Gamu, Daniel

University of British Columbia, 2023, Michael Smith Postdoctoral Fellow (Medical Genetics)

University of Waterloo, 2017, PhD (Kinesiology)

University of Waterloo, 2011, MSc (Kinesiology)

Western University, 2007, BSc (Biology)

KIN 232 Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Health

• Systems Biology, Exercise and Health

• Skeletal muscle plasticity
• Exercise physiology/metabolism
• Biological determinants of energy expenditure
• Obesity/diabetes pathophysiology
• Epigenetics

See Google Scholar and PubMed for a list of current publications.

Broadly speaking, our lab examines cellular mechanisms controlling the malleable nature of both skeletal muscles and adipose tissues, two organs important for modulating energy consumption and storage. In particular, we are interested in how histones, the proteins that help package our DNA neatly inside of the nucleus, regulate gene programs important for determining muscle/adipose development and metabolism, including adaptations to exercise training and perturbations in energy balance. We use numerous cellular and molecular techniques, coupled with deep metabolic phenotyping, to tease apart how post-translational modifications to histones impact these variables in the context of health and disease. Our work spans numerous levels of investigation, from cell, tissue, to whole organism.

Enthusiastic and team-oriented undergraduate and graduates students are encouraged to contact me at the address above. I am deeply committed to building and fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive research team and lab environment, where trainees feel comfortable and supported pursuing their goals and ideas. I strongly encourage members of underrepresented groups, including (but not limited to) racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, and persons with disabilities to apply within.