Brianna Harfmann
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Educational Background
Education and work experience
- B.S. Exercise and Health Science, Alma College, 2007-2011.
- Ph.D. Physiology, University of Kentucky, 2011-2015.
- Postdoctoral fellow, University of Kentucky, 2015-2017.
- Adjunct Professor of Biology, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, 2015-2017.
- Adjunct Professor of Biology, Transylvania University, 2016-2017.
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Assistant Professor
My career at Alma began in
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Recent publications:
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Swalve N, Harfmann B, Mitrzyk J, and Montoye, AHK (2018). Accuracy of activity monitors in assessing sleep quantity and quality. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behavior; 1: 108-121.
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Finlin BS, Memetimin H, Confides AL, Kasza I, Zhu B, Vekaria HJ, Harfmann B, Jones KA, Johnson ZR, Westgate PM, Alexander CM, Sullivan PG, Dupont-Versteegden EE, and Kern PA. Human adipose beiging in response to cold and mirabegron (2018). Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight; 3(15): e121510.
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Seward T, Harfmann BD, Esser KA and Schroder EA (2017). Reinventing the wheel: Comparison of two wheel cage styles for assessing mouse voluntary running activity. Journal of Applied Physiology; 124(4): 923-929.
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Harfmann BD, England JH, Senn NJ, Schroder EA, Esser KA and Kern PA (2017). Temperature as a circadian marker in older human subjects: relationship to metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Journal of the Endocrine Society; 1(7): 843-851.
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Finlin B, Zhu B, Confides A, Harfmann B, Dupont-Versteegden E, Kern PA (2017). Mast cells promote seasonal white adipose beiging in humans. Diabetes; 66(5): 1237-1246.
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Harfmann BD, Schroder EA, Zhang X and Esser KA (2016). Muscle specific loss of Bmal1 leads to disrupted tissue glucose metabolism and systemic glucose homeostasis. Skeletal Muscle, 6: 12.
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Schroder EA, Harfmann BD, Zhang X, Srikuea R, England JH, Hodge BA, Wen Y, Riley LA, Yu Qi, Christy AD, Smith JD, Wolf Horrell EM, Mula J, Peterson CA, Butterfield TA and Esser KA (2015). Intrinsic muscle clock is necessary for musculoskeletal health. The Journal of Physiology; 593(24): 5387-5404.
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Hodge BA, Wen Y, Riley LA, Zhang X, England JH, Harfmann BD, Schroder EA and Esser KA (2015). The endogenous molecular clock orchestrates the temporal separation of substrate metabolism in skeletal muscle. Skeletal Muscle; 5: 17.
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Harfmann BD, Schroder EA and Esser KA (2014). Circadian rhythms, molecular clock and skeletal muscle. Invited review. Journal of Biological Rhythms; 30(2): 84-94.
Recent presentations:
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- Harfmann BD, Schroder EA, Zhang X, Esser KA. 2014. Impaired glucose homeostasis following loss of skeletal muscle Bmal1. Poster Presentation - ACSM Conference on Integrative Physiology of Exercise.
- Harfmann BD, Schroder EA, Zhang X, Esser KA. 2014. Impaired glucose homeostasis following loss of skeletal muscle Bmal1. Poster Presentation – Cell Symposia.
- Harfmann BD, Schroder EA, Zhang X, Esser KA. 2014. Development of metabolic disease following disruption of skeletal muscle circadian rhythms. Poster Presentation – Barnstable Brown Obesity and Diabetes Research Day.
- Harfmann BD, Esser KA. 2013. Disruption of skeletal muscle circadian rhythms leads to altered metabolism.
Poster Presentation – Center for Muscle Biology, Lexington, Kentucky - Harfmann BD, Esser KA. 2013. Loss of skeletal muscle circadian rhythms leads to altered metabolism.
Oral Presentation – Gill Heart Institute Cardiovascular Research Day, Lexington, Kentucky - Harfmann, Hodge BA, England JH, Schroder EA, Esser KA. 2013. Skeletal muscle specific loss of Bmal1 leads to accelerated aging.
Poster Presentation – Circadian Summer School, Nashville, Tennessee - Harfmann BD, Srikuea R, Esser KA. 2012. Loss of Bmal1 leads to accelerated aging of skeletal muscle.
Poster Presentation – Center for Muscle Biology, Lexington, Kentucky - Harfmann BD, Hernandez MK, Ball KL. 2010. IGF-I protects against statin myotoxicity.
Poster Presentation – ACSM Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado