Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab

The M2B lab @URIHealthSci focuses on the relationship between muscle plasticity and metabolism using spaceflight analogs. PI @DrMarieMtx
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[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

ASN @nutritionorg did not disappoint! Thrilled to make new connections, listen to nutrition science, and cheer on our masters student Em’s first oral presentation discussing our #coldsleep @NASA study! #NUTRITION2026

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

This spring, 4 lab members graduated with their BS at @universityofri , Biological Sciences, Kinesiology and Dietetics. Wishing you guys the absolute best for the future, thank you for this journey together ! 🧑🏻‍🎓🧑🏻‍💻🧑🏼‍🔬🔬

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

There are not enough words to show how proud I am of this lab, with a good number of us being able to gather to celebrate the end of the year! Thank you for making great research, being wonderful cheerleaders for each other, and for sharing your mind with me! #AdAstra

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

Another amazing student's achievement! @TheodorosP_

[Marie Mortreux (Brown), PhD @DrMarieMtx]

I am so beyond proud of @TheodorosP_ for his systematic review on Nutrition-Based Interventions to mitigate the impact of space radiation! Hoping to go much deeper into this topic in the future! https://t.co/N223vrU4Mp

[Marie Mortreux (Brown), PhD @DrMarieMtx]

The @M2BLab showed up IN STYLE to the @URIHealthSci Research Night !!!

[Marie Mortreux (Brown), PhD @DrMarieMtx]

GOSPEED #ArtemisII ! I never felt this before, today is making History and I’ve never been prouder to study Space Biology and be a very lucky NASA investigator! What a time to be alive! #AdAstra

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

Featuring Mateus, @angelaahannaa and @Cameronops1

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

So proud of @TheodorosP_ for being a finalist of the 3MT Competition!!!! And thanks to lab members (even non pictured) who came to support him! #AstroFuel

[Marie Mortreux (Brown), PhD @DrMarieMtx]

So excited to celebrate David's first first-author paper using our simulated lunar gravity model to better understand how nutraceuticals may be working to preserve muscle! https://t.co/VQvTP7e8kx

[Marie Mortreux (Brown), PhD @DrMarieMtx]

So proud and happy for the MHU-8 paper to come out today in Science Advances! @NASA @JAXA_en combined efforts! https://t.co/BvIppzbHyp

[Marie Mortreux (Brown), PhD @DrMarieMtx]

As humans return to the Moon, scientists confront the dangers of deep-space radiation | Science | AAAS https://t.co/St6fVizH1U So grateful to work with the AMAZING team at Pitt trying to understand how "hibernation-like" status impacts our bodies!

[Ryan T. Scott @RyanTScott]

An outstanding & important collaboration for human spaceflight to the Moon&Mars - it’s also microbes! 💯 Enabled by @NASA @esa and data sharing, open science, and the OSDataRepo-Analysis Working Groups. As Astra!
@mason_lab @NASAAmes @NASAScience_ @NASAAdmin @GeorgeAlderman_ @NASASpox @rodcoutalmeida

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

#StudentSpotlight Jared is a post bac pre med student, unraveling what happens to skeletal muscles following cardiac arrest. We are trying to use novel biomarkers that may inform standard of care in ICU settings.

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

#StudentSpotlight Jacob is a URI alumnus who graduated with a bachelor in cell and molecular bio. He studies metabolic cart data for our cold sleep participants, looking at energy expenditure and respiratory quotient. We hope to unlock how the body fuels itself during cold sleep

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

#StudentSpotlight Mateus is a biology / pre health senior working on our AstroFuel project, working with rats and using nutrition to prevent space induced muscle deconditioning.

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

#StudentSpotlight Roman is a junior in Pharmacy/Nutrition who worked on our cold sleep project, examining changes in electrical impedance myography during prolonged metabolic manipulation. We hope to identify the acute impact of this countermeasure on muscle health.

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

#StudentSpotlight
I am so incredibly grateful for our students this semester. Matt is a senior (KIN, pre med). He has been working tirelessly on our cold sleep project and how glucose levels are impacted by hibernation-like state in humans. He will soon join BIDMC Orthopaedics!

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

David being featured in the newsletter makes my heart soooooo happy! Thanks @TalkSpaceMed !

[Let's Talk Space Medicine @TalkSpaceMed]

September newsletter!

PDF w/ hyperlinks -> https://t.co/JQQ9wb7tP5

@GaTech_Space @bioastra
@uaustinorg @seraspaceage @blueorigin @boryung_corp @uc3m_aero
@TAMUAero @TAMU_BHP @AEspacialEsp
@NASAScience_ @csa_asc @space_health @technavance @UTHealthHouston @NASAGeneLab @M2BLab

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

#Announcement We are DELIGHTED to graduate our First Masters Student David. We are so proud of his work and accomplishments working on space biology! 🎉👏🎊

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

@TheodorosP_ #AstroFuel

[Metabolism and Muscle Biology Lab @M2BLab]

#StudentSpotlight
The M2B lab is absolutely thrilled to welcome its first PhD Student @TheodorosP_ coming all the way from Cyprus with a Masters in Clinical Dietetics. He will be working on space nutrition and we can’t wait to help him reach the stars ✨