Dr. Yan's Appearances, Presentations, and Recognitions
2023
December 31, 2023: Ph.D. Student Yuntian Guan's paper entitled: "Endurance Exercise Training Mitigates Diastolic Dysfunction in Diabetic Mice Independent of Phosphorylation of Ulk1 at S555" was accepted by Int J Mol Sci
December 22, 2023: Center for Exercise Medicine Research (CEMR) 2023 Christmas Party was held at Yan Residence in Roanoke
November 14, 2023: Dr. Ryan Montalvo presented at FBRI RIP entitled: "The Role of AMPK in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Function, Bioenergetics, and Mitochondrial Quality Control"
October 24, 2023: Dr. Yan presented: "Otud1 in skeletal msucle contractile and metabolic health" at Novo Nordisk Greenhouse Idea Pitching Session
October 13, 2023: Dr. Yan talked to first-medical students at Research Domain: Research Alive at VTC Medical School, Roanoke
October 9, 2023: Dr. Yan presented "AMPK in metabolic regulation and adaptation in response to exercise" at CVHR Symposium at FBRI at VTC, Roanoke
September 18, 2023: Dr. Ryan Montalvo received the Postdoctoral Excellence Award from FBRI at Virginia Tech
September 15, 2023: Dr. Yan presented at University of Illinois Chicago Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series entitled: "Exercise is Better than Medicine: Mechanisms of Underlying the Superb Health Benefits of Exercise"
September 7, 2023: Dr. Yan gave seminar entitled: "New insights of AMPK function in skeletal muscle by integrative omics" at University of Missouri, Columbia
August 11, 2023: Dr. Yan presented "Neuronal AMPK activation in exercise training benefits against Alzheimer's Disease" at Advanciong Neuroscience Research at Virginia Tech, Roanoke
August 7, 2023: Dr. Yan was invited to give a talk entitled: "Exercise is Better than Medicine: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Superb Health Benefits of Exercise" at Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
July 31, 2023: Dr. Yan chaired "Sports and Urban Sports" session at FISU World Conference in Chengdu, China.
July 30, 2023: Dr. Yan attended "Sport Medicine and Health Science" editorial board meeting in Chengdu, China.
July 27, 2023: Dr. Yan visited NYU Shanghai in China.
July 8, 2023: Yan Lab had the "regular" Summer Pool Party at Yan Residence with 20 guests in Roanoke, Virginia.
June 30, 2023: Dr. Yan presented at August Krogh Club Mini Symposium at University of Copenhagen, Demark.
June 28, 2023: Dr. Yan taught at International Ph.D. Course - Skeletal Muscle Metabolism and Growth in Køge, Denmark.
June 8, 2023: Dr. Xuansong Mao presented at FBRI Retreat entitled: "The role of AMPK in exercise-induced skeletal muscle adaptation"
May 23, 2023: Dr. Xuansong Mao presented at FBRI Research in progress seminar entitled: "Impact of Exercise on Alzheimer's Disease"
May 17, 2023: Dr. Yan talked to students at North Cross School in Roanoke, Virginia.
April 28, 2023: Yan Lab hosted guests from Ut Prosim Society at the Center for Exercise Medicine Research at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion in Roanoke, Virginia.
April 13, 2023: Dr. Yan visited Ohio State University/Nationwide Children's Hospital and gave a talk at Center for Muscle Health & Neuromuscular Disorders. Columbus, Ohio.
April 11, 2023: Dr. Yan gave a short talk at Center for Vascular and Heart Research Progress Report. Roanoke, Virginia
April 6 and 14, 2023: Dr. Yan visited Virginia Teach at Children's National Research Institute. Washington DC.
March 15-17, 2023: Yan Lab attended Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology Conference at University of Florida, Yuntian Guan presented a poster and Dr. Yan gave a talk as an invited speaker. Gainesville, Florida.
March 1, 2023: Research talk with Mr. and Mrs. Bob and Adriana Hogan. Virginia Tech alumni, and other guests, Houston, Texas.
Feb. 16, 2023: Dr. Yan spoke at Oklahoma Medrical Research Foundation Research Forum. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Feb. 3, 2023: Dr. Yan spoke at Department of Public Health and Exercise Science Seminar at Appalachian State University. Boone, North Carolina.
Feb. 2, 2023: Dr. Mao received an award from the Research and Innovation Postdoctoral Scholars Program at Virginia Tech.
August 7, 2023: Dr. Yan was invited to give a talk entitled: "Exercise is Better than Medicine: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Superb Health Benefits of Exercise" at Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
July 31, 2023: Dr. Yan chaired "Sports and Urban Sports" session at FISU World Conference in Chengdu, China.
July 30, 2023: Dr. Yan attended "Sport Medicine and Health Science" editorial board meeting in Chengdu, China.
July 27, 2023: Dr. Yan visited NYU Shanghai in China.
July 8, 2023: Yan Lab had the "regular" Summer Pool Party at Yan Residence with 20 guests in Roanoke, Virginia.
June 30, 2023: Dr. Yan presented at August Krogh Club Mini Symposium at University of Copenhagen, Demark.
June 28, 2023: Dr. Yan taught at International Ph.D. Course - Skeletal Muscle Metabolism and Growth in Køge, Denmark.
May 17, 2023: Dr. Yan talked to students at North Cross School in Roanoke, Virginia.
April 28, 2023: Yan Lab hosted guests from Ut Prosim Society at the Center for Exercise Medicine Research at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion in Roanoke, Virginia.
Apr. 13, 2023: Dr. Yan visited Ohio State University/Nationwide Children's Hospital and gave a talk at Center for Muscle Health & Neuromuscular Disorders. Columbus, Ohio.
Apr. 11, 2023: Dr. Yan gave a short talk at Center for Vascular and Heart Research Progress Report. Roanoke, Virginia
April 6 and 14, 2023: Dr. Yan visited Virginia Teach at Children's National Research Institute. Washington DC.
Mar. 15-17, 2023: Yan Lab attended Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology Conference at University of Florida, Yuntian Guan presented a poster and Dr. Yan gave a talk as an invited speaker. Gainesville, Florida.
Mar. 1, 2023: Research talk with Mr. and Mrs. Bob and Adriana Hogan. Virginia Tech alumni, and other guests, Houston, Texas.
Feb. 16, 2023: Dr. Yan spoke at Oklahoma Medrical Research Foundation Research Forum. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Feb. 3, 2023: Dr. Yan spoke at Department of Public Health and Exercise Science Seminar at Appalachian State University. Boone, North Carolina.
Feb. 2, 2023: Dr. Mao received an award from the Research and Innovation Postdoctoral Scholars Prgram at Virginia Tech.
2022
Nov. 14, 2022: Dr. Yan presented progress report to MoTrPAC Steering Committee Meeting at Stanford University. Palo Alto, California.
Nov. 7, 2022: Dr. Yan presented at FBRI Advisory Board Meeting. Roanoke, Virginia.
Oct. 14, 2022: Received the prestigious Jacobæus Prize from Novo Nordisk Foundation in Copenhagen, Denmark.
September 29, 2022: Dr. Yan presented at Cardiovascular Research Center Seminar at Warren Alpert Medcial School of Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island.
September 28, 2022: Dr. Yan visted and presented at Diabetes Research Center at Alber Einstein College of Medicine. Bronx, New York.
July 21, 2022: UVA Medicine in Motion announced Dr. Yan's winning of Jacobæus Prize 2022 from Novo Nordisk Foundation.
June 30, 2022: Dr. Yan received the Jacobæus Prize 2022 from Novo Nordisk Foundation.
June 24, 2022: Dr. Yan gave a talk at August Krogh Club at University of Copenhagen in Copenhangen, Denmark.
June 20, 2022: Dr. Yan gave a talk at Hungarian University of Sports Science in Budapest, Hungary.
June 17, 2022: Dr. Yan gave a keynote speech at IRTG 1902 Summer School 2022 at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf in Dusseldorf, Germany.
May 27, 2022: Dr. Yan presented at the 18th International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference (IBEC) in Toronto, Cananda
May 9, 2022: Dr. Yan presented at University of Okalahoma Health Science Center
March 21, 2022: Dr. Yan presented at MCNHS Research Seminar at University of Massacheusatts Boston
Feb. 10, 2022: Dr. Yan was invited to Wayne State University to give a special seminar
Feb. 4, 2022: Dr. Yan presented at Physiology RIP at UVA
2021
Dec. 3, 2021: Drs. Shute and Yan presented at Metabolic Interest Group at UVA
Dec. 3, 2021: Dr. Yan was invited to Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VT for special seminars
Nov. 11, 2021: Dr. Yan delivered keynote presentation at the 3rd International Academic Forum on Sports Medicine and Health
Nov. 2, 2021: Dr. Yan presented Report in Progress at Molecular Transducer of Physical Activity Consortium
Oct. 22, 2021: Dr. Yan gave journal club at Molecular Transducer of Physical Activity Consortium
Oct. 1, 2021: Dr. Yan was invited to the Institute of Molecular Medicine at UTHealth McGovern Medical School in Houston
Sept. 11, 2021: Yan and Drake laboratories have the inaugural retreat at Island Campground in West Virginia
Sept. 10, 2021: Dr. Yan kicks off UVA Child Health Research Center 2021-2022 seminar series with a talk entitled:"Exercise-induced mitochondrial remodeling: Cash for clunkers"
Sept. 6, 2021: Dr. Drake's paper entitled:"Mitochondria-localized AMPK responds to local energetics and contributes to exercise and energetic stress-induced mitophagy". is published in PNAS. Congratulations!
Sept. 2, 2021: Dr. Shute is awarded NIH F32 grant entitled:"Otud1-mediated prevention of sarcopenic obesity during resistance exercise training on high-fat diet". Congratulations!
Aug. 5, 2021: Drs. Yan and Drake's article "Mitochondria-localized AMPK responds to local energetics and plays a role in exercise and energetic stress-induced mitophagy" is accepted by PNAS.
Aug. 1, 2021: Drs. Yan and Laker's article "Exercise during pregnancy mitigates negative effects of parental obesity on metabolic function in adult offspring" is exclusively featured by an article in The Scientist
April 28, 2021: Drs. Yan and Laker's article "Exercise during pregnancy mitigates negative effects of parental obesity on metabolic function in adult offspring" is exclusively featured by an article in New York Times
April 27, 2021: Dr. Yan co-hosted with Dr. Margaret Morris from Univeristy of New South Wales "Symposium on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Exercise Metabolism" and gave a talk entitled: "Exercise during pregnancy mitigates negative effects of parental obesity on metabolic function in adult offspring"
April 23, 2021: Joshua Milstein joined the lab from Neuroscience. Welcome, Josh!
April 21, 2021: Dr. Yan presented at Society for Thermal Medicine entitled: "Exercise-induced EcSOD: A molecular mediator of the health benefits of physical activity"
April 12, 2021: Dr. Yan presented at IDEA-Cancer Workshop at UVA Cancer Center entitled: "Molecular transducer of physical activity".
April 6, 2021: Dr. RJ Shute received a fundable score for his NIH F32 Post-docotoral Fellowship application.
March 21, 2021: Dr. Yan is featured by Daily Progress in Charlottesville.
March 11, 2021: Dr. Yan is featured by UVA Health Newsroom, UVA Today and NBC29
Mar. 3, 2021: Dr. Yan presented at University of Houston College of Pharmacy Seminar entitled: "Exercise-induced adaptation in health and disease prevention"
Jan. 27, 2021: Dr. Yan presented at Molecular Transducer of Physical Activity brianstorming session.
Jan. 27, 2021: Drs. Laker and Yan have a manuscript entitled: "Exercise during pregnancy mitigates negative impacts of parental obesity on metabolic function in adult mouse offspring" accepted by the Journal of Applied Physiology.
2020
Dec. 8, 2020: Dr. Yan presented at 2020-2021 Visiting Scholars Series at University of Pennsylvania Institute on Aging entitled: "mitoAMPK in control of exercise-induced mitophagy: Cash for clunkers"
Nov. 12, 2020: Dr. Yan presented at 14th National Online Conference of Exercise Physiology organized by Chinese Society of Exercise Physiology.
Nov. 9, 2020: Dr. Yan presented at Distinguished Lecture Series 2020-2021 at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Oct. 24, 2020: Dr. Yan delivered a keynote speach at 2020 International Conference of the Korean Adcademy of Kinesiology.
Sept. 30, 2020: Yan Lab received funding from NIH to use machine learning and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing to investigate the moledular transducer of physical activity by joining Molecular Transducer of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC)
Sept. 2, 2020: Dr. Yan presented "A novel voluntary weightlifting model in mice for resistance exercise research" at The Obesity Webinar Series by InSiderScientific and APS.
May 31, 2020: UVa research: Weightlifting rodents offer hope for humans.Featured on DailyProgress.
May 27, 2020: UVA Researchers Use Mice Doing Squats to Study Exercise Impact. Dr. Yan on NBR news.
May 22, 2020: UVA reearch: Mice doing tiny squats could power us to an exercise pill. Featured on Augusta Free Press.
May 21, 2020: Mice lift weights in UVA study - - CBS19. Dr. Yan interviewed by CBS19.
May 1, 2020: Dr. Yan was interviewed live by ABC7 WJLA on Good Morning Washington about the potential protection by aerobic exercise-induced EcSOD against ARDS in COVID-19.
April 28, 2020: Dr. Yan was interviewed by Tracy Anderson,a leader of the health and wellness industry.
April 27, 2020: Dr. Yan was interviewed by Carl Lanore live on Super Humna Radio about exercise in fight against COVID-19.
April 15-Apr. 29, 2020: Dr. Yan interviewed by CBS19 News, NBC29, New York Post, Business Insider, Newsweek, The Conversation, Runner's World, The Roanoke Times, Charlottesville WVTF Radio, Newsradio WINA, for the findings of exercise-induced EcSOD in protection against ARDS, a deadly complication of COVID-19. More than 30 newspaper and social media have feastured the research of Yan Lab.
April 15, 2020: Yan lab featured by UVA Today for the potential protection againast a deadly complication of COVID-19 by exercise.
March 16, 2020: Dr. Hannah Spaulding's review article entitled: Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase, a Molecular Transducer of Health Benefits of Exercise is accepted by Redox Biology. Congratulations to Hannah.
March 9, 2020: Dr. Henan Zhao's paper to Scientifi Reports entitled: Long-term voluntary running prevents the onset of symptomatic Friedreich’s ataxia in mice is accepted. Congratulations to Henan.
March 5, 2020: Dr. Di Cui's originia research paper to FASEB J entitled: A novel voluntary weightlifting model in mice promotes muscle adaptation and insulin sensitivity with simultaneous enhancement of autophagy and mTOR pathway is accepted. Congratulations to Di.
March 3, 2020: Dr. Yan (#16 seed) beats the #1 seed Andrew Mihalek (874-725 meters) in a race of 6 minute walk to raise fund for Charlottesville Free Clinic.
Feb. 8, 2020: Dr. Yan gave a talk at UVA School of Medicine Faculty Retreat.
2019
Dec. 7, 2019: Yan Lab Farewell Party (for Josh Drake) and Christmas Party at Yan Residence. We had a lot of fun!
Nov. 11, 2019: Dr. Yan gave a seminar at Meakins-Christie Laboratories at McGill Univeristy in Montreal, Canada.
Oct. 18, 2019: Dr. Yan gave seminars at Tianjin University of Sports and Nankai University in Tianjian, China.
Oct. 12, 2019: Dr. Yan gave keynote speach at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness (SCSEPF) in Xi'an, China
Oct. 7, 2019: Yuntian Guan and Dr. Yan visited and presented at University of Dusseldorf in Germany.
Oct. 2, 2019: Drs. Hannah Spaulding, Robert (RJ) Shute and Zhen Yan had session of laboratory experiments for UVA Mini Medical School.
July 22, 2019: Ira Rosner, a senior from Albemarle High School, joined the lab to be part of the team on mitochonaria-associated AMPK research. Welcome, Ira!
July 7, 2019: UVA Advance student, Kian Huang, joined the lab for the Summer. Welcome, Kian!
July 1, 209: Dr. Robert (RJ) Shute has recently graduated with a Ph.D. degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha studying the role of environmental temperature during exercise on markers related to mitochondrial biogenesis, mitophagy, myogenesis, and proteolysis. Welcome to UVA, RJ!!
June 18, 2019: Dr. Yan gave a seminar at Nanjing University Model Animal Research Center (MARC).
June 15, 2019: Dr. Yan attended the first editorial board meeting of Sports Medicine and Health Science.
June 13, 2019: Dr. Yan invited to speak at the 2nd International Academic Forum on Sports Medicine and Health.
June 4, 2019: Kevin Wen, a sophomore at UVA, joined our lab as a summer student. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson School of Science and Technology with a GPA of 4.2!
June 3, 2019: Dr. Hannah Spaulding, who has recently received her PhD degree in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology in Dr. Joshua Sesb's lab at Iowa State University joined the lab. Welcome!!
May 19, 2019: Dr. Yan invited to gave a talk on "Exercise Preconditioning" at International Anesthesia Research Society annual meeting in Montreal, Canada
May 4, 2019: Dr. Yan attended Cell Symposia "Exercise Metabolism" meeting in Sitges, Spain
April 27, 2019: Yan Lab attended Muscle Group at Virginia Tech Symposium with Yuntian Guan's presentation entitled:"Endurance Exercise Reverses Cardiac Abnormalities through Enhanced Mitophagy in Diabetic Mice".
April 25, 2019: Dr. Drake's review article entitled:"Precision remodeling: how exercise improves mitochondrial quality in myofibers" accepted in Current Opionion in Physiology.
April 16, 2019: Dr. Yan talked about "mitoAMPK in control of mitophagy: location, location and location" at Duke Molecular Physiology Institute.
March 27, 2019: Dr. Yan gave a seminar entitled:'Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of skeletal muscle plasticity" at Rutgers University Department of Nutritional Science Seminar Series.
March 19, 2019: A n invited review by Mr. Yuntian Guan and Dr. Josh Drake entitled: "Exercise-Induced Mitophagy in Skeletal Muscle and Heart" accepted by ESSR.
March 8, 2019: Dr. Yan talked about "Exercise-Induced Skeletal Muscle EcSODin Disease Prevention" at Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology in Health and Disease meeting at University of Florida, Gainesville.
Feb. 18, 2019: Dr. Yan invited to have a seminar in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech.
Jan. 15, 2019: Yan Lab reported by UVAToday, University of Virginia Health System Newsroom, NBC29, and CBS19New for findings related to muscle and nerve protection by exercise.
Jan. 6, 2019: Dr. Wilson's article "Voluntary running protects against neuromuscular dysfunction following hindlimb ischemia-reperfusion in mice" selected as the best APS articles for January 2019.
2018
Dec. 19. 2018: Yan Lab had a lab dinner to celebrate Christmas and New Year at Bamboo House Korean Resturant in Charlottesvile.
Dec. 14, 2018: Dr. Peng Xu's paper entitled:"Atg2, Atg9 and Atg18 in mitochondrial integrity, cardiac function and healthspan in Drosophila" accepted by Jounral of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.
Dec. 19. 2018: Yan Lab had a lab dinner to celebrate Christmas and New Year at Bamboo House Korean Resturant in Charlottesvile.
Dec. 12, 2018: Dr. Josh Drake's paper entitled: "Exercise-induced mitophagy in skeletal muscle occurs in the absence of stabilization of Pink1 on mitochondria" accepted by Cell Cycle.
Dec. 3, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan invited to speak at the Enrichment Program Seminar Series at the Indiana University School of Medicine Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (CDMD).
Nov. 30, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan presented at UVA/HHU Autumn International Research Training Grant session on NMJ in functional regeneration of skeletal muscle after IR.
Nov. 22, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan served as an opponent for a PhD defense at University of Copenhagen.
Nov. 7-8, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan presented at the 15th Conference of the Asian Society of Mitochondrial Research and Medicine in Busa, Korea.
Oct. 30, 2018: Dr. Becky Wilson's paper entitled: "Voluntary running protects against neuromuscular dysfunction following hindlimb ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice" accepted by Journal of Applied Physiology for publication.
Oct. 23-25, 2018: Drs. Zhen Yan, Josh Drake and Di Cui attended the 17th International Biochemnistry of Exercise Conference in Beijing, which is organized by the International Research Group on Biochemistry of Exercise (IRGBE) where Dr. Zhen Yan serves as Vice Chairman. Dr. Zhen Yan gave a talk entitled: "Exercise-induced mitophagy: Location, location and Location!" on the first day of the conference. The conference was reported by Xinhua News Agency and got more than 1 million hits!!!
Oct. 13, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan invited to speak at University of Georgia Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminars and Mini Symposium in Athens.
Oct. 1, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan selected to display a poster entitled: "Mitochondria-associated Ampk mediates mitochondrial quality control in skeletal muscle" at The 10th International Meeting on AMPK at McMaster Univeristy.
Sept. 24, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan induced into the MilliPub Club for 2018 at University of Virginia.
Sept. 6, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan invited to present ovarian cancer prevention by exercise work at Integrative Biology of Exercis (IPE) conference in San Diego.
Aug. 6, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan invited to present mitochondral AMPK work at FASEB Summer Research Conference in Snowmass.
June 12, 2018: Dr. Di Cui appointed Assistant Professor at Hunan University in China.
May 29, 2018: Dr. Zhen Yan appointed Associate Editor of Sports Medicine and Health Sciences.
March 6, 2018: Dr. Becky Wilson received 2018 Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Outstanding Graduate Student award! Good luck with her competition for the Peach and Hungerford awards
Feb. 2, 2018: Dr. Becky Wilson's thesis work accepted by Free Radical Biology & Medicine.
Feb. 1, 2018: Dr. Josh Drake received a fundable score for his NIH K99/R00 application
2017
Dec. 21, 2017: Congratulations to Becky Wilson and Josh Drake for their paper on MitoTimer mice being accepted by Mitochondrion.
Nov. 15, 2017: Dr. Yan provided a training session on specific aim writing to junior faculty at UVA.
Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2017: Dr. Yan gave a series of lectures at Tianjin University of Sport.
Oct. 25, 2017: Dr. Yan gives Taft Diabetes and ECDOI Seminar at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC.
Oct. 25, 2017: Our findings are featured by UVAToday and NBC29.
Oct. 5, 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Drake for receiving the best oral presentation award at UVA Pharmacology Annual Retreat.
Oct. 5, 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Drake for receiving the best oral presentation award at UVA Pharmacology Annual Retreat.
Sept. 28, 2017: Drs. Call and Donet got their paper "Muscle-derived extracellular superoxide dismutase inhibits endothelial activation and protects against multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in mice" accepted by Free Radical Biology and Medicine.
Sept. 28, 2017: Dr. Yan gave a talk entitled: "Voluntary running prevents the onset of symptomatic Friedreich's ataxia in mice" at 2017 International Ataxia Research Conference in Pisa, Italy, and was interviewed exlusively by Friedreich's Ataxia News.
Sept. 21, 2017: Yan Lab is featured by UVAToday and Medical News Today.
Sept. 15, 2017: Congratulations to Drs. Laker and Drake and the Lab for the brand new paper entitled: "AMPK phosphorylation of Ulk1 is required for lysosome targeting of mitochondria in exercise-induced mitophagy" in Nat Commun!!
July 11, 2017: "Exercise leads to unfavourable cardiac remodelling and enhanced metabolic homeostasis in obese mice with cardiac and skeletal muscle autophagy deficiency" by Dr. Lira is accepted by Sci Rept. Congratualtions to Dr. Lira and co-authors! Also congratulations to Dr. Yan for his 100th peer-reviewed publications (which is 100th pending the publication date for these two recent paper)!
July 5, 2017: "AMPK phosphorylation of Ulk1 is required for lysosome targeting of mitochondria in exercise-induced mitophagy" by Drs. Laker and Drake (equal constribution) is accepted by Nat Commun. Congratulations to Drs. Laker and Drake and co-authors!
July 1, 2017: Dr. Yan is promoted to Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics.
March 27, 2017: The Yan Lab received new funding from UVA-AZ Research Alliance on "Small molecule screen in MitoTimer flies and mice for diabetic cardiomyopathy".
March 18, 2017: Dr. Yan led an international team with 4 UVA faculty to have a "Healthspan" session at Boao Forum of Biological Sciences in China
March 17, 2017: A new manuscript from the Yan Lab accepted by American Journal of Physiology:Cell Physiology on mitophagy for functional muscle regeneration (First author Dr. Jarrod Call).
Feb. 22, 2017: Dr. Yan gave a Formal Research Seminar entitled:"Exercise-induced mitophagy in skeletal muscle adaptation" at Buck Institute
Feb. 22, 2017: The Yan Lab received new funding from UVA Cancer Center and Public Health (CCPH) for "Combined Endurance and Resistance Exercise on Ovarian Cancer Prevention in Mice"
Jan. 1, 2017: The Yan Lab received new funding from FARA for his research on "Endurance and resistance exercise mitigates Friedreich's ataxia".
2016
Oct. 26, 2016: Dr. Yan presented "Multifaceted interventions for cardiometabolic health" at Oman-UVA symposium featuring "Fostering Health Across the Lifespan: Shared Lessons and Opportunities in Oman and the U.S".
Oct. 3, 2016: Dr. Yan presented "Removal of damaged mitochondria by mitophagy is critical for skeletal muscle remodeling" at Stem Cell and Regeneration 2016 Fall Seminar Series at Cell Biology at UVA.
Sept. 22, 2016: Dr. Yan delivered a talk at The Saltin Symposium on Exercise and Integrative Physiology by Novo Nordisk Foundation in Copenhagen.
Sept. 16, 2016: Yan Lab filed a patent entitled:"Animal Voluntary Weight Lifting Cage Apparatus and Related Methods Thereof".
Sept. 11, 2016: Yan Lab received Blue Flame Award for more than 100 requests for out plasmid deposited at Addgene
Aug. 26, 2016: Dr. Zhao received Young Investigator Abstract award from FARA to present his work at the 9th Annual Friedreich's Ataxia Symposium in Philadelphia.
June 27, 2016: Dr. Yan spoke at August Krogh Club Symposium in Copenhagen.
June 2, 2016: Dr. Yan spoke at ACSM's 63rd Annual Meeting and 7th World Congress on Exercise is Medicine and World Congress on the Basic Science of Energy Balance in Boston.
March 8, 2016: Dr. Yan featured on the UVA Health Systen Facebook page. Feb. 18-19, 2016: Dr. Yan co-chaired NIH CMAD study section in San Francisco.
Jan. 11, 2016: Dr. Yan interviewed by UVA Health System.
Jan. 7, 2016: Dr. Yan spoke at Westminster Canterbury on "'Be active and live healthy-Never too early and never too late".
2015
Dec. 21, 2015: Dr. Yan's proposal for UVA Healthspan Institute has been selected by the Provost's office for a full proposal.
Dec. 14, 2015: -Yan Lab Christmas Party at Yan Residence Dec. 1, 2015: -Dr. Yan spoke at Australian Physiological Society 2015 in Hobart, Tasmania
Nov. 75, 2015: Dr. Yan visited and presented at Institute of Sports, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL) in Melbourne.
Nov. 25, 2015: Dr. Yan visited and presented at University of New South Wales in Sydney. Nov. 2, 2015: -Yan Lab hiking at Spy Rock.
Oct. 23, 2015: Dr. Yan presented at The 6th International Conference on Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015 in Taiwan. Dr. Drake presented a poster at the meeting.
Oct. 14, 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Josh Drake for receving ADA Post-Doctoral Fellowship and high impact score on NIH T32 Grant!!
Sept. 24, 2015: Drs. Drake and Yan spoke at UVA One-Day Microscopy Symposium.
Sept. 14, 2015: -Dr. Josh Drake and Ms. Becky Wilson publised a review article in FASEB J about mitochondrial adapation to exercise.
Sept. 9, 2015: Dr. Yan addressed at the closing ceremony of the 16th International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference (IBEC) in Sao Paulo, Brazil and announced that the 17th IBEC will be held in 2018 in Beijing.
June 17, 2015: Dr. Yan visited Bei Pang Rehabilitation Hospital, Suzhou, China
June 15, 2015: Dr. Yan visited Dalian Medical University and the First Affliated Hospital in Dalian, China
June 12, 2015: Farewell lunch for Dr. Rhianna Laker, Charlottesville
June 11, 2015: Dr. Yan invited to speak at Integrative Medicine: Physical Activity is a Core Tip, Busan, South Korea
June 1, 2015: -Farewell hiking trip at Sugar Hollow for Dr. Rhianna Laker, Charlottesville
May 30, 2015: Dr. Yan invited to speak at ACSM's 62nd Annual Meeting, 6th World Congress on Exercise is Medicine® and World Congress on the Basic Science of Exercise Fatigue, San Diego
April 15, 2015: Dr. Yan visited Chinese National Research Institute of Sports Science, Beijing, China
April 13, 2015: Dr. Yan invited to speak at Qinghai University School of Medicine, Xining, China
April 5, 2015: Dr. Yan visited Dalian Medical University and the First Affliated Hospital in Dalian, China
April 5, 2015: Dr. Yan received an R01 grant from NIH/NIGMS to study muscle-derived EcSOD in protection against multple organ dysfunction syndrome.
April 4, 2015: Dr. Yan invited to speak at 2015 SNUCRI Cancer Symposium at Gqangju, South Korea
Feb. 24, 2015: News release of Dr. Call's paper on muscle-derived EcSOD in preventing diabetic cardiomyopathy in Circulation:Heart Failure. Media coverage: UVAToday, NBC29, EurekAlert, Augusta Free Press, MyInforms.com, A1Parkistan, EndocrinologyAdvisor, CommonHealth, Me vs. Diabetes, MDLinx, Fitness Seed, MassLegalServices, BrightSurf.com, MedicalXpress, ScienceDaily, UVA Health,
Feb. 1, 2015: Dr. Yan showed support for Bill Ramsey's Marathon handcycling event at Melbourne Music Marathon Weekend in Florida
Jan. 31, 2015: Dr. Yan ran 5K at Melbourne Music Marathon Weekend in Florida
Jan. 22, 2015: Dr. Xiaobin Chen leaves the lab for China. Have a safe trip back home!!
Jan. 13, 2015: Matthew Borkowski from Aurora Scientific set up in vivo contractility system
Jan. 1, 2015: -Dr. Yan and Dr. Zhang run Charlottesville New Year's Day 5K
2014
Dec. 21, 2014: UVA-DMU Alliance Christmas Party at Yan Residence
Dec. 18, 2014: Yan Lab Christmas Party at Yan Residence
Dec. 15, 2014: Yan Lab research featured in the latest issue of Innovation of UVA Health System
Dec. 4, 2014: -Dr. Call publishes a paper on muscle-derived EcSOD in preventing diabetic cardiomyopathy in Circulation:Heart Failure.
Dec. 2, 2014: Dr. Yan speaks at UVA Department of Pathology Seminar Series.
Nov. 30, 2014: Dr. Yan received funding from FARA to study the impact of exercise on mitochondria and muscle function.
Nov. 19, 2014: Dr. Yan invited to speak at Overseas Research Forum at Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang, China
Nov. 16, 2014: Dr. Yan co-chaired with Dr. Li Li Ji a session on "Cellular Mechanism of Disease and Aging" at the 5th International Conference on Nutrition and Physical Activity on Aging, Obesity and Cancer in Xi'an, China
Nov. 11-14, 2014: Dr. Yan visited Dalian Medical University and the First Affliated Hospital in Dalian, China
Oct. 1, 2104: Dr. Laker received Robert Haynes Award at UVA Pharmacology Annual Retreat.
Sept. 19, 2014: Dr. Yan chaired a session on "Mitochondrial Quality Control in Skeletal Muscle" at ACSM Conference on Integrative Physiology of Exercise in Miami.
June 14, 2014: Dr. Yan invited to speak at a symposium entitled “Cellular Autophagy and Metabolism” at ADA 74th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco.
May 29, 2014: Dr. Saucerman and Dr. Yan received Thelma R. Swortzel Collaborative Research Award to develop tools for diagnosing mitochondrial disease.
May 28, 2014: Ms. Wilson and Dr. Laker received fellowship grants from American Heart Association.
April 15, 2014: Dr. Laker received the 2013 Robert M. Berne CVRC Outstanding Trainee Award. Congratulations!
April 13, 2014: Dr. Yan visits Dalian Medical University and is invovled in estabolishing the Cardiovascular Research Center.
April 12, 2014: Dr. Yan travels to Seoul to launch Asian Society of Exercise Science (ASES).
March 18, 2014: Drs. Laker and Xu published a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry about a novel mitochondrial reporter gene in vivo.
March 10, 2014: Dr. Yan on a radio talk show "Live Well" at 1070 WINA
March 7, 2014: Dr. Yan invited to speak at the 13th Biennial Conference "Advances in Skeletal Muscle Biology in Health and Disease" in Florida
Feb. 10, 2014: Dr. Okutsu et al. published EcSOD and cardiac cachexia at Circulation:Heart Failure.
Jan. 20, 2014: Drs. Laker and Yan interview by NBC29.
Jan. 15, 2014: Dr. Laker published a paper in Diabetes describing positive epigenetic impacts of maternal exercise to the offspring.
2013
Nov. 15, 2013: Dr. Yan invited to speak at the 2nd August Krogh Symposium in Copenhagen.
Sept. 24, 2013: Dr. Yan interviewed by 1070 WINA for the findings of additional benefits of exercise.
July 15, 2013: Dr. Yan invited to speak at FASEB SRC Glucose transport: Gateway for metabolic systems biology at Snowmass, Colorado
June 17, 2013: Drs. Greene and Lira secured tenure track positions at University of Arkansas and University of Iowa, respectively
June 1, 2013: Dr. Yan invited to speak at 60th ACSM 2013 Annual Meeting at Indianapolis, Indiana
May 13-15, 2013: Dr. Yan and other faculty of UVA visit Dalian Medical University in Dalian, China
Feb. 13, 2013: Dr. Laker receives the 2013 Endocrinology and Metabolism Section Research Recognition Award for the work on a novel mitochondrial reporter gene with Dr. Xu as co-first author
2012
Dec. 12, 2012: Dr. Yan norminated to member of the International Research Group on Biochemistry of Exercise at the 15th International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference in Stockholm
Dec. 7, 2012: Drs. Greene, Okutsu and Yan co-authored a paper in Cell
Nov. 16, 2012: Dr. Yan is actively involved in the Asian Society of Exercise Science (ASES) (tentative)
Nov. 16, 2012: Dr. Laker won best oral presentation, and Drs. Okutsu, Laker and Lira won best poster presentation at the UVa Muscle Club Inaugural Muscle Research Symposium
Nov. 9, 2012: Drs. Lira and Laker won Runners-up award for poster presentation at Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center 20th Anniversary Symposium