Alex West

Circadian and seasonal biology · Researcher · Tetrapod

[MicroClockERC @MicroClockERC]

The first ERC Synergy grant for chronobiology has been awarded to Microclock to investigate the Bacillus subtilis circadian clock.
MicroClock is a collaboration between Martha Merrow, Antony Dodd & Akos T Kovacs @LMU_Muenchen @JohnInnesCentre @UniLeidenNews @ERC_Research #ERCSyG

[Luísa Tupinambá Jabbur (ʒabuʁ) @M_louisae]

Incredibly proud to share this work, almost 6 years in the making, out in @ScienceMagazine!!! 🎇

We've known for over a century that eukaryotes of all kinds anticipate the seasons (think: hibernation, flowering, reproduction), but what about bacteria?🦠
https://t.co/I9vw5ZTKbT

[Lukasz Chrobok @ChrobokLukasz]

My first last-authored paper is out and about 👨‍🎓🥳 @iScience_CP

https://t.co/d0QKvj2gmT

Huge thanks to all 13 (!) co-authors, especially to the most amazing Dr. Anna Sanetra 🌟, senior contributors @HughPiggins @Delogu_KCL @mino_belle and my former PI Prof. Marian Lewandowski

[Hugh Piggins @HughPiggins]

Nice to get this paper out in the EJN issue celebrating the many accomplishments of the wonderful Steve Brown. Excellent work by Lucy Curtis from her MSc Bioinformatics project.
https://t.co/UKEWFeBRUY

[Cristiano Bertolucci @CriAuBertolucci]

Our last paper is out in #iScience. We showed that #feeding represents a strong #circadian synchronizer for blind #cavefish | Proud to be part of this research team EU team | https://t.co/rDD53Js5Cv

[Journal of Experimental Biology @J_Exp_Biol]

Lots of animals awaken briefly throughout their hibernation and warm up a bit before returning to their slumber. Markussen & co show that there are sensor cells in the brain that tell hibernating hamsters when to wake up.

https://t.co/fKtrVHtult

#Biology #Zoology #Science

[Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi @NathalieJuYa]

What an amazing talk by @WoodLab_Arctic. Cilia of tanycytes are involved in maternally programmed seasonal plasticity in hamsters. Published earlier this year in current biology https://t.co/2A3HPqjlPx

[Kirsty Wan 🔬 @micromotility]

only two talks in and it's already clear that in the end everything is controlled by #cilia ... 😂
https://t.co/A9sMVUxqMD
#NDEVMSS2024

[Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi @NathalieJuYa]

Cilia rock! Congrats on an amazing work linking cilia to seasonal metabolism @WoodLab_Arctic

[Journal of Experimental Biology @J_Exp_Biol]

In his ECR Spotlight, Fredrik Markussen talks about how biology always keeps you on your toes, why hamsters have caused him to leave social events & some of the amazing things he likes to do outdoors in Tromsø, Norway.

https://t.co/wqHNIvmXIs

[Journal of Experimental Biology @J_Exp_Biol]

In their Review, Hazlerigg @ArcticSeasonal & co discuss the impact of extreme cycles of solar illumination on the biological clocks of birds and mammals that spend all or part of their lives in the polar regions

https://t.co/NDWWG5ZLii

[Laboratory of Seasonal Biology @Stevenson_Lab]

Excited to share our latest scientific advancement, and a massive 4yr research project to define the molecular basis of the seasonal clock in birds.
👇
In @eLife: FSHβ links photoperiodic signalling to seasonal reproduction in Japanese quail https://t.co/JUprqDCQ1m

[Alex West @arcticalexwest]

Check out our new Arctic chronobiology review!

[Laboratory of Seasonal Biology @Stevenson_Lab]

Looking for a PhD?!? Come join our group! We have an exciting project linked with an industry partner (Harbro) which seeks to understand the links between nutrition, animal health & biological time.
👇
https://t.co/LOwclt1yeB
@UofG_SBOHVM @UofGMVLS

[Joseph Takahashi @CircadianClocks]

Melanopsin enhances image persistence: Current Biology https://t.co/npGB8UPpCL

[Michal Dudek @MichalDudekPhD]

Finally after many years of work it's out... my magnum opus! We found that the #CircadianClock in articular cartilage and intervertebral discs is synchronised by exercise through combination of mechano and osmo sensitivity of chondrocytes.
https://t.co/gwl9fhDKKC

[Joseph Takahashi @CircadianClocks]

A time memory engram embedded in a light-entrainable circadian clock: Current Biology https://t.co/StMTtzU8Xt

[BrownLab_Clocks&Vision @BrownlabV]

We are currently looking for a PhD student to help build on our recent work looking at associations between personal light exposure and performance, fatigue and alertness in shift and non-shift workers.
Apply by 10th November!
https://t.co/ospCORZkTO

[Pete Rand @pete_rand]

Our new paper reveals how pink salmon home very precisely to the habitat where their parents spawned. Two separate spawning groups (freshwater and intertidal) revealed by genetic markers from over 30,000 individuals.
@UAFcfos @PWSSC

https://t.co/AoFZbE5OaQ

[Society for Research on Biological Rhythms @SRBR_Outreach]

Humans have daily variations in hormones which are fundamental for our physiology. @HotmasUpton present uRhythm, a high resolution, minimally invasive method that reveals the intricate daily changes in hormones in people in the real world:

https://t.co/G5hdKSydfz