WEBCAST THE OMICS

Webcast: The ‘omics' – new frontiers in performance science

Date: Wednesday 27th May
11am – 12 Midday BST

On Wednesday 27th May, the GSK Human Performance Lab hosted its second HPL expert webcast of 2015, The ‘omics – new frontiers in performance science. 

This webcast featured an impressive panel of experts, who joined us to discuss genomics, proteomics and metabolomics, providing explanation of these novel scientific approaches and highlighting how they have extended our understanding of nutrition, recovery and adaptation. We also discussed the practical implications and the significance for applied practice and human performance. 

Sharing some novel research and discovery work being carried out at the GSK Human Performance Lab, and with the wider GSK science team, the panel explored the cutting edge science in this area and its impact on the future of sports science and performance.

The webcast was hosted by Phil Bell, Senior Scientist at the GSK Human Performance Lab. The panel members that joined Phil were as follows:

  • Matthew Furber - Senior Scientist, GSK Human Performance Lab
  • Dr. Lindsay Edwards, MSc DPhil - Director of Metabolism and Systems Biology, GSK
  • Dr. Craig Sale - Reader in Applied Physiology, Musculoskeletal Physiology Research Group, Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University
  • Dr. Duncan French- Technical Lead of Strength & Conditioning, English Institute of Sport

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Webcast panel biographies

Phillip Bell

Dr. Phill Bell

Matt Furber

Matthew Furber

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Dr. Duncan French

Lindsay Edwards

Dr. Lindsay Edwards 

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Phillip Bell

Dr. Phill Bell

Matt Furber

Matthew Furber

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Dr. Duncan French

Lindsay Edwards

Dr. Lindsay Edwards 

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Dr. Phill Bell

Senior Scientist, GSK HPL

Phill joined the GSK Human Performance Lab team in December 2013 following an Exercise Physiology Lecturing role at Nottingham Trent University. Phill has a range of experience working elite performers, supporting international athletes in several sports including road cycling, triathlon, football and rugby. Phill also has a strong background in Sports Science research, with a particular focus on strategies to accelerate recovery following intense exercise.

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Matthew Furber 

Senior Scientist, GSK HPL

Matthew has been working as an applied and research scientist at the GSK Human Performance Lab since it opened in September 2013. His current research focuses around nutrition and metabolic adaptation along with fuelling for performance. Matthew also leads on a number of elite sport partnerships within the HPL, including the British Triathlon Federation and British Canoeing. He also works closely with ultra endurance athletes competing in events ranging from Ironman to Race Across America. 

Prior to joining the HPL, Matthew worked as a Lecturer in Sport Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at the University of Hertfordshire and managed the University Human Performance Centre. Matthew is also a national trainer and sits on the education team with UK Anti-doping.

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Dr. Duncan French

Strength and Conditioning Lead, English Institute of Sport 

As Technical Lead of Strength and Conditioning Coaching at the English Institute of Sport (EIS), Duncan is responsible for coaching international, world and Olympic athletes from a variety of sports, from football and basketball, to taekwondo. He is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology (Strength and Conditioning) at Northumbria University and a founding member and former Chairman of the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA). 

Duncan provides the HPL with both academic and practical expertise in the fields of neuroendocrine and muscle physiology, in particular responses to resistance training and the mechanisms of recovery and regeneration.

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Dr. Lindsay Edwards 

Director of Metabolism and Systems Biology, GSK

Lindsay joined GSK in Summer 2014 from King’s College London. Since completing his DPhil in human physiology at the University of Oxford, Lindsay has formed research groups in Australia and the UK. His research focuses on systems approaches to skeletal and cardiac muscle metabolism, with particular reference to exercise and hypoxia/high-altitude. Lindsay remains an honorary lecturer at KCL, is a member of the scientific strategy board of the Xtreme Everest project and retains an interest in all things exercise and environmental.

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