MHRC Seminar Series - The Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC)

Current and Previous Seminars

Dr. Jonathan Little April 17, 2026 [PDF] Exercise and Anti- Inflammatory Cytokine Function: A Focus on Interleukin- 10
Dr. Christopher Adams March 20, 2026 [PDF] TBD
Dr. Johanna Lanner February 20, 2026 [PDF] TBD
Dr. Miranda Kirby January 16, 2026 [PDF] TBD

Dr. Dylan Kosbar December 5, 2025 [PDF] Beyond the Lab: Real- World Applications of Biomechanics on the Court, in the Clinic, and Beyond
Dr. Rémi Mounier October 21, 2025 [PDF] Metabolic Regulations of Adult Muscle Stem Cell Fate
Dr. David Wright September 26, 2025 [PDF] Unintended Consequences of GLP1ra Treatment on Skeletal Muscle
Dr. Terence Ryan April 4, 2025 [PDF] Understanding Ischemic Myopathy in Peripheral Artery Disease
Dr. Dennis Jensen March 7, 2025 [PDF] Breathless on Command
Dr. Kristen Boyle February 7, 2025 [PDF] From Stem Cells to Muscles: Mapping the Earliest Origins of Metabolic Disease
Dr. Thomas Hawke January 31, 2025 [PDF] Satellite Cell Biology- From Diabetic Myopathy to Cellular Agriculture

Dr. Malene Lindholm December 13, 2024 [PDF] The mitochondrial multi-omic response to exercise across tissues
Dr. Michael de Lisio November 27, 2024 [PDF] Fibro/ adipogenic progenitors in chronic disease
Dr. Man Sau Wong October 4, 2024 [PDF] Exploring the use of dietary and herbal agents for management of musculoskeletal health
Dr. L.C. Cameron September 6, 2024 [PDF] From Microcosm to macrocosm: the"-omics," multiomics and sportomics approaches in exercise and sports
Dr. Jorge Ruas March 22, 2024 [PDF] Regulation of muscle sarcomere assembly and bioenergetics by an unsuspected E3 ligase: Implications for the diagnostics of myopathies
Dr. Marni Boppart March 8, 2024 [PDF] Development of novel strategies to recover skeletal muscle after disuse
Dr. Kristi Adamo February 9, 2024 [PDF] How does the fetus benefit from gestational exercise? Hint, the placenta
Dr. Walter Lee Murfee January 12, 2024 [PDF] Rediscovering angiogenesis at the intersection of tissue engineering and physiology

Dr. Jeffrey Dilworth December 1, 2023 [PDF] Epigenetic adaptation of satellite cells to the injured muscle environment
Dr. Irena Rebalka November 24, 2023 [PDF] Muscle metabolism and the effects of exercise in Type 1 Diabetes
Dr. Robert Ross November 3, 2023 [PDF] Should cardiorespiratory fitness be a vital sign in healthcare settings?
Dr. Jerome Dempsey October 27, 2023 [PDF] Muscle afferent feedback contributions to fatigue/ exercise performance
Dr. Russell Hepple September 29, 2023 [PDF] Alterations in skeletal muscle mitochondrial function with aging and relationship to muscle fibre type
Dr. Takashi Yamada & Dr. Daiki Watanabe June 12, 2023 [PDF] Special in- person seminar: Effects on interval training- mimicking electrical stimulation (IT-ES) on normal and dystrophic mouse muscles & Changes in excitation- contraction coupling with prolonged muscle fatigue and overtraining
Dr. Lauren Sparks April 14, 2023 [PDF] Metabolic imprinting of human skeletal muscle cells with exercise training
Dr. Kevin Murach March 24, 2023 [PDF] Exploring MYC in muscle
Dr. Glen Foster March 3, 2023 [PDF] Neurocirculatory consequences of hypoxia: implications for obstructive sleep apnea
Dr. Christoph Siebenmann February 6, 2023 [PDF] Special in- person seminar: Hypoxia as a training tool- a critical perspective
Dr. Walter Herzog February 3, 2023 [PDF] The role of titin in muscle function: proposal vs. evidence
Dr. Nadine Wiper-Bergeron January 20, 2023 [PDF] Linking inflammation to muscle wasting in cachexia: A role for C/EBPbeta in tumours and muscle

Dr. Douglas Millay December 10, 2021 [PDF] Multinucleation and myonuclear accretion during muscle adaptations
Dr. Jamie Burr November 26, 2021 [PDF] Citius, Altius, Fortius: Scientia. Human performance physiology
Dr. Natasha Chang November 12, 2021 [PDF] Molecular mechanisms of satellite cell function and dysfunction
Dr. Rachel Colley October 22, 2021 [PDF] Physical activity among Canadians- trends, challenges and future directions
Dr. Joseph Gordon October 1, 2021 [PDF] Molecular regulation of muscle mitophagy: A nexus of mitochondrial quality control and cell signaling modulation
Dr. Stephen E. Alway April 9, 2021 [PDF] The Role of SIRT1 in Muscle Atrophy and Repair: Miracle or Just a Mystery?
Dr. Nicholas Greene March 19, 2021 [PDF] Development of muscle atrophy: differences by sex and myopathologies
Dr. Atsushi Asakura March 12, 2021 [PDF] Muscle stem cell niche and reprogramming
Dr. Ryan Mailloux March 5, 2021 [PDF] The molecular oxygen paradox: targeting the mitochondrial glutathionylome for the treatment of metabolic disorders
Dr. Susan Brooks February 12, 2021 [PDF] The contribution of both pre- and post-synaptic changes in the initiation and progression of sarcopenia
Dr. Vahab Soleimani January 29, 2021 [PDF] Functional interaction between skeletal muscle stem cells and their niche environment in development & diseases

Dr. Glen Tibbits December 4, 2020 [PDF] Investigating inherited cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias using hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes
Dr. Bill Sheel November 13, 2020 [PDF] Competition for blood flow distribution between respiratory and locomotor muscles: implications for muscle fatigue
Dr. John Thyfault October 30, 2020 [PDF] Aerobic capacity, skeletal muscle mitochondria, and risk for disease
Dr. Karyn Esser October 16, 2020 [PDF] Muscle clocks, muscle heath and systemic health
Dr. Katsu Funai October 9, 2020 [PDF] Mitochondrial membrane lipids regulate metabolic efficiency
Dr. Peterson Poster September 25, 2020 [PNG] Evolving roles for satellite cells in skeletal muscle adaptation and aging
Dr. Andrew Judge – February 28, 2020 [PDF] Mechanisms of Muscle Wasting in Cancer Cachexia
Dr. Eric Thorin - January 24, 2020 [PDF] Brain and Aging Vessels

Dr. K Sreekumaran Nair – October 25, 2019 [PDF] Regulation of Mitochondrial biogenesis and function in skeletal muscle and brain by insulin and aerobic exercise
Dr. Andrea Josse - September 20, 2019 [PDF] Dairy for improving body composition and bone health in Obesity: is it an I.D.E.A.L. food…?
Dr. Lawerence Kazak – April 5, 2019 [PDF] Adipocyte control of energy balance
Dr. Arthur Cheng – March 22, 2019 [PDF] Implementation of intact single fibres to investigate skeletal muscle function in health and disease

Dr. Rajan Sah – November 23, 2018 [PDF] SWELL regulation of systemic metabolism
Dr. Colin Crist – November 9, 2018 [PDF] Translational Control of Gene Expression Regulates Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Quiescence and Self-Renewal
Dr. Bret Goodpaster - March 16 2018 [PDF] The role of mitochondrial energetics in obesity and aging
Dr. Zoltan Arany- March 9 2018 [PDF] Branched chain amino acids and insulin resistance in skeletal muscle
Dr. Micah Drummond - February 9 2018 [PDF] Dangers of short-term bed rest on aging muscle: Mechanisms and potential solutions
Dr. Susan Howlett - January 12 2018 [PDF] The importance of age, sex and frailty in preclinical studies of the heart

Dr. Florian Bentzinger- November 24, 2017 [PDF] Extrinsic Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Specification
Dr. David Brown-November 10, 2017 [PDF] Targeting Cellular Energetics in Disease: Contemporary Approaches to Make Mitochondria Great Again”
Dr. Kristin Stanford - October 6, 2017 [PDF] Exercise-Induced Adaptations to Brown Adipose Tissue
Dr. David Bishop - June 6, 2017 [JPG] p53 and exercise: Facts, fallacies and future directions
Dr. Kenneth Walsh - March 17, 2017 [JPG] The role of glycolytic muscle in cardiometabolic disease

Dr. William Schrage - October 28, 2016 [JPG] Control of skeletal muscle blood flow in human obesity
Dr. Ashok Kumar - October 7, 2016 [JPG] Novel signaling mechanisms in skeletal muscle growth and repair
Dr. Martin Picard - April 15, 2016 [JPG] Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria: From Networking to Kissing to Signaling
Dr. Francisco Naya - February 23, 2016 [JPG] Transcriptional and epigenetic pathways in cardiac muscle
Dr. Keith Baar - January 22, 2016 [JPG] Using tissue engineering and exercise to optimize musculoskeletal health

Dr. Roger Fielding - October 23, 2015 [JPG] Age-related changes in skeletal muscle mass and function: mechanisms, assessment, and treatment of sarcopenia
Dr. Joseph Miano - October 2, 2015 [JPG] Lnc’ing Noncoding Sequences to Vascular SMC Phenotypes
Dr. Thomas Gustafsson - March 27, 2015 [JPG] Integrative clinical physiology - skeletal muscle in health and disease
Dr. David J. Glass - March 20, 2015 [JPG] Molecular mechanisms maintaining skeletal muscle mass
Dr. Pasan Fernando - March 6, 2015 [JPG] Death of the heart: all is not as it seems
Dr. SoJung Lee - January 30, 2015 [JPG] Childhood obesity: What is the role of physical activity?

Dr. Mary-Ellen Harper - December 5, 2014 [JPG] Mitochondria: Where Inefficiency is sometimes a very good thing! Implications for obesity and oxidative stress
Dr. Raynald Bergeron - October 3, 2014 [PDF] Role of maternal physical activity on offspring's metabolic health
Dr. Dale Abel - April 15, 2014 [PDF] Mitochondrial metabolism and insulin signaling in heart failure
Dr. Michael Rudnicki - January 24, 2014 [PDF] Molecular regulation of muscle stem cell function
Dr. Gary Sweeney - December 6, 2014 [PDF] Metabolic syndrome and the role of adiponectin

Dr. Marion Pauly - November 5, 2013 [PDF] Mitochondria, a sentinel in muscle remodeling: New insights on aging and Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Dr. Daniel Kane - October 15, 2013 [PDF] Revisiting the intracellular shuttle: Mitochondrial lactate oxidation in muscle
Dr. James Carson - August 28, 2013 [PDF] IL-6 regulation of protein turnover with cancer cachexia: A role for the muscle gp130 receptor
Dr. Guillaume Grenier - April 12, 2013 [PDF] Heterotropic ossification following muscle trauma: A matter of microenvironment
Dr. Ilona Skerjanc - April 5, 2013 [PDF] The regulation of Nkx2.5 during cardiomyogenesis
Dr. Sabah Hussain - March 8, 2013 [PDF] Regulation of autophagy in skeletal muscles
Dr. Jason Fish - February 1, 2013 [PDF] VEGF signaling in blood vessel development

Dr. Patrick Seale - March 23, 2012 [PDF] Transcriptional control of brown and beige cell fate
Dr. Vickie Baracos - February 17, 2012 [PDF] Cancer-associated muscle wasting: Clinical implications and underlying biology

Dr. Bengt Saltin - June 5, 2011 [PDF] Endurance exercise and fatigue: the role of muscle glycogen

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