{"id":693,"date":"2009-10-19T13:06:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T17:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=693"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:25:31","slug":"ken-storey","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/ken-storey\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Storey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research<\/h2>\n

To survive extreme environmental stresses such as the deep cold, oxygen deprivation, and dehydration, an impressive array of organisms have evolved to radically depress their metabolism, often lowering it to just 5-20% of normal rates. The Storey Lab<\/u> studies the biochemical adaptations and molecular mechanisms that allow animals to suspend physiological functions for prolonged periods of metabolic arrest (such as during whole-body freezing) and still be able to emerge unscathed when favourable conditions return. Our research has potential medical applications for extending transplant organ preservation times by applying the lessons we are learning from Nature to further improve human therapeutics.<\/p>\n

We have found multiple mechanisms that contribute to global metabolic rate depression and our new research can be divided into three main themes:<\/p>\n