Dr. Barnaby Frankish, Ph.D.

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate

Faculty of Kinesiology

Contact information

Barnaby.Frankish@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Orcid Research Profile

Phone number

Cell: 403.899.5571

Location

Office: HPL, KNB225

For media enquiries, contact

Leanne Yohemas - Director, Communications and Marketing, Faculty of Kinesiology.

Background

Educational Background

Ph.D. Biochemistry and Muscle Physiology, La Trobe University,

Honours Animal and Veterinary Bioscieneces, La Trobe University,

BSc. Animal and Veterinary Biosciences, La Trobe University,

Biography

Barney is a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Calgary, experienced in skeletal muscle health, exercise physiology, and cellular biochemistry. Barney is passionate about the prescription of exercise as a form of medicine for healthier living, primarily focused on the expression and regulation of proteins within skeletal muscle in response to age, exercise, disease and/or nutrition in a muscle fibre type-dependent manner.

Research

Areas of Research

Muscle physiology, Biochemistry, Exercise science

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

One health

Publications

Time course and fibre type-dependent nature of calcium-handling protein responses to sprint interval exercise in human skeletal muscle. T.R. Tripp, B.P. Frankish, V. Lun, J.P. Wiley, J. Shearer, R.M. Murphy, M.J. MacInnis. Journal of Physiology. (2022)
Ryanodine receptor leak triggers fiber Ca2+ redistribution to preserve force and elevate basal metabolism in skeletal muscle. C.R. Lamboley, L. Pearce, C. Seng, A. Melzoso-Huesca, D.P. Singh, B.P. Frankish, V. Kaura, H.P. Lo, C. Ferguson, P.D. Allen, P.M. Hopkins, R.G. Parton, R.M. Murphy, C. van der Poel, C.J. Barclay, B.S Launikonis. Science Advances. (2021)
Effects of voluntary wheel running on mitochondrial content and dynamics in rat skeletal muscle. B.P. Frankish, P. Najdovska, H. Xu, S.G. Wette, R.M. Murphy. The Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. (2021)
Human skeletal muscle fiber type-specific responses to sprint interval and moderate-intensity continuous exercise: acute and training-induced changes. L.E. Skelly, J.B. Gillen, B.P. Frankish, M.J. MacInnis, F.E. Godkin, M.A. Tarnopolsky, R.M. Murphy, M.J. Gibala. Journal of Applied Physiology. (2021)
A fast, reliable and sample-sparing method to identify fibre type of single muscle fibres. D. Christiansen, M.J. MacInnis, E. Zacharewicz, H. Xu, B.P. Frankish, R.M. Murphy. Scientific Reports. (2019)
No evidence of direct association between GLUT4 and glycogen in human skeletal muscle. R.M. Murphy, M. Flores‐Opazo, B.P. Frankish, A. Garnham, D. Stapleton, M. Hargreaves. Physiological Reports. (2018)
Elevated GLUT4 and glycogenin protein abundance correspond to increased glycogen content in the soleus muscle of mdx mice with no benefit associated with taurine supplementation. R.G. Barker, B.P. Frankish, H. Xu, R.M. Murphy. Physiological Reports. (2018)
Insights into the role and regulation of TCTP in skeletal muscle. C.A. Goodman, A.M. Coenen, J.W. Frey, J. You, R.G. Barker, B.P. Frankish, R.M. Murphy, T.A. Hornberger. Oncotarget. (2017)