Research
Research grants
Denervation of small numbers of fibres during ageing leads to dysregulation of ROS and functional changes in whole skeletal muscles
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2013 - March 2016
Dietary polyphenols as modulators of redox signalling pathways to reduce chronio inflammation in the elderly
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2011 - January 2015
Centre of Excellence in musculoskeletal ageing research (MRC CIMA)
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2012 - December 2017
Translational research into Frailty for the benefit of Older People
THE DOWAGER COUNTESS ELEANOR PEEL TRUST (UK)
February 2009 - April 2012
Molecular mechanisms of preservation of muscle with age by HSP70.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
August 2002 - July 2004
Extracellular Reactive Oxygen Species as Propagators of Tissue Ageing.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2002 - February 2006
Insulin resistance mediates age-related loss of muscle mass and function
RESEARCH INTO AGEING
February 2007 - February 2010
Pilot Study to investigate the role of glutamine in the early protective stress response.
INTENSIVE CARE SOCIETY (UK)
July 2006 - July 2009
Role of defective mitochondrial function in the loss of skeletal muscle and weakness that occurs in patients with chronic renal failure
MERSEY KIDNEY FIRST (UK)
June 2011 - November 2013
Capacity building award in integrative mammalian biology
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2007 - October 2015
Modulation of aberrant mitochondrial and cytokine production in muscles of patients with CFS by polyphenols
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, THE ME ASSOCIATION (UK)
September 2012 - April 2016
Free radical generation by skeletal muscle: signals for adaptation to contractile activity?
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
February 2001 - February 2004
The role of heat shock proteins in ageing-related loss of muscle function.
RESEARCH INTO AGEING
April 1998 - April 2001
Examination of the effect of antioxidant supplementation on the ability of cells from the elderly to respond to stress.
ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST (UK)
August 2001 - July 2002
The role of heat shock proteins in glutamine-induced protection of skeletal muscle during sepsis.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2005 - December 2008
The role of Heat Shock Factor activation in the age related failure of regeneration in skeletal muscles of old mice.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2006 - September 2009
Ageing-Related Skeletal Muscle Weakness: Mechanisms of Prevention by Stress Proteins.
RESEARCH INTO AGEING
October 2001 - September 2006
Are reactive oxygen species a mediator of skeletal muscle damage and weakness in IIM?
THE MYOSITIS ASSOCIATION (TMA) (USA)
January 2015 - December 2020
Motor unit remodelling contributes to the age-related loss of skeletal muscle fibres
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2015 - June 2018