Space Life Sciences Seminar KINE NUTR NUEN 681

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Department of Health and Kinesiology Texas AM
University
Exercise Physiology Seminar Series Spring
2009 Inter-individual Differences In
Responsiveness To Regular Physical Activity
Contribution Of Genetic Factors.
Dr. Tuomo Rankinin Tenured Associate Professor
and Director of the HERITAGE Family Study.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center Baton
Rouge, LA. Time Location Wednesday, March
25th, 2009 300 pm, 167 Read Bldg. Everyone
Welcome Faculty, Staff, Undergrads, and
Community Members Questions contact Dr. Mike
Massett, 979-862-4687
Sponsored by The Huffines Institute for Sports
Medicine and Human Performance
Studies in Dr. Kregels lab are designed to
elucidate the systemic, cellular, and molecular
mechanisms by which an organism copes with
various stresses with a primary emphasis on
factors contributing to the changes in stress
tolerance that accompany biological aging. Areas
of focus include 1) Basic mechanisms of the
stress response 2) The impact of oxidative
stress on physiological function 3) Mechanisms
responsible for altered control of metabolic,
endocrine, thermoregulatory, and cardiovascular
systems with aging at the whole animal, cellular,
molecular and genetic levels and 4) The role of
endogenous stem cells in tissue repair following
stress, and the potential impact of aging on stem
cell function.
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Department of Health and Kinesiology Texas AM
University
Exercise Physiology Seminar Series Spring
2009 An Integrated View of Oxidative Stress in
Aging Basic Mechanisms, Functional Effects and
Pathological Considerations
Dr. Kevin Kregel Department of Integrative
Physiology University of Iowa Wednesday, March
4th, 2009 300 pm, 167 Read Bldg. Everyone
Welcome Faculty, Staff, Undergrads and
Community Members Questions contact Dr. Mike
Massett, 979-862-4687
Sponsored by The Huffines Institute for Sports
Medicine and Human Performance
Studies in Dr. Kregels lab are designed to
elucidate the systemic, cellular, and molecular
mechanisms by which an organism copes with
various stresses with a primary emphasis on
factors contributing to the changes in stress
tolerance that accompany biological aging. Areas
of focus include 1) Basic mechanisms of the
stress response 2) The impact of oxidative
stress on physiological function 3) Mechanisms
responsible for altered control of metabolic,
endocrine, thermoregulatory, and cardiovascular
systems with aging at the whole animal, cellular,
molecular and genetic levels and 4) The role of
endogenous stem cells in tissue repair following
stress, and the potential impact of aging on stem
cell function.
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Department of Health and Kinesiology Texas AM
University
Exercise Physiology Seminar Series Spring
2009 Skeletal Muscle Bioenergetics in Health
Disease Emphasis on Obesity Diabetes Wednesday
February 18th 300-350pm 167 READ Dr. Ron
Cortright Dept. of Exercise and Sport Science
Department of Physiology East Carolina
University
Research in the Cortright lab has primarily
focused upon mechanisms in skeletal muscle that
contribute to insulin resistance in skeletal
muscle under the conditions of obesity, and type
2 diabetes and how exercise training
(endurance-oriented) can correct and/or overcome
these insulin-resistant conditions. Research in
these areas has examined the roles of insulin
signaling, lipid oxidation and storage,
peroxisomal-mitochondrial interactions in
substrate utilization and the implications in
muscle bioenergetics and diseases, as well as
other facets of general metabolism.
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Space Life Sciences SeminarKINE / NUTR / NUEN 681

• Prevention of Muscle Atrophy With Exercise
  Countermeasures Where are we and where are we
  going?

Sponsored in part by The Huffines Institute for
Sports Medicine and Human Performance
Dr. Lori Ploutz-Snyder, Ph.D. Project
Scientist Exercise Physiology and
Countermeasures Lyndon B Johnson Space
Center Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1130 am,
167 Read Bldg. Everyone Welcome Faculty, Staff,
Undergrads and Community Members Questions
contact Dr. Nancy Turner, n-turner_at_tamu.edu
Dr. Ploutz-Snyder earned her PhD in Physiology
from Ohio University in 1994. She spent 3 years
of her doctoral education with Space Life
Sciences at Kennedy Space Center and worked with
the late Gary Dudley and Victor Convertino. At
KSC she worked on the development of the
unilateral lower limb suspension (ULLS) model as
a flight analog for the study of muscle as well
as resistance exercise countermeasures for muscle
atrophy. She did an NIH post-doctoral fellowship
in physiology and radiology at Michigan State
University under the supervision of Ronald Meyer
and developed magnetic resonance imaging and
spectroscopy protocols to apply to human exercise
physiology studies. Dr. Ploutz-Snyder came to
USRA from a faculty position as Professor and
Chair of Exercise Science at Syracuse University.
While at SU, Dr. Ploutz-Snyder continued her work
on the prevention and rehabilitation of muscle
function following prolonged periods of disuse.
Most recently she has completed Department of
Defense (DOD) sponsored research related to
dehydration and skeletal muscle. She has
published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal
articles in leading journals.
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Space Life Sciences SeminarKINE / NUTR / NUEN 681

• Prevention of Muscle Atrophy With Exercise
  Countermeasures Where are we and where are we
  going?

Sponsored in part by The Huffines Institute for
Sports Medicine and Human Performance
Dr. Lori Ploutz-Snyder, Ph.D. Project
Scientist Exercise Physiology and
Countermeasures Lyndon B Johnson Space
Center Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1130 am,
167 Read Bldg. Everyone Welcome Faculty, Staff,
Undergrads and Community Members Questions
contact Dr. Nancy Turner, n-turner_at_tamu.edu
Dr. Ploutz-Snyder earned her PhD in Physiology
from Ohio University in 1994. She spent 3 years
of her doctoral education with Space Life
Sciences at Kennedy Space Center and worked with
the late Gary Dudley and Victor Convertino. At
KSC she worked on the development of the
unilateral lower limb suspension (ULLS) model as
a flight analog for the study of muscle as well
as resistance exercise countermeasures for muscle
atrophy. She did an NIH post-doctoral fellowship
in physiology and radiology at Michigan State
University under the supervision of Ronald Meyer
and developed magnetic resonance imaging and
spectroscopy protocols to apply to human exercise
physiology studies. Dr. Ploutz-Snyder came to
USRA from a faculty position as Professor and
Chair of Exercise Science at Syracuse University.
While at SU, Dr. Ploutz-Snyder continued her work
on the prevention and rehabilitation of muscle
function following prolonged periods of disuse.
Most recently she has completed Department of
Defense (DOD) sponsored research related to
dehydration and skeletal muscle. She has
published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal
articles in leading journals.