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 →

IMPL’s first ever paper is published in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. Former masters student Anders Gundersen and current doctoral student Benjamin Kugler are the co-first authors of this paper. Congratulations! Thanks to all the people who contributed to this… Continue Reading →

Doctoral student Benjamin Kugler is the WINNER of the poster presentations at the 8th Annual Obesity Research Incubator Session at the Brigham Research Institute, Boston. Congratulations, Ben!

IMPL members Bergomi Francois and Abigail Duguay presented their research projects at the 33rd Annual College of Nursing and Health Sciences Research and Scholarship Day. Well done!

Doctoral student, Benjamin Kugler presented his research work in the session of “Translational Physiology Showcase: Bench to Bedside and In Between” at Experimental Biology 2018 in San Diego, CA. His poster presentation was entitled “Inhibition of Mitochondrial Fission Improves Mitochondrial… Continue Reading →