Matt Regan

@MattDRegan

Animals, metabolism, hibernation, physiology, spaceflight, modernism. Assistant professor of animal physiology, Université de Montréal. He/him, views my own.

Montréal, QC, Canada thereganlab.com Joined August 2013

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Matt Regan @MattDRegan Jan 28, 2022

Our new collab study in @ScienceMagazine shows an important role of gut #microbiome in highly flexible #hibernation metabolism. Potential apps to humans in states of N deprivation, inactivity, microgravity. Bigups @EdnaChiang @SadieGugel @13liner @suenlab science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

www.science.org Nitrogen recycling via gut symbionts increases in ground squirrels over the hibernation season Gut microbiome–mediated urea nitrogen recycling helps ground squirrels survive prolonged fasting during hibernation.

Matt Regan @MattDRegan Jun 12, 2023

Funded #PhD position available in the lab in #Montreal! Project is at intersection of #hibernation, #gutmicrobiome and #spaceflight. See link for details (english et français), DM for more info. Please RT!
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Matt Regan @MattDRegan Sep 21, 2022

#BiologieUdeM turns 100 this year. To help celebrate, we invited 5 leaders in different fields of biology to give talks. First up: the incomparable Trish Schulte of #ZoologyUBC. Her talk + cocktails: this Monday at 6pm. Details on poster, register here bit.ly/3qZhP5j

Matt Regan @MattDRegan Jan 30, 2022

This Perspective in @ScienceMagazine by @BackhedLab and @Microbiome_Fxn expertly summarizes our study and its potential applications. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

www.science.org Staying strong during hibernation The microbiota of hibernating squirrels salvages urea to replenish amino acids

Matt Regan @MattDRegan Dec 16, 2021

Hummingbirds: from one far side of the metabolic spectrum to the other. Here's a neat animated vid on hummingbird metabolism and torpor based on a new study from @WelchLab_UTSC. Nice work Erich et al! vimeo.com/446351256/f0d5…