Michaela Devries-aboud
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Michaela Devris works as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo. She deals with Phsiology and nutrition.
Research Interest
Intraymyocellular lipids (IMCL) are elevated in obese individuals and this has been related to insulin resistance; however, IMCL are also elevated in athletes who are highly insulin sensitive. In my basic research program I am interested in examining whether differences in the localization of IMCL within the muscle fibre and/or co-location of IMCL with mitochondria are related to differences in insulin sensitivity and fat metabolism to better our understanding of the physiological and pathological role of IMCL. I also examine whether there are differences in these relationships between the sexes.
Publications
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Mahoney DJ, Rodriguez C, Devries M, Yasuda N, Tarnopolsky MA. Effects of highâ€intensity endurance exercise training in the G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Muscle & nerve. 2004 May 1;29(5):656-62.
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Crane JD, Devries MC, Safdar A, Hamadeh MJ, Tarnopolsky MA. The effect of aging on human skeletal muscle mitochondrial and intramyocellular lipid ultrastructure. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2009 Dec 3;65(2):119-28.
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Tarnopolsky MA, Rennie CD, Robertshaw HA, Fedak-Tarnopolsky SN, Devries MC, Hamadeh MJ. Influence of endurance exercise training and sex on intramyocellular lipid and mitochondrial ultrastructure, substrate use, and mitochondrial enzyme activity. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 2007 Mar 1;292(3):R1271-8.
