John Noone

Dr. John Noone is an Associate Professor (B) in Sport & Exercise Physiology and Course Director for BSc. Sport and Exercise Sciences in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick. John graduated with first-class honours BSc. in Sport Science and Health from the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University in 2014. Following positions working within the Baku 2015 Operations Committee (BEGOC) for the Baku 2015 European Games in Azerbaijan and pre-doctoral research studies within the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden researching into skeletal muscle circadian rhythm biology, John undertook a PhD funded by the European Space Agency and Enterprise Ireland taking place between Dublin City University’s School of Health and Human Performance and the Life Science Research Facility (formerly the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology), Ireland focused on uncovering the effects of physical inactivity on skeletal muscle metabolic function. Following award of his PhD in 2021, John was appointed as a postdoctoral research fellow within the research group of Prof. Richard K. Porter at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's School of Biochemistry and Immunology. Here John investigated the efficacious role of drug treatments within the cannabinoid receptors using in-vitro models of human skeletal muscle cancer cachexia. Following this, John was appointed to his second postdoctoral research fellowship within the research group of Prof. Bret H. Goodpaster at AdventHealth's Translational Research Institute in Orlando, Florida, USA. Here he worked for 3 years as part of the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC) investigating the impact of endurance and resistance exercise on mitochondrial energetics using both cell and human models. Furthermore, he was a member of the Study of Muscle Mobility and Aging (SOMMA) consortium focused on studying the bioenergetic adaptations of skeletal muscle with aging and its relationship to aerobic capacity.