Gonzalez-Freire Marta

Over the last decade, the major focus of my research has been on how molecular and cellular processes in skeletal muscle affect skeletal muscle composition and performance. After my PhD I became increasingly interested in identifying the molecular and cellular processes that account for the changes in the skeletal muscle composition that occur during aging. Sarcopenia, or the age-related decline and muscle mass and strength, plays an important role in physical decline and disability. To further my goal of investigating sarcopenia, I began a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Luigi Ferrucci at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2013 where I have been using different approaches to study the pathways that lead to human aging, specially focused in skeletal muscle and blood cells.