The Rasmussen Lab
@therasmussenlab.bsky.social
Skeletal muscle physiology, metabolism, exercise and aging. School of Medicine, Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology and Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies — UT San Antonio.
We welcome Dr. Jared Rutter to San Antonio this week! @rutterlab.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We welcome Dr. Jared Rutter to San Antonio this week! @rutterlab.bsky.social
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👏 Big news from @uthealthsa.bsky.social !
The Claude D. Pepper Center secured a $6.5M NIH grant to expand aging research—adding a new Molecular Phenotyping Core and strengthening efforts to help older adults maintain independence in South Texas. 🧬⏳
#AgingResearch #PepperCenter
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The Claude D. Pepper Center secured a $6.5M NIH grant to expand aging research—adding a new Molecular Phenotyping Core and strengthening efforts to help older adults maintain independence in South Texas. 🧬⏳
#AgingResearch #PepperCenter
👉 bit.ly/46kSHdj
San Antonio Pepper Center secures $6.5M grant to advance aging research - UT Health San Antonio
The population of older Americans is expanding rapidly and is expected to double by 2060. While people are living longer than ever, many are also living with chronic health problems that impact their ...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
👏 Big news from @uthealthsa.bsky.social !
The Claude D. Pepper Center secured a $6.5M NIH grant to expand aging research—adding a new Molecular Phenotyping Core and strengthening efforts to help older adults maintain independence in South Texas. 🧬⏳
#AgingResearch #PepperCenter
👉 bit.ly/46kSHdj
The Claude D. Pepper Center secured a $6.5M NIH grant to expand aging research—adding a new Molecular Phenotyping Core and strengthening efforts to help older adults maintain independence in South Texas. 🧬⏳
#AgingResearch #PepperCenter
👉 bit.ly/46kSHdj
We are looking forward to hearing from Dr. Teresa Zimmers today in San Antonio.
September 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We are looking forward to hearing from Dr. Teresa Zimmers today in San Antonio.
Sean Kilroe, a productive postdoctoral fellow in the lab, is the first author on a new paper from the lab where we used deuterated water to assess protein synthesis during a week of disuse and exercise rehabilitation. journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Integrated Muscle Protein Synthesis During Disuse and Rehabilitation in Late-Midlife Adults | American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology | American Physiological...
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the sex-specific differences in how late-midlife adults respond to short term disuse and rehabilitation. Methods: Sixteen, late-midlife adults, who we...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Sean Kilroe, a productive postdoctoral fellow in the lab, is the first author on a new paper from the lab where we used deuterated water to assess protein synthesis during a week of disuse and exercise rehabilitation. journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
We are excited to announce that Dr. JP Palavicini has joined the Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology as an Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, at the Long School of Medicine at UT San Antonio. His expertise is in aging, neurodegeneration, and metabolism. lsom.uthscsa.edu/physiology/t...
Juan Pablo Palavicini, Ph.D. - Cellular and Integrative Physiology
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September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We are excited to announce that Dr. JP Palavicini has joined the Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology as an Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, at the Long School of Medicine at UT San Antonio. His expertise is in aging, neurodegeneration, and metabolism. lsom.uthscsa.edu/physiology/t...
Happy to share a new paper led by Pauline Brochet and in collaboration with some of our MoTrPAC colleagues.
Endurance Training Enhances Sex-Specific Cardioprotective Metabolism | Circulation Research www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Endurance Training Enhances Sex-Specific Cardioprotective Metabolism | Circulation Research www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Endurance Training Enhances Sex-Specific Cardioprotective Metabolism | Circulation Research
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August 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy to share a new paper led by Pauline Brochet and in collaboration with some of our MoTrPAC colleagues.
Endurance Training Enhances Sex-Specific Cardioprotective Metabolism | Circulation Research www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Endurance Training Enhances Sex-Specific Cardioprotective Metabolism | Circulation Research www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kureel, a talented postdoctoral fellow in the lab, has put together a comprehensive review of a hot topic in aging - ferroptosis. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40768631/
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August 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kureel, a talented postdoctoral fellow in the lab, has put together a comprehensive review of a hot topic in aging - ferroptosis. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40768631/
www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...
www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...
A recent paper from the lab. Zach Von Ruff, a recently graduated PhD student, shows the time course of human skeletal muscle gene expression during disuse and exercise rehabilitation.
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August 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A recent paper from the lab. Zach Von Ruff, a recently graduated PhD student, shows the time course of human skeletal muscle gene expression during disuse and exercise rehabilitation.
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We are excited to announce that Dr. Yi Zhu has joined the Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology as an Associate Professor at the UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine and the Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies - where her lab is located.
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Yi Zhu, Ph.D. - Cellular and Integrative Physiology
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August 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We are excited to announce that Dr. Yi Zhu has joined the Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology as an Associate Professor at the UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine and the Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies - where her lab is located.
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We welcome Dr. Cholsoon Jang from UC Irvine to San Antonio for the Molecular Metabolism Seminar Series.
July 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We welcome Dr. Cholsoon Jang from UC Irvine to San Antonio for the Molecular Metabolism Seminar Series.
I am happy to announce that Anya Kalenta successfully defended her dissertation today. It was a pleasure working with her over the last 4 years. Congratulations Dr. Kalenta!!
June 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I am happy to announce that Anya Kalenta successfully defended her dissertation today. It was a pleasure working with her over the last 4 years. Congratulations Dr. Kalenta!!
Please join us at the Mayan Dude Ranch in Bandera, Texas (October 9-12, 2025) for the annual Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging. The theme this year is “Dietary Approaches to Geroscience Intervention.”
May 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Please join us at the Mayan Dude Ranch in Bandera, Texas (October 9-12, 2025) for the annual Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging. The theme this year is “Dietary Approaches to Geroscience Intervention.”
We welcome Dr. Jim Carson, the new Director of the Texas A&M Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine & Human Performance, to San Antonio for our Molecular Metabolism Seminar Series.
May 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We welcome Dr. Jim Carson, the new Director of the Texas A&M Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine & Human Performance, to San Antonio for our Molecular Metabolism Seminar Series.
We’re proud to be a Semifinalist team of #XPRIZEHealthspan, a 7-year, $101 million global competition that aims to revolutionize the way we approach human aging. We look forward to this next chapter of the competition as we continue to develop our therapeutic to extend healthspan. @xprize.org
May 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We’re proud to be a Semifinalist team of #XPRIZEHealthspan, a 7-year, $101 million global competition that aims to revolutionize the way we approach human aging. We look forward to this next chapter of the competition as we continue to develop our therapeutic to extend healthspan. @xprize.org
Congratulations to Erik Marchant, a 3rd year PhD student in the lab, on his first publication from his dissertation. Erik used low-frequency ultrasound in old mice with insulin resistance and diabetes.
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Low-Frequency Ultrasound Reverses Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Induced Changes in the Muscle Transcriptome in Aged Mice | American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism | American Phys...
The risk for developing insulin resistance and type II diabetes increases with age. Although lifestyle factors contribute to age-related insulin resistance, aging itself independently reduces insulin ...
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May 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Congratulations to Erik Marchant, a 3rd year PhD student in the lab, on his first publication from his dissertation. Erik used low-frequency ultrasound in old mice with insulin resistance and diabetes.
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Dr. Sean Kilroe has published his first paper as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab. He used a multi-omics approach to outline which metabolic pathways are impacted in human skeletal muscle in response to physical inactivity.
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Human Skeletal Muscle Disuse Atrophy has Profound and Negative Effects on the Muscle Metabolome and Lipidome | American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism | American Physiological Soci...
We investigated how short-term muscle disuse altered the skeletal muscle metabolome, lipidome and transcriptome in middle-aged adults. We report that the energy metabolism pathways: Nicotinate and nic...
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April 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Dr. Sean Kilroe has published his first paper as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab. He used a multi-omics approach to outline which metabolic pathways are impacted in human skeletal muscle in response to physical inactivity.
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Dr. Reuben Shaw from the Salk Institute will be joining us in San Antonio this week!
April 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Dr. Reuben Shaw from the Salk Institute will be joining us in San Antonio this week!
Anya Kalenta, a final year PhD student in the lab, has published the first paper from her dissertation. Congratulations Anya!!
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Constitutively Active mTORC1 Signaling Modifies the Skeletal Muscle Metabolome and Lipidome Response to Exercise | Journal of Applied Physiology | American Physiological Society
A chronic increase in mTORC1 signaling is implicated in reduced longevity, altered metabolism, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Abnormal mTORC1 signaling may also be involved in the etiology of sarcopen...
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April 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Anya Kalenta, a final year PhD student in the lab, has published the first paper from her dissertation. Congratulations Anya!!
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Dr. Troy Hornberger is in San Antonio today. We are excited to hear about mTORC1 activation by muscle contraction.
April 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Dr. Troy Hornberger is in San Antonio today. We are excited to hear about mTORC1 activation by muscle contraction.
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Brian Finck to San Antonio this week.
March 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Brian Finck to San Antonio this week.
Is there an alternative to senolytics to remove senescent cells? Take a look at our new publication in Aging Cell where we collaborated with the late Mike Sheetz lab to Rejuvenate Senescent Cells with low frequency ultrasound.
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March 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Is there an alternative to senolytics to remove senescent cells? Take a look at our new publication in Aging Cell where we collaborated with the late Mike Sheetz lab to Rejuvenate Senescent Cells with low frequency ultrasound.
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New publication from the lab in GeroScience. Resistance exercise does some nice things to muscle in older men including reducing markers of stress, inflammation and cellular senescence.
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Resistance exercise training in older men reduces ATF4-activated and senescence-associated mRNAs in skeletal muscle - GeroScience
Sarcopenia increases the risk of frailty, morbidity, and mortality in older adults. Resistance exercise training improves muscle size and function; however, the response to exercise training is variab...
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February 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New publication from the lab in GeroScience. Resistance exercise does some nice things to muscle in older men including reducing markers of stress, inflammation and cellular senescence.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Deeply saddened by the passing of Prof. Mike Sheetz, a true leader in Mechanobiology. His groundbreaking work on Kinesin, membrane organization, and mechanotransduction has left an indelible mark. A tremendous loss to science. #Mechanobiology #Science #LaskerAward
February 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Deeply saddened by the passing of Prof. Mike Sheetz, a true leader in Mechanobiology. His groundbreaking work on Kinesin, membrane organization, and mechanotransduction has left an indelible mark. A tremendous loss to science. #Mechanobiology #Science #LaskerAward
We are happy to welcome Dr. Jun Liu from the Mayo Clinic to UT Health San Antonio today.
January 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We are happy to welcome Dr. Jun Liu from the Mayo Clinic to UT Health San Antonio today.
Looking forward to hearing from Dr. Ben Miller today at UT Health San Antonio
January 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Looking forward to hearing from Dr. Ben Miller today at UT Health San Antonio