The sport and exercise biochemistry & molecular biology laboratories offer a series of integrated laboratories to analyse cells and tissues.
It’s used to understand the key processes controlling or modulating muscle and cellular function.
The labs produce unique research in athlete talent identification, monitoring training and recovery, muscle adaptability, intracellular signalling in response to exercise, training, nutritional interventions, and health and disease.
This large laboratory is used for bench top analytical measurements of tissues, including metabolites, enzymes, and electrolytes.
The cell culture lab is used to artificially grow cells from muscles and study how they respond to various stresses like contraction, hormones, or drugs.
We use sophisticated microscopes to take detailed measurements of cell types, structures, organisation, and adaptability.
We measure gene and protein expression in this lab.
Gene expression: to examine tiny amounts of gene products from tissues and measure which genes are "switched-on/off" with exercise, inactivity, and dietary interventions.
Protein Expression: to measure which proteins are found in tissues, how they are controlled, and whether their expression is increased/decreased with different interventions.
In this lab we perform detailed assessment of isolated muscle function. Radiation "Hot" Laboratory: for measurement of proteins or hormones present in extremely low concentrations in blood, muscle, or other tissues.
