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@brianglancylab.bsky.social

We study how muscles are built to sustain power with a focus on mitochondrial energy metabolism.

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https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/research/research-centers/center-for-exercise-medicine-research/IBEC-2026/conference-schedule.html

πŸ“°πŸ§΅πŸ“° REGISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT!! πŸ’»πŸ§΅πŸ’»

1/ #IBEC2026 Conference dates are from June 1-3 in #RoanokeVA. Early registration will open January 1, 2026. Early registration/ eligibility for awards through March 1. Preliminary schedule available here: t.co/D2buRVHKGb

03.11.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Displaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle Non-peripheral myonuclei are characteristic of skeletal muscle pathology and severe injury but also appear after exercise and with aging. Displaced myonuclei are typically attributed to the activity o...

Some interesting data from postdoc Nate Serrano: β€œDisplaced myonuclei are attributable to both resident myonuclear migration and stem cell fusion during mechanical loading in adult skeletal muscle” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

12.10.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Paternal exercise confers endurance capacity to offspring through sperm microRNAs Yin et al. show that paternal exercise improves offspring endurance capacity and metabolic health via sperm microRNAs that reprogram gene expression in early embryos, revealing how exercise benefits c...

Exercising fathers, enhanced endurance and metabolic heath in offspring, through sperm microRNAs (as demonstrated in mice)
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

06.10.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
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14 postdoctoral fellowships to the BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme

We are looking for an enthusiastic MD or PhD to work on a postdoc project on the molecular mechanisms underlying human hibernating myocardium and ischemic cardiomyopathy. If interested send me an email! #heart #cardiomyopathy #sarcomere

29.09.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mitochondrial cristae density is increased following high-intensity interval training in patients with type 2 diabetes Aims/hypothesis: Mitochondrial cristae architecture is a key determinant of oxidative capacity in skeletal muscle. While mitochondrial dysfunction is common in type 2 diabetes, it remains unclear whet...

Our new preprint!
Great effort by Martin de Almeida and Amalie Platz has led to the discovery that training increases mitochondrial cristae density.
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Thanks to Niels Ørtenblad at SDU and Kurt Højlund and Maria Petersen at Steno Diabetes Center Odense.

🧡 Thread below…

30.09.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Professor in Exercise and Sport Science or Exercise Physiology - University of Newcastle FullTimePermanent β€’ Callaghan, NSW 2308 β€’ Salary: $222,734 plus 17% superannuation plus annual leave loading Position: Full-time, Continuing Location: Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, NSW Australia About ...

Title: Professor in Exercise and Sport Science or Exercise Physiology

πŸ“Place: @newcastle πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί

πŸ’°Salary: $222,734 plus 17% superannuation plus annual leave loading
β€¨πŸ“…Deadline: 12/10/25

β„Ή For more detailsπŸ‘‡ www.livehire.com/careers/univ...

26.09.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Muscle Biology and Genomics | King's College London

🚨Hiring a 2yr postdoc in the lab work on muscle biology, genomics & ALS. Expertise in the above advantageous, but work ethic, desire to learn/develop and being a good scientist/person more important

Good collab with @droch.bsky.social so travel to CPH involved as well

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/126245-...

25.09.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
University of Delaware - Details - Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at UD is hiring a biomechanist! We invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a preferred research focus in musuloskeletal modeling.
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

23.09.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Mechanical Loading Induces the Longitudinal Growth of Muscle Fibers via an mTORC1-Independent Mechanism https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.19.676647v1

21.09.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

One nice thing about working with muscles and myofibrils is that biophysicists love them, and so we collaborate with them. Here, Danielle Tokarz's group at @smuhalifax.bsky.social used polarization second-harmonic generation microscopy in single fibrils opg.optica.org/boe/fulltext...

18.09.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leaflet-specific phospholipid imaging using genetically encoded proximity sensors - Nature Chemical Biology An approach combining bioorthogonal chemistry with genetically encoded fluorogen-activating proteins enables subcellular imaging of phospholipids and glycans, as well as the visualization of lipid tra...

Very excited to share new work out today in @natchembio.nature.com on a new approach - FACES - for selectively imaging of phospholipids and other biomolecules at spatial resolutions down to individual membrane leaflets (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

15.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Urbana, Illinois job with University of Illinois, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology | 12843703 Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor Department of Cell and Developmental Biology School of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of I...

We are hiring! The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Cell and Developmental Biology is hiring a faculty member in the area of Aging, broadly defined. Come join us! Deadline is soon! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

15.09.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Regenerate to β€œRejuvenate”: Insights From Adult Resident Stem Cells of Aged Flatworms and Mice Resident stem cells from aged planaria and murine skeletal muscle possess some inherent abilities to mitigate signs of aging after tissue regeneration.

Regenerate to β€œRejuvenate”: Insights From Adult Resident Stem Cells of Aged Flatworms and Mice. A fun collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

15.09.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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MCDB Opens Search for Faculty | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) MCDB welcomes applications at the Assistant Professor level from outstanding biological scientists in all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal le...

My MCDB dept is accepting applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level!

Applications Due by October 15, 2025

We welcome applications from all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal levels.

lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...

26.08.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Open Rank, Tenure Track Position – Metabolic Physiology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with University of Utah, Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology | 12844064 The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Physiology (NUIP) at the University of Utah seeks a Tenure Track faculty member at the rank of Assistant...

We have an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Looking for a new colleague interested in making the University of Utah their new home to build a metabolic research program. Please share!
@uofunuip.bsky.social

27.08.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out this cool preprint led by @ccstorytime.bsky.social with snRNAseq data on 60,000 nuclei from human muscle-tendon tissue 4 h after exercise

@myoblue.bsky.social

03.09.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm happy to share new work in collaboration with Elena Koslover's lab! First author Keaton developed a mathematical framework for diffusion of soluble material through mitochondrial networks. Then, Lewis lab PhD candidate Camryn used live cell imaging to parameterize... 1/3

29.08.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tenure-track Faculty Position in Biomechanics (Open Rank), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA - Biomch-L The School of Kinesiology (http://kines.umich.edu) at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate...

Please repost!

We have an open rank, tenure-line faculty position in biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. At U-M we have great colleagues, exceptional resources, and biomechanics can be found all across the campus. #BiomechSky

28.08.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I am delighted to announce that the UW Department of Biochemistry has opened searches for TWO tenure-track positions.

Descriptions and links in the following two posts.

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πŸš€New preprint w/ @roberto_amv: We used chemogenetics to precisely control mitochondrial H2O2 in skeletal muscle in vivo. This exposes a dose-dependent sequence: translation suppression β†’ proteolysis β†’ denervation-like β†’ degeneration @tejensen23 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

28.08.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant/Associate Professor - Tenure Track - Physiology - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor job with University of Michigan Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology | 674815 Tenure track assistant/associate professor in the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan Medical School.

Our department is recruiting a new tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor. Come join the #1 physiology department in the country and some awesome colleagues doing high impact science and training the next generation of scientists

jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674815/a...

28.08.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Please repost!

28.08.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 8
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Immune–tracheal intercellular signalling coordinates the muscle injury response in Drosophila Effective tissue adaptation to damage requires precise coordination among diverse cell types. In skeletal muscle, injury-responsive cells play a pivotal role in repair, yet the molecular and cellular ...

I read the preprint. It's very beautiful work from Hadi Boukhatmi's group. They test how if at all #Drosophila can repair their #muscles.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

27.08.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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N-acetylcarnosine attenuates age-associated declines in multi-organ systems to improve survival Histidine containing dipeptides (HCDs) such as N-acetylcarnosine are endogenous metabolites that are ergogenic and mitigate metabolic dysfunction. We previously demonstrated that short-term N-acetylca...

New preprint! N-acetylcarnosine treatment shows an astonishing efficacy to improve age-associated survival by 50% at 24 months of age in female mice. Organ functions preserved primarily in heart, vasculature, muscle & bone. A huge team work led by Edwin who is on the job market this year.

22.08.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exercise Physiologist - Jobs - Careers at Apple Apply for a Exercise Physiologist job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.

Title: Exercise Physiologist

πŸ“Place: @apple‬⁩ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

πŸ’°Salary: $141,800 and $258,600
β€¨πŸ“…Deadline: -

β„Ή For more detailsπŸ‘‡ jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...

23.08.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Assistant Professor - Cell Biology Discover Assistant Professor - Cell Biology and other Faculty and Physicians jobs in Dallas, TX and apply online today!

Love cell biology? Come be our neighbor!

The Dept of Cell Biology at UT Southwestern is advertising two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions. Generous startup & a great academic community. See ads below:

jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/22292356...

jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/22292357...

11.08.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT

Dr. Bert Blaauw will be joining IBEC 2026 from
VIMM Padua to share his insights into the anabolic response of skeletal muscle to exercise!

21.08.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quantitative imaging of lipid transport in mammalian cells - Nature Directional, non-vesicular lipid transport is responsible for fast, species-selective lipid sorting into organelle membranes.

Quantitative imaging of lipid transport in mammalian cells

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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TMEM65 functions as the mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger - Nature Cell Biology Zhang, Chang et al. identify the protein TMEM65 as the mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, showing that it dimerizes to mediate ion transport and contains a binding site for a well-known inhibitor of mi...

Recent work from Liang Feng and Ming-Feng Tsai's labs directly demonstrating that Tmem65 functions as the mitochondrial sodium-calcium exchanger. No NCLX needed.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

19.08.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TMEM65 functions as the mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger - Nature Cell Biology Zhang, Chang et al. identify the protein TMEM65 as the mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, showing that it dimerizes to mediate ion transport and contains a binding site for a well-known inhibitor of mi...

🍹Zhang, Chang et al. identify the protein TMEM65 as the #mitochondria Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, showing that it dimerizes to mediate ion transport and contains a binding site for a well-known inhibitor of mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchange.
πŸ‘‰https://rdcu.be/eAN3r
bit.ly/3UtNlag

14.08.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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