Recent Lab News

Sarah M. Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), contributed to a manuscript published in Frontiers in Physiology.

Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD, researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, published an article, “Medial gastrocnemius muscle properties of children with cerebral palsy after different tone treatments – a pilot study,” in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Sarah M. Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), contributed to a manuscript published in the Journal of Neurophysiology entitled, “Electrophysiological Effects of BDNF and TrkB Signaling at Type-Identified Diaphragm Neuromuscular Junctions.”

Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD, researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, recently published an article “Restricted Physical Activity After Volumetric Muscle Loss Alters Whole-Body and Local Muscle Metabolism,” in The Journal of Physiology.

Shefali Bijwadia, a second year medical student and researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, attended and presented research at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting.

Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD, researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL) led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, presented at the Gillette Cerebral Palsy Institute Education Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, on February 17, 2023.

Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD, researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, published an article “Restricted Physical Activity After Volumetric Muscle Loss Alters Whole-Body and Local Muscle Metabolism.” in The Journal of Physiology.

Sarah M. Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), contributed to a manuscript published in Xenotransplantation entitled, “Xenotransplantation and exotransplantation: strategies to expand the number of donor organs.”

Sarah M. Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), contributed to a manuscript published in Xenotransplantation entitled, “Xenotransplantation and exotransplantation: strategies to expand the number of donor organs.”

Angela Bruzina, MS, a current Kinesiology graduate student and Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD, a researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, both attended and presented at the 2022 International Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation held in Austin Texas, October 27-29.

Shefali Bijwadia, a second year medical student and researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, was selected to present her work at the AMA Research Challenge, occurring virtually starting October 20, 2022.

Sarah M. Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), contributed to a manuscript published in Circulation entitled, “Cardiac xenotransplantation: the clinical impact of science and discovery.”

Alec Basten, a recent Kinesiology MS graduate published an article “Early initiation of electrical stimulation paired with range of motion after a volumetric muscle loss injury does not benefit muscle function” in Experimental Physiology.

Shefali Bijwadia a second year medical student and researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, attended and presented research at the combined Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota Research Symposium held in Rochester, September 14, 2022.

Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD, researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, both attended and presented research at the Military Health System Research Symposium held in Orlando FL, September 11-15.

Sarah M. Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), contributed to a manuscript published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, entitled, “Mechanisms and strategies to promote cardiac xenotransplantation.”

Greising presented a poster titled “The neuromuscular junction after injury, how to jump start reinnervation” at the conference within the session "New perspectives on the neuromuscular junction".

Sarah M. Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), along with Liz Boyer, PhD, clinical scientist at Gillette Children's Health Care, received a grant from the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM).

Sarah M. Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), presented at the  FASEB Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells and Regeneration Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana July 24–29, 2022. Greising was invited to present a talk entitled “Mitochondrial dysfunction and associated whole-body metabolism in an […]

Dan Hoffman, MS, a PhD candidate in Kinesiology and member of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), was selected to give a talk during the Regeneration of the neuromuscular and myotendinous junctions section of the FASEB Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells and Regeneration Conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana July 24–29, 2022.