
Event Dates: June 1-5, 2026
Event Location: Roanoke, VA
Brand: Aurora Scientific
Visit us at Virginia Tech in Roanoke. Meet Chris and learn how Aurora Scientific muscle systems are utilized to study the effects of exercise on a variety of functions.
Meet Chris at the 20th International Biochemistry of Exercise
About IBEC 2026
The theme of this year's conference is Exercise and Healthspan.
Topics
- Advancing age and the response to exercise
- Early life impact of exercise
- Exercise and prescription medication interactions and repurposing
- Exercise and skeletal muscle anabolic response
- Exercise and inter/intra-organ crosstalk
- Mitochondrial adaptation: Structural/functional relationships in exercise
- Circadian clock and exercise adaptation
- Exercising brain: Impacts on neurogenesis and neuronal plasticity
- Exercise immunity and cancer prevention: From tumor microenvironment to immune cell function
- GLP1 agonists, skeletal muscle, and exercise
- Cutting-edge/breaking discoveries

Chris Rand
Sales and Marketing Manager, Aurora Scientific

Katherine Athaide
Product Consultant, Aurora Scientific

