Welcome to your metabolic measurement and metabolic phenotyping resource!

This is the companion web site to the book "Measuring metabolic rates: A manual for scientists", by John Lighton. Now in its second edition, with many additions and improvements including two new chapters devoted to metabolic phenotyping and room calorimetry. The publisher is Oxford University Press. Of course, nothing is ever perfect, and this book is no exception. Click here for errata (first edition, with a brief note for the second edition).

This web site is more than a book companion. It features detailed information on several areas of respirometry that John had no room to cover in his book. Among these are metabolic rate and other calculators, plus a series of articles in the blog on some of the latest and most controversial breakthroughs in metabolic measurement. Such as, a massive paradigm shift in metabolic phenotyping systems made possible by wickedly fast multiplexed systems. Many of the blog posts are influenced by the R&D component of John's day job as president of Sable Systems International. This is for your benefit. John also tweets discontinuously. You have been warned.

Join in the conversation! If you are a scientist and become a user of this site (see to the left), you can comment on blog postings and interact with John and other users. It's fast, simple, and we don't spam, ever. UPDATE: This feature is disabled for the moment because of overwhelming spam submissions. The tragedy of the commons and all that. At some point it'll be re-enabled.

If you don't own the book yet, or would like to replace a copy your colleague refuses to return or pretends they've lost, you can purchase one directly from Amazon.com.

Any questions or comments? Please direct them to John. Surely you can figure out his email address!

Come back soon!

Other news: Do catch up with the site's blog. Friends love it. Enemies hate it. I must be doing something right.