The aims of the International Research Group on Biochemistry of Exercise are:

• To promote scholarly activity in the broad area of exercise biochemistry that includes, but is not limited to, muscle energy metabolism and exercise, muscle adaptations to exercise, molecular and cellular regulation of exercise responses and/or adaptations.
• To organize the triennial International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference (IBEC).
• To promote exercise biochemistry through presentation of the Honour and Young Investigator Awards at the triennial conference.

Currently, the executive committee is composed by:

Frank Booth (University of Missouri, USA), Chairman

Jacques Poortmans (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium), Patron

Mark Hargreaves ( The University of Melbourne, Australia), Past-Chaiman

Zhen Yan (University of Virginia, USA), Vice-Chairman

Marc Francaux (UCLouvain, Belgium), Secretary

Robyn Murphy (La Trobe University, Australia)

Jørn Helge (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Carl Sundberg (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)

Antonio Lancha (Universidade de Sāo Paulo, Brazil), Chair, last IBEC organizing committee