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Dr. Laura McKinnon

Postdoctoral Researcher B.S. (York University, Toronto, ON, Canada) M.Sc. (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA) Ph.D. (Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada) Currently an Assistant Professor at York University’s Glendon Campus. E-mail: lmck@glendon.yorku.ca McKinnon Lab Website Selected Publications

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Dr. Brandy Velten

Ph.D. – Cell & Systems Biology, 2016 Thesis title: “Comparative Identification and Characterization of Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms in Avian Skeletal Muscle” E-mail: br.velten@gmail.com   Selected Publications

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Dr. Sajeni Mahalingam

M.Sc. – Cell & Systems Biology, 2012 Thesis title: “Neuromuscular control of hummingbird flight kinematics.” E-mail: mahals4@mcmaster.ca   Selected Publications

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Lily Hou

MSc – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology – 2015 Thesis title: “Automated Serial Sampling in Hummingbirds Obviates Laborious Ecological Studies of Behaviourally Induced Rises in Departure Stores” B.S. (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada) E-mail: lily.hou@mail.utoronto.ca   Selected Publications

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Saad Muhammad

MSc Student – Cell & Systems Biology Thesis title: TBD B.S. Hon. (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2017) E-mail: saad.muhammad@mail.utoronto.ca   Selected Publications

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Alexander Myrka

MSc – Cell & Systems Biology – 2015 Thesis title: “Sweet GLUTs: Quantitative Analysis of Glucose Transporter and Fructolytic Enzyme Transcript Densities in Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris)”   M.Sc. (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada) B.S. (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada) Currently a PhD student in the lab of Dr. Les Buck at the University of […]

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Dr. Chris Chen

M.Sc. – Cell & Systems Biology, 2012 Thesis title: “Measuring metabolic fuel use and metabolic rate during flight in Archilochus colubris.” Ph.D., 2017 (York University, Toronto, ON, Canada) in the lab of Dr. David Hood. M.Sc., 2012 (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada) B.S., 2010 (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada)   Currently a postdoctoral fellow […]

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Dr. Derrick Groom

PhD – Cell & Systems Biology – 2016 Thesis title: “Hummingbird Hovering Energetics and Flight Capacities Across Elevational Gradients.”   Ph.D. (University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada) B.S. (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada) Currently a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Alex Gerson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.   E-mail: dgroom@umass.edu   Selected Publications

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Dr. Morag F. Dick

Postdoctoral Researcher B.S. (University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada) M.Sc. (Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Halifax, NS, Canada) Ph.D. (2017; University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada) E-mail: morag.dick@utoronto.ca   Selected Publications

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Raafay Syed Ali

MSc student – Cell & Systems Biology Thesis title: “Plasma Membrane Recruitment Patterns of Glucose Transporters (GLUT) 1, 2, 3, and 5 in Response to Feeding in the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris.“ B.S. (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada) E-mail: raafay.ali@mail.utoronto.ca   Selected Publications

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