University of Toronto-based lab studying vertebrate comparative physiology, behaviour, and ecology...and generally having a pretty good time.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined December 2015
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The Welch Lab retweeted
Our treadmill is in the @nytimes! @WelchLab_UTSC's work with vampire bats using a custom Sable Systems #respiratory treadmill to determine #aminoacid #metabolism got a writeup. Check it out - there's even video: ow.ly/M8Bw50U4ps3
Original article: ow.ly/hahN50U4ps2
Another great read about our recent publication. @UTSC @UtscBiology @giuliasrossi
Watch Blood-Fuelled Vampire Bats Running On A Tiny Treadmill For Science iflscience.com/watch-blood-f…
We'd also like to thank our funders for this work, including @NSERC_CRSNG #DiscoveryGrant and #DiscoveryAccelerator to @WelchLab_UTSC and @NSERC_CRSNG #PostdocFellowship and @LOrealParisCAN and @UNESCO #ForWomenInScience fellowships.
New paper out! 🚨 We show that vampire bats use amino acids from a recent blood meal to fuel RUNNING - a rare mode of locomotion in bats ideal for stalking prey. I’d worry less about your neck and more about your ankles! 🧛🏻♂️ @WelchLab_UTSC @RSocPublishing
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The Welch Lab retweeted
@RSocPublishing has temporarily removed the paywall so you should be able to download it now!
The Welch Lab retweeted
Our 3rd paper on song learning in Costa's Hummingbird is out in Animal Behaviour. This one had complicated methods due to animal care issues, but the TLDR is simple: Costa's Hummingbirds have 'open ended' song learning
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The Welch Lab retweeted
Most mammals rely on fats and carbohydrates to fuel exercise, but what about blood-sucking vampire bats? Scientists put them on a treadmill to find out.
Learn more: newscientist.com/article/245…
The Welch Lab retweeted
A new @UTSC study finds that vampire bats unique metabolism allows them to fuel their physical activity by only eating blood. Read more: utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events… #BreakingResearch
The Welch Lab retweeted
New paper out! 🚨 We show that vampire bats use amino acids from a recent blood meal to fuel RUNNING - a rare mode of locomotion in bats ideal for stalking prey. I’d worry less about your neck and more about your ankles! 🧛🏻♂️ @WelchLab_UTSC @RSocPublishing
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The Welch Lab retweeted
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We are hiring for the rank of Assistant Professor of "Plant Synthetic Biology & Metabolic Engineering for Human Health." Application window closes December 2, 2024.
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The Welch Lab retweeted
Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍
@NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations!
all freely available in the public domain.
Retweet and spread the message!
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great talk by the @TheTorontoZoo bat conservation team on successfully relocating maternity colonies of little brown myotis from condemned barn buildings near the zoo! hugely successful!
The Welch Lab retweeted
The fact that the NRA got community noted on how to use a gun safely, should tell you everything you need to know about the NRA.
Tim Walz previously claimed he kept a shotgun in his car so he could hunt pheasants after football practice.
This is Tim Walz attempting to load his shotgun this past weekend.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Walz is unloading the gun.
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The Welch Lab retweeted
The team deploying humidity/temperature loggers at the Thachtfield Cave to monitor environmental conditions essential for cave wildlife like bats.
Please share and let me know what you think about the work we are doing.
@WelchLab_UTSC
#Roostersworldja #Biologist
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Manuscript accepted with minor revisions after the initial submission?!! Might be a first for the @WelchLab_UTSC! More coming soon with @giuliasrossi ! #vampirebats
The Welch Lab retweeted
In case you have missed it - our latest research paper showing how hypoxia and ocean acidification affect gill morphology and chemoreceptors in sticklebacks. Great work by @LiamTigert and Deep Soor @UtscBiology @BamfieldMSC link.springer.com/article/10…
Latest co-first author paper with Deep Soor has been published! Check it out! @cosimaporteus @UTSCresearch @BamfieldMSC
So proud of PhD student Jerrica Jamison being named co-winner of the SSB Ernst Mayr award at #Evol2024 !
@UtscBiology @UTSCresearch @eebtoronto
Congratulations to Jerrica Jamison (U. Toronto) and Heru Handika (Louisiana State U.), winners of this year's SSB Ernst Mayr Award!
The Ernst Mayr Award is given to the presenter(s) of the outstanding student talk in the field of systematics at the annual meeting.
#Evol2024
The Welch Lab retweeted
Bumble bee 🐝 declines threaten pollination services worldwide. This research gives insights into the physiological mechanisms that explain why bumble bees are susceptible to heat stress.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coae…
#ClimateChange #Metabolism #Pollination #OxidativeStress
The Welch Lab retweeted
Great work by @giuliasrossi, Jerrica Jamison, and (her first pub) Alaa Elbassiouny!
Congratulations team!
@UtscBiology @UTSCresearch
Too Hot to Handle: Bumble Bee Edition 🔥
Our new study in @conphysjournal shows that heat exposure limits pentose phosphate pathway activity in 🐝. The PPP is a parallel pathway to glycolysis that helps animals combat oxidative stress @WelchLab_UTSC @UTSC
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#csz2024 because some of you have asked for the vampire videos!
