School of Kinesiology postdoctoral fellow, Jacob Sorensen, PhD, and assistant professor, Sarah Greising, PhD, recently contributed to a manuscript published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 

The work “Lifelong Ulk1-mediated autophagy deficiency in muscle induces mitochondrial dysfunction and contractile weakness” is part of a collaborative project directed by Dr. Jarrod Call at the University of Georgia. This manuscript is part of a Special Issue of the journal related to “Remodeling of Mitochondria in Cancer and Other Diseases“. The work investigated the dual role of Ulk1-mediated autophagy in skeletal muscle aging.