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YouTube video by pbcjamaica The Unique Flower Bat of Jamaica: One of Nature’s Rare and Fascinating Species

Nice, short documentary about the Jamaica Flower 🦇. Most shots of the bats are as they are being held in the hand/measured. Those two hands belong to my fabulous two grad students, Phil and Jerrica! @utscbiology.bsky.social #bats

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Systemic effects of pesticides on insectivorous bats: a proteomics approach Abstract. Bats play a critical role controlling agricultural pests, yet foraging in croplands exposes them to hazardous pesticides. These chemicals pose si

Hey, let's not talk about THAT "BBB"! Let's talk about a new Big Beautiful 🦇 paper! Big Brown 🦇 given realistic daily dose of pesticide in food for just 3 or 7 days show big changes to plasma proteomes, including important immune system components! doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

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Dietary protein and reproductive condition influence wound healing in the Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis Dietary protein is essential for successful wound healing. When animals that feed primarily on fruits that are poor in protein and micronutrients encounter periods—during migration, reproduction, and ...

New 🦇 paper alert! What do you do when COVID cancels all travel to work with wild neotropical #bats? You work with captive bats in far-away (next door) Quebec!

Extra protein impacts frugivores' wound-healing!

dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

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U of T Scarborough biologist is helping tackle HIV, autoimmune diseases and now ‘forever chemicals’ Bebhinn Treanor’s early ambition was to be a doctor, but then she had the chance to work in a neuroscience lab as an undergraduate student. “Getting to see what was happening in cells and tissues at ...

Groundbreaking research on HIV, autoimmune diseases, and “forever chemicals” — a spotlight on immunologist Prof. Bebhinn Treanor @utsc.bsky.social @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social

utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/...

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Great work by Prof. Bebhinn Treanor and her lab ⬇️⬇️

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Preview: Harvest Walls in the Greenhouse facilities at the University of Toronto Scarborough. These vertical farming walls create new opportunities for researchers in sustainability, plant biology and food production. utsc.utoronto.ca/research/art... @utsc.bsky.social @utscbiology.bsky.social

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A fish rank showing juvenile lake white fish swimming around. Tank had a partial cover with a whole in the middle showing fish.

I'm looking for a post doc to work on the effects of CO2 and diet on lake whitefish growth and physiology in collaboration with Dr David Huyben. Term 12 months, salary 60k CAD. More info here utsc.utoronto.ca/biosci/emplo.... Deadline May 18! @utscbiology.bsky.social

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Congratulations to DR. Phillip Oelbaum! – Welch Lab

A big congratulations to DR. Phillip Oelbaum! His thesis was officially submitted to the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto! It's official!🦇🎉
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Read more: www.welchbiology.com/2025/04/24/c...

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The newest PhD from the Welch Lab, Dr. Phil Oelbaum stands with Dr. Ken Welch after his successful defense.

Congratulations to the newest Welch Lab PhD, Dr. Phil Oelbaum!

It will be official when he completes necessary minor edits within the next month!

Congrats Dr. Oelbaum!

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2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fourwaves - 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

10 days left to submit an abstract. Slots for oral presentations heavily dependent on date of submission, so get on with it!
event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pag...

05.03.2025 18:19 — 👍 7 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0

@kweiosis.bsky.social will be here at UTSC on Friday to talk about his very cool work on transposons!

03.03.2025 19:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Rose did great work in the lab! A very talented researcher! It was a pleasure mentoring and working with her!! #proudsupervisor @utscbiology.bsky.social @utscresearch.bsky.social

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I'm very lucky to have her as a mentor, colleague, and friend. @utscbiology.bsky.social @utsc.bsky.social

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Introducing the Biological Sciences Graduate Student Seminar Series that will highlight some of the incredible research conducted in our department!

04.02.2025 17:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

BIOLOGY SEMINAR

"Morphological plasticity regulated by HSP90 family of heat shock proteins"

Dr. Rongmin Zhao
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
University of Toronto Scarborough

Friday, January 24th, 12 pm in SW403

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Trivia night

15.01.2025 21:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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