Kevin Conley

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Physiology & Biophysics
ProfessorAppointed: 2000
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Radiology
ProfessorAppointed: 2000

Mailing Address

Department of Radiology
SB-05
Seattle, Washington 98195
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 543-3763
Fax: (206) 543-3495
kconley@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983.
M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980.
B.A., Lake Forest College, 1976.

Expertise and Research Interests

My expertise is in the following areas:
muscle energetics;
magnetic resonance spectroscopy;
exercise physiology;
metabolism.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Biological Sciences, Exercise Physiology, Magnetic Resonance, Medical Or Diagnostic Imaging, Metabolism, Muscle Disorders, Muscle Structure Or Function, Physical Biology, Resonance Spectroscopy.

Additional Terms:

Biology, Diagnostic Imaging, Exercise Physiology, Imaging, Medical Imaging, Muscle, Muscle Biology.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

German: (Basic, Basic, Basic)

Previous Positions

1988-1994, Research Assistant Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Radiology, Magnetic Resonance Laboratory
1986-1988, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Medical School, Radiology
1983, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Concord Field Station
1983-1986, Swiss NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bern, Switzerland, Department of Anatomy

Funding Received

  • NIH: Respiration & glycolysis: integration in active muscle, $1,313,405, 1998 to 2003.
  • NSF: Integrated muscle-system design for maximal flux and minimal cost, $55,000, 1997 to 1999.
  • NSF: Muscle energy balance in vivo: rattlesnake as a model system, $45,000, 1993 to 1996.
  • NIH: Age & exercise: muscle function by NMR and performance, $1,070,628, 1992 to 1997.
  • AHA: Mechanisms of compensation to changes in creatine levels in the heart, $101,800, 1990 to 1994.
  • NIH: National Research Service Award, $74,000, 1985 to 1988.
  • Swiss NSF: International Postdoctoral Fellowship, $18,000, 1983 to 1984.

Publications

  • Conley, KE, CE Amara, SA Jubrias, Mitochonidral function, fiber types and aging: new insights from human muscle in vivo., Exp. Physiol, 92(2), 333-9, Mar 2007
  • Conley, KE, SA Jubrias, CE Amara, DJ Marcinek, Mitochonidral aging in vivo: impact on muscle function and fiber fate, Exer Sport Sci Rev., 61(6), 665-9, 2007
  • Amara, CE, EG Shankland, SA Jubrias, DJ Marcinek, MJ Kushmerick, KE Conley, Mild uncoupling impacts mitochonidrial aging in human muscles in vivo, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 104, 1057-62, 2007
  • Conley, KE, DJ Marcinek, JJ Villarin, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Aging, Curr Op Clin Nutr Metab Care, In Press, 2007
  • Conley KE, Ordway GA, Richardson RS, Deciphering the mysteries of myoglobin in striated muscle, Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, 168(4), 623-34, April 2000 Abstract
  • Conley, K E, Jubrias, S A, Esselman, P E Jubrias, S A Esselman, P E, Oxidative capacity and aging in human muscle, Journal of Physiology, 526.1, 203-210, 2000
  • Conley KE, Kushmerick MJ, Jubrias SA, Glycolysis is independent of oxygenation state in stimulated human skeletal muscle in vivo, Journal of Physiology, 511 ( Pt 3), 935-45, September 1998 Abstract
  • Jubrias S A, Odderson I R, Esselman P C, Conley K E, Decline in isokinetic force with age: muscle cross-sectional area and specific force., Pflügers archiv. European Journal of Physiology, 434(3), 246-53, July 1997 Abstract
  • Conley K E, Blei M L, Richards T L, Kushmerick M J, Jubrias S A, Activation of glycolysis in human muscle in vivo., American Journal of Physiology, 273(1 Pt 1), C306-15, July 1997 Abstract
  • Conley K E, Jones C, Myoglobin content and oxygen diffusion: model analysis of horse and steer muscle., American Journal of Physiology, 271(6 Pt 1), C2027-36, December 1996 Abstract
  • Conley K E, Lindstedt S L, Minimal cost per twitch in rattlesnake tail muscle., Nature, 383(6595), 71-2, 5 Sep 1996 Abstract
  • Cress M E, Conley K E, Balding S L, Hansen-Smith F, Konczak J, Functional training: muscle structure, function, and performance in older women., Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 24(1), 4-10, July 1996 Abstract
  • Conley K E, Cress M E, Jubrias S A, Esselman P C, Odderson I R, From muscle properties to human performance, using magnetic resonance., Journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical, 50 Spec No, 35-40, November 1995 Abstract
  • Conley K E, Christian K A, Hoppeler H, Weibel E R, Heart mitochondrial properties and aerobic capacity are similarly related in a mammal and a reptile., Journal of Experimental Biology, 198 ( Pt 3), 739-46, March 1995 Abstract
  • Conley K E, Cellular energetics during exercise., Advances In Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine, 38A, 1-39, 1994 Abstract
  • Blei M L, Conley K E, Odderson I B, Esselman P C, Kushmerick M J, Individual variation in contractile cost and recovery in a human skeletal muscle., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 90(15), 7396-400, 1 Aug 1993 Abstract
  • Blei M L, Conley K E, Kushmerick M J, Separate measures of ATP utilization and recovery in human skeletal muscle [published erratum appears in J Physiol (Lond) 1994 Mar 15;475(3):548], Journal of Physiology, 465, 203-22, June 1993 Abstract

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