Dr. Joachim Fentz

Kidney research project lead/study director in the in vivo department. Cross-collaboration with in vitro, bioinformatician and data scientist teams to progress cutting edge technology for improved disease understanding and pharmaceutical product development (target identification, disease mechanisms, compound profiling).

In collaboration with the research group of Laurie Goodyear I investigated exercise training-induced adaptations in skeletal muscle of muscle-specific Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF1) knockout (KO) mice, muscle specific Insulin Receptor (IR) KO mice and combined muscle specific IR+IGF1 double KO mice.

I conducted supplemental analyses on my master project and revised the affiliated manuscript to prepare it for publication

Activities and Societies: Instructor at MSc student lab course ¤ Journal Club manager ¤ Board member of UNIK Initiative “Food, Fitness & Pharma”, Young Investigator Network ¤ Supervisor of BSc students Focus: Exercise-induced metabolism in skeletal muscle and adaptations to exercise training

Investigated the mechanisms by which the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1α induces mitochondrial biogenesis in mouse skeletal muscle

Investigated the effect of strength training on postural stability in elderly individuals.