Muscle Metabolism and Physiology Lab

Our paper titled “Impaired Glucose Partitioning in Primary Myotubes from Severely Obese Women with Type 2 Diabetes” was accepted for publication in American Journal of Physiology – Cell Physiology. Congratulations! Thanks to all the authors who contributed to this paper!

Madison Webber, a freshman from Emmanuel College, joined our lab from the Young Empowered Scientists for ContinUed Research Engagement (YES for CURE) program. Welcome! We will be working on the project “Effects of Exercise training on prostate cancer”. We look… Continue Reading →

Congratulations to Benjamin Kugler for successfully defending his dissertation proposal entitled “The Role of Skeletal Muscle Drp1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fission in Obesity Induced Insulin Resistance”!!!

Congratulations to Masters student James Tincknell for successfully defending his M.S. thesis entitled “Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training on Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Quality, Function, and Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Mice”. James was also accepted into the PhD program in Nutrition… Continue Reading →

Exciting news in IMPL! Congratulations to doctoral student Benjamin Kugler who was informed recently that he was selected by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as one of the two recipients of this year’s Charles M. Tipton Student Research… Continue Reading →

Dr. Zou was a co-author on a paper entitled “Plasma Lactate as a Marker for Metabolic Health”. The manuscript will be published in July 2020 on Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews.

Doctoral student Benjamin Kugler was accepted to present his abstract titled “Inhibiting Drp1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fission Attenuates High-Fat Diet Induced Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance” at American College of Sports Medicine annual conference. Ben will present his abstract in San Francisco on… Continue Reading →

Congratulations to Paul Nguyen on being accepted into the McNair Program at UMass Boston. The mission of the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program is designed to provide opportunities for undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds especially from underrepresented academic groups (Blacks,… Continue Reading →

Undergraduate student from the lab, Paul Nguyen and Meaghan Anderson, received Undergraduate Research Awards from the university. The awards will allow the students to work on their projects: Effects of Electrical Pulse Stimulation on Mitochondrial Dynamics in Myotubes From Lean… Continue Reading →

Our paper titled “Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery restores insulin-mediated glucose partitioning and mitochondrial dynamics in primary myotubes from severely obese humans” was published in International Journal of Obesity. We found that RYGB surgery restored the intrinsic metabolic defect of glucose… Continue Reading →