Dr. Davina Derous
@davinaderous.bsky.social
Systems physiologist at the University of Aberdeen focusing on how environmental factors impact the metabolism of different species and can lead to physiological changes using high-throughput molecular assays.
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Care about climate change, physiology, marine mammals and want to do something about it?
Exciting PhD opportunity funded by @mastscot.bsky.social to work with Andrew Brownlow, myself, @jlkershaw.bsky.social , Fiona Manson,
@strandings.bsky.social,
@naturescot.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3aj4kft9
Exciting PhD opportunity funded by @mastscot.bsky.social to work with Andrew Brownlow, myself, @jlkershaw.bsky.social , Fiona Manson,
@strandings.bsky.social,
@naturescot.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3aj4kft9
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📢#PhD Opportunity funded by MASTS Scotland - Investigating blubber thermogenesis of harbour porpoises🌊
Deadline: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Supervisors: Andrew Brownlow - @davinaderous.bsky.social - Joanna Kershaw - Fiona Manson
🔗INFO: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Supervisors: Andrew Brownlow - @davinaderous.bsky.social - Joanna Kershaw - Fiona Manson
🔗INFO: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
June 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📢#PhD Opportunity funded by MASTS Scotland - Investigating blubber thermogenesis of harbour porpoises🌊
Deadline: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Supervisors: Andrew Brownlow - @davinaderous.bsky.social - Joanna Kershaw - Fiona Manson
🔗INFO: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Supervisors: Andrew Brownlow - @davinaderous.bsky.social - Joanna Kershaw - Fiona Manson
🔗INFO: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Care about climate change, physiology, marine mammals and want to do something about it?
Exciting PhD opportunity funded by @mastscot.bsky.social to work with Andrew Brownlow, myself, @jlkershaw.bsky.social , Fiona Manson,
@strandings.bsky.social,
@naturescot.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3aj4kft9
Exciting PhD opportunity funded by @mastscot.bsky.social to work with Andrew Brownlow, myself, @jlkershaw.bsky.social , Fiona Manson,
@strandings.bsky.social,
@naturescot.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3aj4kft9
June 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Care about climate change, physiology, marine mammals and want to do something about it?
Exciting PhD opportunity funded by @mastscot.bsky.social to work with Andrew Brownlow, myself, @jlkershaw.bsky.social , Fiona Manson,
@strandings.bsky.social,
@naturescot.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3aj4kft9
Exciting PhD opportunity funded by @mastscot.bsky.social to work with Andrew Brownlow, myself, @jlkershaw.bsky.social , Fiona Manson,
@strandings.bsky.social,
@naturescot.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3aj4kft9
For those at #ECS2025, don't miss @wild-devs.bsky.social talk on reproductive hormones in fin whales and Alexandra's talk on proteomics in pilot whales this morning.
May 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
For those at #ECS2025, don't miss @wild-devs.bsky.social talk on reproductive hormones in fin whales and Alexandra's talk on proteomics in pilot whales this morning.
Delighted to say that both Alexandra Tranganida and @wild-devs.bsky.social will be presenting at the European Cetacean Society conference next week! Alexandra will talk about blubber proteomics in pilot whales and Devonne about reproductive hormones in fin whales (Day 2 - session 6). #ECS2025
May 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Delighted to say that both Alexandra Tranganida and @wild-devs.bsky.social will be presenting at the European Cetacean Society conference next week! Alexandra will talk about blubber proteomics in pilot whales and Devonne about reproductive hormones in fin whales (Day 2 - session 6). #ECS2025
Extremely proud of @wild-devs.bsky.social first first-author publication. Devonne showed sexual segregation and stable pregnancy rates in minke whales sampled in the Gulf of St. Lawrence between 2007-2015 @jlkershaw.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @meps-ir.bsky.social
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
Sexual segregation and stable pregnancy rates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence’s minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata amidst environmental changes
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April 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Extremely proud of @wild-devs.bsky.social first first-author publication. Devonne showed sexual segregation and stable pregnancy rates in minke whales sampled in the Gulf of St. Lawrence between 2007-2015 @jlkershaw.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @meps-ir.bsky.social
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
Great paper focusing on heat loss estimation using model predictions in cetaceans and how morphometrics such as blubber thickness and body size may play a role.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Size-specific strategies of sympatric cetaceans to reduce heat loss
Highlighted Article: Novel aerial photogrammetry methods reveal that smaller cetaceans rely on physiological and morphological adaptations to reduce heat loss whereas larger species offset heat loss b...
journals.biologists.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Great paper focusing on heat loss estimation using model predictions in cetaceans and how morphometrics such as blubber thickness and body size may play a role.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Incredible new Science paper by @chrismcknight.bsky.social, @jlkershaw.bsky.social and team that shows seals do cognitively perceive circulating oxygen and alter their diving behaviour accordingly www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cognitive perception of circulating oxygen in seals is the reason they don’t drown
Marine mammals rely on maintaining sufficient blood oxygen levels while diving to prevent drowning. Generally, oxygen is cognitively imperceptible to mammals that instead sense rising carbon dioxide a...
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March 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Incredible new Science paper by @chrismcknight.bsky.social, @jlkershaw.bsky.social and team that shows seals do cognitively perceive circulating oxygen and alter their diving behaviour accordingly www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Always great to catch up with @strandings.bsky.social and all set for a great day!!
March 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Always great to catch up with @strandings.bsky.social and all set for a great day!!
What an incredible inspirational talk by @mdelibeg.bsky.social, the new Regius Chair in Physiology. Great night socialising with people of the medical campus.
February 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
What an incredible inspirational talk by @mdelibeg.bsky.social, the new Regius Chair in Physiology. Great night socialising with people of the medical campus.
Large dataset analysis across several species to more accurately predict age in cetaceans using various tissues and epigenetics.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Enhancing epigenetic aging clocks in cetaceans: accurate age estimations in small endangered delphinids, killer whales, pilot whales, belugas, humpbacks, and bowhead whales - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Enhancing epigenetic aging clocks in cetaceans: accurate age estimations in small endangered delphinids, killer whales, pilot whales, belugas, humpbacks, and bowhead whales
www.nature.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Large dataset analysis across several species to more accurately predict age in cetaceans using various tissues and epigenetics.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interesting paper focusing on heat loss in several cetacean species and the role of body morphometrics, blubber thickness and thermal conductivity.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
Size-specific strategies of sympatric cetaceans to reduce heat loss
Maintaining a stable core body temperature is essential for endotherms. Cetaceans live in a highly thermally conductive medium, requiring special adaptations to reduce heat loss and maintain homeother...
journals.biologists.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Interesting paper focusing on heat loss in several cetacean species and the role of body morphometrics, blubber thickness and thermal conductivity.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
Reposted by Dr. Davina Derous
NEWS&VIEWS | Herbert Tilg and Christoph Grander (Med Uni, AT)
The authors highlight a study describing the role of #TM6SF2 as a mediator of the #gut - #liver axis to modulate #MASH pathophysiology 🐭 🦠
Read it here: https://bit.ly/4hu7oiz
The authors highlight a study describing the role of #TM6SF2 as a mediator of the #gut - #liver axis to modulate #MASH pathophysiology 🐭 🦠
Read it here: https://bit.ly/4hu7oiz
TM6SF2 as new intestinal lipid player
The gut–liver axis is of crucial importance in health and disease. TM6SF2 is a genetic risk factor for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Zhang, Yu et al. reveal that intestinal TM6SF2 critically affects the gut–liver axis.
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February 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
NEWS&VIEWS | Herbert Tilg and Christoph Grander (Med Uni, AT)
The authors highlight a study describing the role of #TM6SF2 as a mediator of the #gut - #liver axis to modulate #MASH pathophysiology 🐭 🦠
Read it here: https://bit.ly/4hu7oiz
The authors highlight a study describing the role of #TM6SF2 as a mediator of the #gut - #liver axis to modulate #MASH pathophysiology 🐭 🦠
Read it here: https://bit.ly/4hu7oiz
Reposted by Dr. Davina Derous
Retrograde mitochondrial signaling governs the identity and maturity of metabolic tissues | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Retrograde mitochondrial signaling governs the identity and maturity of metabolic tissues
Mitochondrial damage is a hallmark of metabolic diseases, including diabetes, yet the consequences of compromised mitochondria in metabolic tissues are often unclear. Here, we report that dysfunctiona...
www.science.org
February 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Retrograde mitochondrial signaling governs the identity and maturity of metabolic tissues | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Dr. Davina Derous
Groundbreaking week of research in #mitochondrialdisease!
biomed.news/bims-mitdis/...
@biomednews.bsky.social @gavinmcstay.bsky.social @mitoscientist.bsky.social @mitowomen.bsky.social @mitoworld.bsky.social
Rhodoquinone carries electrons in the mammalian electron transport chain
biomed.news/bims-mitdis/...
@biomednews.bsky.social @gavinmcstay.bsky.social @mitoscientist.bsky.social @mitowomen.bsky.social @mitoworld.bsky.social
Rhodoquinone carries electrons in the mammalian electron transport chain
February 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Groundbreaking week of research in #mitochondrialdisease!
biomed.news/bims-mitdis/...
@biomednews.bsky.social @gavinmcstay.bsky.social @mitoscientist.bsky.social @mitowomen.bsky.social @mitoworld.bsky.social
Rhodoquinone carries electrons in the mammalian electron transport chain
biomed.news/bims-mitdis/...
@biomednews.bsky.social @gavinmcstay.bsky.social @mitoscientist.bsky.social @mitowomen.bsky.social @mitoworld.bsky.social
Rhodoquinone carries electrons in the mammalian electron transport chain
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"It is impossible to be a top-line manager and administrator and mentor and researcher and writer and outreach officer and IT expert and online instructor and pedagogical innovator and recruiter and teacher and marker and external examiner and press pundit and grant bidder and editor."
It’s Not Your Fault That Academic Life is Getting Harder by Glen O’Hara
Universities are in trouble, and it’s not just money we’re talking about. They are living through something of a crisis of confidence, even of trust and faith. More and more, I find myself, and my col...
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September 4, 2024 at 10:57 AM
"It is impossible to be a top-line manager and administrator and mentor and researcher and writer and outreach officer and IT expert and online instructor and pedagogical innovator and recruiter and teacher and marker and external examiner and press pundit and grant bidder and editor."
Reposted by Dr. Davina Derous
New job opening for a Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer of Applied Animal Nutrition/Metabolomics/Microbiome within the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow.
Closing date 4th March 2025.
More information here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
Closing date 4th March 2025.
More information here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer of Applied Animal Nutrition/Metabolomics/Microbiome
Job Purpose To make a substantial and positive contribution to the strategic direction of the School/College through leading and contributing to research of international standard, high quality tea...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
February 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
New job opening for a Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer of Applied Animal Nutrition/Metabolomics/Microbiome within the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow.
Closing date 4th March 2025.
More information here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
Closing date 4th March 2025.
More information here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
Reposted by Dr. Davina Derous
Please check out this news article about our #HungryHumpbacks project 👀👇
#MarineLife #Whale #conservation
@bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social
🐳🦑🧪🌊🐟
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...
#MarineLife #Whale #conservation
@bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social
🐳🦑🧪🌊🐟
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...
Scientists study whales and fish to protect South Georgia’s marine ecosystem - British Antarctic Survey
Scientists on the remote sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia are working to better understand the rich marine life that inhabits the region. This month teams are focusing on two major …
www.bas.ac.uk
February 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Please check out this news article about our #HungryHumpbacks project 👀👇
#MarineLife #Whale #conservation
@bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social
🐳🦑🧪🌊🐟
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...
#MarineLife #Whale #conservation
@bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social
🐳🦑🧪🌊🐟
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...
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Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen
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#consgen #PopGen
Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature
A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen
Reposted by Dr. Davina Derous
GLP-1 RAs and co-agonists are efficacious for weight loss, with reported safety concerns predominantly gastrointestinal in nature, when used among adults with overweight or obesity and without diabetes.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
January 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
GLP-1 RAs and co-agonists are efficacious for weight loss, with reported safety concerns predominantly gastrointestinal in nature, when used among adults with overweight or obesity and without diabetes.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Reposted by Dr. Davina Derous
Where do the dopamine hits does from? A new reward center in the brain is discovered (yes, single cell, spatial omics at work again)
@science.org
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January 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Where do the dopamine hits does from? A new reward center in the brain is discovered (yes, single cell, spatial omics at work again)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org
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Some really great cetacean papers coming out lately! See the recent one by Fernandez Ajó et al. on testosterone levels measured in faecal samples of male gray whales.
Understanding reproductive seasonality is important during wildlife management and monitoring. This study of testosterone levels in grey whales 🐋 provides new insights into their reproductive biology.
Read it here: https://buff.ly/42mFO2m
Read it here: https://buff.ly/42mFO2m
January 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Some really great cetacean papers coming out lately! See the recent one by Fernandez Ajó et al. on testosterone levels measured in faecal samples of male gray whales.
Reposted by Dr. Davina Derous
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨
Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. 🐳🐟 Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. 🐳🐟 Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
January 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨
Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. 🐳🐟 Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Our latest paper, led by our former student Giorgia Giovannini, is out now! It looks in detail at killer whale sound production during feeding on spawning herring in Iceland. 🐳🐟 Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
A great new paper by Remili et al. using metabolomics to assess the impacts of pollutant exposure in polar bears and ringed seals.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Persistent pollutant exposure impacts metabolomic profiles in polar bears and ringed seals from the High Arctic and Hudson Bay, Canada
Metabolomics measures low molecular weight endogenous metabolites and changes linked to contaminant exposure in biota. Few studies have explored the r…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A great new paper by Remili et al. using metabolomics to assess the impacts of pollutant exposure in polar bears and ringed seals.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great summary of @jlkershaw.bsky.social previously published paper using proteomics to identify biomarkers in blubber biopsies of baleen whales
Discover how Kershaw et al are revolutionizing cetacean conservation with omics techniques in the first article of the new Conservation Physiology in Action series. 🌊🐋
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Referenced research:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Happy reading
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Referenced research:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Happy reading
Blubber biopsy biomarkers for baleen whales
Whales, dolphins and porpoises—collectively, cetaceans—are among the charismatic ocean giants that captivate and inspire future generations of marine biolo
doi.org
January 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Great summary of @jlkershaw.bsky.social previously published paper using proteomics to identify biomarkers in blubber biopsies of baleen whales
Reposted by Dr. Davina Derous
Discover how Kershaw et al are revolutionizing cetacean conservation with omics techniques in the first article of the new Conservation Physiology in Action series. 🌊🐋
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Referenced research:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Happy reading
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Referenced research:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Happy reading
Blubber biopsy biomarkers for baleen whales
Whales, dolphins and porpoises—collectively, cetaceans—are among the charismatic ocean giants that captivate and inspire future generations of marine biolo
doi.org
January 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Discover how Kershaw et al are revolutionizing cetacean conservation with omics techniques in the first article of the new Conservation Physiology in Action series. 🌊🐋
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Referenced research:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Happy reading
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Referenced research:
doi.org/10.1093/conp...
Happy reading