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@KevinMurachPhD

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Studying muscle in the Ozark mountains - M3R Lab. Bourbon aficionado. Amateur watch builder. Average exerciser. My wife says I’m a “six wing five”.

University of Arkansas
Joined September 2019
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@KevinMurachPhD
Kevin Murach
1 year
I really like this comparison of mouse and human muscle by @DyarKen and @JonoSmith01 . This is in the supplements of the @NatRevMCB article with @JuleenRZierath . Don’t overlook the bonus coverage! #myotwitter
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@KevinMurachPhD
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New paper in @ScienceMagazine . Muscle fiber repair in response to non-regenerative injury is satellite cell-independent and involves myonuclear relocation. A cool study that builds on a growing body of literature. #myotwitter
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This figure draws inspiration from the work of @brianglancylab and others and describes our current understanding of muscle structure and contraction. #myotwitter @MYOTWlTTER @JonoSmith01 @DyarKen @JuleenRZierath @NatRevMCB
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@KevinMurachPhD
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1 year
A real tour de force on muscle hypertrophy! A big author line of heavy hitters. Well-done! Mechanisms of mechanical overload-induced skeletal muscle hypertrophy: current understanding and future directions @DrMikeRoberts @kaesser and many more! #myotwitter
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@KevinMurachPhD
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2 years
Who will win?
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7 months
Satellite cells can fuse without first dividing during adult muscle fiber hypertrophy 🤯 Amazing work from @UKYCMB @AhmedIsmaeelPhD feat. @Thomas_Rando “Division-Independent Differentiation of Muscle Stem Cells During a Growth Stimulus” #myotwitter
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@KevinMurachPhD
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Fully-funded PhD position in my lab. Spread it around. Email me if you’re interested! #myotwitter
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2 years
Shout out to @CBrightwellPhD @ChrisFryPhD Dr. Cory Dungan et al. @UKYCMB @UArkResearch @uacoehp for the cover shot in @APS_Function @APSPublications to go with our recent article. Muscle is so photogenic. #myotwitter
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6 months
This is an amazing graphical abstract. I love making graphical abstracts and this is the level I’m striving for in 2024. Props to @OdedRechavi and team. Happy New Year!
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@KevinMurachPhD
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I’m looking for a post-doc! In addition to working on a fun @NIHAging project, you get to live in one of the best outdoor recreation places in America, collaborate with great folks including @UACachexia and @AIMRC_UofA , and join a growing team. #myotwitter
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2 years
Grad student presentations in my Muscle Phys class today and they hit me with this on the summary slide. 💯
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@KevinMurachPhD
Kevin Murach
3 years
“Late-life exercise mitigates skeletal muscle epigenetic aging” in @AgingCell from my lab & @UKYCMB Drs. Yuan Wen, @cbrightwellphd , Christine Latham, Cory Dungan, @chrisfryphd and Drs. Andrea Wiley and Stan Watowich of Ridgeline Therapeutics. #myotwitter 🎄
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Chipped away on this for about 18 months, taking our time to perfect the beat. The last satellite cell paper from my training days, and open access for you @jjmcca2_john @estheredupont @chrisfryphd @UKYCMB @FASEBorg and Dr. Charlotte Peterson #myotwitter
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3 years
Always pumped to get some muscle on the cover! Thanks @APSPublications @APS_Function and congrats to first author Yuan Wen MD/PhD on his first cover (Dr. Wen brought you MyoVision as well...he’s incredible). #myotwitter
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3 years
It’s published at last! A massive cell atlas of muscle regeneration and a super awesome resource for the muscle field. Kudos to @bdcosgrove and his team #myotwitter
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First day teaching as a faculty member. Only took 12+ years as a trainee to arrive at this point. Here we go!
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3 years
Here’s the cover art for our most recent review in @FASEBorg Journal. It’s a “satellite” cell…get it!? I’ll see myself out. #myotwitter @UKYCMB @estheredupont @jjmcca2_john @chrisfryphd @biorender
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1 year
Cover art for the newest issue of @JPhysiol given to article by @DrJimmyBagley @lancetdenes ! The art is called “Spheres of Influence” and was made by a dear friend of mine. @RonaldGJones3 article is in this issue too! #myotwitter @MYOTWlTTER
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Our new review article on the role of miRNAs in satellite cells is free to download! @PJKoopmans @AhmedIsmaeelPhD @KasiaWhysall #myotwitter
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3 years
Cover art and a dram of bourbon (Eagle Rare single barrel store pick if you’re wondering….it doesn’t suck). Happy Friday #myotwitter @eaglerarelife @buffalotrace @glencairnglass
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@ChrisFryPhD
Christopher Fry
2 years
Thrilled to see our image on the cover of @AJPCellPhys ! Confocal credit goes to our amazing crew @CBrightwellPhD @AlexKeeble5 @NickTThomas @ChristineLath @UKYCMB This was a fun review to write with @KevinMurachPhD @UofA_ESRC
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@KevinMurachPhD
Kevin Murach
3 years
Day 31: Honored and excited to join @UofA_ESRC @uacoehp @uarkansas and learn new things, start new collaborations, and work with eager students. Here’s a picture of @UACachexia Dr. Nic Greene and I unloading some of the samples I brought along. Fun times ahead! #myotwitter
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Kevin Murach
2 years
New in @JPhysiol “Cross Talk proposal: Myonuclei are lost with ageing and atrophy” (Kirby/ Dupont-Versteegden) vs “Cross Talk opposing view: Myonuclei do not undergo apoptosis during skeletal muscle atrophy” (Schwartz/Gundersen) with rebuttals! #myotwitter
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@KevinMurachPhD
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4 years
A slick cover image for our recent @APS_Function article. Props to the @UKYCMB crew @IVechetti @Doug_VanPelt @ChrisFryPhD and others!
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@KevinMurachPhD
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2 years
Caught this while flying into Stockholm. #sweden #potofgold
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7 months
Super pumped on the final version of our @APSPhysiology @APS_Function by @AhmedIsmaeelPhD and @NickTThomas that is now up online as well as the gorgeous cover art by @DrawImpacts ! #myotwitter
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Kevin Murach
2 years
Back at it again with w/ @FerdinandvW @IVechetti “Multi-transcriptome analysis following an acute skeletal muscle growth stimulus yields tools for discerning global and MYC regulatory networks” with open webtools for checking your favorite genes #myotwitter
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One for the road to wrap up 2023! Happy to share the stage with Prof. Peterson of @UKYCMB who has made big contributions to this area. “A muscle exercise research revolution powered by -omics at single cell and nucleus resolution” @BMCBiology #myotwitter
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2 years
A short review by a first-year PhD student in the lab @PJKoopmans “Going nuclear: Molecular adaptations to exercise mediated by myonuclei”. Good job PJ! #myotwitter @UofA_ESRC @UARKHHPR @uacoehp @UofA_Research
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2 years
Great trip to London with @CWSundberg for the @JPhysiol editorial board meeting. We of course found a place that had the good stuff for the right price too. Today was a good day.
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6 months
Doing some holiday science with @PJKoopmans . Shout out to @miltenyibiotec for the BMW green Tyto #myotwitter
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“Current limitations and future opportunities of tracer studies of muscle ageing”. An important read for muscle researchers studying aging and protein turnover! Lots of food for thought and things to consider. @JPhysiol #myotwitter
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3 years
It’s my last month as a post-doc in @UKYCMB To honor the people and projects from the last 6 y, over the next month I will post a paper we published together and tag the folks involved. Here’s my first pub from the lab circa 2016 @chrisfryphd #myotwitter
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Kevin Murach
4 years
Do your mice even lift? A new review from @UKYCMB published in @APSPublications @japplphysiol where we summarize all the very recent advances in ways to “resistance train” your mice. Hopefully will be a good resource for the #myotwitter community!
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@KevinMurachPhD
Kevin Murach
3 years
Day 11: A book chapter on muscle mass regulation with Dr. John McCarthy. John gave me opportunity after opportunity to be successful. I am indebted to him. A great mentor. @jjmcca2_john #myotwitter @UKYCMB
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@KevinMurachPhD
Kevin Murach
2 years
Our paper in @AJPCellPhys was published in its final form. Love the new look of the articles! Grateful that the summary figure was published in color, which I thought was scientifically justified. Thx to @UKYCMB @Ferdinandv , Drs. Wen and Dungan #myotwitter
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@KevinMurachPhD
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8 months
From @PJKoopmans in collab with @AhmedIsmaeelPhD and @KasiaWhysall “The roles of miRNAs in adult skeletal muscle satellite cells”. Lots of questions still to answer! @SFRBM @UKYCMB @uniofgalway @UArkResearch @UofA_ESRC @UARKHHPR #myotwitter
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Kevin Murach
3 years
Day 30: The minds behind the muscle! I was so fortunate to work with great mentors and colleagues @UKYCMB over the last 6 years (L to R): Drs. Charlotte Peterson, Chris Fry, John McCarthy, Esther Dupont-Versteegden, and Kate Kosmac. #myotwitter On to the next adventure✌️
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@KevinMurachPhD
Kevin Murach
1 year
I got to live my dream today. Picked a barrel of Weller Full Proof bourbon @BuffaloTrace . An experience I will never forget. #bourbon #Kentucky #singlebarrel #IYKYK
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Kevin Murach
3 years
@japplphysiol
Journal of Applied Physiology
3 years
#ImagesOfTheWeek : “Fiber typing human skeletal muscle with fluorescent immunohistochemistry” By: Kevin A. Murach, et al. Read more here: @universityofky @KevinMurachPhD @MarcasBamman #JAPPL #Immunohistochemistry
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@KevinMurachPhD
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2 years
Hey #myotwitter join me in welcoming @corydungan . We were postdocs together @UKYCMB for 5 years and he now has his own lab @Baylor . I wouldn’t be where I am without him. He’s studying senescence in muscle among many many other things!
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4 years
New stuff from @UKYCMB DNA damage more associated with obesity than aging in human skeletal muscle. Huge effort from my friend and colleague Dr. Cory Dungan!
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Kevin Murach
3 years
Day 10: Hot off the press today! 🎉 Another brilliant piece from Dr. Yuan Wen, @DavisEnglund @UKYCMB Myonuclear transcriptional dynamics in response to exercise following satellite cell depletion #myotwitter
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Kevin Murach
2 years
Thanks @NickTThomas for the #labswag hookup! Go with Stowebridge. They’re awesome. Can’t wait rock this stuff at IBEC next week! #myotwitter
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Kevin Murach
2 years
I love being an Editorial Board Fellow as much as I love publishing in @JPhysiol !! This has been a great experience for me and encourage anyone who is interested to apply. Great people, great society, and great science. You can’t lose! #myotwitter
@ThePhySoc
The Physiological Society
2 years
Are you an #ECR wanting editorial experience with a prestigious journal? Apply for @JPhysiol 's Editorial Board Fellowship, where you'll gain valuable insight under the guidance of a Senior Editor. 🚨 Deadline: 14 Feb 🔗 Apply:
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Resistance training for the win! #myotwitter
@agingdoc1
Agingdoc⭐David Barzilai🔔MD PhD MS MBA DipABLM🩺
9 months
Strength training is more effective than aerobic exercise for improving glycaemic control and body composition in people with normal-weight type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial
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2 years
We are hiring! “…especially interested in candidates with a research focus in metabolism (e.g. cell, tissue, or whole body metabolism). This includes, but is not limited to, research in obesity, diabetes, aging, cachexia, or any other conditions and interventions…” #myotwitter
@UACachexia
UA Cachexia Lab
2 years
Our program is looking for a new TT Assistant Prof with a focus in metabolism! Check it out! Great group of colleagues, exciting place to work on metabolism. Questions: npgreene @uark .edu @UARKHHPR @UofA_ESRC @AIMRC_UofA @KevinMurachPhD @tawashin45 @ProfSchmitt2 @QuinnLab_UofA
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3 years
Looking for a lab technician/ manager in the Molecular Muscle Mass Regulation Laboratory here at U of Arkansas. Here’s the link to the @APSPhysiology job board where you can apply. DM me with questions! Please spread it around! #myotwitter
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2 years
Dr. Cory Dungan with more 🔥 “Senolytic treatment rescues blunted muscle hypertrophy in old mice” in @GeroScienceAge @UKYCMB #myotwitter
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End of the year top golf outing with the @UofA_ESRC @UACachexia crew. Fortunate to be surrounded by great people! #myotwitter @FerdinandvW @Franmorena98 @STsitkanou @eleanor_schrems @PJKoopmans @RonaldGJones3 et al.
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@AJPCellPhys
AJP-Cell Physiology
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At Number 4 in the countdown of our most discussed articles of 2022 - A glitch in the matrix: the pivotal role for #ExtracellularMatrix remodeling during muscle #hypertrophy - #collagen #SkeletalMuscle @ChrisFryPhD @NickTThomas @KevinMurachPhD
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9 months
Good morning from Northwest Arkansas! A great place to explore. @AlliedCycle
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@APS_Function
Function
2 years
#SuggestedRead "Fusion-Independent Satellite Cell Communication to Muscle Fibers During Load-Induced Hypertrophy" by Kevin A. Murach, et al. #tdTomato
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@KevinMurachPhD
Kevin Murach
2 years
When in Kentucky, you go to the distilleries. Never gets old. The best smell in the whole wide world is inside these buildings. 10/10 recommend @WoodfordReserve
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6 months
Awesome work by @SebastianEdman @WiApro and team in @MolMetab For sure a candidate for @Matt_Muscle_Guy ’s totally biased list ;) #myotwitter
@WiApro
William Apró, PhD
6 months
After a very long and challenging year, it's great to end 2023 on a high note with our latest publication in Molecular Metabolism on fiber type-specific mitochondrial respiration led by the awesome @SebastianEdman
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Thanks @AJPCellPhys for highlighting our work and @BioRender for the graphical tools #myotwitter @UKYCMB @UofA_ESRC @UofA_Research
@AJPCellPhys
AJP-Cell Physiology
2 years
This #review highlights the cellular, enzymatic, biochemical, & mechanical support the #ExtracellularMatrix provides to permit mechanical overload-induced #hypertrophy of #SkeletalMuscle : @ChrisFryPhD @KevinMurachPhD @CBrightwellPhD @NickTThomas @UKYCMB
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Kevin Murach
3 years
My tweet about the recent paper on myofiber repair independent of satellite cells was my most popular to date. If you’re interested, we discuss some intricacies of myofiber repair without SCs during “physiological damage” in our recent review: #myotwitter
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Kevin Murach
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This was super fun! The @UABExerciseMed is a great crew and really appreciated the chance to share our work. Big things happening at @UABNews Thanks to @twbuford @ThalackerMercer @Matt_Muscle_Guy for the invite! #myotwitter
@UABExerciseMed
UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM)
1 year
Join us for UCEM's March 2023 DLS for a talk on "Exploring MYC in Muscle" by @KevinMurachPhD , Assistant Professor of Exercise Science, @UArkansas . Registration is required:
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Kevin Murach
3 years
More muscle on the cover, this time from @ChrisFryPhD @bnoehren in @JPhysiol . Love to see it. #myotwitter
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@KevinMurachPhD
Kevin Murach
3 years
Glad to be appointed to the editorial board of @BMCBiology . Open access, flexible format submission, portable review (i.e. can transfer reviews from non-BMC journals!), scoop protection, and IF=7.4. Send your great muscle papers my way #myotwitter ✌️
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Kevin Murach
2 years
Pumped to work with Nathan Shock and my friend and colleague Dr. Wen! @UKYCMB @uacoehp @UofA_ESRC #myotwitter
@NathanShockCtrs
Nathan Shock Centers
2 years
We are excited to highlight 2021 Oklahoma NSC Pilot Awardees @KevinMurachPhD and Yuan Wen, MD/PhD. Read their NSC Pilot Awardee Spotlight here: . #AgingResearch @OMRF @AM_OMRF
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Super pumped to have this giant of a man @CWSundberg here for the @AIMRC_UofA lecture today! #myotwitter
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