Graham Scott
@scottlab.ca
Comparative and Evolutionary Physiologist. My lab studies how animals respond and adapt to challenging environments. Professor at McMaster University (Canada).
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Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.
September 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Confused writing is usually a symptom of confused thinking. As we struggle to clarify writing, we clarify our thoughts. AI writing aids rob us of that struggle, leaving clean-looking text and thoughts still confused for lack of inspection. Writing is not just a product; it is a diagnostic tool.
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This week, we are also highlighting Carol Bucking, who recently co-edited @jexpbiol.bsky.social Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of the Gut, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists
August 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This week, we are also highlighting Carol Bucking, who recently co-edited @jexpbiol.bsky.social Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of the Gut, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists
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Thank you NSERC for providing me funding to start my research!
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“The major question is, what does wildfire smoke mean for songbirds?”
Dr. Catie Ivy is leading a new #USask research project that will examine the physiological effects of smoke intake on songbirds.
#USaskResearch
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Dr. Catie Ivy is leading a new #USask research project that will examine the physiological effects of smoke intake on songbirds.
#USaskResearch
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USask research explores how wildfire smoke impacts bird physiology - News
Dr. Catie Ivy (PhD) doesn’t call the birds she studies “birds” — she calls them her friends.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Thank you NSERC for providing me funding to start my research!
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New paper shows that cardiovascular adaptations to high elevation in birds depend on evolutionary time at high altitude. It was great being part of this collaboration with Yanhua Qu, Huishing She, and others at Chinese Academy of Sciences. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
May 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New paper shows that cardiovascular adaptations to high elevation in birds depend on evolutionary time at high altitude. It was great being part of this collaboration with Yanhua Qu, Huishing She, and others at Chinese Academy of Sciences. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Congrats to Ranim Saleem from the Scott Lab for winning best physiology poster at the @csz-sczofficial.bsky.social meeting for her work on mitochondrial adaptations to high altitude.
May 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Congrats to Ranim Saleem from the Scott Lab for winning best physiology poster at the @csz-sczofficial.bsky.social meeting for her work on mitochondrial adaptations to high altitude.
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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!
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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 Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at scottlab.ca/opportunities/
Opportunities
Interested in Joining the Scott Lab? The Scott Lab is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Pote…
scottlab.ca
March 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at scottlab.ca/opportunities/
May 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congrats to Emily Choy for being awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal for her research! Great to have her as a colleague @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social
On Earth day, I was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal by the @rcgssgrc.bsky.social in recognition for my research in the Canadian Arctic and role as an Explorer-in-Residence. Congratulations to all awardees, and thank you very much #RCGS for this honour and hosting a wonderful event!
April 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Congrats to Emily Choy for being awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal for her research! Great to have her as a colleague @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social
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I'm looking for a post doc to work on the effects of CO2 and diet on lake whitefish growth and physiology in collaboration with Dr David Huyben. Term 12 months, salary 60k CAD. More info here utsc.utoronto.ca/biosci/emplo.... Deadline May 18! @utscbiology.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm looking for a post doc to work on the effects of CO2 and diet on lake whitefish growth and physiology in collaboration with Dr David Huyben. Term 12 months, salary 60k CAD. More info here utsc.utoronto.ca/biosci/emplo.... Deadline May 18! @utscbiology.bsky.social
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The time has come once again where we put out the request for donations for the 2025 CSZ-SCZ Silent Auction. All funds obtained go towards supporting the student section.
For more details and if you plan to donate items, please see the form below:
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For more details and if you plan to donate items, please see the form below:
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2025 CSZ-SCZ Silent Auction Donations
This form is to record donation items for the 2025 CSZ-SCZ silent auction. All funds obtained from the silent auction go towards supporting student events, the student research travel awards, and sust...
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April 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The time has come once again where we put out the request for donations for the 2025 CSZ-SCZ Silent Auction. All funds obtained go towards supporting the student section.
For more details and if you plan to donate items, please see the form below:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
For more details and if you plan to donate items, please see the form below:
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New paper from the Scott Lab showing that high-altitude adaptation reshapes stress hormone physiology in deer mice.
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Catecholamine synthesis and secretion by adrenal chromaffin cells are reduced in deer mice native to high altitude | American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology |...
Hypoxia at high altitude can constrain aerobic metabolism and elicit physiological responses that are detrimental to health and fitness. Responses of the sympathoadrenal system are vital for coping wi...
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March 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New paper from the Scott Lab showing that high-altitude adaptation reshapes stress hormone physiology in deer mice.
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
Scott Lab undergrads had a great weekend at Ontario Biology Day! Congrats to Jessica Yemen for winning the Canadian Society of Zoologists Best Poster award! Well done Jess!!
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March 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Scott Lab undergrads had a great weekend at Ontario Biology Day! Congrats to Jessica Yemen for winning the Canadian Society of Zoologists Best Poster award! Well done Jess!!
@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social
@csz-sczofficial.bsky.social
@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social
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There is still time to apply for this position! Great fit for students interested in combining evolutionary and eco-physiology theory to find solutions that promote pollinators in a warming world. Please distribute in your networks. Details 👇 🐝🦟 ☀️🌡
I am searching for a PhD candidate interested in investigating how knowledge of thermal physiology and ecology of wild pollinators can help promote biodiversity conservation 🐝 Dynamic thermal team at @biologylu.bsky.social. Apply by March 20 👇 I would appreciate a re-post!
Exiting opportunity: Doctoral student to promote sustainable management of natural resources, pollinators & biodiversity through experiments based around bees in the climate change-pollination nexus – @cyanistesnord.bsky.social
Please apply no later than 20 march!
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Please apply no later than 20 march!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
March 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
There is still time to apply for this position! Great fit for students interested in combining evolutionary and eco-physiology theory to find solutions that promote pollinators in a warming world. Please distribute in your networks. Details 👇 🐝🦟 ☀️🌡
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For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...
March 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...
Honouring Lulu Gaiser, trailblazing biologist who in 1925 became the first woman to join the faculty at McMaster. science.mcmaster.ca/ahead-by-a-c...
Ahead by a century – the trailblazing life and legacy of Lulu Odell Gaiser - Faculty of Science - McMaster University
Lulu Odell Gaiser was born and buried in the same small town in Huron County. In between, the Ivy League-educated,and barrier-breaking botanist led a remarkable life and made history at McMaster Unive...
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March 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Honouring Lulu Gaiser, trailblazing biologist who in 1925 became the first woman to join the faculty at McMaster. science.mcmaster.ca/ahead-by-a-c...
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I contributed to this deep dive by @ljevanso.bsky.social on the long road to gender equity in the 🇨🇦 academy. Worth a read! universityaffairs.ca/features/the...
@widowweb.bsky.social @flybehaviour.bsky.social
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The long road to equity - University Affairs
Despite increased institutional commitment, experiences of men and women faculty differ starkly.
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March 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I contributed to this deep dive by @ljevanso.bsky.social on the long road to gender equity in the 🇨🇦 academy. Worth a read! universityaffairs.ca/features/the...
@widowweb.bsky.social @flybehaviour.bsky.social
@widowweb.bsky.social @flybehaviour.bsky.social
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Fuel use in running vampire bats paper named one of Royal Society’s 10 most popular papers of 2024!
https://www.welchbiology.com/2025/03/07/fuel-use-in-running-vampire-bats-paper-named-one-of-royal-societys-10-most-popular-papers-of-2024/
https://www.welchbiology.com/2025/03/07/fuel-use-in-running-vampire-bats-paper-named-one-of-royal-societys-10-most-popular-papers-of-2024/
March 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Fuel use in running vampire bats paper named one of Royal Society’s 10 most popular papers of 2024!
https://www.welchbiology.com/2025/03/07/fuel-use-in-running-vampire-bats-paper-named-one-of-royal-societys-10-most-popular-papers-of-2024/
https://www.welchbiology.com/2025/03/07/fuel-use-in-running-vampire-bats-paper-named-one-of-royal-societys-10-most-popular-papers-of-2024/
The Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at scottlab.ca/opportunities/
Opportunities
Interested in Joining the Scott Lab? The Scott Lab is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Pote…
scottlab.ca
March 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at scottlab.ca/opportunities/