Following five wonderful years as a postdoctoral research fellow at McMaster University under the expert guidance of Stuart Phillips (he/him) , as of 1st July 2024, I’m very excited to share that I’m starting a new position as an Assistant Professor in Nutrition and Healthy Aging in UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems at University of British Columbia

Looking for an excellent postdoctoral fellowship in exercise physiology? Check out this great opportunity to work with Dr. Brian Irving. State-of-the-art laboratories and great scientific environment within School of Kinesiology at LSU. lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

Had a great time at International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference in Limerick. Saw some interesting posters, heard great talks, made new friends. Always a treat at #IBEC2024. Excited for the next round in Virginia!

🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 to be advertised soon, working with myself, Nathan Hodson, @Doc_Morse Craig Sale Hector Chinoy and others, investigating the mechanisms of and interventions for muscle loss in inclusion body myositis. If interested, please get in touch [email protected]

Some very cool research here from Jonathan Mcleod and Stuart Phillips (he/him). We need more non-coding RNA studies in our field, seems like they might be a bigger factor than we realize!

Thank you to the team: Jem Cheng, Jenna Stone, Michael J. Kamal, Josh Cherubini, Gianni Parise, @macdonmj, & countless others who worked tirelessly on this project! #dreamteam

Does a single night of restricted sleep alter indices of arterial structure and function? Josh Cherubini Jem L. Cheng, Calvin M. Armstrong, Michael J. Kamal, Gianni Parise and @macdonmj (McMaster Kinesiology) investigate in this article! 📜buff.ly/3XJQEg0

Hey Myotwitter! A call for papers in AJP-Cell Physiology edited by LEMuR@Mac Cory Dungan, PhD and yours truly. We would love to see your work so send it our way! New AJP-CELL Call for Papers: Myogenic Stem Cells: From Single Cell Biology to Muscle Physiology

Pairing with the article from McKenna et al. is this #Viewpoint from J. Max Michel (Auburn Kinesiology) and Michael J. Kamal (McMaster Kinesiology). Michel and Kamal comment further on the comparative effects on Na+,K+-ATPase regulation! 📜buff.ly/4frVtRp

Now online! Great collab with Oscar Horwath, PhD William Apró, PhD et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jc…

Travelled to Montreal to watch my friend & mentor Chris McGlory awarded the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Early Career Investigator award. Chris’ devotion to high quality science and supervision made CSEP’s choice a no-brainer IMO! (He’s also recruiting if you’re looking for an excellent lab!)

Our work is now online ⁦Nature Communications⁩! Led by ⁦Bianca Marcella⁩ we show that GSK3 inhibition, alone or combined with exercise, can provide benefits to muscle and metabolic health in mdx mice! nature.com/articles/s4146…

New work from our group: Senescent myoblasts exhibit an altered exometabolome that is linked to senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) signalling AJP-Cell Physiology #myotwitter journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

Preserving muscle with GLP-1 weight loss drugs: Big deal or nothing to worry about? theconversation.com/preserving-mus… via The Conversation Canada

Shoutout to the McMaster University New Lyons Media centre for 3D printing these vertebrae for my anatomy lectures this week. They were a hit with the students!

Love to see it McDavid

PhD defended and wrapped up! Couldn’t have asked for a better end to this (long) journey! Some of the people who made all this possible: Gianni Parise Stuart Phillips (he/him) Kevin Murach Andrew Mikhail Donald Xhuti Stephanie Mattina and the twitter-less others - thank you

We’re excited to share that Gianni Parise has been named McMaster’s next Vice-President, McMaster Research, starting July 1, 2025! 👏 A seasoned leader & researcher in the Faculty of Science, he’ll advance our research, innovation & global partnerships ow.ly/JjER50VyoT8

Chambers et al. w/Cory Dungan, PhD Boehringer Ingelheim Prof Steve Horvath Clock Foundation UKY Center for Muscle Biology UA Exercise Science UARK Health, Human Performance and Recreation UA COEHP UArkansas Research in Aging Cell Exploring epigenetic aging, senescence, and regeneration in skeletal muscle #myotwitter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

It’s #MicroscopyFriday so enjoy some beautiful NMJs taken by the Ljubicic lab here McMaster University #myotwítter