Research Interests and Expertise Brian's research interests are primarily focussed on the plasticity and metabolic adaptation of skeletal muscle in response to physical activity, exercise and nutrition. A member of the Health Research Institute (HRI), the Physical Activity for Health (PAfH) research centre and the FOod, Diet and Nutrition research prority, Brian's current research projects are investigating the effect of physical activity behaviours, exercise and nutrition on metabolic health and function. Brian recently chaired the International Bochemistry of Exercise Conference 2024 at the University of Limerick (www.IBEC2024.com). In collaboration with a number of colleagues at UL, Brian has previously received programme funding from Food for Health Ireland (FHI, http://www.fhi.ie/) to investigate the efficacy of nutrient supplementation with proteins mined from milk to provide metabolic outcomes which support Healthy Ageing and Performance Nutrition (HAPN). Brian has also received funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/), the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF), the Marine Institute (https://www.marine.ie/Home/home), the Irish Research Council (http://research.ie/) and several industry partners including Sport Ireland Institute (http://www.instituteofsport.ie/). Expertise · Resting and exercising human metabolic measurement including substrate utilization and resting metabolic rate by indirect calorimetry · Objective measurement of daily physical activity and sedentary behaviours · Invasive tissue sampling including venous cannulation, muscle biopsy and microdialysis · Tissue culture and cell model assessment of metabolic function in response to perturbations such as nutrient feeding · Analysis of human tissue and cell culture generated samples for biomarkers, enzyme activity, protein localization, gene expression, intracellular signaling and trafficking Membership Research Centres: Health Research Institute (HRI) (http://www.ul.ie/research/hri)Professional: · The Physiological Society · International Research Group for Biochemistry of Exercise https://www.biochemistryofexercise.org/  American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) · European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) · Diabetes UK Researcher profiles: ISI Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-3438-2012 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8350-1481 Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian_Carson3/

Teaching Interests Prof Brian Carson teaches exercise physiology and research methods on the Physical Education and Sport and Exercise Science undergraduate degree programmes. He also teaches on the postgraduate MSc. Sport Performance, MSc. Speech and Language Therapy and Structured PhD programmes within Education and Health Sciences.                        

Prof Brian Carson graduated with a first class honours  BSc. in Sport Science and Health from the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University in 2005. Brian subsequently undertook a PhD funded by a scholarship from the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) entitled The regulation of metabolic gene expression in human skeletal muscle by exercise: the influence of exercise intensity and contraction frequency which was awarded in 2010. He then was appointed as a postdoctoral researcher funded by Diabetes UK at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at the University of Liverpool where he spent 18 months investigating the intracellular trafficking and release of the adipokine adipokines. From there, Brian joined the team in the Physical Education and Sport Sciences department at the University of Limerick as a lecturer in Exercise Physiology in January 2011 where he is now a Professor pursuing research into the role of exercise and nutrition in the regulation of metabolism for performance and health. Interests: Brian has a keen interest in all things sport, but predominantly Gaelic football. He was previously the head coach with the Clare Senior Football team (https://clare.gaa.ie/). He has carried out physiological and performance testing on numerous soccer, rugby and inter-county GAA teams. His interest and applied work in sport and performance crosses into his research and Brian is currently working as part of a multi-disciplinary team investigating the role of strength training in endurance performance and the role of nutrients in bone health of endurance athletes.