Academic and Scientific Team

The Cellular Health and Metabolism Facility at the University of Birmingham is directed by Dr Alex Wadley and Dr Jonathan Barlow. 

Dr Alex Wadley

Dr Alex Wadley

Lecturer in Exercise Metabolism
Academic Director, Cellular Health and Metabolism Facility

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Alex’s work centres on understanding how exercise can prime the immune system to improve patient responses to treatment and reduce disease activity. Alex has worked with patients with type-1 diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, chronic kidney disease and obesity to examine the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise in these populations.

Telephone
0121 414 8011
Email
a.j.wadley@bham.ac.uk

Dr Jonathan Barlow

Dr Jonathan Barlow

Scientific Research Director, Cellular Health and Metabolism Facility

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Dr. Barlow has more than 10 years’ experience using extracellular flux analysis and high resolution respirometry for assessing ‘real-time’ cellular metabolism in cells and tissues. His expertise covers in-depth knowledge of cellular bioenergetics with specific skills using Seahorse Extracellular Flux (XF) Analysers and Oroboros O2K high-resolution FluoRespirometry. He also has ...

Email
j.p.barlow@bham.ac.uk