The Team

Our team-based approach integrates systems biology methodologies with animal phenotyping and molecular biology techniques to explore signalling networks that control energy metabolism in muscle and other important organs during disease, development and aging.

All of our team members are scholars or associate scholars of the Metabolomics Advanced Training and International Exchange Program (MATRIX). MATRIX is a collaborative training program supported by Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). MATRIX provides leading-edge training in metabolomics, an exciting and rapidly expanding area of research.

Keir Menzies

Keir Menzies provides the tools and space for team-based learning and discovery on topics related to metabolism and aging. Keir is an associate professor at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, and cross-appointed to the department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Ottawa.  His research spans metabolism in various organs and organisms with a special interest on the metabolic aspects of stem cell health and tissue regeneration in neuromuscular diseases. His funding is diverse and ranges from NSERC-driven basic science research to  CIHR-, OIRM– and AFM-Téléthon-driven research into health and disease. He is also a team member and principal investigator funded by the CREATE program to implement the Metabolomics Advanced Training and International Exchange Program (MATRIX) at the University of Ottawa.

Focus

Explore new metabolic signalling pathways in a team-oriented environment to help identify and develop translational treatment strategies for aging and age-related diseases.

Affiliations

Our team is an active affiliate of the Ottawa Institute for Systems Biology (OISB). We are also dedicated to creating new therapeutic strategies for neuromuscular diseases as a member of the university of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI), the Centre for Neuromuscular Disease (CNMD) and the Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine (OIRM).