Assistant Professor | @AM_OMRF | Skeletal Muscle, Atrophy, Aging, Protein Quality Control (PQC) | Views my own | 📚💪🏼🇬🇧 #myotwitter

Oklahoma City, OK
Final Version of our article on UBR-box E3 ubiquitin ligases, protein synthesis and skeletal muscle size now online 🚨 | @AJPCellPhys @CraigAGoodman1 @DrAdamPSharples | journals.physiology.org/doi/… Review in this area recently published here: journals.lww.com/acsm-essr/f… #Myotwitter
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A scorched-earth approach to aging research by Rich Miller 🔥 Pretty much everything gets criticised, from the hallmarks of aging to cell senescence, epigenetic clocks, and cellular rejuvenation. But Rich makes some very good points. I particularly like the Rolex analogy regarding aging clocks. If you’re working in aging science, please read it and thank me later! It's an entertaining and much-needed critical perspective. For the record, I was a reviewer of this paper, and suggested a little more nuance and balance. My suggestions didn't make it to the final version, though. Why be balanced when you can just burn everything in your path! 🔥 link.springer.com/article/10…
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A discovery from Dr. Ken Humphries' lab points the way toward a potential therapeutic target for diabetic heart disease, a condition that affects millions of Americans. 🫀 Read more: omrf.org/omrf-lab-discovers-…
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Policy decisions shape what physiology research can achieve. Our new guide explains how the U.S. research system works, why it matters, what is at risk and the policies to know: ow.ly/eQWL5101vgE #SciPol #Advocacy
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As someone studying exercise-induced epigenetic memory, my first thought was: "we call this exercise". Mechanical loading deforms muscle fibres and nuclei. Do loading and unloading leave lasting mechano-epigenetic signatures that shape adaptive capacity with ageing?
Never thought to squeeze a cell
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The measurement, training and function of glycolysis is much less researched than mitochondrial biogenesis. Next week Kenneth M. Humphries will give the 26th HyperMet DFG Research Group talk on PFKFB2. Join here: teams.microsoft.com/meet/354…
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Looking for a postdoc interested in ageing biology and proteostasis 📅 Deadline: Nov 15 More details in attached document #Postdoc #PostdocOpportunity #Proteostasis #LongevityResearch #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs
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I have it pretty easy thanks to my brilliant wife, and I’ve got into work patterns that protect our family time. Yet, I’m also often wondering how we can make academia better for all aspects of what life can give us.
As a new assistant professor, I thought I needed to hide my family responsibilities “I do not need to disguise the demands of motherhood to prove I am a serious scientist,” this academic learned. #AcademicChatter bit.ly/3UatKiM
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Ready to go ✅💪🏼 #myotwitter
We are excited to share the currently confirmed speakers for the 2027 Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology Conference. We hope you are saving the date, see you March 17-19, 2027 in Gainesville, FL!
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Applications for our 2027 summer scholars are now open! ⭐🧬🔬 We’re looking for motivated, curious students to spend their summer at OMRF. During this 8-week, paid research experience, scholars work on individual projects in cutting-edge labs, guided by OMRF scientists.
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Our latest @MolMetab - a Clock/Ampk connection! The Circadian Clock Component NPAS2 is modulated by AMPK and Regulates Substrate Utilization and Mitochondrial Function in Human Skeletal Muscle. Great collaboration w/team @karolinskainst @Metabolcenter sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Thanks to this Legacy Grant from @OklahomaTSET, we will be able to continue helping patients and Oklahomans across the state! Watch more from our groundbreaking in May: youtube.com/watch?v=NoKIThf5…
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Interactions Between E3 Ubiquitin Ligases and Deubiquitinases in AKT Regulation: Implications in Skeletal Muscle Homeostasis | Review pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4267…
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