Miller Lab

Halle and Mesquita Earn First-Place Awards at Inaugural Muscle Meeting

Postdoctoral researchers Jessica Halle and Paulo Mesquita won first-place awards for their lay presentation and research presentation, respectively, at the inaugural Tornado Alley Muscle Meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on November 15, 2025. The awards were presented by the American Physiological Society (APS) – Cell Physiology.  

Dr. Kevin White interviewed Dr. Benjamin Miller on The Daily Apple podcast episode

Dr. Kevin White interviewed Dr. Benjamin Miller on The Daily Apple podcast episode titled, “The One ‘Drug’ that Outperforms Them All: Exercise and Aging Explained.” Dr. Miller explains the biology of aging, from protein damage to energy production, and shares why exercise still outperforms any “miracle drug” on the market. He also highlighted the lab’s current exercise clinical trial, in collaboration with Dr. Sue Bodine at OMRF and Dr. Marcas Bamman at IHMC in Pensacola, Florida. In this trial, adults 60 and older receive supervised training, advanced health testing, and wearables to measure multiple outcomes from VO₂ max to sleep — all with the goal of predicting who benefits most from which type of exercise.

2025 AGE Annual Meeting Awards

Postdoc Jordan Fuqua received the Paul F. Glenn award for the top Postdoc poster for his poster titled “mTORC1 inhibition to counteract proteostatic and mitochondrial dysfunction in aged skeletal muscle following disuse” at the 2025 AGE Annual Meeting.