Lipids are key molecules for membranes, energy storage and signalling. I have been privileged to have worked in such a diverse field and in organisms from microbes to humans. Here I will describe some of those contrasting areas which range from environmental impacts to food production and on to human health. It has been a fascinating journey which still continues to excite me.

Keywords:
agriculture, disease, environment, lipids
Subjects:
Agricultural & Industrial Bioscience, Metabolism, Molecular Bases of Health & Disease
© 2017 The Author(s); published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society
2017
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