Anna Thalacker-Mercer, Cornell University

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Assistant Professor Ithaca, New York aet74@cornell.edu Office: (607) 255-7007

Bio/Research

Using metabolomics to identify and characterize metabolic disturbances underlying the aging skeletal muscle phenotype and the hypertrophic response to resistance exercise training; Understanding impaired leucine stimulated responses in skeletal muscle health using primary human myoblast cell cult...

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Bio/Research

Using metabolomics to identify and characterize metabolic disturbances underlying the aging skeletal muscle phenotype and the hypertrophic response to resistance exercise training; Understanding impaired leucine stimulated responses in skeletal muscle health using primary human myoblast cell cultures; Investigating the role of PYY in skeletal muscle metabolic health; Understanding sex differences in the aging skeletal muscle transcriptome; Using metabolomics to identify links between amino acids and peripheral insulin sensitivity; Analyzing the synergistic effects of whey protein and resistance exercise on muscle hypertrophy in older adults; Single-Cell Somatic Mitochondrial DNA Heteroplasmy; Identifying changes in the human, aging male skeletal muscle methylome

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