Staff Profiles

Dr James Morton

James is a Lecturer in Exercise Metabolism within the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences.  He received a first class BSc (Hons) Sports Science degree in 2003 from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and was awarded with ‘Paula Gorman’ prize for his academic achievement at undergraduate level.  James' specifc research interests focus on the molecular and cellular responses of skeletal muscle to acute and chronic exercise and the impact of diet and nutrition on modulating these response.  For his research on the exercise-induced stress response of human skeletal muscle,  James was awarded with ‘Young Investigator Awards’ from the European College of Sport Science (2006 and 2008) and with a 'Recently Qualified Researcher Award' from the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (2007).

Teaching areas

• Exercise Physiology
• Sports Training
• Muscle Metabolism
• Research Methods

 

Selected Publications

Croft, L., Bartlett, J.D., MacLaren, D.P.M., Reilly, T., Evans, L., Mattey, D.L., Nixon, N.B., Drust, B. and Morton, J.P.  Reduced carbohydrate availability during training does not affect the training-induced reduction in plasma IL-6 response to high-intensity interval exercise.  Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 34, 1098-1107.

Holloway, K.V., O'Gorman, M., Woods, P., Morton, J.P., Evans, L., Cable, N.T., Goldspink, D.F. and Burniston, J.G. (2010).  Proteomic investigation of changes in human vastus lateralis muscle in response to interval training.  Proteomics, 9, 5155-5174.

Morton, J.P., Croft, L., Bartlett, J., MacLaren, D.P.M., Reilly, T., Evans, L., McArdle, A. and Drust, B. Reduced carbohydrate availability does not modulate training-induced heat shock protein adaptations but does up-regulate oxidative enzyme activity in human skeletal muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology, 06, 513-1521..

Morton J.P., Kayani, A.C., McArdle, A and Drust, B. (2009). The exercise-induced stress response of skeletal muscle: with specific emphasis on humans. Sports Medicine, in press.

Kayani, A.C., Morton, J.P. and McArdle, A. (2008). The exercise-induced stress response in skeletal muscle: failure during ageing.  Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 33, 1033-1041.

Morton, J.P., Holloway, K., Woods, P.D., Cable, N.T., Burniston, J., Evans, L., Kayani, A.C. and McArdle, A. (2009). Exercise-training induced sex specific adaptations of heat shock proteins in human skeletal muscle. Muscle Nerve, 39, 230-233.

Morton, J.P., MacLaren, D.P.M., Cable, N.T.,  Campbell, I.T., Evans, L., Kayani, A., McArdle, A. and Drust, B.  (2008). Trained men display increased basal heat shock protein content of skeletal muscle. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 40, 1255-1262.

Morton, J.P., MacLaren, D.P.M., Cable, N.T., Bongers, T., Griffiths, R., Campbell, I.T., Evans, L., Kayani, A., McArdle, A. and Drust, B.  (2007).  Elevated core and muscle temperature to levels comparable to exercise do not increase heat shock protein content of physically active men. Acta Physiologica, 190, 319-327.

Morton, J.P., MacLaren, D.P.M., Cable, N.T., Bongers, T., Griffiths, R., Campbell, I.T., Evans, L., Kayani, A., McArdle, A. and Drust, B. (2006). Time-course and differential expression of the major heat shock protein families in human skeletal muscle following acute non-damaging treadmill exercise.  Journal of Applied Physiology, 101, 176-182.

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