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Laboratory of Seasonal Biology
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A team in the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow that investigates the development, mechanisms & evolution of seasonal rhythms in animals.

Team leader: Tyler Stevenson
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We kicked off this year's Physiology, Ageing and Welfare theme seminars today with two brilliant presentations from @calumstewartphd.bsky.social and Megan Miles!
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Megan Miles presenting her project: Can saliva serve as a biological matrix for a point of care testing device to measure phenobarbital in canine epilepsy? Dr Calum Stewart presenting his project: Exploring the role of Mef2c for the regulation of seasonal physiology
October 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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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
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Hypothalamic deiodinase type-3 establishes the period of circannual interval timing in mammals
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July 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Excellent news! Well done Jo, such a well-deserved award!.
bsneuroendo.bsky.social British Society for Neuroendocrinology @bsneuroendo.bsky.social · Jul 18
🏆 CONGRATULATIONS to Jo Lewis, 2025 winner of the Michael Harbuz Prize!

Jo will speak at #BSNBradford2025 on Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide regulates food intake and body weight via the area postrema in mice.

Register: bsnbradford2025.oa-e...
July 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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It was such an amazing gathering. Thanks for all the organisational work, Fiona and Becky!
physiologyuog.bsky.social Physiology, Ageing & Welfare Group UoG @physiologyuog.bsky.social · Jul 18
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!
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July 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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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.

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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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July 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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The Messerli Research Institute & VetMedUni (Vienna) is seeking applications for assist. prof. with expertise in genetic and epigenetic mechanisms to help improve human-animal interactions.

See post here: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/jobs/profess...
July 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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An excellent initiative organised by the Becky and Fiona, well done!
physiologyuog.bsky.social Physiology, Ageing & Welfare Group UoG @physiologyuog.bsky.social · May 22
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
May 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Very interesting career perspective from Charlotte Helfrich-Förster.

A lot of very good advices for young scientists

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Career perspective
npj Biological Timing and Sleep - In this career perspective article, the author describes her long pathway to a professorship in Germany.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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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! 🐹
April 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Irem providing an excellent (albeit very short) overview of her nearly complete thesis using a multi-omics approach to understand photoperiodic polyphenisms.

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April 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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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
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Such a great day! Thank you @chrono-bob.bsky.social and colleagues for putting together an excellent meeting.
bioclocksuk.bsky.social BioClocks UK @bioclocksuk.bsky.social · Apr 14
This Spring’s #ClockClub was at Warwick University – see what we got up to!
www.bioclocks.uk/news/spring-...

Keep an eye on our website and socials for updates on the next one.

#chronobiology #conferences
April 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Great talk by Dr. Jyoti Tiwari on how photic cues drive migration, sleep, and immunity in redheaded buntings. Her findings reveal how ALAN and noise pollution disrupt these processes, underscoring the need to preserve natural light-dark cycles. #PAWSeminar
April 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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A very nice piece by Dr Konstantina that covers the recent publication of the book On Rheostasis.
April 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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In Vienna visiting the Messerli Research Institute. An amazing place advancing human-animal interactions.

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March 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Excited to share the latest publication from the group, which outlined how the bird brain detects light and the links to seasonal control of reproduction.

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<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library
Extra-retinal photoreception is common across fish and avian species. In birds, the hypothalamus contains non-visual photoreceptors that detect light and regulate multiple endocrine systems. To date,....
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March 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Congrats Irem @iremdenizlimsc.bsky.social @physiologyuog.bsky.social on your new publication! Clear targeted changes in testicular DNA methylation link to seasonal breeding. Thanks to Kathryn Elmer @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social for the collaboration!

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Photoperiod-driven testicular DNA methylation in gonadotropin and sex steroid receptor promoters in Siberian hamsters - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Seasonal cycles in breeding, often orchestrated by annual changes in photoperiod, are common in nature. Here, we studied how change in photoperiod affects DNA methylation in the testes of a highly sea...
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February 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Only one week left to apply to join our lab at Imperial! Please do remember to send your applications on the Imperial website, even if you got in touch with me informally. I will only be able to assess formal applications and not other expressions of interest
February 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Our @hannahrees.bsky.social @bioclocksuk.bsky.social @dynamicbrain.bsky.social @andrewmillar.bsky.social @rebeccahughes.bsky.social @antdodd.bsky.social @mvonschantz.bsky.social @roblucas.bsky.social @andrewmillar.bsky.social BioclocksUK review published
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BioClocks UK: driving robust cycles of discovery to impact | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Chronobiology is a multidisciplinary field that extends across the tree of life, transcends all scales of biological organization, and has huge translational potential. For the UK to harness the oppor...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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This is from last April. But it encapsulates my January feelings about HE in the UK.

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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 …
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January 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Excellent work Hannah! It was wonderful working with you and providing a small contribution!
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January 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Check out Sayatan @sayantansur.bsky.social latest publication in the Philosophical Transaction of RS! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Excellent resource for scientific literature on seasonal variation in avian immune function.
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Endocrine and molecular regulation of seasonal avian immune function | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Birds have evolved seasonal adaptations in multiple aspects of the innate and adaptive immune systems. Seasonal immunological adaptations are crucial for survival in harsh environmental conditions and...
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January 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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woodlab-arctic.bsky.social
Why not apply to write a MSCA fellowship with me on hibernation, tanycytes and seasonality:
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/309304
Call for postdoc candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Hibernation, Torpor, Tanycytes, Seasonal biology
UiT The Arctic University of Norway has established «The Arctic MSCA-PF program» (uit.no/project/arcticmsca) to recruit excellent young researchers planning to apply for a Marie Skƚodowsk
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January 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Here a short reminder that the closing date is approaching (30 January) - for this pretty exciting position (!) to work as a PostDoc on the B. subtilis circadian clock. shorturl.at/LKjWz
January 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Congratulations Avalene on an excellent poster presentation at #SICB2025 - it is great to see all your hard work from last summer being presented to a wide audience.

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January 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM