NMRG

Original Publications

Core peer-reviewed publications driven by our lab, exploring the cellular triggers of human skeletal muscle adaptation and metabolism.

2025

The influence of biological sex on skeletal muscle phospholipid membrane composition in response to omega n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation and washout in humans

Callum J Pufahl, Sydney E. Smart, J. P. Bureau, Brendan Ross, Craig A. Simpson, Adam H. Metherel, James R. Dick, Chris McGlory

Platelet bioenergetics correlate with skeletal muscle respiration in a murine model of type II diabetes

Mia Wilkinson, Emily J. Ferguson, J. P. Bureau, Roan A. L. Haggerty-Goede, D.A. Miller, Michelle Kuriakose, Jennifer Veeneman, Patricia D.A. Lima, Chris McGlory, Kimberly J. Dunham‐Snary

Platelet and skeletal muscle mitochondrial bioenergetics correlate in a murine model of Type II Diabetes

Mia Wilkinson, Emily J. Ferguson, J. P. Bureau, D.A. Miller, Michelle Kuriakose, Jennifer Veeneman, Chris McGlory, Kimberly J. Dunham‐Snary

Biological sex does not impact intrinsic mitochondrial respiration supported by complexes I and II in human skeletal muscle

Emily J. Ferguson, Lauren J Pacitti, J. P. Bureau, Callum J Pufahl, Eveline Soares Menezes, Tanner Stokes, Shivam Gandhi, Luca J. Delfinis, Craig A. Simpson, Christopher G. R. Perry, Brendon J. Gurd, Chris McGlory

2024

Quantifying variability associated with high-resolution respirometry in human permeabilized skeletal muscle fibers

Emily J. Ferguson, J. P. Bureau, Tanner Stokes, Danielle Nyman, Joel Seigel, Shivam Gandhi, Luca J. Delfinis, Brendon J. Gurd, Christopher G. R. Perry, Chris McGlory

Plantar flexor strength and size decrease following single‐leg disuse in uninjured adults: A meta‐analysis

Nicholas Preobrazenski, Joel Seigel, Ian Janssen, Sandra Halliday, Chris McGlory

Nutritional intervention to enhance recovery after arthroscopic knee surgery in adults: a randomized controlled pilot trial

Danielle L. E. Nyman, Callum J Pufahl, Oonagh T. Hickey, Tanner Stokes, Craig A. Simpson, Jessica C. Selinger, Sunita Mathur, Ian Janssen, Lora Giangregorio, Davide Bardana, Chris McGlory

Network-based modelling reveals cell-type enriched patterns of non-coding RNA regulation during human skeletal muscle remodelling

Jonathan C. Mcleod, Changhyun Lim, Tanner Stokes, Jalil-Ahmad Sharif, Vagif Zeynalli, Lucas Wiens, Alysha C. D’Souza, Lauren M. Colenso‐Semple, James McKendry, Robert W. Morton, Cameron J. Mitchell, Sara Y. Oikawa, Claes Wahlestedt, J. Paul Chapple, Chris McGlory, James A. Timmons, Stuart M. Phillips

2023

Platelet Bioenergetics as a Liquid Biopsy for Cardiometabolic Disease

Mia Wilkinson, Emily Ferguson, J. P. Bureau, Jennifer Veeneman, Chris McGlory, Kimberly J. Dunham‐Snary

2021

Methodological considerations for and validation of the ultrasonographic determination of human skeletal muscle hypertrophy and atrophy

Tanner Stokes, Thomas R. Tripp, Kevin T. Murphy, Robert W. Morton, Sara Y. Oikawa, Hon Lam Choi, Jessica McGrath, Chris McGlory, Maureen J. MacDonald, Stuart M. Phillips

Fish Oil for Healthy Aging: Potential Application to Master Athletes

C. H. Murphy, Chris McGlory

Dairy and Dairy Alternative Supplementation Increase Integrated Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Rates, and Are Further Increased when Combined with Walking in Healthy Older Women

Tanner Stokes, Yixue Mei, F Seo, James McKendry, Chris McGlory, Stuart M. Phillips

2020

Resistance Exercise Training and The Regulation of Muscle Protein Synthesis

Nathan Hodson, Daniel R. Moore, Chris McGlory

Omega-3 fatty acids and human skeletal muscle

Emily J. Ferguson, Joel Seigel, Chris McGlory

Molecular Transducers of Human Skeletal Muscle Remodeling under Different Loading States

Tanner Stokes, James A. Timmons, Hannah Crossland, Thomas R. Tripp, Kevin T. Murphy, Chris McGlory, Cameron J. Mitchell, Sara Y. Oikawa, Robert W. Morton, Bethan E. Phillips, Steven K. Baker, Phillip J. Atherton, Claes Wahlestedt, Stuart M. Phillips

2019

The Influence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Skeletal Muscle Protein Turnover in Health, Disuse, and Disease

Chris McGlory, Philip C. Calder, Everson Araújo Nunes

Scientific Partners

Collaborative Publications

A total of 40 combined peer-reviewed publications showcasing our cross-disciplinary work with global scientific partners.

2026

Regulation of PERM1 and select target genes in human skeletal muscle following fasting and exercise

Eveline Soares Menezes, Hashim Islam, Benjamin B. Arhen, Zeyu Wu, Lauren J Pacitti, Natalia Lyra e Silva, Alessandra Chiarot, S.Y. NG, Jennifer Wilkinson, Joshua P Nederveen, Craig A. Simpson, Chris McGlory, Fernanda G. De Felice, Brendon J. Gurd

Omega‐3 fatty acid supplementation does not attenuate declines in skeletal muscle mitochondrial area in young, healthy females during immobilization

Megan Lo, Merryl N. Black, Chris McGlory, Ravninder Bahniwal, Michael Kamal, Joe Quadrilatero, Stuart M. Phillips, Michaela C. Devries

Acute and Chronic High-Intensity Exercise Differentially Regulate the miRNA Biogenesis Pathway in Human Skeletal Muscle

Zeyu Wu, Eveline S. Menezes, Natalia de M. Lyra e Silva, Benjamin B. Arhen, Lucas P. R. Beaupre, CS Simpson, Chris McGlory, Fernanda G. De Felice, Brendon J. Gurd

2025

Turning over new ideas in human skeletal muscle proteostasis: what do we know and where to from here?

Changhyun Lim (8693979), James McKendry, Matthew Lees (776866), Philip J. Atherton (7240463), Nicholas A. Burd, Andrew M. Holwerda, Luc J. C. van Loon (7832801), Chris McGlory, Cameron J. Mitchell, Kenneth Smith (149075), DANIEL J. WILKINSON, Tanner Stokes, Stuart M. Phillips (24117060)

Turning over new ideas in human skeletal muscle proteostasis: What do we know and where to from here?

Changhyun Lim, James McKendry, Matthew Lees, Philip J. Atherton, Nicholas A. Burd, Andrew M. Holwerda, Luc J. C. van Loon, Chris McGlory, Cameron J. Mitchell, Kenneth Smith, Daniel J. Wilkinson, Tanner Stokes, Stuart M. Phillips

The impact of menstrual phase on lower limb microvascular function, ERα, eNOS, and p-eNOS protein in premenopausal females

Lindsay A. Lew, James P. Thoms, Dylan J. Hian-Cheong, Emily J. Ferguson, Jacob T. Bonafiglia, Chris McGlory, Joe Quadrilatero, Brendon J. Gurd, Kyra E. Pyke

Resistance training load does not determine resistance training‐induced hypertrophy across upper and lower limbs in healthy young males

Matthew Lees, Jonathan C. Mcleod, Robert W. Morton, Brad S. Currier, Matthew Fliss, Sean McKellar, Rajbir Sidhu, Ben N. Stansfield, Erin K. Webb, Chris McGlory, Jatin G. Burniston, Stuart M. Phillips

Memorial Symposium-3: Identification of a Resistance Exercise-Specific Signaling Pathway that Drives Skeletal Muscle Growth

Wenyuan G. Zhu, Aaron Thomas, Gary M. Wilson, Jamie E. Hibbert, Corey Flynn, Chris McGlory, Kent W. Jorgenson, Nathaniel D. Steinert, Kuan‐Hung Lin, Joshua J. Coon, Stuart M. Phillips, Troy A. Hornberger

Identification of a resistance-exercise-specific signalling pathway that drives skeletal muscle growth

Wenyuan G. Zhu, Aaron C. Q. Thomas, Gary M. Wilson, Chris McGlory, Jamie E. Hibbert, Corey Flynn, Ramy K. A. Sayed, Hector G. Paez, Marius Meinhold, Kent W. Jorgenson, Jae‐Sung You, Nathaniel D. Steinert, Kuan‐Hung Lin, Martin J. MacInnis, Joshua J. Coon, Stuart M. Phillips, Troy A. Hornberger

Hemoglobin synthesis rates in young trained and untrained males and females are not different

Hilkka Kontro, Chris McGlory, Martin J. MacInnis

Advancing Geroscience Research – A Scoping Review of Regulatory Environments for Gerotherapeutics

John Muscedere, Carrie Shorey, Gustavo Duque, Perry Kim, Amanda L. Lorbergs, Chris McGlory, Reshma Aziz Merchant, John C. Newman, Yves Rolland, Bruno Vellas

2024

The Effect of Multi-Ingredient Protein versus Collagen Supplementation on Satellite Cell Properties in Males and Females

Mai Wageh, Stephen A. Fortino, Riley Pontello, AHMED MAKLAD, Chris McGlory, Dinesh Kumbhare, Stuart M. Phillips, Gianni Parise

Physiological and perceptual response to critical power anchored HIIT: a sex comparison study

Lauren J Pacitti, Joshua Laberge, Kaitlyn E Shikaze, P Drouin, Michael E. Tschakovsky, Chris McGlory, Brendon J. Gurd

Low baseline ribosome‐related gene expression and resistance training‐induced declines in ribosome‐related gene expression are associated with skeletal muscle hypertrophy in young men and women

Alex Brown, Gianni Parise, Aaron C. Q. Thomas, Sean Y. Ng, Chris McGlory, Stuart M. Phillips, Dinesh Kumbhare, Sophie Joanisse

Impact of exercise and fasting on mitochondrial regulators in human muscle

Eveline Soares Menezes, Hashim Islam, Benjamin B. Arhen, Craig A. Simpson, Chris McGlory, Brendon J. Gurd

Does perceived caloric and nutrient intake influence the acute effect of beverage consumption on cardiovascular function?

Ellen McGarity‐Shipley, Melanie E. Vitez, Evan D. Curd, Raelisa Etwaroo, Emily J. Ferguson, Lindsay A. Lew, Chris McGlory, Kyra E. Pyke

Does Aerobic Exercise Increase Skeletal Muscle Mass in Female and Male Adults?

Robert Ross, Emily John, Chris McGlory, Lance E. Davidson, Paula J. Stotz

Deuterated water ( 2 H 2 O ) can be used to quantify hemoglobin synthesis and red blood cell lifespan in humans

Hilkka Kontro, Chris McGlory, Martin J. MacInnis

2023

Lipidomic studies reveal two specific circulating phosphatidylcholines as surrogate biomarkers of the omega-3 index

Ritchie Ly, Brittany C. MacIntyre, Stuart M. Philips, Chris McGlory, David M. Mutch, Philip Britz‐McKibbin

Effects of omega-3 supplementation on markers of autophagy, apoptosis and mitochondrial area density

Megan Lo, Merryl N. Black, Chris McGlory, Joe Quadrilatero, Michaela C. Devries

Does initial skeletal muscle size or sex affect the magnitude of muscle loss in response to 14 days immobilization?

Vernon G. Coffey, Chris McGlory, Stuart M. Phillips, Thomas M. Doering

AMPK and PGC-α following maximal and supramaximal exercise in men and women: a randomized cross-over study

Benjamin B. Arhen, John R. M. Renwick, Abby K. Zedic, Eveline Soares Menezes, Nicholas Preobrazenski, Christine Simpson, Tanner Stokes, Chris McGlory, Brendon J. Gurd

2022

Short‐term aerobic conditioning prior to resistance training augments muscle hypertrophy and satellite cell content in healthy young men and women

Aaron C. Q. Thomas, Alex Brown, Aidan A. Hatt, Katherine Manta, Anamaria Costa‐Parke, Michael Kamal, Sophie Joanisse, Chris McGlory, Stuart M. Phillips, Dinesh Kumbhare, Gianni Parise

Sex-Based Differences in the Myogenic Response and Inflammatory Gene Expression Following Eccentric Contractions in Humans

Stephen A. Fortino, Mai Wageh, Riley Pontello, Chris McGlory, Dinesh Kumbhare, Stuart M. Phillips, Gianni Parise

Increased protein intake derived from leucine-enriched protein enhances the integrated myofibrillar protein synthetic response to short-term resistance training in untrained men and women: a 4-day randomized controlled trial

Changhyun Lim, Daniel A. Traylor, Chris McGlory, Sophie Joanisse, James McKendry, Tavneet Grewal, Jonathan C. Mcleod, Todd Prior, Everson Araújo Nunes, Matthew Lees, Stuart M. Phillips

Declines in muscle protein synthesis account for short‐term muscle disuse atrophy in humans in the absence of increased muscle protein breakdown

Matthew S. Brook, Tanner Stokes, Stefan H. M. Gorissen, Joseph J. Bass, Chris McGlory, Jessica Cegielski, Daniel J. Wilkinson, Bethan E. Phillips, Kenneth Smith, Stuart M. Phillips, Philip J. Atherton

Aerobic conditioning alters the satellite cell and ribosome response to acute eccentric contractions in young men and women

Alex Brown, Aaron C. Q. Thomas, Aidan A. Hatt, Chris McGlory, Stuart M. Phillips, Dinesh Kumbhare, Gianni Parise, Sophie Joanisse

2021

Two weeks of single-leg immobilization alters intramyocellular lipid storage characteristics in healthy, young women

Merryl N. Black, Jennifer A. Wilkinson, Erin K. Webb, Michael Kamal, Ravninder Bahniwal, Chris McGlory, Stuart M. Phillips, Michaela C. Devries

Transcriptomic links to muscle mass loss and declines in cumulative muscle protein synthesis during short‐term disuse in healthy younger humans

Craig R. G. Willis, Iain J. Gallagher, Daniel J. Wilkinson, Matthew S. Brook, Joseph J. Bass, Bethan E. Phillips, Kenneth Smith, Timothy Etheridge, Tanner Stokes, Chris McGlory, Stefan H. M. Gorissen, Nathaniel J. Szewczyk, Stuart M. Phillips, Philip J. Atherton

The Effect of a Multi-ingredient Supplement on Resistance Training–induced Adaptations

Mai Wageh, Stephen A. Fortino, Chris McGlory, Dinesh Kumbhare, Stuart M. Phillips, Gianni Parise

Brief Vigorous Stair Climbing Effectively Improves Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Randomized Trial

Emily C. Dunford, Sydney E. Valentino, Jonathan Dubberley, Sara Y. Oikawa, Chris McGlory, Eva Lonn, Mary E. Jung, Martin J. Gibala, Stuart M. Phillips, Maureen J. MacDonald

An intron variant of the GLI family zinc finger 3 (GLI3) gene differentiates resistance training‐induced muscle fiber hypertrophy in younger men

Christopher G. Vann, Robert W. Morton, C. Brooks Mobley, Ivan J. Vechetti, Brian K. Ferguson, Cody T. Haun, Shelby C. Osburn, Casey L. Sexton, Carlton D. Fox, Matthew A. Romero, Paul A. Roberson, Sara Y. Oikawa, Chris McGlory, Kaelin C. Young, John J. McCarthy, Stuart M. Phillips, Michael D. Roberts

2020

Serum nonesterified fatty acids have utility as dietary biomarkers of fat intake from fish, fish oil, and dairy in women

Sandi M. Azab, Russell J. de Souza, Koon Teo, Sonia S. Anand, Natalie Williams, Jordan Holzschuher, Chris McGlory, Stuart M. Philips, Philip Britz‐McKibbin

Potato Protein Stimulates Muscle Protein Synthesis At Rest And With Resistance Exercise

Sara Y. Oikawa, Ravninder Bahniwal, Chris McGlory, Steven K. Baker, Stuart M. Phillips

Potato Protein Isolate Stimulates Muscle Protein Synthesis at Rest and with Resistance Exercise in Young Women

Sara Y. Oikawa, Ravninder Bahniwal, Tanya M. Holloway, Changhyun Lim, Jonathan C. Mcleod, Chris McGlory, Steven K. Baker, Stuart M. Phillips

Human skeletal muscle metabolic responses to 6 days of high‐fat overfeeding are associated with dietary n‐3PUFA content and muscle oxidative capacity

Sophie L. Wardle, Lindsay S. Macnaughton, Chris McGlory, Oliver C. Witard, James R. Dick, Philip D. Whitfield, Arny A. Ferrando, Robert R. Wolfe, Il‐Young Kim, D. Lee Hamilton, Colin N. Moran, Kevin D. Tipton, Stuart D. R. Galloway

Both Traditional and Stair Climbing–based HIIT Cardiac Rehabilitation Induce Beneficial Muscle Adaptations

Changhyun Lim, Emily C. Dunford, Sydney E. Valentino, Sara Y. Oikawa, Chris McGlory, Steve Baker, Maureen J. MacDonald, Stuart M. Phillips

2019

Whey protein but not collagen peptides stimulate acute and longer-term muscle protein synthesis with and without resistance exercise in healthy older women: a randomized controlled trial

Sara Y. Oikawa, Michael Kamal, Erin K. Webb, Chris McGlory, Steven K. Baker, Stuart M. Phillips

Lactalbumin, Not Collagen, Augments Muscle Protein Synthesis with Aerobic Exercise

Sara Y. Oikawa, Martin J. MacInnis, Thomas R. Tripp, Chris McGlory, Steven K. Baker, Stuart M. Phillips

Consistent expression pattern of myogenic regulatory factors in whole muscle and isolated human muscle satellite cells after eccentric contractions in humans

Joshua P. Nederveen, Stephen A. Fortino, Jeff Baker, Tim Snijders, Sophie Joanisse, Chris McGlory, Bryon R. McKay, Dinesh Kumbhare, Gianni Parise