| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Knowles, O. E., Soria, M., Saner, N. J., Trewin, A. J., Alexander, S. E., Roberts, S. SH., Hiam, D., Garnham, A. P., Drinkwater, E. J., & Aisbett, B. (240701). The interactive effect of sustained sleep restriction and resistance exercise on skeletal muscle transcriptomics in young females. Physiological Genomics, 56(7), (506-518). |
| 2024 | Lee, M. JC., Saner, N. J., Ferri, A., Garcia-Dominguez, E., Broatch, J. R., & Bishop, D. J. (240601). Delineating the contribution of ageing and physical activity to changes in mitochondrial characteristics across the lifespan. Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 97 |
| 2024 |
Saner, N. J., Lee, M. JC., Pitchford, N. W., Broatch, J. R., Roach, G. D., Bishop, D. J., & Bartlett, J. D. (240401). The effect of sleep restriction, with or without high-intensity interval exercise, on behavioural alertness and mood state in young healthy males. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(2), doi: 10.1111/jsr.13987 |
| 2024 | Lee, M. J., Caruana, N. J., Saner, N. J., Kuang, J., Stokes, T., McLeod, J. C., Oikawa, S. Y., Bishop, D. J., Bartlett, J. D., & Phillips, S. M. (240101). Resistance-only and concurrent exercise induce similar myofibrillar protein synthesis rates and associated molecular responses in moderately active men before and after training. FASEB Journal, 38(1), |
| 2023 | Bishop, D. J., Hoffman, N. J., Taylor, D. F., Saner, N. J., Lee, M. JC., & Hawley, J. A. (231101). Discordant skeletal muscle gene and protein responses to exercise. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 48(11), (927-936). |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- Sleep
- Acute skeletal muscle responses to exercise
- Sleep health
- mitochondria
- Exercise/muscle physiology
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
About Nicholas Saner
Dr Nicholas Saner is an early career researcher within the Institute for Health and Sport (IHES) at Victoria University. His research focuses on elucidating the mechanisms associated with the increased risk of chronic disease that occur with inadequate sleep and the influence of exercise intensity on skeletal muscle transcriptional responses and mitochondrial adaptations.
Nicholas completed his PhD at Victoria University in 2019 with the supervision of Prof. David Bishop and Dr Jonathan Bartlett. His thesis investigated the mechanisms underpinning reductions in glucose tolerance that occur with sleep loss and whether high-intensity interval exercise could counteract these effects.
Following his PhD, Nicholas accepted a post-doctoral research position at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in the Human Integrated Physiology lab with A/Prof. Erin Howden and A/Prof Andre La Gerche. His research investigated the efficacy of a multi-faceted exercise intervention for preventing the adverse cardiovascular consequences of allogeneic stem cell transplantation, within the ALLO-Active clinical trial.
Dr Saner is currently supervising two PhD students and is the Deputy Chair of the early and mid-career researcher association at VU. He is also an ECR Editorial Board Member for The FASEB Journal and has contributed to sleep policy recommendations as part of the Sleep Health Expert Working Group with the Mitchell Institute. Nicholas has written articles for The Conversation, appeared on ABC radio, and talked on several scientific podcasts regarding his research.
Qualifications
- PhD, Victoria University, 2019
- Bachelor of Medical Research (Honours), University of Tasmania, 2014
Key publications
Nicholas has over 41 publications, with a selection listed here.
A more comprehensive list of Nicholas' publications is available in the VU Research Repository.
Commissioned research report (showing 3)
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Saner, N., & Knowles, O. (240124). Some Australian Open matches run extremely late. How would that impact player sleep and recovery?. SyndiGate Media Inc. |
| 2023 |
McNamara, S., Nichols, T., Dash, S., de, Courten., & Calder, R. (231001). Sleep: a core pillar of health and wellbeing : Improving population sleep health toreduce preventable illness and injury -Policy Evidence Review. Melbourne, Australia: Mitchell Institute. doi: 10.26196/46p5-zm72 |
| 2023 |
McNamara, S., Nichols, T., Dash, S., de, Courten., & Calder, R. (231001). Sleep: a core pillar of health and wellbeing : Improving Population Sleep Health to Reduce Preventable Illness and Injury - A PolicyEvidence Brief. Melbourne, Australia: Mitchell Institute. doi: 10.26196/03mf-pt93 |
Conference paper (showing 2)
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Dillon, H., Howden, E., Saner, N., Ilsley, T., Kliman, D., Foulkes, S., Brakenridge, C., Spencer, A., Avery, S., & Claus, P. (240529). Targeting exercise and sedentary behavior for the prevention of allogeneic stem cell transplant-related cardiovascular dysfunction: The ALLO-Active trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. |
| 2023 | Dillon, H. T., Saner, N. J., Ilsley, T., Kliman, D., Spencer, A., Avery, S., Dunstan, D. W., Daly, R. M., Fraser, S. F., & Owen, N. (230901). A Multifaceted Activity Program Preserves VO2peak In Adults Undergoing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation For Hematological Cancer Paper presented at Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (pp. 312-312). Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). |
Journal article (showing 5 of 30)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Please note:
- Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
- Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
- The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.
2023
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Exercise to counteract the negative effects of sleep loss on glycaemic control in women
From: Victoria University, Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund
Other investigators: Dr Nikeisha Caruana, Prof David Bishop, Dr Jujiao Kuang
For period: 2023-2024
|
$60,367 |
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
Currently supervised research students at VU
| No. of students | Study level | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | PhD | Associate supervisor |
Currently supervised research students at VU
| Students & level | Role |
|---|---|
| PhD (4) | Associate supervisor |
Key academic roles
| Dates | Role | Department / Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2019 - Mar 2022 |
Post-doctoral researcher
|
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute |
| Dates | Role & Department/Organisation |
|---|---|
| Nov 2019 -
Mar 2022
|
Post-doctoral researcher
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute |
Awards
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Young Investigator Award (Exercise and Health) - Exercise and Sport Science Australia |
| 2020 |
Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Excellence in Research (Graduate Researcher) - Victoria University |
Keynote and invited speeches
| Year | Title/Description |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Can exercise prevent the negative metabolic effects associated with sleep loss? Invited presentation at the European College of Sport Science Conference, Dublin |
| 2020 |
The Effect of Sleep Restriction, With or Without High-Intensity Exercise, on Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis in Healthy Young Men Invited panel member, Virtual Journal Club - The Journal of Physiology and The Physiological Society |
