MacCormack Lab - Mount Allison University
@scienfisht.bsky.social
Our lab studies comparative biochemistry and physiology (with a splash of toxicology) using a variety of ectotherms, including fish, cephalopods, and other invertebrates.
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Interested in #Ecotoxicology ? Come and do a #PhD with me and colleagues at @HeriotWattUni in collaboration with Scottish Association of Marine Science and British Geological Survey, fully funded through the ECOWILD CDT ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Interested in #Ecotoxicology ? Come and do a #PhD with me and colleagues at @HeriotWattUni in collaboration with Scottish Association of Marine Science and British Geological Survey, fully funded through the ECOWILD CDT ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
Come and work with us! We have a great group of faculty, amazing students, and excellent research facilities! mta.ca/about-mta/wo...
Assistant Professor - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Full-time continuing position
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October 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Come and work with us! We have a great group of faculty, amazing students, and excellent research facilities! mta.ca/about-mta/wo...
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August 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Enter to win a free open access waiver to a @cdnsciencepub.com journal! Your paper doesn't even have to be about moose :)
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I always thought it was crazy that Antarctic ice fish lost hemoglobin and myoglobin, but now you're telling me there's a second, unrelated group that have lost it in completely different way!?! The diversity of fishes is staggering.
Our latest issue is now live! On the cover is a species of Asian noodlefish characterized by their transparency due to the absence of red blood cells, slender bodies and scaleless skins, and a poorly ossified skeleton. www.cell.com/current-biol...
July 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I always thought it was crazy that Antarctic ice fish lost hemoglobin and myoglobin, but now you're telling me there's a second, unrelated group that have lost it in completely different way!?! The diversity of fishes is staggering.
This juvenile starling had a run in with a car on our street but seems to have gotten off with just a concussion. Thanks to the Hamilton Lab at Mount Allison for the advice and cage! It is now recovering at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute. (My kids named it 'Pothole')
June 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This juvenile starling had a run in with a car on our street but seems to have gotten off with just a concussion. Thanks to the Hamilton Lab at Mount Allison for the advice and cage! It is now recovering at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute. (My kids named it 'Pothole')
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Dear science journalism,
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
May 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Dear science journalism,
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
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Are you searching for a postdoc in Saskatchewan? I have a 1-year opportunity (with possible extension), effective immediately! This opportunity is a Mitacs Elevate with the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange! Reach out if you're interested! 🐦🔥
May 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Are you searching for a postdoc in Saskatchewan? I have a 1-year opportunity (with possible extension), effective immediately! This opportunity is a Mitacs Elevate with the Canadian Prairies Prescribed Fire Exchange! Reach out if you're interested! 🐦🔥
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Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology?
I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!
research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!
research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
The Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab!
research-groups.usask.ca
May 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology?
I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!
research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!
research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/
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The Editors-in-Chief of the 5 @biologists.bsky.social journals have written a joint Editorial, discussing the enormous challenges currently facing researchers in the US and how members of the community can support them through this difficult time
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
March 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Editors-in-Chief of the 5 @biologists.bsky.social journals have written a joint Editorial, discussing the enormous challenges currently facing researchers in the US and how members of the community can support them through this difficult time
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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TT- position - An amazing opportunity! [must be able to teaching in French and English]
JOB ALERT:
TT Assistant Professor in Comparative Physiology at the University of Ottawa.
@jexpbiol.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
TT Assistant Professor in Comparative Physiology at the University of Ottawa.
@jexpbiol.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
TT- position - An amazing opportunity! [must be able to teaching in French and English]
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It’s Love Data Week, hosted by @icpsr.bsky.social
A busy and fun week for data folks. I’m a data and digital services librarian at a small liberal arts university in the Maritimes.
A busy and fun week for data folks. I’m a data and digital services librarian at a small liberal arts university in the Maritimes.
February 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It’s Love Data Week, hosted by @icpsr.bsky.social
A busy and fun week for data folks. I’m a data and digital services librarian at a small liberal arts university in the Maritimes.
A busy and fun week for data folks. I’m a data and digital services librarian at a small liberal arts university in the Maritimes.
Received a request to review for a Wiley open access-only journal.
They charge authors >$9100 CAD + tax to publish.
Not a chance.
Publisher profiteering is not cool, don't support it by donating your labour. You don't have to be an activist, just don't actively contribute.
They charge authors >$9100 CAD + tax to publish.
Not a chance.
Publisher profiteering is not cool, don't support it by donating your labour. You don't have to be an activist, just don't actively contribute.
February 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Received a request to review for a Wiley open access-only journal.
They charge authors >$9100 CAD + tax to publish.
Not a chance.
Publisher profiteering is not cool, don't support it by donating your labour. You don't have to be an activist, just don't actively contribute.
They charge authors >$9100 CAD + tax to publish.
Not a chance.
Publisher profiteering is not cool, don't support it by donating your labour. You don't have to be an activist, just don't actively contribute.
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Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
February 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.
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I don't know a damned thing about Bluesky yet, but I do know I'm playing a solo acoustic gig at Staggers Pub & Grub in Dartmouth on Wednesday January 29th at 7pm. Roots/Americana, covers and a few originals...good food, great people...hope to see you there!
January 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I don't know a damned thing about Bluesky yet, but I do know I'm playing a solo acoustic gig at Staggers Pub & Grub in Dartmouth on Wednesday January 29th at 7pm. Roots/Americana, covers and a few originals...good food, great people...hope to see you there!
Thank you @jexpbiol.bsky.social for the great ECR spotlight on my former undergrad Nir El! He's a talented surgeon, a machine at the lab bench, and he made significant intellectual contributions to the associated publication.
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ECR Spotlight – Nir El
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career res...
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January 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thank you @jexpbiol.bsky.social for the great ECR spotlight on my former undergrad Nir El! He's a talented surgeon, a machine at the lab bench, and he made significant intellectual contributions to the associated publication.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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We don't talk enough about the biochemistry of Rudolph's nose.
I assume it involves a bioluminescent enzyme, and a fluorescent protein that red-shifts the light?
I assume it involves a bioluminescent enzyme, and a fluorescent protein that red-shifts the light?
December 22, 2024 at 11:35 PM
We don't talk enough about the biochemistry of Rudolph's nose.
I assume it involves a bioluminescent enzyme, and a fluorescent protein that red-shifts the light?
I assume it involves a bioluminescent enzyme, and a fluorescent protein that red-shifts the light?
We're hiring for a 9-month term assistant professor position to replace my upcoming sabbatical. If you have biochemical expertise and want to build your teaching skills, join our department (and our amazing undergrads)!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29495
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29495
Mount Allison University
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December 20, 2024 at 5:57 PM
We're hiring for a 9-month term assistant professor position to replace my upcoming sabbatical. If you have biochemical expertise and want to build your teaching skills, join our department (and our amazing undergrads)!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29495
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29495
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Hot off the press in @jexpbiol.bsky.social! Undergrad-led study showing that cardiac taurine efflux under anaerobic conditions could play an important role in determining upper thermal tolerance in fish!
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Taurine efflux counters the hydrodynamic impact of anaerobic metabolism to protect cardiorespiratory function under acute thermal stress in brook char (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Upper thermal tolerance may be limited by convective oxygen transport in fish, but the mechanisms constraining heart function remain elusive. The activation of anaerobic metabolism imposes an osmotic ...
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December 13, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Hot off the press in @jexpbiol.bsky.social! Undergrad-led study showing that cardiac taurine efflux under anaerobic conditions could play an important role in determining upper thermal tolerance in fish!
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...
We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor! We're looking for a synthetic organic chemist studying bio-organic or medicinal chemistry.
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29344
Our department is awesome - check it out!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29344
Our department is awesome - check it out!
Mount Allison University
Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.
academicjobsonline.org
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor! We're looking for a synthetic organic chemist studying bio-organic or medicinal chemistry.
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29344
Our department is awesome - check it out!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29344
Our department is awesome - check it out!
I'm generally not a fan of winter, but the scenery on campus is certainly nice this time of year!
December 2, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I'm generally not a fan of winter, but the scenery on campus is certainly nice this time of year!