NHLBI Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Seminar: Circadian Clocks and Exercise: Partners in Health

 

NHLBI Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Seminar: Circadian Clocks and Exercise: Partners in Health

September 9, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET

About this Seminar:

In this one-hour webinar, Karyn Esser, Ph.D., will discuss the role of circadian biology in the response to exercise. Dr. Esser's presentation will focus on how the time of exercise impacts molecular, metabolic, and physiologic responses and how it can modulate the settings of the circadian clocks in skeletal muscle. She will also discuss the potential use of scheduled exercise as a therapeutic intervention for aging and metabolic diseases.

Preregistration is not required. Click to watch the seminar.

Note: This seminar will be available after the live session using the same link.


About the speaker:

Dr. Esser is a Professor and Chair of the Physiology and Aging department and co-Director of the University of Florida Pepper Center. Dr. Esser’s lab has been at the forefront of the study of circadian rhythms and skeletal muscle health. In 2002, her lab made a serendipitous discovery that genes controlling the body’s “biological clock” were also part of the response of muscle to contractions. This discovery changed the trajectory of her research, and her focus switched to understanding circadian clock biology in skeletal muscle. Over the years, Dr. Esser’s group has demonstrated that the muscle circadian clock is necessary for maintaining healthy metabolism and muscle strength. In addition, her work has uncovered one of the muscle clock's roles in contributing to the features of sleep. Her lab is actively working on multiple areas such as: 1) defining the molecular network in muscle regulated by the circadian clock, 2) learning how exercise works with the circadian clock to help promote tissue and systemic health, and 3) learning how aging changes the circadian clock function in skeletal muscle and other tissues.



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