Lab alum Dr. Natalia Sandoval Herrera was recently named the winner of the University of Toronto Scarborough Department of Biological Sciences Best EEB Paper. This prize celebrates the best paper led by a UTSC, Biological Sciences-based graduate student within the broad fields of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Natalia’s paper, entitled, “Non-destructive methods to assess pesticide […]
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Congratulations to Welch lab PhD student Phillip Oelbaum on being named a 2024 Student Scholar by Bat Conservation International for his project, entitled “Foraging and roosting ecology of Phyllonycteris aphylla in Jamaica.” More about Phil’s project (from the BCI page): The Jamaican flower bat, Phyllonycteris aphylla, is listed as critically endangered and until now was […]
Read More Following a successful first field-trip in early 2023 resulting in a publication on two new breeding populations of the endangered Jamaican flower bat (Phyllonycteris aphylla), Phil Oelbaum and Jerrica Jamison, joined collaborator Damian Whyte and the Jamaica Caves Organization for more censusing of Jamaican “rat bats”!
Read MoreThe Welch lab is actively recruiting graduate students for the coming year (Fall 2023 start). I anticipate recruiting up to 1 MSc student and 1 or 2 PhD students (i.e. student already has MSc or is a BSc graduate that is especially competitive). In particular, I am looking for students interested in studying a) ecotoxicology […]
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A newly published paper led by recent MSc graduate Raafay Syed Ali has been featured in “Inside the JEB” It seems there is no limit to hummingbird superpowers. Blessed with the manoeuvrability of insects and high-speed vision, the nimble birds fuel their whirlwind lifestyle with a diet of sugar-charged nectar. Yet, by night, the animals […]
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Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Natalia Sandoval Herrera on being awarded a 2020 “Latin American Student Field Research Award” from the American Society of Mammalogists. This US$1500 grant will support her work in Belize, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Thank you, ASM! Want to know more about her research? See her World Bat Twitter Conference presentation below!
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The following highlighted post features our paper “Metabolic fates of evening crop-stored sugar in ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris)” Read this post in its entirety here. At Picarro, we enjoy seeing how research groups at the forefront of Science are using our systems in their research. We’d like to thank Erich R. Eberts, Dr. Morag F. […]
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New research led by MSc graduate Alexander Myrka shows that ruby-throated hummingbirds express fructose transporter mRNA at uniquely high levels in flight muscle, but do not express fructolytic enzymes in the same tissue. This suggests flight muscle may be able to take up fructose at unusually high rates, but raises questions about how fructose phosphorylation […]
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Research led by friend of the lab Dr. Matt Kolmann (@KolmannMA) was featured by Science Magazine Youtube Channel. In collaboration with the Welch lab, Dr. Kolmann report that mammals aren’t the only group of animals that can chew!
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Professors Ken Welch and Christopher Guglielmo (from the Advanced Facility for Avian Research at Western University) were interviewed by Discovery for their web-based series Don’t Blink! Watch it here!
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