Sprint-interval training (SIT) with post-exercise blood flow restriction augmented the increase in mitochondrial content and some mitochondrial respiratory variables compared to SIT alone physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Acute Sleep Deprivation Shifts Substrate Utilisation Toward Greater Fat Oxidation During Incremental Exercise in Recreationally Trained Adults pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42223297/

Are Alterations in Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria a Cause or Consequence of Insulin Resistance? www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21...

Latest paper suggesting that transcriptomic clocks can capture molecular changes associated with ageing and mortality: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Skeletal muscle proteomics links mitochondrial abundance with peak fat oxidation in physically active young males physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

To coincide with our sponsorship of the 20TH International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference, npj Exercise Medicine and Health will soon be launching a special collection covering all topics related to the Molecular Biology of Exercise.

Skeletal muscle proteomes reveal downregulation of mitochondrial proteins in transition from prediabetes into type 2 diabetes www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

We're recruiting a part-time (4 days/wk) Research Fellow for an NHMRC-funded project “Discovering the neuroprotective potential of exercise in individuals with Motor Neuron Disease”. More info here: fa-ercy-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Submissions now open for our Special Collection "Resistance Training: Enhancing Muscle Mass, Function and Health": go.nature.com/4sxUXId which aims to showcase cutting-edge research that positions resistance training as a holistic intervention for lifelong health.

Human skeletal muscle fiber heterogeneity beyond myosin heavy chains www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Do different types of exercise have different effects on Mitochondrial Quality Control? pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

New dose-response meta-analysis suggests that 7000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes and might be a more realistic and achievable target for some www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Plasma proteomic signature of frailty in 50,506 adults www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

Pleased to see that our statement on “Physical Activity and Exercise Intensity Terminology” www.jsams.org/article/S144... & journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fu... has received some thoughtful feedback from the research community www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Stoked to already have > 15 submissions to our Special Collection: Physical Activity & Mental Health: From Mechanisms to Global Implementation go.nature.com/4p5o3wD Thanks to our amazing team of guest editors - @BrendonStubbs23 @KMachaczek @simon_rosenbaum & Dr.P.S.Indu

Great day supporting @MNDVic & the Great MND Relay with colleagues & family. Amazing effort by the “VU research in MND team”, with our own @Andrew7Barrett finishing second for number of laps completed.

Resistance-only and concurrent exercise induce similar myofibrillar protein synthesis rates and associated molecular responses in moderately active men before and after training faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Single‐Nucleus RNA Sequencing Reveals Muscle Fiber Cell Heterogeneity During Human Skeletal Muscle Aging pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Cardiopulmonary and skeletal muscle strategies underlying exhaustive exercise in adults with glycogen storage disease type III physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

One night of sleep deprivation in FLIES increases the expression of genes that encode proteins with roles in mitochondrial respiration & ATP synthesis, along with mitochondrial fragmentation & enhanced mitophagy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lots of interest in this study showing that Rapamycin fails to boost muscle gains from exercise in older adults: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

The Influence of Post-Exercise Cold-Water Immersion on Adaptive Responses to Exercise (A Review): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Submissions now open for our Special Collection "Exercise and Healthy Ageing" www.nature.com/collections/... Amazing team of guest editors: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. Mikel izquierdo, 𝗗𝗿. Martino V. Franchi, PhD, 𝗗𝗿. Colleen Deane, and 𝗗𝗿. Luis Peñailillo

Nice summary of how mitochondria sense and control metabolites, and respond to metabolic stresses: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

New study suggests that exercise induces sex-specific assembly of mitochondrial supercomplexes www.cell.com/cell-reports... It would be cool to see if this still occurs in ♂ & ♀ matched for training volume.

Exercise training induces mitochondrial biogenesis, while high-fat diet increases the ability of mitochondria to use long and short-chain fatty acids physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Submissions now open for our Special Collection "Nutritional strategies to optimise the health outcomes of physical activity and exercise interventions": go.nature.com/4sxUXId that explores how nutritional strategies can complement the benefits of physical activity and exercise.

Markers of mitochondrial function and oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle do not display intrinsic circadian regulation in female mice bit.ly/3PJCJ8f

Serum metabolomic signatures for high-, moderate-, and low-intensity exercise. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Nice summary of how skeletal muscle mitochondrial fuel utilisation is regulated during exercise www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In this new RCT jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... older adults with a family history of dementia &/or self-reported cognitive decline did not improve cognitive function with exercise training

Come join us to support MND Victoria by joining us for the relay on Saturday the 16th of May or donating to our “VU research in MND team” www.mndrelay.org.au/my-fundraisi... .

Limited effects of resistance training on markers of mitochondrial biogenesis physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Amazing sunset tonight

Submissions now open for our Special Collection "Resistance Training: Enhancing Muscle Mass, Function and Health": www.nature.com/collections/... which aims to showcase cutting-edge research that positions resistance training as a holistic intervention for lifelong health.

Applications for Vice-Chancellor’s Research and Impact Fellowships (early career through to internationally recognised research leaders) are now open: www.vu.edu.au/research/vic... EOIs close Wednesday, 29 April 2026

A single session of sprint interval exercise elicits more pronounced effects on measures of skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity than a single bout of moderate-intensity continuous exercise journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...

So, my research team convinced me to join Instagram. Same posts, different social media...if that's your thing.

Cool new study showing that mitochondrial cristae density is increased following high-intensity interval training in men with type 2 diabetes link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Effect of Sleep Restriction, With or Without Exercise, on Skeletal Muscle Transcriptomic Profiles in Healthy Young Males www.frontiersin.org/journals/end...

Acute exercise rewires the proteomic landscape of human immune cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs): www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great discussion with our research group on our upcoming projects investigating changes in mitochondria with ageing.

How does high-intensity interval training (HIIT) compare with moderate-to-vigorous continuous training (MVICT)? Our new meta-analysis synthesises 115 RCTs (n = 3,196) across populations from sedentary individuals to elite athletes. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/sms....

Happy Italian Father's Day to all the dads out there. Thanks to the best kids in the world for the special afternoon together (and the cake!)

Great to see our expert statement - “Physical Activity & Exercise Intensity Terminology” bit.ly/3NG2N3c & bit.ly/4nT7Pq5 generating some discussion (that was the goal!): www.jsams.org/article/S144... www.jsams.org/article/S144... www.jsams.org/article/S144... www.jsams.org/article/S144...

Exercise Intensity Terminology is a bit of a mess! I'll give a webinar the end of this week (free to ACSM members): bit.ly/4uta9Ys on our expert statement - “Physical Activity & Exercise Intensity Terminology” published bit.ly/3NG2N3c & bit.ly/4nT7Pq5

Stoked to already have > 12 submissions to our Special Collection: Physical Activity & Mental Health: From Mechanisms to Global Implementation go.nature.com/4p5o3wD Thanks to our amazing team of guest editors - @BrendonStubbs23 @KMachaczek @simon_rosenbaum & Dr.P.S.Indu

New paper in Science bit.ly/40xEtUg shows that daily movement & sleep patterns before "mid-life" in killifish can predict lifespan. Longer-lived fish moved more vigorously during the day & kept sleep tightly confined to nighttime hours.

Great to hang out with our research group and plan some "Big Ideas" for the year ahead.