2 impt papers in #Nature demonstrating #torpor is centrally controlled in mice, summarized in this N&V. I wonder if activating these brain regions in non-torpor-inducing species will trigger a torpor-like state… One way to find out! go.nature.com/2AzsQUp

Absolutely buzzin’ to be speaking at this event today, hosted by Baylor’s Translational Research Institute for Space Health. Up up & away! #hibernation #spaceflight #NASA bit.ly/3fwTxHC

Thanks for hosting me Lynn J. Rothschild et al. at NASA Ames (and many other places!). Wonderful discussion. Amazing how many angles & perspectives one can approach the same biological system from. Hooray for complex systems!

NASA's previous crewed lunar program was a largely national endeavour. This lunar program, not so much. Hooray for international collaboration! #DareToExplore #NASA #Artemis #CSA_ASC

What happens to the gut during hibernation? Where do squirrels get those tiny toques? What therapies can be derived from understanding hibernation? Answers to most of these questions can be found in the Comp. Biochem. Physiol. paper by Kurtz, Otis, Regan (Matt Regan), & Carey. Link below

A checklist for designing & reporting aquatic respirometry experiments? So handy! Nice work Shaun Killen et al. Also, I love this fig. I suspect many research topics scale this way. ecoevorxiv.org/gnzh7 #fishsci

Our new preprint demonstrates a significant and important role of the gut #microbiome in highly flexible #hibernation metabolism. And unlike most processes during hibernation, this one increases. Edna Chiang, PhD (ednachiang.bsky.social) @SadieGugel @madmicrobiome Carey Lab Suen Lab biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Next Monday Gigi Lau will present Biologie UdeM #LundiBio seminar series. Mitochondria without oxygen: Lessons from fish. Should be some exciting #fishsci and #Physiology. Great idea for the invite Matt Regan!

Are you a Canadian, PR, or student/work visa holder & currently conducting zoology research in Canada? If so, then we want to hear from you! As a part of understanding & improving EDI within our society, we conducted a survey that will help inform us. Links below! Please RT 1/2

Not to be missed! 2021 Zoological Education Trust public lecture, ft. Dr. Andrea Reid. May 20 @ 12pm EST. Free registration closes Sunday night. eventbrite.ca/e/2021-zoologi… Eventbrite

What a study showing UCP contributions to hypoxia tolerance of mole rats. UCP expression decreases soo rapidly after hypoxia onset! And body temp regulation is not abandoned, just reset to low level right above ambient. Nice work, check it. Glenn Tattersall (@tattersallg.bsky.social) rdcu.be/cBR7d

Shrews: tiny power engineers. They construct/locate their cell powerhouses (mitos, obv) next to cell structures that require power most. B/c these structures vary among tissues, so too does mito morphology/localization. Great study by Dillon Chung et al. doi.org/10.1113/JP2821…

Hummingbirds: from one far side of the metabolic spectrum to the other. Here's a neat animated vid on hummingbird metabolism and torpor based on a new study from The Welch Lab. Nice work Erich et al! vimeo.com/446351256/f0d5…

This Perspective in Science Magazine by Bäckhed Lab and Felix Sommer expertly summarizes our study and its potential applications. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Time to re-think the divide between academic and support staff go.nature.com/3M1KsXW

#BiologieUdeM turns 100 this year. To help celebrate, we invited 5 leaders in different fields of biology to give talks. First up: the incomparable Trish Schulte of #ZoologyUBC. Her talk + cocktails: this Monday at 6pm. Details on poster, register here bit.ly/3qZhP5j

Lundi le 16 janvier à 12h00 EST, Sandra Binning 🇨🇦🇺🇦, Roxane Maranger et Matt Regan présenteront un séminaire des lundis biologiques avec comme invitée Dr. Angela Fago sur Zoom uniquement. Envoyez-nous un message privé Biologie UdeM pour obtenir le lien Zoom.

Funded #PhD position available in the lab in #Montreal! Project is at intersection of #hibernation, #gutmicrobiome and #spaceflight. See link for details (english et français), DM for more info. Please RT! bit.ly/3J83a0V