Looking for physical therapy research or a research mentor?

Our lab investigates the underlying mechanisms of the effect of age on physical function and skeletal muscle physiology, and uses various modes of exercise as a therapy to mitigate age-related decline. We typically use preclinical mouse models of aging, exercise and sarcopenia. Our recent work involves using techniques such as mass spectrometry and Next Generation Sequencing to understand the intersection of aging/transcriptomics/proteomics/exercise. We are particularly interested in mechanisms determining why exercise has different efficacy between individuals (the high/low exercise responder phenomenon), and why some individuals lose physical function capacity at a faster rate than others during aging, and conversely, why some are better preserved (differential aging).

We are located on the 6^th floor of the Brody School of Medicine. If you are interested in working in a basic science wet-lab environment, I encourage you to go to the lab website: https://cahs.ecu.edu/graberlab and see for yourself some of the work that we do. We are always looking for motivated students to join our lab to investigate the mysteries of aging. You can contact us via the website, or at grabert19@ecu.edu .

Best,

Ted G. Graber, PhD

Assistant Professor

ECU College of Allied Health Sciences

Department of Physical Therapy