Membres actuels
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
Ali, R. S., Dick, M. F., Muhammad, S., Sarver, D., Hou, L., G. William Wong and Welch, K. (2020). Glucose transporter expression and regulation following a fast in the ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris. Journal of Experimental Biology 223, jeb229989. Download
Gershman, A., Hauck, Q., Dick, M., Jamison, J. M., Tassia, M., Agirrezabala, X., Muhammad, S., Ali, R., Workman, R. E., Valle, M., et al. (2022). Genomic insights into metabolic flux in ruby-throated hummingbirds. bioRxiv. Download
Simon English
MSc student – Cell & Systems Biology
Thesis title: An integrative analysis of the effects of imidacloprid, a prominent neonicotinoid, on the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
B.S. (Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada)
E-mail: simon.english@mail.utoronto.ca
Publications
Anciens
Dr. Sajeni Mahalingam
M.Sc. – Cell & Systems Biology, 2012
Thesis title: “Neuromuscular control of hummingbird flight kinematics.”
E-mail: mahals4@mcmaster.ca
Selected Publications
Mahalingam, S. (2012). Neuromuscular Control of Aerodynamic Power Output via Changes in Wingbeat Kinematics in the Flight Muscles of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). Download
Mahalingam, S. and Welch, K. C. (2013). Neuromuscular control of hovering wingbeat kinematics in response to distinct flight challenges in the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Journal of Experimental Biology jeb.089383. Download
Lui, M. A., Mahalingam, S., Patel, P., Connaty, A. D., Ivy, C. M., Cheviron, Z. A., Storz, J. F., McClelland, G. B. and Scott, G. R. (2015). High-altitude ancestry and hypoxia acclimation have distinct effects on exercise capacity and muscle phenotype in deer mice. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 308, R779–R791. Download
Du, S. N. N., Mahalingam, S., Borowiec, B. G. and Scott, G. R. (2016). Mitochondrial physiology and reactive oxygen species production are altered by hypoxia acclimation in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). Journal of Experimental Biology jeb.132860. Download
Mahalingam, S. (2017). THE STRESS OF BEING ON TOP: HIGH-ALTITUDE ADAPTATIONS AND PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY OF MITOCHONDRIA IN DEER MICE. Download
Lau, D. S., Connaty, A. D., Mahalingam, S., Wall, N., Cheviron, Z. A., Storz, J. F., Scott, G. R. and McClelland, G. B. (2017). Acclimation to hypoxia increases carbohydrate use during exercise in high-altitude deer mice. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 312, R400–R411. Download
Mahalingam, S., McClelland, G. B. and Scott, G. R. (2017). Evolved changes in the intracellular distribution and physiology of muscle mitochondria in high-altitude native deer mice. The Journal of Physiology 595, 4785–4801. Download
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 at the Sunnybrook Research Institute
E-mail: cwchen@yorku.ca
Selected Publications
Welch Jr, K. C., Allalou, A., Sehgal, P., Cheng, J. and Ashok, A. (2013). Glucose Transporter Expression in an Avian Nectarivore: The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). PLOS ONE 8, e77003. Download
Chen, C. C. W. and Welch, K. C. (2014). Hummingbirds can fuel expensive hovering flight completely with either exogenous glucose or fructose. Functional Ecology 28, 589–600. Download
Welch, K. C. and Chen, C. C. W. (2014). Sugar flux through the flight muscles of hovering vertebrate nectarivores: a review. J Comp Physiol B 184, 945–959. Download
Hood, D. A., Tryon, L. D., Vainshtein, A., Memme, J., Chen, C., Pauly, M., Crilly, M. J. and Carter, H. (2015). Chapter Five - Exercise and the Regulation of Mitochondrial Turnover. In Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science (ed. Bouchard, C.), pp. 99–127. Academic Press. Download
Carter, H. N., Chen, C. C. W. and Hood, D. A. (2015). Mitochondria, Muscle Health, and Exercise with Advancing Age. Physiology 30, 208–223. Download
Hood, D. A., Tryon, L. D., Carter, H. N., Kim, Y. and Chen, C. C. W. (2016). Unravelling the mechanisms regulating muscle mitochondrial biogenesis. Biochemical Journal 473, 2295–2314. Download
Chen, C. C. W., Erlich, A. T. and Hood, D. A. (2018). Role of Parkin and endurance training on mitochondrial turnover in skeletal muscle. Skeletal Muscle 8, 10. Download
Chen, C. C. W., Erlich, A. T., Crilly, M. J. and Hood, D. A. (2018). Parkin is required for exercise-induced mitophagy in muscle: impact of aging. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism 315, E404–E415. Download
Alexander Myrka
MSc – Cell & Systems Biology – 2015
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 Toronto.
E-mail: alex.myrka@mail.utoronto.ca
Selected Publications
Welch, K. C., Myrka, A. M., Ali, R. S. and Dick, M. F. (2018). The metabolic flexibility of hovering vertebrate nectarivores. Physiology 33, 127–137. Download
Workman, R. E., Myrka, A. M., Wong, G. W., Tseng, E., Welch, K. C. and Timp, W. (2018). Single-molecule, full-length transcript sequencing provides insight into the extreme metabolism of the ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris. Gigascience 7,. Download
Myrka, A. M. and Welch, K. C. (2018). Evidence of high transport and phosphorylation capacity for both glucose and fructose in the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 224, 253–261. Download
Groom, D. J. E., Bayram, N., Shehata, M., Herrera M., L. G. and Welch, K. C. (2019). Low ambient temperature reduces the time for fuel switching in the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 237, 110559. Download
Myrka, A. M., Shah, T., Weir, J. T. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2020). No signature of selection on the C-terminal region of glucose transporter 2 with the evolution of avian nectarivory. Avian Research 11, 44. Download
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
Hou, L., Verdirame, M. and Welch, K. C. (2015). Automated tracking of wild hummingbird mass and energetics over multiple time scales using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Journal of Avian Biology 46, 1–8. Download
Hou, L. and Welch, K. C. (2016). Premigratory ruby-throated hummingbirds, Archilochus colubris, exhibit multiple strategies for fuelling migration. Animal Behaviour 121, 87–99. Download
Raafay Syed Ali
MSc student – Cell & Systems Biology
B.S. (University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada)
E-mail: raafay.ali@mail.utoronto.ca
Selected Publications
Gershman, A., Hauck, Q., Dick, M., Jamison, J. M., Tassia, M., Agirrezabala, X., Muhammad, S., Ali, R., Workman, R. E., Valle, M., et al. (2022). Genomic insights into metabolic flux in ruby-throated hummingbirds. bioRxiv. Download
Ali, R. S., Dick, M. F., Muhammad, S., Sarver, D., Hou, L., G. William Wong and Welch, K. (2020). Glucose transporter expression and regulation following a fast in the ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris. Journal of Experimental Biology 223, jeb229989. Download
Welch, K. C., Myrka, A. M., Ali, R. S. and Dick, M. F. (2018). The metabolic flexibility of hovering vertebrate nectarivores. Physiology 33, 127–137. Download