More Than What You Eat: The Regulation of Metabolic Health and Aging by Diet Composition and Activity
Join Dudley Lamming, PhD to learn how the specific composition of dietary protein and exercise influence metabolic health and aging.
Systemic and Intraspinal Pathology and Repair After Spinal Cord Injury in Rodents
Join Dana McTigue for a deep dive into her work studying spinal cord injury in rodents and its resulting pathological features in lower organs.
Impact of Sleep and Circadian Disruption on Human Health and Disease Risk
Join Josiane Broussard, PhD as she explains the links between sleep and circadian disruption and cardiovascular and metabolic health.
#ExpertAnswers: Dudley Lamming on the Influence of Sex and Genetic Background on Diet
Dudley Lamming, PhD, explains that “We Are More Than What We Eat”; Sex and Genetic background are important factors in observing responses to diet in mice.
Meet Alicia Carrillo-Sepulveda, Vascular Physiologist and Rodent Microvascular Surgery Scholarship Recipient
Alicia Carrillo-Sepulveda, PhD, recently won a Kent Scientific scholarship for the Comprehensive Training Program for Rodent Microvascular Surgery at Columbia University! We sat down with Alicia to learn why she applied to this scholarship, what skills she gained from the course, and more.
#ExpertAnswers: Dennis Turner on the Metabolics of Dementia
Dennis Turner delves into dementia syndrome, the metabolic changes that occur, and the importance of proper physiological monitoring of animal models.
We Are More Than What We Eat: Dietary Interventions Depend on Sex and Genetic Background
Dudley Lamming, PhD, explains how sex and strain type are highly important factors in observing responses to dietary interventions in mice.
#ExpertAnswers: Louise Naylor on Exercise and the Cardiovascular System
Louise Naylor focuses on the benefits of exercise to optimize and maintain the cardiovascular system.
#ExpertAnswers: Junseok Son on Maternal Exercise and Neonatal Health in Mice
Junseok Son discusses his maternal exercise protocol and its effects on neonatal metabolic health in mice.
Moving for a Better Beat: How Exercise Benefits the Heart
Join Dr. Louise Naylor as she dives into the benefits of exercise on the cardiovascular system.
Application of Treadmill Exercise Using Mice as a Model for Studying the Influence of Maternal Exercise on Offspring Metabolic Reprogramming
Join Dr. Junseok Son for a discussion on how a maternal exercise of mice protocol can aid in explorations of the beneficial effects of exercise on neonatal health.
#ExpertAnswers: Marc Reitman and Oksana Gavrilova on Thermal Physiology
Marc Reitman and Oksana Gavrilova discuss the effects of cold, hot, and near-thermoneutral environments on mouse energy expenditure, body temperature, and behavior.
Thermal Physiology: The Effects of Environmental Temperatures on Energy Expenditure in Mice
Marc Reitman, MD, PhD and Oksana Gavrilova, PhD discuss thermal physiology, energy expenditure, and thermoneutrality in a mouse model.
#ExpertAnswers: Dale Abel on Aging Science
Dale Abel answers questions from a recent webinar that focuses on the mechanisms underlying heart failure in aging and diabetes.
#ExpertAnswers: Caroline Wuyts on Pregnancy and Glucose
Join Caroline Wuyts, from KU Leuven - VIB, as she answers questions from a recent webinar where she discusses her research on pregnancy and monitoring glucose availability throughout the reproductive timeline of a mouse model.
#ExpertAnswers: Jonas Treebak and Alexander Bartelt on Metabolic Adaptations
In this episode of #ExpertAnswers join Dr. Jonas Treebak and Dr. Alexander Bartelt as they answer questions from a recent [...]
Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Glycemic Variability in Pregnancy
Join Caroline Wuyts, MSc for a deep dive into her research on pregnancy and monitoring glucose availability throughout the reproductive timeline of a mouse model.
#ExpertAnswers: Aileen King on Experimental Protocol
Dr. Aileen King discusses how even small changes to experimental protocol can substantially impact both welfare and data interpretation when studying blood glucose homeostasis in mice.
Metabolic Adaptations: The Physiology of Cold Acclimatization and Exercise in Rodent Models
Join Jonas Treebak, PhD and Alexander Bartelt, PhD for a deep dive into the physiological mechanisms underlying metabolic adaptations to exercise training and cold exposure.
Cardiac Glucose Metabolism: Heart Failure in Diabetes and Aging
Join Dr. Dale Abel for a deep dive into the mechanisms underlying heart failure in aging and diabetes.
Sex, Drugs and Protocol: How Researcher Choices Impact Experimental Outcomes in Preclinical Diabetes Research
Aileen King presents data showing that small alterations to experimental protocol and choice of model can impact on both welfare and data interpretation when studying blood glucose homeostasis in mice.
#ExpertAnswers: Dudley Lamming on Aging Science
Join Dudley Lamming, PhD an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as he answers questions from a recent webinar that focuses on his research involving how diets can affect metabolic health and longevity.
#ExpertAnswers: Caroline Williams and Eric Riddell on Ecophysiology and Climate Change
Caroline Williams, PhD and Eric Riddell, PhD answer questions from a recent webinar where they discuss their research involving climate change and the ecophysiological effects of changing global temperatures on organismal biology and survival.
#ExpertAnswers: Christopher Axelrod & Sander Kooijman on Rodent Models of Pharmacotherapy and Chronotherapy
In this episode of Expert Answers, Christopher Axelrod and Dr. Sander Kooijman discuss their research into combatting obesity using various new therapies.
#ExpertAnswers: Michael Czech on CRISPR-Enhanced Adipocyte Browning
In this episode of Expert Answers, Dr. Michael Czech discusses a novel CRISPR-based cell therapy which enhances adipose tissue "browning" as a treatment for metabolic disease.
