November 20, 2023
Roadmap for transformative healthy ageing research
On Tuesday 21 November, MyAge published a roadmap to help shape the future of muscle resilience research. The MyAge Roadmap, which is the main deliverable from the network, outlines the key questions and strategies for future research into muscle resilience, and makes recommendations for funders, policy makers and the research community. Over the past 22 […]
October 25, 2023
MyAge to release a roadmap for muscle resilience research
The main deliverable from the two-year MyAge project has been to produce a roadmap document that sets out the priorities for future muscle resilience research and the approaches most likely to lead to a longer healthspan (the number of years we remain generally in good health). MyAge network event, London, 21 November, 11:00-16:30 (networking from […]
October 17, 2023
MyAge-funded research supports World Menopause Day
Today, 18th October 2023, is World Menopause Day, and we’re delighted to share some of the important projects that MyAge has helped to fund in this area. Our policy brief, A lifelong approach to muscle resilience: implications for policy and practice, notes that females typically live longer and have younger ‘biological age’ than males. Importantly, […]
October 16, 2023
The implications of the menopausal transition on neuromuscular function
MyAge funded Dr Jessica Piasecki to work with Dr Paul Ansdell and Dr Daniele Magistro on a ‘proof of concept’ study investigating how the menopausal transition may influence how our brain controls our muscles. Jessica explains more about the project. What’s the problem you wanted to address? Females typically live longer than males but spend a […]
October 11, 2023
Understanding the impact of age and physical fitness on ‘faster ageing’ muscle
MyAge awarded proof-of-concept funding to four early career researchers, Dr Mark Burton (University of Southampton), Dr Nidia Rodriguez-Sanchez, Dr Lewis Macgregor (both University of Stirling), and Dr José Areta (Liverpool John Moores University), as well as Dr Iain Gallagher (Edinburgh Napier University), Dr Harnish Patel (University Hospital Southampton), Professor Karen Lillycrop (University of Southampton) and […]
October 11, 2023
Identifying ways to restore the regenerative potential of muscles as we age
Dr Colleen Deane, a muscle biologist and early career researcher (University of Southampton) received MyAge proof-of-concept funding to collaborate with Dr Owen Rackham, a systems biologist, also from Southampton, and The Alan Turing Institute. What did you do? Our objective was to combine volunteer muscle tissue samples with cutting-edge experimental and computational tools to help […]
October 6, 2023
Understanding the role of resolution physiology in the sarcopenic phenotype.
Dr Luke Baker (University of Leicester) has received funding from MyAge to spend time in the laboratory of Prof Jesmond Dalli (Queen Mary University of London), to develop new skills in the detection and analysis of substances that occur naturally in the body at very low levels, yet are important in controlling inflammation. Luke’s secondment […]
October 6, 2023
The implications of the menopausal transition on women’s ability to consciously control movement and interact with their environment (neuromuscular function)
The implications of the menopausal transition on women’s ability to consciously control movement and interact with their environment (neuromuscular function) Padraig Spillane, a PhD candidate from Northumbria University (under the supervision of Dr Paul Ansdell) has expertise in non-invasive neurostimulation, which helps to assess the brain’s ability to generate motor commands. MyAge funded him […]
October 6, 2023
Studying the gut-muscle axis: the contribution of the gut microbiome to skeletal muscle anabolic resistance
This small grant helped to fund a meeting with a diverse group of researchers with a shared interest in muscle resilience, ageing and human health. Their specialisms included: a microbiologist, immunologists, multiple muscle physiologists, metabolic and integrative physiologists and cell-and human-based researchers. Dr Paul Morgan from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK explains how he worked with: […]
October 6, 2023
The validity and reliability of three-dimensional scanning to examine limb volume and cross-sectional area
Who was involved with this project? Dr Jack Ashby – Nottingham Trent University collaborating with Dr Oliver Witard – King’s College London. What was the key health/social challenge you wanted to begin to solve in this short project? The loss of muscle size, strength and function (sarcopenia) is an age-related process, which can cause significant […]