UBC Human Kinetics – GRIP Laboratory

Current research projects in the Rupert Lab:

1) The role of genetic variants in the susceptability to acute mountain sickness

2) Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE): the role of genotype, plasma concentration, and inhibition on physical performance in humans

3) Development of a prototype blood-based test for exogenous erythropoietin activity based on transcriptional profiling (funded by WADA)

4) Genetic variations and risk taking behaviour in skiers and snowboarders.

5) Development of a Highly-sensitive Quantitative Assay to Detect siRNA-mediated Gene Doping (funded by WADA) beginning 2008.

6) Identification and Characterization of Transcriptional Markers Diagnostic of Autologous Blood Doping (funded by WADA) beginning 2008.