Antioxidants Webinar | Exercise and Health
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2nd Antioxidants Webinar
Exercise and Health
“Exercise is medicine” is a well-known mantra. With the continuous development of life science, exercise studies have entered a new era of expounding cellular and molecular mechanisms. Among them, redox-mitochondrial biology and medicine research has become the most active new growth point in current exercise science. Mitochondria are the “power station” and the center of cell signal regulation. Research in the past two to three decades has shown that mitochondria are the source and also the target of reactive oxygen species, and mitochondrial homeostasis plays an important role in aging and age-related diseases. Therefore, in-depth study of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of redox-mitochondrial homeostasis regulated by exercise will not only further clarify the effect of exercise on health but will also provide a theoretical basis for exercise to delay aging and prevent diseases, including metabolic disorder, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. This is undoubtedly the main intention behind this webinar on “Exercise and Health” by the Antioxidants journal.
Date: 16 June 2022
Time: 3:00 am CEST | 9:00 am CST Asia | 9:00 pm EDT (15 June)
Webinar ID: 810 9769 8963
Webinar Secretariat: antioxidants.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Jiankang Liu
School of Health and Life Sciences, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China;
Dr. Jiankang Liu received his BS from Xi’an Jiaotong Unviersity and PhD of Medical Science from Okayama University School of Medicine, Japan. He completed post-doc training in Dr. Bruce Ames laboratory at University of California, Berkeley and worked as a faculty at University of California at Berkeley and Irvine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine etc.. Currently, he is a Professor of the University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Qingdao and Xi’an Jiaotong Universityat Xi’an, China. Dr. Liu’s research interests include molecular and cellular mechanisms of aging and age-associated diseases with a focus on nutritional regulation of mitochondrial metabolism. He has published more 250 papers with more than 17,000 times citations （H-index 72）and was elected as one of the Most Cited Chinese Researchers in the area of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology by Elsevier consecutively for 8 years (2014-2021) and the World Top 1.5% Scientist (2019-2021).
Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Exercise, Physiology and Sports Medicine, Research Center for Exercise & Health Science, Tianjin University of Sport, Tianjin, China;
Yong Zhang got his BS from Hubei University and his PhD from Beijing Sports University, majoring in exercise physiology. He is a professor of Tianjin University of Sport and adjunct professor of Beijing Sport University and Xi'an Jiaotong University, and was International Visiting Professor of Southern Cross University, Australia. Prof. Zhang’s Research interest is Cellular and Molecular Exercise Physiology: 1) Exercise Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Biology, and 2) Mitochondrial Homeostasis Regulation and Integrative Exercise Physiology. He has published more than 100 papers on exercise on health.
On Thursday, 16 June 2022, MDPI and the Antioxidants Journal organized the 2nd webinar on Antioxidants, entitled "Exercise and Health".
The introduction was held by the Chairs of the webinar, Prof. Dr. Jiankang Liu and Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang. Prof. Dr. Jiankang Liu is a Professor of the University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Qingdao and Xi’an Jiaotong Universityat, in China. Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang is a professor of Tianjin University of Sport and adjunct professor of Beijing Sport University and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
The first speaker was Prof. Dr. Li Li Ji with his presentation "Role of Redox Signaling in Exercise and Muscle Disuse Atroph". He is currently Professor and Director of the School of Kinesiology and Director of Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science at the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, USA.
The second presentation was held by Prof. Dr. Xing Zhang with his presentation "Exerkines in Exercise-Induced Cardiovascular Protection". He serves as an investigator in the Key Laboratory of Aerospace Medicine of the Ministry of Education in China.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chairs Prof. Dr. Jiankang Liu and Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Antioxidants be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.