Laboratory of Seasonal Biology

Excited to share the latest publication from the group! Key message: not all photoperiodic responses are the same (aka photoperiodic polyphenisms). Check out the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @iremsenman.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

PAW Lab Coffee Morning social event today. Always good to catchup and eat some cakes and savoury snacks! @stevensonlab.bsky.social @npevans.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Congrats Sayantan and colleagues on your publication! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... Check out the discovery of the impact prolactin and triiodothyronine have on hamster adipose tissue. @sayantansur.bsky.social @calumstewartphd.bsky.social @iremsenman.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Interested in the molecular basis of timing winter dormancy and the anticipation of spring in mammals? Check our Calum @calumstewartphd.bsky.social latest publication in eLife! Deiodinase type-3 (Dio3) is the key gene. Generously supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Excellent work Irem! Well done on your graduate work and congratulations on passing your viva

A wonderful chat with @rachelburden.bsky.social and Qasa Alom from BBC5 Live this morning about our recent publication in eLife doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

We kicked off this year's Physiology, Ageing and Welfare theme seminars today with two brilliant presentations from @calumstewartphd.bsky.social and Megan Miles! @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @stevensonlab.bsky.social

Excellent news! Well done Jo, such a well-deserved award!.

It was such an amazing gathering. Thanks for all the organisational work, Fiona and Becky!

The Messerli Research Institute & VetMedUni (Vienna) is seeking applications for assist. prof. with expertise in genetic and epigenetic mechanisms to help improve human-animal interactions. See post here: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/jobs/profess...

An excellent initiative organised by the Becky and Fiona, well done!

Very interesting career perspective from Charlotte Helfrich-Förster. A lot of very good advices for young scientists rdcu.be/ekQat

Amazing talk by @iremdenizlimsc.bsky.social on her doctoral work on Siberian Hamsters at @stevensonlab.bsky.social in the @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Research Away day! 🐹

Irem providing an excellent (albeit very short) overview of her nearly complete thesis using a multi-omics approach to understand photoperiodic polyphenisms. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @physiologyuog.bsky.social @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social @iremdenizlimsc.bsky.social

Dr (x2!) Vicki Scott presenting her proposed research program into equine welfare during the @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Away day. Congrats on your Fellowship Award, and we are looking forward to your continued research progress in @physiologyuog.bsky.social

Such a great day! Thank you @chrono-bob.bsky.social and colleagues for putting together an excellent meeting.

Great talk by Dr. Jyoti Tiwari on how photic cues drive migration, sleep, and immunity in redheaded buntings. Her findings reveal how ALAN and noise pollution disrupt these processes, underscoring the need to preserve natural light-dark cycles. #PAWSeminar

A very nice piece by Dr Konstantina that covers the recent publication of the book On Rheostasis.

In Vienna visiting the Messerli Research Institute. An amazing place advancing human-animal interactions. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @physiologyuog.bsky.social

Excited to share the latest publication from the group, which outlined how the bird brain detects light and the links to seasonal control of reproduction. @physiologyuog.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Congrats Irem @iremdenizlimsc.bsky.social @physiologyuog.bsky.social on your new publication! Clear targeted changes in testicular DNA methylation link to seasonal breeding. Thanks to Kathryn Elmer @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social for the collaboration! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Only one week left to apply to join our lab at Imperial! Please do remember to send your applications on the Imperial website, even if you got in touch with me informally. I will only be able to assess formal applications and not other expressions of interest

Our @hannahrees.bsky.social @bioclocksuk.bsky.social @dynamicbrain.bsky.social @andrewmillar.bsky.social @rebeccahughes.bsky.social @antdodd.bsky.social @mvonschantz.bsky.social @roblucas.bsky.social @andrewmillar.bsky.social BioclocksUK review published royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

This is from last April. But it encapsulates my January feelings about HE in the UK. voicesofacademia.com/2024/04/05/i...

Excellent work Hannah! It was wonderful working with you and providing a small contribution! @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

Check out Sayatan @sayantansur.bsky.social latest publication in the Philosophical Transaction of RS! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Excellent resource for scientific literature on seasonal variation in avian immune function. @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @physiologyuog.bsky.social

Why not apply to write a MSCA fellowship with me on hibernation, tanycytes and seasonality: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/309304

Here a short reminder that the closing date is approaching (30 January) - for this pretty exciting position (!) to work as a PostDoc on the B. subtilis circadian clock. shorturl.at/LKjWz

Congratulations Avalene on an excellent poster presentation at #SICB2025 - it is great to see all your hard work from last summer being presented to a wide audience. @calumstewartphd.bsky.social @sayantansur.bsky.social @physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

Excited to join the Messerli Research Institute Scientific Advisory Board at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna - www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/messerli Looking forward to participating in the direction of the research advances from the new expansion.

Great talk by Calum at #SICB2025 on role of hypothalamic Dio3 in seasonal responses in Siberian hamsters!

Dr. Sayantan Sur presented his work on molecular regulation of seasonal adiposity in Japanese quails at #SICB2025 !

Are you attending #SICB2025 - go see Irem's poster and learn all about the mechanisms that underpin seasonal polyphenisms! @physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

Nice story of how seasonal mismatches are evolving. However, the coverage of endogenous timing is lacking. The author neglects to highlight that 'biological events' in animals are not simply responses to climate but are programmed to occur during specific months. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Happy shortest photoperiod for you, Northerners! And all the Southerners, happy longest photoperiod. The day today is neither short nor long as the daily clock keeps approximately 24hr 😉 #solstice.

I had a wonderful visit to FIWI and enjoyed my time seeing the new facilities and catching up with old colleagues. There is an amazing group of people and exciting research being conducted. Thank you for the invitation!

A happy holiday group celebration with secret Santa. Special thanks to Irem @iremdenizlimsc.bsky.social for organizing the event. Another great gathering and excellent food choices. @physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

A wonderful time visiting Valeria Marasco @V_Marasco in the FIWI at the VetMed Uni of Vienna @FIWIvienna @VetmeduniVienna - excellent opportunity to share the latest discoveries from the group. @physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

Excellent presentation by Calum today during the research theme seminar. First time seeing all his work looking at circannual timing of reproduction in the POA and AvPv. Something cool is a brewin'

A clear indication that BlueSky is similar to the 'old twitter' - the feed is full of cat pictures. 😂

At the old alma mater - Western University (aka UWO) to present the labs research on circannual interval timers, torpor (ie hibernation) and rheostasis. It was such an amazing time visiting friends and colleagues. Thanks, Scott, Centre for Animal Movement and the Dept Biology

We are excited to share Sayantan's publication investigating the rheostatic regulation of tissue histology & transciptome in adipose, liver & muscle across seasonal states in quail. These data identify cellular pathways that control long-term changes in energy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...