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

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

Prolactin and Triiodothyronine Modulate Seasonal Variation in Brown Adipose Tissue in Djungarian Hamsters

Seasonal photoperiodic cycles regulate energy rheostasis in many animals. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) and the liver are key metabolic organs that show remarkable plasticity in response to photoperiodi...

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Final PAW seminar of the academic year yesterday🎉Very interesting talks from two of our PhD students: Ansley Li (Supervisors Prof @npevans.bsky.social + Dr Michelle Bellingham), and Bunnada Siriporn (Supervisors Dr Mark McLaughlin, Prof Catherine Stalin + Prof Rodrigo Qiuntana). @sbohvm.gla.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

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...

Congratulations Noor Khan for passing his viva on Tuesday afternoon! 🎉@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk Amazing heart cake made by @npevans.bsky.social

New Study Alert 📢 PAW group PI Dr Mark McLaughlin, along with colleagues from the Small Animal Hospital, is involved in this Corgi study into Degenerative Myelopathy! Please share and consider participating if you have a Corgi that meets the criteria in the news story linked!

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Our veterinary researchers are undertaking a new study in corgis to better understand Degenerative myelopathy, a debilitating disease of the spinal cord. Our team is looking for owners of registered dogs with signs of the condition to participate. Read the full story @ www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

I passed my PhD viva! 🎉 Huge thanks to my examiners @valeriamarasco.bsky.social & @jamesacotton.bsky.social , my supervisors @stevensonlab.bsky.social & @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social , and friends and @physiologyuog.bsky.social & @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk family who made it possible! 💖 To next chapter 🥂

Little win: pre-viva went great 🥳 Questions & chat were also so good! I left motivated (and relieved 😅). Next up: PhD viva 🎓 Thanks to everyone who joined! Huge thanks to @stevensonlab.bsky.social @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social @physiologyuog.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk 💖🐹 #PhDLife #Academia

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Read our latest paper on the Endogenous trade-offs in spotted munia 👉

Endogenous trade-offs among organs across seasonal reproductive states in the spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata)

Annual reproductive processes are timed by the endogenous circannual clock and environmental cues. Although seasonal phenotypic plasticity is well-doc…

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Last few weeks to apply!

Davina Hill@davinahill.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Apply for @glasgow.ac.uk's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics: Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk & @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships... 📅 Deadline: 31st Jan 2026

Our new paper by Katie Crawford @ljmuofficial.bsky.social is out! OA in @ecol-evol.bsky.social: From Leaves to Litter: Use of Anthropogenic #Nesting Materials in #Hibernation Nests of the European #Hedgehog onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @julianowack.bsky.social @cebeardsworth.bsky.social

Apply for @glasgow.ac.uk's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics: Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk & @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships... 📅 Deadline: 31st Jan 2026

New Paper Alert❗🐑 Sexually dimorphic effects of in-utero exposure to a real-life environmental chemical mixture on markers of cardiovascular function in adult sheep Read Here: eprints.gla.ac.uk/372510/ @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

PAW lab group started off the Christmas season with a Secret Santa and pot luck on Friday!🎉🎁🎅 Thanks to @iremsenman.bsky.social for organising! @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @stevensonlab.bsky.social @sayantansur.bsky.social @calumstewartphd.bsky.social @davinahill.bsky.social @ntinalina.bsky.social

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...

5 Live Breakfast - A look ahead to The Ashes, we hear from Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum. - BBC Sounds

Rachel Burden and Qasa Alom with unique stories, and the biggest news and sport.

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Physiology, Ageing and Welfare theme seminar yesterday with a very interesting presentation from Monika Mihm (Senior Lecturer of Farm Animal Reproduction) discussing new developments in the early diagnosis of pregnancy in cattle! @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @stevensonlab.bsky.social

New PhD opportunity with @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk 📢 through the College Futures Themes PhD Programme! "Quantifying the exposure and effect of dietary microplastics on bovine nutrient utilisation" Closing date for applications is January 12th❗ www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

New fully funded PhD opportunity @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk 📢 Dietary ammonation has the potential to positively impact the sustainable use of nutrients in agriculture. This project will investigate the benefits of the treatment, plus whether the benefits come with environmental costs! tinyurl.com/yc3dbwfm

Fully Funded PhD Industrial Partnership PhD- Quantifying the environmental and nutritional impact of feeding urea treated rations to ruminants. at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Fully Funded PhD Industrial Partnership PhD- Quantifying the environmental and nutritional impact of feeding urea treated rations to ruminants. at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAP...

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Congratulations to PAW researcher Dr Mark McLaughlin & colleagues from across @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk, @uofgchem.bsky.social & @unistrathclyde.bsky.social, on being awarded funding by BSAVA and PetSavers’ to carry out research into using saliva to assess phenobarbitone levels in canine epilepsy cases! 🎉

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

PhD Opportunity @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk📢 Investigate how the sustainable approach of using sewage sludge biosolids as an agricultural fertiliser affects the gastrointestinal system of grazing ruminants through in-vitro gastrointestinal modelling and microbiome analysis! www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

A labour of love. Congrats to Calum & colleagues for 6 years of research being recognized by their publication in eLife. The groups discovered that the gene DIO3 is essential for circannual timing in mammals. Work funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

PAW and OHRBID Potluck Picnic yesterday at the Garscube campus! Lovely to have both groups together! Never manage to get a picture of the food before we attack it 😂 Luckily the rain mostly held off to we didn't have to dash back inside with all the food! @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Excited to share Sayantan's latest publication! The group found prolactin enhanced N-cadherin expression in the convoluted tubules and increased kidney volume. The findings show water stability is regulated by prolactin. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @physiologyuog.bsky.social academic.oup.com/endo/advance...

Prolactin Regulates Seasonal Changes in Renal Rheostasis in Djungarian Hamsters

Abstract. Seasonal changes in photoperiod regulate multiple physiological systems in vertebrates, including metabolism, reproduction, and immune function.

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Lovely impromptu PAW lab picnic lunch by the Kelvin to make use of the beautiful weather we have been enjoying in Glasgow! @stevensonlab.bsky.social @sayantansur.bsky.social @davinahill.bsky.social @calumstewartphd.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

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! 🐹

Read our latest publication on the effects of light pollution on Avian physiology here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/php.... Congratulations to all the authors.

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