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Oral Presentation at the 7th Polish Congress of Genetics in Wrocław

Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour Gorji gave an oral presentation at the 7th Polish Congress of Genetics (VII Polski Kongres Genetyki), held in Wrocław on 21–24 September 2026. The abstract is published in the congress Book of Abstracts.

"Bioinformatic Identification of HMB-Responsive Genes and Pathways in a DMD^mdx Rat Model"

Authors: Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour Gorji¹ (presenting author), Tomasz Sadkowski¹ (corresponding author)
¹ Department of Physiological Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences — SGGW, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland

The study examined how β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) reshapes the transcriptome of dystrophic skeletal muscle. Male DMD^mdx rats (13–14 weeks old) received either calcium carbonate or Ca-HMB for 42 days, and biceps femoris muscle was analysed by RNA-Seq (Illumina NovaSeq X Plus). HMB was associated with 830 differentially expressed genes (100 up- and 730 down-regulated). Network analysis (STRING/Cytoscape, MCODE, CytoNCA) identified hub genes including Il6, Ccl2, Mmp9, Fos, Klf4, Cxcr4 and Nppb, and enriched pathways included calcium, cAMP, IL-17 and TNF signalling. The results point to broad HMB-induced remodelling related to muscle activity, calcium homeostasis and inflammation, supporting further validation of HMB as a supportive intervention in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Funded by the Polish National Science Centre (NCN), grant no. 2020/37/B/NZ5/01744.

Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour Gorji Accepted for Presentation at the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production 2026

Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour Gorji has been accepted to participate in the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP 2026), held in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, from July 12 to 17, 2026.

The accepted presentation is entitled:

"Advanced Microbiome Analysis Reveals Dual Pathways Linking Agro-Industrial By-Products to Methane Reduction in Dairy Cows"

Authors: Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour Gorji^1,2, Benchu Xue^2,3, Tianhai Yan³, Xianjiang Chen², Omar Cristobal-Carballo³, Tomasz Sadkowski¹, Sokratis Stergiadis⁴, Katerina Theodoridou³, Masoud Shirali^2,3
1 Department of Physiological Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
² Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK
³ School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5DL, UK
⁴ School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6EU, UK

This study investigates how agro-industrial by-products may influence the rumen microbiome and contribute to methane reduction in dairy cows. By applying advanced microbiome analysis, the research provides new insights into nutritional strategies that may support more sustainable livestock production.

Farideh Tahmoresi Presented at the 11th International Scientific Conference of Veterinary Medicine at SGGW

Farideh Tahmoresi participated in the 11th International Scientific Conference of Veterinary Medicine, held at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences — SGGW on May 9, 2026.

She delivered an oral presentation entitled:

"Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals HMB-Induced Molecular Remodeling in Healthy Rat Skeletal Muscle"

Authors: Farideh Tahmoresi¹, Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour Gorji¹, Tomasz Sadkowski^1
1 Department of Physiological Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences — SGGW, Warsaw, Poland

The study focused on the molecular effects of HMB supplementation in healthy rat skeletal muscle using a transcriptomic profiling approach. The presentation contributed to the conference's scientific discussions on veterinary medicine, muscle biology, and molecular physiology.