From stem cells to performance: The role of skeletal muscle in challenging perceptions of human ageing
Stephen Harridge obtained his PhD from the University of Birmingham and then undertook 3 years of post-doctoral research in Scandinavia at the Karolinska Institute (Sweden) and at the Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre (Denmark) with Professor Bent Saltin. On return to the UK he held a series of faculty appointments at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine and in the Department of Physiology at University College London, where he was also a Welcome Trust Research Fellow.
In 2005 he was appointed Professor of Human & Applied Physiology at King’s College London. In 2010 he established and is currently Director of the Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences (Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine). He is also co-Director of Ageing Research at King’s. Since 2012 he has been Editor in Chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.
His research is multi-disciplinary, using single cell through to whole-body exercise physiology approaches. This has primarily been with the aim of increasing understanding of the biology of human skeletal muscle regarding its function and adaptability. A particular focus has been on healthy human ageing, but his research also encompasses the effects of critical illness and the aerospace environment.
This seminar is hosted by Professor Robert Boushel, UBC School of Kinesiology.