The Welch Lab

@WelchLab_UTSC

University of Toronto-based lab studying vertebrate comparative physiology, behaviour, and ecology...and generally having a pretty good time.

Toronto, Ontario welchbiology.com Joined December 2015

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The Welch Lab @WelchLab_UTSC Nov 8, 2024

Another great read about our recent publication. @UTSC @UtscBiology @giuliasrossi

Watch Blood-Fuelled Vampire Bats Running On A Tiny Treadmill For Science iflscience.com/watch-blood-fu…

www.iflscience.com Watch Blood-Fuelled Vampire Bats Running On A Tiny Treadmill For Science "Why fear something when you can understand it better and marvel at its diversity and complexity?”

The Welch Lab @WelchLab_UTSC Nov 7, 2024

We'd also like to thank our funders for this work, including @NSERC_CRSNG #DiscoveryGrant and #DiscoveryAccelerator to @WelchLab_UTSC and @NSERC_CRSNG #PostdocFellowship and @LOrealParisCAN and @UNESCO #ForWomenInScience fellowships.

Giulia Rossi @giuliasrossi Nov 6, 2024

New paper out! 🚨 We show that vampire bats use amino acids from a recent blood meal to fuel RUNNING - a rare mode of locomotion in bats ideal for stalking prey. I’d worry less about your neck and more about your ankles! 🧛🏻‍♂️ @WelchLab_UTSC @RSocPublishing

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

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The Welch Lab @WelchLab_UTSC Oct 25, 2024

great talk by the @TheTorontoZoo bat conservation team on successfully relocating maternity colonies of little brown myotis from condemned barn buildings near the zoo! hugely successful!

The Welch Lab @WelchLab_UTSC Sep 30, 2024

Manuscript accepted with minor revisions after the initial submission?!! Might be a first for the @WelchLab_UTSC! More coming soon with @giuliasrossi ! #vampirebats

The Welch Lab @WelchLab_UTSC Jul 27, 2024

So proud of PhD student Jerrica Jamison being named co-winner of the SSB Ernst Mayr award at #Evol2024 !

@UtscBiology @UTSCresearch @eebtoronto

Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol Jul 27, 2024

Congratulations to Jerrica Jamison (U. Toronto) and Heru Handika (Louisiana State U.), winners of this year's SSB Ernst Mayr Award!

The Ernst Mayr Award is given to the presenter(s) of the outstanding student talk in the field of systematics at the annual meeting.

#Evol2024
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