I have been principal or co-investigator on successful project grants from UK research councils (MRC, BBSRC), the European Union (EUFP7), charities (Dunhill Medical Trust) and industrial (Ajinomoto, Abbott Nutrition, Fresenius-Kabi) sources to the tune of >£10 Million. Since 2005 (at PhD award) I have published ~150 peer-reviewed articles (H-index 56, i10 index 102, ~15,000 citations - Google Scholar) and 6 invited book chapters and my work has placed me in the world's top 5% of cited authors for work in Biology & Biochemistry (source: Thomson Reuters). I have received prestigious early career awards (e.g. American Physiological Society World New investigator 2010) and am regularly invited to speak at both national (e.g. Physiological Society) and international (e.g. EB, ECSS, ASPEN, ICAAP, A/ESPEN) conferences. Our group collaborates nationally and internationally. Our labs presently hosts 3 technicians, ~15 PhD non-clinical and clinical MRes/PhD students & 3 Research Fellows. Our lab is housed at the Royal Derby hospital postgraduate entry medical school under the auspices of a UK Medical Research Council/Arthritis Research UK Centre of excellence for musculoskeletal ageing research, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) under a musculoskeletal theme.