Recent Lab News

Sarah M Greising, PhD, assistant professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology, has published an article with colleagues in the journal, Tissue Engineering, Part B. The paper thoroughly reviews and evaluates the current state of the field and invites continued progress and scientific advancements for future treatment approaches. The full citation is as follows: Greising, S. […]

Over the summer, Sarah Greising, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, hosted McNair Scholar Lindsey Miles from the College of St. Scholastica (CSS). Miles worked much of the summer on a research project with Postdoctoral Fellow Christiana Raymond Pope, PhD, member of Greising’s Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory. Their work culminated in […]

Sarah M Greising, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), will speak at the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS). The talk, “Can targeting pathologic fibrosis and muscle stiffness following limb trauma optimize skeletal muscle function?” will be on August 19, 2019 in […]

Third-year undergraduate student Lindsey Miles, has spent her summer working in the basement of the RecWell Center next to Cooke Hall with members of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), directed by School of Kinesiology assistant professor Sarah Greising, PhD. Miles, studying exercise physiology at St. Scholastica in Duluth, is a current McNair […]

Sarah M Greising, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), will present a research poster, “Is it possible to balance the fibrotic, myogenic, and neurogenic response after volumetric muscle loss injury to optimize skeletal muscle function?” at the 2019 Myogenesis Gordon Research Conference […]

Sarah Greising, PhD, assistant professor at the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory, along with the study, PCG-1a overexpression partially rescues impaired oxidative and contractile pathophysiology following volumetric muscle loss injury, is cited in NewsWise article, “Muscles Struggle to Ever Fully Recover After Losing Tissue.” The research analyzes […]

Sarah Greising, PhD, assistant professor at the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), and colleagues have published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. The article, “Oxidative Pathophysiology following Volumetric Muscle Loss Injury in a Porcine Model,” evaluated maladaptive metabolic changes to the skeletal muscle following injury.

Sarah Greising, Ph.D., assistant professor at the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), and colleagues published in Scientific Reports. The article, “PGC-1α overexpression partially rescues impaired oxidative and contractile pathophysiology following volumetric muscle loss injury” is collaborative work with the University of Georgia that evaluated limiting factors […]

Jake Sorensen, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory, directed by Sarah Greising, PhD, under the School of Kinesiology, presents research at the Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology in Health and Disease Meeting. The Muscle Biology Conference, held from March 6 – 8, 2018 at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., will […]

Members of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL)  led by Sarah Greising, Ph.D., assistant professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology, gave a talk on “Mitigating Pathologic Fibrosis Following Volumetric Muscle Loss Injury” in the Basic Science Focus Forum at the  34th Annual Orthopaedic Trauma Association Meeting. The conference was held October 16–20, […]

Sarah Greising, Ph.D., assistant professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), gave a talk titled “Is the Metabolic Plasticity of the Muscle Remaining after Volumetric Muscle Loss Injury a Limitation to Rehabilitation Efficacy?” at the 7th Annual International Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation in Seattle, […]

School of Kinesiology assistant professor Sarah Greising, Ph.D., is co-author of an article that appears in The Journal of Physiology. “A moderate estradiol level enhances neutrophil number and activity in muscle after traumatic injury but strength recovery is accelerated” outlines the effects of estrogen after skeletal muscle injury and recovery.  

School of Kinesiology assistant professor Sarah Greising, Ph.D., director of the  Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory, has been awarded an $887,000 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to investigate the pathophysiology and neuromuscular consequences of volumetric muscle loss injuries. The award will support the research team over the next two years in the […]

The School of Kinesiology was well-represented at the 65th annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) held in Minneapolis May 29-June 2. The conference attracted academicians, professionals and students involved in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness from around the country.  The ACSM meeting is one of the most important […]

School of Kinesiology assistant professor Sarah Greising, Ph.D., is first author on an article that appears in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. “Early rehabilitation for volumetric muscle loss injury augments endogenous regenerative aspects of muscle strength and oxidative capacity” outlines  collaborative work with the University of Georgia that developed and evaluated early rehabilitation paradigms to understand the metabolic, […]

Sarah Greising, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, has a featured post on the CEHD Vision 2020 Blog. “A Focus on Early Interventions in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration” describes the challenges that major traumatic injuries present in the healing of muscle tissue. While injuries caused by circumstances such as overexertion can normally heal without much […]

Sarah Greising, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, has published an article in the Journal of Applied Physiology. The article, “Diaphragm Plasticity in Aging and Disease: Therapies for Muscle Weakness go from Strength to Strength,” presents several topics involving diaphragm plasticity in aging and disease that were presented at the International Union of Physiological Sciences […]

Sarah Greising, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, has published an article in the online journal, Cell Death Discovery. “Multiscale analysis of a regenerative therapy for treatment of volumetric muscle loss injury”  explores the regenerative process of injured skeletal muscles resulting from major traumatic injury. The study results suggest that the pathological response to volumetric […]