About

Name

Katherine Aitchison
University

University of Alberta
Email

[email protected]

Additional Information

Lab Methodologies
  • Drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters assay
  • Genotyping
  • Nucleic acide concentration and fragment size analysis
  • Automated data extraction
  • Pharmacoscan: 96 sample format

 
Apparatus
  • Qubit Fluorometer
  • Agilent Bioanalyzer
  • Affymetrics Micro Array
  • Biomek 4000 Automated Workstation, ViiA7 System
  • GeneTitan (owned by Agriculture)
  • Biobanking facility

 

Roles and Connections

Primary Role

Faculty
CAN Connections

Depression

Most Cited Publications

Vassos E, Di Forti M, Coleman J, Iyegbe C, Prata D, Euesden J, O'Reilly P, Curtis C, Kolliakou A, Patel H, Newhouse S, Traylor M, Ajnakina O, Mondelli V, Marques TR, Gardner-Sood P, Aitchison KJ, Powell J, Atakan Z, Greenwood KE, Smith S, Ismail K, Pariante C, Gaughran F, Dazzan P, Markus HS, David AS, Lewis CM, Murray RM, Breen G, "An Examination of Polygenic Score Risk Prediction in Individuals With First-Episode Psychosis." Biological psychiatry 81,6 (2017 Mar 15): 470-477
Köhler-Forsberg O, Buttenschøn HN, Tansey KE, Maier W, Hauser J, Dernovsek MZ, Henigsberg N, Souery D, Farmer A, Rietschel M, McGuffin P, Aitchison KJ, Uher R, Mors O, "Association between C-reactive protein (CRP) with depression symptom severity and specific depressive symptoms in major depression." Brain, behavior, and immunity 62, (2017 May): 344-350
Koola MM, Buchanan RW, Pillai A, Aitchison KJ, Weinberger DR, Aaronson ST, Dickerson FB, "Potential role of the combination of galantamine and memantine to improve cognition in schizophrenia." Schizophrenia research 157,1-3 (2014 Aug): 84-9