BILAL AHMAD MIR
Lund University, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Deakin University
0000-0002-8194-5991
About
I am a postdoctoral fellow at Lund University Diabetes Center in Sweden, where I explore the molecular mechanisms underlying muscle insulin resistance, dynamic eQTLs in muscle growth, and the evolutionary aspects of muscle strength. My research is driven by a passion for understanding skeletal muscle physiology, growth, injury, and repair, with a particular focus on miRNAs and exercise physiology.
Before joining Lund University, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Germany, where I investigated the role of miRNAs and genes in intramuscular fat accumulation in farm animals, work with potential implications for meat quality/quantity in food industry and metabolic health and diabetes research in humans. My PhD at Deakin University, Australia, focused on miRNA regulation of NDRG2 in skeletal muscle, particularly its role in muscle atrophy in ALS mouse model.
Grants & Awards
My research has been supported by several prestigious grants, including:
1. SSF Industry-Academia Postdoc Grant (1.5 million SEK, 2023–2026), funding our work between Lund University and AstraZeneca on the RAB3GAP2 project.
2. Fysiografen (97k SEK, 2023) and Paulson Foundation (200k SEK, 2024) Grants, supporting our research on miR-100 in human muscle metabolism and health.
3. Leif Groop Young Scientist Scholarship-Award (200k SEK, 2025) for the MSS51 project, recognizing the potential impact of our work.
Beyond research, I have experience in academic mentoring and teaching, having tutored and assessed biochemistry, physiology and molecule to tissue courses at Deakin University and Lund University. I am also an active peer reviewer for journals such as, Biochemical Genetics, Frontiers in Physiology, Scientific Reports, PLoS One, Animals, Archives of Animal Breeding, and the Journal of Clinical Medicine.
I am always eager to collaborate on research projects at the intersection of muscle biology/physiology, metabolic diseases, and exercise physiology.
Employment
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Lund University Postdoctoral Research Fellow2021 - Present
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Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology Postdoctoral Research Fellow2020 - 2021
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Deakin University Technical Officer2019 - 2019
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Deakin University Assignment marker2015 - 2019
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Deakin University Tutor/Demonstrator/Marker2015 - 2019
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Yeungnam University Research assistant2013 - 2014
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Lund University
Education
Education history is unavailable.
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (13)
- RAB3GAP2 is a regulator of skeletal muscle endothelial cell proliferation and associated with capillary-to-fiber ratio Save
- Adolescent Physical Capacity, BMI, and Adult-onset Diabetes Subgroups: A Life-course Triangulation Study Save
- Multiomics profiling of DNA methylation, microRNA, and mRNA in skeletal muscle from monozygotic twin pairs discordant for type 2 diabetes identifies dysregulated genes controlling metabolism Save
- Increasing circulating levels of Tenascin C in response to the Wingate Anaerobic test Save
- MicroRNA-100 Reduced Fetal Bovine Muscle Satellite Cell Myogenesis and Augmented Intramuscular Lipid Deposition by Modulating IGF1R Save
- High-throughput muscle fiber typing from RNA sequencing data Save
- Epigenome-Wide Histone Acetylation Changes in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Atherosclerotic Disease Save
- Differentially Expressed miRNA-Gene Targets Related to Intramuscular Fat in Musculus Longissimus Dorsi of Charolais × Holstein F2-Crossbred Bulls Save
- Overexpression of NDRG2 in skeletal muscle does not ameliorate the effects of stress in vivo Save
- MicroRNA suppression of stress-responsive NDRG2 during dexamethasone treatment in skeletal muscle cells Save