| Donato Rivas |
Postdoctoral Associate |
| Education |
Ph.D., Medical Sciences (Exercise Biochemistry/Metabolism) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, School of Medicine Sciences |
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| Research Focus |
Nutrition, Aging, Exercise Biochemistry and Skeletal Muscle Substrate Metabolism |
| Selected Professional Affiliations |
Australian Diabetes Society |
| Selected Research Publications | |
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Rivas DA, Lessard SJ, Coffey VG.Mammalian target of rapamycin master regulator of skeletal muscle insulin action: Contributions of diet and exercise. Appl. Physiol Nutr. Metab. (in review) Lessard SJ, Rivas DA, Chen ZP, van Denderen BJ,Watt MJ, Koch LG, Britton SL, Kemp BE, Hawley JA. Rats bred for low intrinsic aerobic capacity have insulin resistance, impaired beta-adrenergic activation and lipolysis in skeletal muscle Endocrinology. (in review) Gomes FR, Rezende EL, Malisch JL, Lee SK, Rivas DA, Yaspelkis III BB, Garland Jr. T. Glycogen storage and muscle glucose transporters (GLUT-4) of mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running. J. Exper. Biol. 212:238-48. 2009. Rivas DA, Lessard SJ, Yaspelkis III BB, Hawley JA. Regulation of mTORC 1/2 complex formation in response to a high-fat diet and exercise training.Med. Sci. Sports Exer. 40:S3-S4. 2008 Yeo WK, Lessard SJ, Chen ZP, Garnham AP, Burke LM, Rivas DA, Kemp BE, Hawley JA. Fat adaptation followed by carbohydrate restoration increases AMPK activity in skeletal muscle in trained humans.J. Appl. Physiol. 105:1519-26.2008. Saito M, Lessard SJ, Rivas DA, Reeder DW, Kvasha I, Hawley JA, Yaspelkis III BB. Activation of PKC-zeta toward TC10 is regualted by a high-fat diet and aerobic exercise in skeletal muscle.Metabolism. 57:1173-80. 2008 Yaspelkis III BB, Lessard SJ, Reeder DW, Limon JJ, Saito M, Rivas DA, Kvasha I, Hawley JA.Exercise reverses high-fat diet induced impairments on compartmentalization and activation of components of the insulin signaling cascade in skeletal muscle.Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol Metabol. 293: E941-E949. 2007 Lessard SJ, Rivas DA, Chen ZP, Bonen A, Febbraio MA, Kemp BE, Yaspelkis III BB, Hawley JA.Tissue-specific effects of Rosiglitazone and exercise in the treatment of lipid-induced insulin resistance.Diabetes. 56:1856-64. 2007 Bernard JR, Reeder DW, Herr HJ, Rivas DA, Yaspelkis III BB. High fat feeding effects on components of the CAP/Cbl signaling cascade in rodent skeletal muscle.Metabolism. 55:203-12. 2006. Herr HJ, Bernard JR, Reeder DW, Rivas DA, Limon JJ, Yaspelkis III BB. Insulin-stimulated plasma membrane association and activation of Akt 2, aPKC-zeta, and aPKC-lambda in high fat fed rodent skeletal muscle.J. Physiol. 565:627-36. 2005 Bernard JR, Crain AM, Rivas DA, Herr HJ, Reeder DW, Yaspelkis III BB. Chronic aerobic exercise enhances classical and novel insulin signaling in Sprague Dawley rat skeletal muscle.Acta. Physiol. Scand. 183: 357-366. 2005 |
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