Muscle mitochondrial coupling in man after very prolonged fasting
Name of applicant
Jørn Wulff Helge
Title
Professor
Institution
University of Copenhagen
Amount
DKK 87,475
Year
2024
Type of grant
Field Trips / Research Stays < 100,000
Summary
We use muscle biopsy samples from ten young and ten old trained men obtained before and after 84 hours of fasting to study how efficient isolated mitochondria work. Based on a unique state of the art lipidomics analysis in Melbourne we can address if the lipid composition of the muscle mitochondria may contribute to explain a changed efficiency after very prolonged fasting.