Understanding Muscle: Molecules to Function

Current Muscle Biology & Imaging Laboratory Research:

• Risk Factors for Hyperglycemia and Metabolic Syndrome

• Effects of Low and High Dose Atorvastatin on Exercise-induced Muscle Injury :Genotyping Study
• Gene Expression Pre-Statin and Exercise and Post-Statin and Exercise in Individuals presenting with Myopathy and Non-Myopathy

Current Graduate Student Research:

Kim Sewright

• Influence of 2 days unloading and 1 day of loading the leg on the AKT1 pathway

Karen Riska

• Association of total body composition with a single nucleotide polymorphism in AKT1

Kevin O'Fallon

• Effects of nutrional supplementation on oxidative stress

Rob Hyldahl

• A novel model of atrohpy in skeletal muscle cell culture

Nina Moore

• Effects of zinc on metallothionein epxression in skeletal muscle cells

If you want to participate as a research subject in any of the studies listed please contact us at (413)545-6072 or email us at umass.muscle@gmail.com