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Paper of the Month-(June 2018) from Dr. Hood's research group
Chen CCW, Erlich AT, Crilly MJ, Hood DA. Parkin is required for exercise-induced mitophagy in muscle: impact of aging. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2018 May 29. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00391.2017. [Epub ahead of print] Significance of the research: Physical inactivity is an increasing contributing factor to several metabolic disorders including type II diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular […]
Paper of the Month-(May 2018) from Drs. Chris Perry and Thomas Hawke research group
Monaco CMF, Hughes MC, Ramos SV, Varah NE, Lamberz C, Rahman FA, McGlory C, Tarnopolsky MA, Krause MP, Laham R, Hawke TJ, Perry CGR. Altered mitochondrial bioenergetics and ultrastructure in the skeletal muscle of young adults with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2018 Apr 18. doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4602-6 From the authors: Skeletal muscle, by virtue of its mass and its high capacity to burn sugar as […]
New paper published by Dr. Perry and Dr. Hawke of the MHRC
MHRC Student Committee chair Meghan Hughes from Dr. Perry's lab and Cynthia Monaco from Dr. Hawke's lab at McMaster University co-author new paper on mitochondrial bioenergetics in Type 1 diabetes. Please follow the link below or the PDF version of the paper. Springer Link York U News has also tweeted an interview with the authors […]
Three MHRC scientists receive CFI Awards
YFile News Three Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC) researchers received funding through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. Congratulations to Dr. Abdul-Sater from the Faculty of Health, and to Dr. McDermott and Dr. Sweeney from the Faculty of Science. We look forward to your continued research contributions in the field.