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=== Overview ===
=== Overview ===


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File:Overview1.jpg|Project of the Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre (CMRC), Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark (Prof. Dr. Bengt Saltin). Logo of the CMRC Greenland 2004 Expedition, designed by Crownprince Frederik of Denmark.  
File:Overview1.jpg|Project of the Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre (CMRC), Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark (Prof. Dr. Bengt Saltin). Logo of the CMRC Greenland 2004 Expedition, designed by Crownprince Frederik of Denmark.  
File:Overview2.jpg|Rob Boushel and Cindy Writght (Concordia University, Montreal, CA) at the OROBOROS O2k, measuring permeabilized muscle fiber respiration prepared from small needle biopsies.
File:Overview2.jpg|Rob Boushel and Cindy Writght (Concordia University, Montreal, CA) at the OROBOROS O2k, measuring permeabilized muscle fiber respiration prepared from small needle biopsies.
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=== Subject 10 ===
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File:Greenland1.jpg|The Danish participants prepare for the CMRC Greenland Expedition 2004 in a training camp. Subject 10 is in the middle. The Danish filmteam (right) is already in place.  
File:Greenland1.jpg|The Danish participants prepare for the CMRC Greenland Expedition 2004 in a training camp. Subject 10 is in the middle. The Danish filmteam (right) is already in place.  
File:Greenland2.jpg|Søren Bjørn in a maximal aerobic performance test on the ergometer, while blood samples are being taken by Rasmus Damsgaard and Robert Boushel (CMRC, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen; February 2004).
File:Greenland2.jpg|Søren Bjørn in a maximal aerobic performance test on the ergometer, while blood samples are being taken by Rasmus Damsgaard and Robert Boushel (CMRC, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen; February 2004).

Revision as of 11:39, 24 August 2015

CMRC Greenland Expedition 2004

An Inuit hunter with sledge on his way over the frozen sea from Qaanaaq (Thule) to Uummannak (North Star Bay, Pituffik, Thule Air Base; March 2004)

During March and April 2004, the Copenhagen Muscle Research Center accomplished a research expedition in the Northwest of Greenland. The overall aim of the project is to elucidate the connection between genes, environment and early appearance of chronic diseases, particularly diabetes 2. Another intention is to throw light on metabolic adaptations in relation to health effects. Part of the project was the evaluation of mitochondrial respiratory parameters measured by high-resolution respirometry in permeabilized muscle fibers. These were prepared from small biopsies of the arm and leg of traditional life-style Inuit hunters, Western life-style Inuits, and a group of 16 Danish participants of the 42-days expedition.

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Three units of the OROBOROS O2k were part of the expedition - in the northernmost application of high-resolution respirometry (Thule Air Base; 76.4°N, 68.5°E).

  • Overview - A flavour of the project
  • Subject 10 - From pre-experiments in Copenhagen to the adventure of the Greenland Expedition
  • Erich Gnaiger (Innsbruck AT) High-resolution respirometry in small biopsies of human muscle: Correlations with body mass index and age. MiP 2005. Pages 14-15.
  • Robert Boushel (Montreal CA) Local adaptations in mitochondrial substrate-specific O2 flux capacity with prolonged, low intensity, whole-body endurance training. MiP2005. Page 16.

I-MED INFO. Die Zeitung der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck. Nr. 1/Juli 2004

Gallery

All slides by Erich Gnaiger

Saltin-Bengt 2015-June Salutation GnaigerE.jpg

Overview

Subject 10