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Check out our latest research on how ocean acidification affects marine sticklebacks from former postdoc Dr. Rex Yoon.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Congratulations to Prof. Ina Anreiter 👀⬇️
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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(1/4) Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honour the experiences of residential school survivors and those that were lost.
Survivors Flag raising ceremony Rituals during the flag raising ceremony. Leaders in the reflective walk. A top-down view of the reflective walk in the Ma Moosh Ka Win Trail.
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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‘The @utsc.utoronto.ca community has given me a lot’: Maydianne Andrade reflects on 25 years of research, leadership and impact 🔬 buff.ly/fE95KZ4 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Maydianne Andrade.
September 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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check out this interview with Prof. Cosima Porteus
September 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Opinion piece by @utsc.utoronto.ca @utscbiology.bsky.social prof @jscottmacivor.bsky.social and PhD student Sisley Irwin!
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jpollecol.bsky.social JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology @jpollecol.bsky.social · Sep 10
Extremely interesting opinion piece by MacIvor & Irwin on "Mail-order solitary bee cocoons as a gateway for biological invasion": doi.org/10.26786/192...
September 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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👀⬇️UTSC Biology Students ⬇️👀

Deadline to apply is August 31
utscbiology.bsky.social UTSCBiology @utscbiology.bsky.social · Aug 22
Attention UTSC Biology Students:

Consider joining BASS.

- 9 modules relevant to academic success in biology
- Weekly meetings led by peer mentors
- Tips to improve time management, studying, test-taking, and more
- Apply by August 31 for Fall 2025 term
August 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Welcome new and returning students! We are looking forward to another fantastic year of learning and growing.
utoronto.ca University of Toronto @utoronto.ca · Aug 28
#UofT President Melanie Woodin welcomes new and returning students, faculty, staff & librarians across the university's three campuses to the new school year. #MyUofT 💙 uoft.me/ft25
August 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Attention UTSC Biology Students:

Consider joining BASS.

- 9 modules relevant to academic success in biology
- Weekly meetings led by peer mentors
- Tips to improve time management, studying, test-taking, and more
- Apply by August 31 for Fall 2025 term
August 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Nice, short documentary about the Jamaica Flower 🦇. Most shots of the bats are as they are being held in the hand/measured. Those two hands belong to my fabulous two grad students, Phil and Jerrica! @utscbiology.bsky.social #bats
The Unique Flower Bat of Jamaica: One of Nature’s Rare and Fascinating Species
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June 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Hey, let's not talk about THAT "BBB"! Let's talk about a new Big Beautiful 🦇 paper! Big Brown 🦇 given realistic daily dose of pesticide in food for just 3 or 7 days show big changes to plasma proteomes, including important immune system components! doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

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Systemic effects of pesticides on insectivorous bats: a proteomics approach
Abstract. Bats play a critical role controlling agricultural pests, yet foraging in croplands exposes them to hazardous pesticides. These chemicals pose si
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July 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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New 🦇 paper alert! What do you do when COVID cancels all travel to work with wild neotropical #bats? You work with captive bats in far-away (next door) Quebec!

Extra protein impacts frugivores' wound-healing!

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Dietary protein and reproductive condition influence wound healing in the Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis
Dietary protein is essential for successful wound healing. When animals that feed primarily on fruits that are poor in protein and micronutrients encounter periods—during migration, reproduction, and ...
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July 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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May 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Groundbreaking research on HIV, autoimmune diseases, and “forever chemicals” — a spotlight on immunologist Prof. Bebhinn Treanor @utsc.bsky.social @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social

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U of T Scarborough biologist is helping tackle HIV, autoimmune diseases and now ‘forever chemicals’
Bebhinn Treanor’s early ambition was to be a doctor, but then she had the chance to work in a neuroscience lab as an undergraduate student.  “Getting to see what was happening in cells and tissues at ...
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May 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Great work by Prof. Bebhinn Treanor and her lab ⬇️⬇️
utsc.utoronto.ca University of Toronto Scarborough @utsc.utoronto.ca · Apr 30
Really fascinating story about Professor Bebhinn Treanor at U of T Scarborough. Her groundbreaking work in immunology led to the discovery of something called a Multabody platform which holds promise for treating infectious diseases.

Read the full story to learn more: uoft.me/bxN
May 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Preview: Harvest Walls in the Greenhouse facilities at the University of Toronto Scarborough. These vertical farming walls create new opportunities for researchers in sustainability, plant biology and food production. utsc.utoronto.ca/research/art... @utsc.bsky.social @utscbiology.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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
A fish rank showing juvenile lake white fish swimming around. Tank had a partial cover with a whole in the middle showing fish.
April 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A big congratulations to DR. Phillip Oelbaum! His thesis was officially submitted to the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto! It's official!🦇🎉
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Congratulations to DR. Phillip Oelbaum! – Welch Lab
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April 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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April 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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April 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Congratulations to the newest Welch Lab PhD, Dr. Phil Oelbaum!

It will be official when he completes necessary minor edits within the next month!

Congrats Dr. Oelbaum!

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The newest PhD from the Welch Lab, Dr. Phil Oelbaum stands with Dr. Ken Welch after his successful defense.
March 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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