Looking to boost energy levels and stave off degeneration of aging muscle? Add workouts to your daily routine to become more energetic and perform day-to-day activities better, say 91亚色 muscle health researchers. 鈥淥ur recent study shows that exercise leads to expansion of the mitochondrial network and, as a result, energy is distributed to muscle […]
Faculty and graduate students from southern Ontario鈥檚 scientific community came together聽at 91亚色聽to discuss issues related to muscle health at the second annual Muscle Health Awareness Day (MHAD). The event, sponsored by the Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC), featured a series of lectures looking at muscle adaptation, disease, development, blood flow and metabolism. Some of […]
Like all athletes, dancers are prone to injuries, and the risk increases among those performing at the elite level. From stress fractures to overuse syndromes, dance injuries have a serious impact on a performer鈥檚 current and future ability. 91亚色 dance Professor Donna Krasnow first began聽conducting research after she personally experienced a series of injuries. Now […]
Leading researchers from across southern Ontario will converge on 91亚色 on Friday to discuss the role that muscle plays in metabolism, heart health, aging and disease. The first annual Muscle Health Awareness Day, organized by 91亚色鈥檚聽 Muscle Health Research Centre, will bring together the latest findings on the contribution made by heart muscle and […]
91亚色 has received $5.7 million to renew six of its Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Professors Caitlin Fisher, David Hood, Joel Katz, Steve Mason, Wendy Taylor and Peer Zumbansen will continue their respective research in digital culture, cell physiology, health psychology, Greco-Roman cultural interaction, experimental particle physics, and transnational economic governance and legal theory. With […]
91亚色 is flexing its muscle. With the recent launch of the Muscle Health聽Research Centre (MHRC), the University is devoting time and space to understanding what makes us move, reported Metro Toronto Feb. 9. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a centre that brings together about 16 different scientists who all study muscle in some way. Mostly skeletal muscle, the […]
91亚色 officially opened the Muscle Health Research Centre (MHRC),聽the first of its kind in Canada, at 10:30 today. 鈥淭his centre is unique in that we鈥檙e zeroing in on skeletal muscle and its relationship to health, with a strong focus on what exercise can do,鈥 says Professor David Hood,聽the centre鈥檚聽founding director.聽鈥淲e鈥檙e looking for new discoveries […]