David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social)

Professor & Research Leader. Interested in optimising training, the scientific process, & the future of sport & sport science.

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Our latest work in @natureComms, led by @javi_iup: Sprint exercise disrupts mitochondrial ultrastructure, driving a unique mito stress response & remodelling in men https://t.co/vfhUZgejMs supports targeted exercise prescriptions to achieve specific mito adaptations.
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[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Thanks to @bencarrollmp for visiting our new labs and highlighting the research Alessandra Ferri and her group are doing to help MND patients. https://t.co/T77wrL6qHP

[Xu Sean Yan @SeanYan2012]

Bringing together leading academics @robyn_murphy1 @DrJPeriard @GordonSLynch @AMcainch @ItamarLevinger @BlueSpotScience @dr_o_girard @nir_eynon @kieron_rooney @deanne_skelly @DrAJRose (among others) & industry representatives in sport and exercise science from Australia & China

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Acute Sleep Deprivation Shifts Substrate Utilisation Toward Greater Fat Oxidation During Incremental Exercise in Recreationally Trained Adults https://t.co/Dqxe5wbcg3

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Are Alterations in Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria a Cause or Consequence of Insulin Resistance? https://t.co/BpptgBDI7e

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Latest paper suggesting that transcriptomic clocks can capture molecular changes associated with ageing and mortality: https://t.co/78oP6eflI3

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Skeletal muscle proteomics links mitochondrial abundance with peak fat oxidation in physically active young males https://t.co/szyzQHJdwH

[footballscience @MCRumpf]

#footballresearch 21/2026 https://t.co/XvfISDd37A @Peter_Edholm @shawn_r_bishop @seamusmccaff @AlmeidaCH1983 @Tatopek1 @BlueSpotScience @CiDeely @michaelm_1978 @mickael10e @ale_soila @DrAnthonyWeldon @josecbarroso @fitsoccerqueen @joseromeropf @josebarberoa @west_jules @sis

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

To coincide with our sponsorship of the 20TH International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference, npj Exercise Medicine and Health will soon be launching a special collection covering all topics related to the Molecular Biology of Exercise.

[footballscience @MCRumpf]

#footballresarch 20/2026 https://t.co/L7lwyskFZQ @ale_soila @IrineuLoturco @DrAnthonyWeldon @BlueSpotScience @Tatopek1 @seamusmccaff @Umenokiakatsuki @MovTcoach @Peter_Edholm @CiDeely @acea_ngel @at_performance7 @OliverFaude @bashby87 @joseromeropf @fitsoccerqueen @west_jules

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Skeletal muscle proteomes reveal downregulation of mitochondrial proteins in transition from prediabetes into type 2 diabetes https://t.co/7MkVvUTwrj

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

We're recruiting a part-time (4 days/wk) Research Fellow for an NHMRC-funded project “Discovering the neuroprotective potential of exercise in individuals with Motor Neuron Disease”.

More info here: https://t.co/jXfyT0OlIs

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Submissions now open for our Special Collection "Resistance Training: Enhancing Muscle Mass, Function and Health": https://t.co/27X7y7hQQz
which aims to showcase cutting-edge research that positions resistance training as a holistic intervention for lifelong health.

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Human skeletal muscle fiber heterogeneity beyond myosin heavy chains
https://t.co/QpSX1RPf2B

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Do different types of exercise have different effects on Mitochondrial Quality Control?
https://t.co/n7QWXSv1tH

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

New dose-response meta-analysis suggests that 7000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes and might be a more realistic and achievable target for some https://t.co/ALYJc1Cslr

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Plasma proteomic signature of frailty in 50,506 adults
https://t.co/K74rnQgkOH

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Pleased to see that our joint ESSA & ACSM expert statement on “Physical Activity and Exercise Intensity Terminology” https://t.co/65KQB1wwww & https://t.co/GdGPD7SR8F received some thoughtful feedback from the research community https://t.co/xNaHlhtUAJ https://t.co/EdryOU1DRk

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Stoked to already have > 15 submissions to our Special Collection:
Physical Activity & Mental Health: From Mechanisms to Global Implementation https://t.co/mMhbxfDrpJ
Thanks to our amazing team of guest editors - @BrendonStubbs23 @KMachaczek @simon_rosenbaum & Dr.P.S.Indu

[footballscience @MCRumpf]

#footballresearch 18-2026 https://t.co/lkQCM85CzJ @IrineuLoturco @BlueSpotScience @Umenokiakatsuki @CiDeely @balsompaul @MovTcoach @DrAnthonyWeldon @andresace260695 @rebjulien @Tatopek1 @seamusmccaff @PeterKrustrup @rggonzalo @B_V_Goncalves @AlmeidaCH1983 @acea_ngel @lemonwatcher

[David Bishop (🦋 also bluespotscience.bsky.social) @BlueSpotScience]

Great day supporting @MNDVic & the Great MND Relay with colleagues & family.
Amazing effort by the “VU research in MND team”, with our own @Andrew7Barrett finishing second for number of laps completed.