Christian Noble, a first-year PhD student in the Kopinke lab, recently authored his first manuscript as the primary author. His significant discovery indicates that this GLP-1 drug might negatively impact muscles after injury by promoting fat formation within the muscle and hindering muscle regeneration. Christian had the opportunity to present his research at the New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle Conference in June 2026. This study was done in collaboration with Nikhil...

Xinyue Liu, a third-year PhD candidate, recently wrote and submitted her first and second first-author manuscripts to bioRxiv! These are currently under review but catch an early sneak peek before they are officially published. Click on each link below. FAP-intrinsic Hedgehog signaling controls intramuscular adipogenesis, fibrosis, and myofiber regeneration | bioRxiv: Xinyue found that FAPs are the primary cellular mediators of Hedgehog signaling during muscle repair, using their intrinsic...

Hailey Jones concluded the second year of her PhD on a positive note! She was recently awarded the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Team T32 Training Grant. As this is a team-science oriented T32, Hailey and Yancey Williams from Kyle Allen's lab chose to initiate a collaboration due to their aligned research interests, and both were awarded this T32. We are very eager to see where her work leads her.