Blake B. Rasmussen, PhD. Lab focused on aging, skeletal muscle and metabolism. School of Medicine, Dept of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, UT San Antonio.
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Congratulations to Erik Marchant for having his second dissertation paper accepted for publication. This one in Function. We wish him all the best in his new role as a post-doctoral fellow at the Univ of Utah Med School. journals.physiology.org/doi/…
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Thank you everyone who participated in our post conference course and our sponsors!!! #IBEC2026
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@Langston_Lab @ChrisPerryMito @KevinMurachPhD @ZhenYanLab @TheRasmussenLab @FralinBiomed @brianglancylab
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Research Article by H Kalenta et al. (@TheRasmussenLab) #Hyperactivemuscle #mTORC1 attenuates functional #adaptations to #endurancetraining despite alterations in #mitochondrial and #lipid profiles
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Good to see this MoTrPAC Study Group publication in Molecular Metabolism today.
The Long Non-coding RNA Landscape of Endurance Exercise Training sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Congrats Dr Anya Kalenta! Dissertation paper #2
Hyperactive Muscle mTORC1 Attenuates Functional Adaptations to Endurance Training Despite Alterations in Mitochondrial and Lipid Profiles | Journal of Applied Physiology | American Physiological Society journals.physiology.org/doi/…
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I am happy to announce that Erik Marchant successfully defended his dissertation today! I would also like to thank his internal committee members for their expert advice: Adam Salmon, Lily Dong, Luke Norton and Dr. Zhen Yan from Virginia Tech. Congratulations Dr. Marchant!
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New paper with some thoughts on …
Nutrition for Older Adults: Perspectives on Dietary Guidance for Healt… sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Science is redefining what it means to age. From extending healthspan to tackling chronic disease risk, the latest research is pushing boundaries. @TPR’s The Source breaks down the research with Blake Rasmussen, PhD: bit.ly/45wMc7X
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We welcome Dr. Shingo Kajimura to San Antonio this week as our Center for Molecular Metabolism seminar speaker.
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We welcome Dr. Jared Rutter to San Antonio as our Center for Molecular Metabolism Seminar Speaker this week! @RutterLab
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Yi Zhu, PhD, has received a $150,000 @UTSystem Rising STARs Award to advance aging research & collaborative innovation. The award supports acquisition of behavioral testing and tracking to rigorously assess cognition in aging & Alzheimer’s disease models: bit.ly/4oyTdvI
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💪💪SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT!! 🏋️♂️🏋️♂️
@TheRasmussenLab from @UTSA is speaking at #IBEC2026!! You already know its going to be a highlight of the conference! #mitochondriaemoji
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Research Article by SP Kilroe et al. (@TheRasmussenLab @uthealthsa @utmbhealth) Integrated #muscle #proteinsynthesis during #disuse and #rehabilitation in late-midlife adults ow.ly/Cn7b50X0Pm2
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👏 UT Health San Antonio’s Claude D. #PepperCenter has secured a $6.5M #NIH grant to advance #agingresearch.
The funding adds a new Molecular Phenotyping Core + expands efforts to help older adults maintain independence, especially in South Texas. 🧬⏳
👉bit.ly/46kSHdj
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The inaugural cohort of the NIH-funded UT-MSTAR Research Program has completed its training in aging research @UTHealthBarshop. 18 first-year students from 4 Texas medical schools conducted mentored projects, clinical shadowing, and final presentations: bit.ly/3JWUHRL
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📢 Join us Sept 10 for the Barshop Institute Fall Seminar Series!
🧬 Teresa A. Zimmers, PhD (OHSU) presents: “Whac-a-mole or Occam’s Razor – Understanding muscle loss in cancer cachexia”
🕓 4–5pm CT | In person & Zoom
👉 bit.ly/4jjeaJw
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Sean Kilroe, a productive postdoctoral fellow in the lab, is the first author on a new paper from the lab where we used deuterated water to assess protein synthesis during a week of disuse and exercise rehabilitation.
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We are excited to announce that Dr. JP Palavicini has joined the Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology as an Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Long School of Medicine at UT San Antonio. His area of research is aging and neurodegeneration.
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