🚨 We’re hiring in Dr William Roman's Group. The Roman group study how cells communicate to keep organs healthy – and how this goes wrong in disease & ageing. Work with iPSCs, biomaterials, organ-on-chip & spatial transcriptomics to advance muscle biology & regenerative medicine.

Super Fruits and Vegetables. On ABC Radio #health & #fitness bit.ly/414F3cD #diet #nutrition #lifestyle #longevity #aging #exercise #physiology #cancer #muscle University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Centre for Muscle Research American Physiological Society American College of Sports Medicine NSCA Bupa Medibank

Peter Gage shaped Australian physiology through discovery, mentorship & innovation. In his honour, @AuPSphysiol is offering up to $4K Student Collaborative Grants in 2025 to help PhD students build new research collaborations in Australia or overseas. aups.org.au/Prizes/

Don't Neglect Your Knees. On ABC Radio #health and #fitness bit.ly/3HIPBHW #osteo #arthritis #knee #muscle #feet #injury #exercise #sports #physiology #overuse University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Centre for Muscle Research American Physiological Society American College of Sports Medicine NSCA The Lancet Rheumatology

Congrats to Sebastian Bass, Prof Julie McMullen & Team for their new paper "Generation and evaluation of a novel PI3K-targeting gene therapy in the failing mouse heart and healthy sheep heart", that included the CMR's Paul UniMelb MDHS Baker Institute sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Importance of an Exercise Warm-Up and Cool-Down. On ABC Radio #health and #fitness bit.ly/41ZJshg #exercise #muscle #injury #active #physiology #sports #stretch #performance University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Centre for Muscle Research American Physiological Society American College of Sports Medicine NSCA

📢 Call for Abstracts – AuPS 2025! Abstract submissions for Free Communication and Poster Sessions are now OPEN! Share your research with the physiology community at Western Sydney University, Parramatta, from 23–26 November 2025. Submission Deadline: 5 PM (AEST), 12 September

Congrats to Steffen H. Raun, Lykke Sylow and Team for their new Redox Biology paper, "Skeletal muscle Rac1 mediates exercise training adaptations towards muscle glycogen resynthesis and protein synthesis", that included the CMR's Paul UniMelb MDHS sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The CMR is on a mission to understand and treat DMD and other neuromuscular disorders. We remain deeply committed to, and passionately support, #WDAD2025 @Unimelb @Unimelb_MDHS Muscular Dystrophy Australia Muscular Dystrophy Association Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) Stichting Duchenne Duchenne UK #muscle #Duchenne #dystrophy #muscular

Save Time at the Gym. On ABC Radio #health and #fitness bit.ly/48dPkHN #exercise #training #muscle #physiology #circuit #superset #planning #intensity University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Centre for Muscle Research American Physiological Society American College of Sports Medicine NSCA

🔊Important venue update! 🔊🔊 Where: The University of Melbourne, Old Arts Building (Building 149), Parkville Campus. ➡️2 more days to submit your abstracts by 14/09 ➡️Registration is open until 14/10 See you there!

The CMR gathers in green to celebrate International Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day to promote research & funding to improve the lives of those affected by DM, a neuromuscular disease causing progressive muscle weakness @Unimelb University of MelbourneMDHS Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Muscular Dystrophy Association Muscular Dystrophy Australia

Checkout the program for this year's Exercise, Muscle and Metabolism (EMM) meeting (Thurs, 20th Nov at Melbourne Connect), organised by Prof Mark Hargreaves. The line up includes the CMR's marissa caldow and Craig A. Goodman.

Exercise and cancer. Note: important, but highly emotional content. On ABC Radio #health and #fitness bit.ly/3IvvYDs #mental University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Centre for Muscle Research American Physiological Society American College of Sports Medicine NSCA Cancer Council Victoria American Cancer Society Stand Up To Cancer CancerCouncilOz

Congratulations to John Nguyen on a successful PhD oration: ‘Metabolic control of skeletal muscle regeneration’. Now for the thesis! #muscle #stemcells #regeneration #repair #injury #metabolism University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Kristin Brown Kristy Swiderski Craig A. Goodman Gordon Lynch

We all like winning awards — so why not put yourself forward? Nominations for our AuPS Publication Prizes close on 15 October 2025: Student Publication Prize Postdoctoral Publication Prize See the AuPS website for full details and eligibility criteria.

Lifestyle Changes Can Lower Health Care Costs. On ABC Radio #health and #fitness bit.ly/46lUOz2 #exercise #stress #sleep #teeth #physiology University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Centre for Muscle Research American Physiological Society American College of Sports Medicine NSCA UnitedHealth Group Medibank Bupa

Shining a light on cancer cachexia

Overcoming Barriers to Exercise. On ABC Radio #health and #fitness bit.ly/3IlK0I5 #time #injury #pain #access #exercise #physiology #activity University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Centre for Muscle Research American Physiological Society American College of Sports Medicine NSCA

Linking frailty and dementia. On ABC Radio #health and #fitness bit.ly/476slNR #brain #exercise #aging #age #Alzheimers #dementia #frailty University of Melbourne UniMelb MDHS Centre for Muscle Research American Physiological Society American College of Sports Medicine NSCA Dementia Australia Dementia UK World Health Organization (WHO)