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DR JAMES GORDON RYALL



Contact Details

Organization: Physiology
Position: CJ MARTIN BIOMEDICAL FELLOW
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Homepage: http://www.physiology.unimelb.edu.au/lab-muscle/index.asp
Work: 83445855
Fax: 83445818
Room: N636
Level: 06
Building: Medical Centre
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Basic and Clinical Myology Skeletal muscle, ageing, dystrophy, injury, adrenoceptors Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Honours) University of Melbourne 24-Apr-2002
Doctor of Philosophy - Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences University of Melbourne 24-Jan-2006

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Physiological Society 01-Jan-2002
Member Australian Association of Gerontology 01-Jan-2005

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship Australian Postgraduate Award 15-Dec-2001
Scholarship National Heart Foundation Postgraduate Biomedical Research Scholarship 10-Feb-2003
Prize American Physiological Society Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt professional opportunity award 15-Apr-2004
Prize Australian Gerontological Society RM Gibson Research Award 25-Nov-2005
Prize Australian Physiological Society CEPP prize for best student oral presentation 05-Dec-2002
Prize Australian Physiological Society CEPP prize for best student oral presentation 26-Sep-2003
Prize Australian Physiological Society Postgraduate student prize for best publication 24-Sep-2005

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
CJ MARTIN OVERSEAS BIOMEDICAL FELLOWSHIP - UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS OF MUSCLE GROWTH AND REPAIR Chief Investigator NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships 01/01/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Low dose formoterol administration improves muscle function in dystrophic mdx mice without increasing fatigue
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Neuromuscular Disorders
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 47-55
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  • Modulation of insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and IGF-Binding protein interactions enhances skeletal muscle regeneration and ameliorates the dystrophic pathology in mdx mice
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal of Pathology
    Volume: 171
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1180-1188
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  • Therapeutic approaches for muscle wasting disorders
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
    Volume: 113
    Page numbers: 461-487
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Systemic administration of β2-adrenoceptor agonists, formoterol and salmeterol, elicit skeletal muscle hypertrophy in rats at micromolar doses
    Year: 2006
    Journal: British Journal of Pharmacology
    Volume: 147
    Page numbers: 587-595
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  • Systemic administration of IGF-I enhances oxidative status and reduces contraction-induced injury in skeletal muscles of mdx dystrophic mice
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Volume: 291
    Page numbers: E499-E505
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  • The Orphan Nuclear Receptor, NOR-1, is a target of β-Adrenergic signalling in Skeletal Muscle
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 147
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 5217-5227
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Β2-Agonist administration increases sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase activity in aged rat skeletal muscle
    Year: 2005
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Volume: 288
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: E526-E533
    Publisher: American Physiological Society(Maryland)
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  • Chronic Β-agonist administration affects cardiac function of adult but not old rats, independent of Β-adrenoceptor density
    Year: 2005
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
    Volume: 289
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: H344-H349
    Publisher: American Physiological Society(Maryland)
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