Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism Group

Health, wellbeing, recovery and sporting performance

We investigate how mammalian skeletal muscle adapts to acute exercise and sustained training.

The Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism Group measure how scheduling of exercise, nutrition, ageing, injury and drug use affect the rate and the extent of muscle adaptation. We examine the cellular mechanisms of adaptation by investigating how individual muscle and bone cells change their behaviour following changes in activity and environment. Our research is therefore directly applicable to the design of interventions to improve human health, wellbeing, recovery and sporting performance for everyone.

Our expertise

Our research falls under the following categories which are summarised below:

  • Exercise metabolism in health and disease from molecule to man
  • Stem cells, ageing and molecular physiology unit
  • Nutrition and supplementation
  • Performance and applied sport science
  • Proteomics
  • Genetic variation and musculoskeletal physiology

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Exercise metabolism in health and disease from molecule to man

Stem cells, ageing and molecular physiology unit

Nutrition and supplementation

Performance and applied sport science

Proteomics

Genetic variation and musculoskeletal physiology

Our facilities

Tom Reilly Building

Life Sciences Building

Further facilities

People

EMARG is the largest research group in the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences with 19 members of academic staff.

LJMU has recently attracted senior researchers with strong international reputations in the field of musculoskeletal adaptation, particularly in the fields of programmed exercise (muscle pacing), muscle microvasculature and muscle stem cells (Stewart, Jarvis and Wagenmakers).


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