Dr. Sasha Newar

Flying squirrel girl 🌲 // Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of St. Andrews studying bat behaviour and vocal learning 🦇🔊

[Dr. Sasha Newar @SashaNewar]

We are so excited for the debut of our new podcast!! Our first mini-episode introduces the hosts, Meghan Ward and myself! Follow us for updates on our many guests to follow!

[Meghan Dopping-Ward 🌱 @MegLovesBugs]

It's here! 🌟

@SashaNewar and I are so proud to share the first mini-episode of our podcast, Fellowship of the Research, where we interview grad students @TrentGradSchool to learn about their research!

Listen to our 'Meet the Hosts' mini-episode here: https://t.co/Eem8pmL4mG

[Dr. Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman]

New, a tour de force from @SashaNewar, about the evolution of gliding mammals: nocturnality, ultrasound, and UV fluorescence https://t.co/uIOI1Hi3fP @TrentUResearch

[NVC group @VernesLab]

@bat1kgenomes @Sonja_Vernes The recording studio is being re-designed by our behavioural team (@SashaNewar and Sixue Li) to record bat vocalizations - it was originally built by @EllaLatt! In the meantime - we have a rubber bat and a speaker playing social calls for the kids to listen to!

[NVC group @VernesLab]

Outreach Day for NVC! We're teaching kids about brains, DNA, communication and - most importantly - bats! Thank you to @DundeeSciCentre for hosting us!

[Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub]

A study in #Ontario analyzed 18yrs of data to determine the role of microhabitat use in reproductive isolation among northern and southern #FlyingSquirrels, revealing a more complex picture of 🇨🇦 treetop territories ▶️ https://t.co/dzqbQH0hIf @SashaNewar @ColinGarroway @CSEE_SCEE

[Jacob Bowman @BowmanJacob_]

My first research paper: First report of sound production in rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris). We discovered that rock bass from Stoney Lake and the Otonabee River, Ontario produce low-frequency calls. View here: https://t.co/CiB4qdw32W @graham_raby

[Flying Squirrels @KawarthaFlyer]

New from @pobrien94 with 18 years of data from the Kawartha Flying Squirrel Project: Microhabitat use of northern and southern flying squirrels in a recent hybrid zone @jeffcbowman @SashaNewar @colingarroway https://t.co/hGgRKFVXpt

[Dr. Sasha Newar @SashaNewar]

I feel so seen

[Felix “Javi” Berrios @FelixJBerrios]

Evolution, Behavior and Ecology

[Dr. Sasha Newar @SashaNewar]

Thank you @CSEE_SCEEmtgs for another amazing conference - one of the biggest highlights was winning the 3D printed beaver skull at the soiree!! Hope to see you all in Vancouver next year 🎉

Thank you to @TrentGradSchool for funding and the @KawarthaFlyer team for their support!

[Fellowship of the Research Podcast @FOTRPodcast]

S01E09 with Alex Derian! 🦊

@Alex_A_Y_Derian is a Ph.D. @TrentGradSchool!
From ice to isotopes, Alex tries to piece together the lives of Arctic foxes and how Inuit people may have shaped how these foxes interacted with the world around them.

Tune in!
https://t.co/McCp0RUfG0

[Dr. Sasha Newar @SashaNewar]

@MegLovesBugs CONGRATS 🎉

[Dr. Sasha Newar @SashaNewar]

Thank you so much to @TrentConserve for having me out tonight - I had a blast sharing my thesis work and lots of other work coming out of the @KawarthaFlyer project!!

[Conservation Café @TrentConserve]

Thanks to @SashaNewar and @KawarthaFlyer for the delightful tour of these nighttime critters!

[Conservation Café @TrentConserve]

Thanks to @SashaNewar and @KawarthaFlyer for the delightful tour of these nighttime critters!

[Dr. Sasha Newar @SashaNewar]

So it turns out - I will be presenting my work on gliding mammals tonight instead of Jeff's planned talk!! The event will be at the same place and same time - hope to see some familiar and unfamiliar faces to learn about ultrasound and ultraviolet in some ultracool animals 💜

[Conservation Café @TrentConserve]

Tonight's our April Conservation Cafe, featuring the wonderful @jeffcbowman. The talk starts at 7:30 pm upstairs at The Publican and will explore what all the wildlife got up during the pandemic while we were away.
Free, as always, with a cash bar.

[Conservation Café @TrentConserve]

The conservation cafe returns again on April 11th with an exploration of pandemic wildlife with @jeffcbowman.
As always, you can find us upstairs at the Publican for a free talk and a cash bar, starting at 7:30 pm.

[Fellowship of the Research Podcast @FOTRPodcast]

S01E07 🎙️
Featuring: Lilian Dart 🌲

Lilian recently finished her M.A. working with the Kawartha Land Trust @TrentGradSchool

Tune in to learn how we can create a world where we coexist with nature using new conservation strategies!

https://t.co/zCc0BL9mwE

[Dr. Sasha Newar @SashaNewar]

@_GregMelvin up next presenting on muskrats in Ontario and the effects of cattail on their distribution at the @OCTWS_ conference!!

[Dr. Sasha Newar @SashaNewar]

@RebekahPersad presenting her MSc work at the @OCTWS_ conference!!! Super interesting research looking at mycophagy in flying squirrels from the @KawarthaFlyer project!

[Jenn Baici @jennbaici]

New paper out in Avian Conservation and Ecology! 🦃 This is the first empirical estimate of wild turkey population size since their reintroduction into the province in the 1980’s! Spoiler alert: there are fewer turkeys than we thought, but still a lot.

https://t.co/fVdZUnudeH

[Fellowship of the Research Podcast @FOTRPodcast]

The @OCTWS_ conference is in Peterborough this weekend! Keep an eye open for Sasha and Meghan as they roam around the Poster Session chatting with grad students (and recording a surprise conference episode)!

Also, grad students at conferences be like:

[Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources @ONresources]

Thank you to all the hunters, taxidermists and partners who provided samples for the 2022 chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance program! Testing is complete and once again, we are happy to report that CWD was not detected in any samples.

Learn more: https://t.co/dWyUkHpqy9