A lab publication led by Dr. Welch and featuring the BIOD98 (Directed Research in Biology course) work of Amina Allalou, Prateek Sehgal, and Jason Cheng was recently accepted for publication in PLOS ONE. The paper, titled, “Glucose transporter expression in an avian nectarivore: the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).” was co-authored with UTSC lecturer Aarthi Ashok. […]

I’m sorry for taking so long to post these…but here you go. This year’s research trip to Brazil took place May-June. With an earlier start in the year, we hoped to catch additional species that were already gone when we showed up in 2012. For the most part, we were successful. We worked with hummingbirds […]

Welcome to new postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Laura McKinnon. Laura is the recipient of a prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship and arrives August 1st. Laura will be studying the effects of climate change on arctic shorebird nestling physiology and ecology.

Recent MSc graduate Sajeni Mahalingam’s paper, “Neuromuscular control of hovering wingbeat kinematics in response to distinct flight challenges in the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Experimental Biology! This will be Sajeni’s first publication. Sajeni is currently pursuing her PhD in the Scott Lab at McMaster University.