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Two PhD positions available in my lab for 2026 for ARC-funded research: "Rethinking lactate – from metabolic ‘prison’ to critical metabolic signal for mitochondrial biogenesis?"

More info: www.vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/...

Open to Australian & international candidates.

Contact me if interested.
Project & industry research scholarships
Victoria University is dedicated to undertaking research that makes a significant positive impact to business and society.
www.vu.edu.au
December 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Really pleased with the number of submissions from all over the world that we have already received for 𝗻𝗽𝗷 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. It would be great to paint this map entirely green next year! After all, exercise should be a medicine for everyone!

#npjseries hashtag#npjexercisemed
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
With the increasing use of medications, we need more research like this academic.oup.com/jcem/advance... that investigates the influence of medications (such as Metformin) on adaptations to exercise.
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Really chuffed to receive this momento of my time on the board of @VicInstSport
A great organisation to be part of, and exciting times ahead.
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
MitoQ supplementation does not impact redox responses to acute exercise
in the skeletal muscle of older individuals www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
from @sophiecbroome & John Hawley
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Cool little study: www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/... highlighting that regular exercise reduces the resting heart rate over the long term, likely offsetting a transient increase in exertional heart rate.
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A massive team effort to produce this joint ESSA & ACSM expert statement on “Physical Activity and Exercise Intensity Terminology”, which has been published in both JSaMS www.jsams.org/article/S144... & journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fu...
 
Thread 🧵👇🏽
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
More evidence that lactate is not just a metabolic intermediate, but also has an important role in exercise-induced signaling www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Excellent resource to guide those doing research with females journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Very pleased that npj Exercise Medicine & Health www.nature.com/npjexercisem... is a partner journal for this cross-journal Collection on Exercise & Physical Activity in Health & Disease www.nature.com/collections/...
Submission deadline: 3 Sept 2026
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Alessandra Ferri, who was awarded the Institute for Health & Sport (IHES) Senior Researcher of the year for her @nhmrc & @MND_RIA funded work on the role of exercise to improve quality of life in those with MND.
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Our latest work in @natureComms, led by @javi_iup: Sprint exercise disrupts mitochondrial ultrastructure, driving a unique mitochondrial stress response & remodelling in men www.nature.com/articles/s41... supports targeted exercise prescriptions to achieve specific mitochondrial adaptations.
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Excellent piece on the work of @JamesRBroatch alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... & bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/5... to develop targeted exercises for brain health
www.theaustralian.com.au/special-repo...
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our latest work: "Sprint interval exercise disrupts mitochondrial ultrastructure, driving a unique mitochondrial stress response and remodelling in men" has been accepted in Nature Communications and will soon be online 😊
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Higher levels of midlife and late-life physical activity were associated with similar reductions in risk of all-cause and Alzheimer's Disease dementia jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great to have @GGouspillou present his group's excellent work on mitochondria & ageing pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39933528/ at our research Team meeting
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great primer on proteomics www.nature.com/articles/s44... by @atul_deshmukh1 & @BenParkerLab & others that explores key technical considerations.
Skeletal muscle proteomics: considerations and opportunities - npj Metabolic Health and Disease
npj Metabolic Health and Disease - Skeletal muscle proteomics: considerations and opportunities
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Some excellent presentations today at the Victoria Muscle Network meeting.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 AM
We are recruiting a research fellow (1 y) at 0.6 FTE (3 days/week) to start Jan 2026 for the NHMRC-funded project "The neuroprotective potential of exercise in people with motor neuron disease".

Position requirements: bit.ly/4oKSZlR

Closing Sunday, 30 Nov 2025
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Seeking a motivated Research Fellow for our NHMRC funded project: “Discovering the neuroprotective potential of exercise in individuals with Motor Neuron Disease”.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Later exercise timing & higher exercise strain was associated with delayed sleep onset, shorter sleep duration, lower sleep quality, higher nocturnal resting heart rate, & lower nocturnal heart rate variability. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Intervening during and after allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (allo-SCT) with a multicomponent exercise program is beneficial for preserving a patient’s cardiorespiratory fitness & exercise cardiac function. www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great review article by @JamesRBroatch

"The Influence of Post-Exercise Cold-Water Immersion on Adaptive Responses to Exercise: A Review of the Literature"

link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
The Influence of Post-Exercise Cold-Water Immersion on Adaptive Responses to Exercise: A Review of the Literature
link.springer.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Great day for a hike with the research group.
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New study www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... suggests that while any physical activity is good, there is a lower mortality & CVD risk in those who accumulate most of their daily steps in longer than shorter bouts.
Step Accumulation Patterns and Risk for Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Among Suboptimally Active Adults | Annals of Internal Medicine
Background: Although physical activity recommendations increasingly consider daily step counts, it remains unclear whether step accumulation patterns—short versus sustained longer bouts—affect…
www.acpjournals.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Very excited to launch our first Special Collection: Physical Activity and Mental Health: From Mechanisms to Global Implementation&https://www.nature.com/collections/abiffchhca
with an amazing team of guest editors - @BrendonStubbs23 @KMachaczek @simon_rosenbaum & Dr.P.S.Indu
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM