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To apply for a research degree, please make sure you fulfill the entry requirements and then complete the online research degree application form and upload your supporting documents.
You should have a good honours degree (2:1 or above) or masters degree or equivalent in the relevant subject area.
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An In Vitro Model for Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Adaptation Following Exercise Related Physiological Cues.
Professor Mark Lewis (Director of Studies), Dr. Paul Castle (2nd Supervisor), Dr Vivek Mudera (External Supervisor, UCL).
In vivo research has begun to outline many of the signalling events that contribute an increased function of skeletal muscle following exercise. In spite of a surge in molecular work in vivo, methodological limitations including exercise protocol, sampling method and inter-individual differences have hindered progress. To this end, in vitro models have recently been employed with the aim of reducing in vivo limitations. The aim of my current research is to further characterise an existing 3D in vitro model of skeletal muscle (Mudera et al, 2010) to investigate the cellular and molecular adaptations to divergent mechanical stimuli, with respect to in vivo exercise.
2006-2009 BSc (Hons) First Class, Sport Science and Personal Training, University of Bedfordshire.
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