Members of the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL), led by Sarah Greising, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, will attend and present research at the Experimental Biology meeting, held virtually this year on April 27-30.

Dr. Greising will chair the symposium “Regenerative Rehabilitation: Optimizing the Functional Recovery of Skeletal Muscle.” This symposium brings together speakers who will discuss aspects of regenerative rehabilitation in traumatic musculoskeletal conditions, neuromuscular disorders, and pathologic conditions such as volumetric muscle loss, muscular dystrophy, and peripheral artery disease respectively.

Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Christiana Raymond-Pope will present a poster, entitled “Whole-Body and Remaining Muscle-Specific Metabolic Function is Limited Following Volumetric Muscle Loss.” This work evaluated the impact of traumatic injury on fuel utilization at the whole-body and muscle fiber specific level. The study is co-authored by SMPRL lab members Alec Basten and Kyle Dalske, and colleagues at the University of Georgia Jennifer McFaline-Figueroa, Tate Hunda, and Dr. Jarrod Call.