris, W, McWilliam, S, Byrne, KA, Wang, YH, Tan, SH, Hudson, N and Dalrymple, BP (2005). Validation of alternative methods of data normalization in gene co-expression studies. Bioinformatics, 21 (7), 1112-1120. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti124
Hudson, N. J., Lavidis, N. A., Choy, P. T. and Franklin, C. E. (2005). Effect of prolonged inactivity on skeletal motor nerve terminals during aestivation in the burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Journal of Comparative Physiology A-neuroethology Sensory Neural And Behavioral Physiology, 191 (4), 373-379. doi: 10.1007/s00359-004-0593-5
Hudson, N. J., Bennett, M. B. and Franklin, C. E. (2004). Effect of aestivation on long bone mechanical properties in the green-striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207 (3), 475-482. doi: 10.1242/jeb.00787
Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2003). Preservation of three-dimensional capillary structure in frog muscle during aestivation. Journal of Anatomy, 202 (5), 471-474. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00178.x
Hudson, N. J. and Franklin, C. E. (2002). Effect of aestivation on muscle characteristics and locomotor performance in the Green-striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology, 172 (2), 177-182. doi: 10.1007/s00360-001-0242-z
Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2002). Maintaining muscle mass during extended disuse: aestivating frogs as a model species. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205 (15), 2297-2303. doi: 10.1242/jeb.205.15.2297
Conference Papers
McCosker, Kieren, Boulton, Alana, Dekkers, Milou, Ross, Elizabeth, Hudson, Nick and Fortes, Marina (2023). Are production measures a good indication of pregnancy success?. North Australian Beef Research Update Conference, Darwin, NT Australia, 22-25 August 2023.
Innes, D. J., Hudson N. J., Anderson, S. T., Poppi, D. P. and Quigley, S. P. (2021). Feed intake is regulated by metabolic mechanisms in young wethers fed diets deficient in crude protein and phosphorus. 33rd Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences, Fremantle, WA Australia, 1-3 Febraury 2021. Orange, NSW Australia: Australian Association of Animal Sciences.
Innes, David, Poppi, Dennis, Anderson, Stephen, Hudson, Nicholas, Kidd, Lisa, Antari, Risa and Quigley, Simon (2019). Differential gene expression in three regions of the hypothalamus of steers with different protein and energy intake. International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, Leipzig, Germany, 6-9 September 2019. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S2040470019000037
Mahmoudi, M., Jeanes, A., Kidd, L., Poppi, D., Quigley, S. and Hudson, N. J. (2019). Development of a molecular assay to estimate mitochondrial content in cattle tissues. 6th EAAP International Symposium on Energy and Protein Metabolism and Nutrition, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 9-12 September 2019. The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-891-9_122
Hudson, N. J., Bottje, W. G., Hawken, R. J., Kong, ByungWhi, Okimoto, R. and Reverter, A. (2017). Mitochondrial metabolism: a driver of energy utilisation and product quality?. 2017 Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition, The University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 25-27 October 2017. Clayton, VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing. doi: 10.1071/AN17322
Kong, Byung-Whi, Dridi, Sami, Piekarski, Alissa, Lassiter, Kentu, Cook, Devin, Hudson, Nick and Bottje, Walt (2014). Upstream and Functional Analysis of Global Gene Expression Associated with Feed Efficiency in a Single Male Broiler Line. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.10.255
Kayes, Sara M., Cramp, Rebecca L., Hudson, Nicholas J. and Franklin, Craig E. (2009). Burrowing frog metabolism: maximising energy savings during dormancy. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow Scotland, 28June-01 July 2009. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.126
Kayes, S., Hudson, N. and Franklin, C. (2008). Opioids as triggers for metabolic depression in the frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Experimental-Biology, Marseille, France, 6-10 July, 2008. New York, U.S.: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.202
Reverter, Antonio, Hudson, Nicholas J., Wang, Yonghong, Tan, Siok-Hwee, Barris, Wes, Byrne, Keren A., McWilliam, Sean M., Bottema, Cynthia D. K., Kister, Adam, Greenwood, Paul L., Harper, Gregory S., Lehnert, Sigrid A. and Dalrymple, Brian P. (2006). A gene coexpression network for bovine skeletal muscle inferred from microarray data. 2nd International Symposium on Animal Functional Geonomics (2nd ISAFG), E Lansing, MI, United States, 16-19 May 2006. Bethesda, MD, United States: American Physiological Society. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00105.2006
Choy, P. T., Lan, M., Hudson, N. J., Franklin, C. and Lavidis, N. A. (2004). Modulation of transmitter release from neuromuscular terminals of green striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting, San Diego, United States, 23–27 October 2004. San Diego, United States:
Franklin, C. E., Hudson, N. and Cramp, R. L. (2000). Waking up from aestivation in the green striped burrowing frog. Experimental Biology 2000- Milestones and Goals, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 30 July - 3 August 2000. New York, NY United States: Elsevier.
Thesis
Hudson, Nicholas J. (2003). The effect of aestivation on the musculo-skeletal system of the green striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata. PhD Thesis, School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/106234