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