Author Kai Zou

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 →

Our article entitled “Altered tricarboxylic acid cycle flux in primary myotubes from severely obese humans” was accepted for publication in International Journal of Obesity. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29892037    

Dr. Junhan Li, an Visiting Scholar from Chengdu Sport Institute, China, presented a poster at the ACSM 2018 annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Li’s abstract was entitled “Exercise Training Attenuates Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Rats with Diabetes via… Continue Reading →

IMPL lab members presented their research projects at the 32nd Annual College of Nursing and Health Sciences Research and Scholarship Day.

Benjamin Kugler and Anders Gundersen presented their research work in the session of “Translational Physiology Showcase: Bench to Bedside and In Between” at Experimental Biology 2018 in San Diego, CA. Their presentations were entitled “Effects of Roux- en-Y Gastric Bypass… Continue Reading →

Congratulations to Anders Gundersen for successfully defending his M.S. thesis entitled “Comparisons of Mitochondrial Quality Control in Primary Myotubes from Lean, Severely Obese Non-Diabetic, and Severely Obese Type 2 Diabetic Humans”.