UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab

Comparative Physiology Lab @UNCW_BaMB | PI = Dr.Mike Tift | Studying hypoxia, ischemia, diving, altitude, carbon monoxide (CO), brain lymphatics, marine mammals

[Giulia Rossi @giuliasrossi]

New paper out! 🚨 We show that vampire bats use amino acids from a recent blood meal to fuel RUNNING - a rare mode of locomotion in bats ideal for stalking prey. I’d worry less about your neck and more about your ankles! 🧛🏻‍♂️ @WelchLab_UTSC @RSocPublishing

https://t.co/4H5dg7TsNK

[UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab @uncwtiftlab]

Graduate student position in animal physiology! Please help by retweeting and sharing with interested students.

https://t.co/Dr6PqQzElL

#physiology #marinemammals #research #graduateschool

[Jessica Kendall-Bar @jmkendallbar]

🎉My paper on lessons from sleep in the deep was just published in @ScienceMagazine - I am honored to have been awarded the @SciLifeLabPrize from @AAAS and @SciLifeLab for this work and so excited to accept the award in Sweden during the Nobel Prize week!
https://t.co/PRW6833LXS

[UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab @uncwtiftlab]

Please help spread the word. Do not release balloons. They kill innocent wildlife. Mass balloon releases should be illegal.

https://t.co/2A1PD8pl3m

[UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab @uncwtiftlab]

A terrible event that we helped investigate. Rare deep-diving whale dies from ingestion of plastic balloon. Please do not release balloons! Encourage others to use biodegradable alternatives. Please spread far and wide. https://t.co/7aCGfstQkK

[The Company of Biologists @Co_Biologists]

Funded places for early-career researchers at our Workshop 'Vision 2024: Building Bridges in Visual Ecology' organised by Eleanor Caves @EleanorCaves, Sonke Johnsen @sonkelab & Lorian Schweikert @LoriSchweikert. Apply to attend at https://t.co/9S0Cxe7ZUa
#BiologistsWorkshops

[Journal of Experimental Biology @J_Exp_Biol]

In their #JEB100 Review, @DanielPCosta2 & Arina Favilla use diving marine mammals to show how changes from general patterns of physiology provide insight into the importance of ecological context, which can only be examined in the field.
https://t.co/waDcUGd4tc
#Science #Biology

[Dr. Blake Ushijima @VibrioSoup]

We are one of the CORDAP award winners 🥳!!! Working with @perryinstitute @SGigWolf @Ecomares_ONG @coralina_sai & Blue Indigo Foundation. We're combining 'omics-based apporaches with our high-throughput culturing pipeline to develop probiotics against #SCTLD.

[UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab @uncwtiftlab]

So cool!! One of the seals we worked with a couple months ago was seen again by colleagues at the Ukrainian Station Vernadsky. Looks healthy!!!

Visit https://t.co/xVMIfpo3lm to see his tracking data! 🦭

[SOOS @SOOSocean]

🌊 Urgent Call for Action: International scientists unite for Southern Ocean research amid the climate crisis.

The inaugural @SOOSocean symposium was concluded with a crucial joint statement.
➡️Read the 'SOOS Statement 2023' here: https://t.co/TOenPNLBpi

[The Week @TheWeek]

While the desolation of Antarctica's polar desert leads to it often being overlooked, the world's southernmost continent "has been one of the most rapidly warming parts of the planet" over the last 50 years, Discovering Antarctica reported. https://t.co/k8IfM5u1Fq

[SharkmanDan 🦈 @Shark_ManDan]

The mighty fin whale 🐋

The second largest, and the fastest whale on the planet.

I’ve had this shot in my head for 3 years, with the dolphins bow riding in front, so getting this on Wednesday was incredible.
Even more so, it was filmed here in the Celtic Sea. @DJIGlobal

[UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab @uncwtiftlab]

Click the link below to learn more about our work down in Antarctica, and other research going on in my lab at UNCW!https://t.co/wD3KXeI7lS

@LuisHuckstadt @UNCW_BaMB @UNCW_CMS @UNCWilmington @ExeterMarine @NSF

[UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab @uncwtiftlab]

Get to know the folks down in #Antarctica working with crabeater seals!!

https://t.co/aALM8S9yBc

[UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab @uncwtiftlab]

We are down in #Antarctica in the middle of winter, south of the Antarctic Circle, and it’s 8.6C (47.5F). This is not ok… There is no ice. We need to do better.

#ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #B038 #ClimateEmergency #research @UNCWilmington @ExeterMarine

[Emily G Cunningham MBE @EG_Cunningham]

🧵10/n

We frame Antarctica as a pristine wilderness, but it’s not immune to the human touch…

[Emily G Cunningham MBE @EG_Cunningham]

🧵4/n

It’s only now that I’ve left that I can really begin to process my Antarctic experience.

And only now that I’ve left can I let myself acknowledge the canary in the coal mine…

This wonderful place is dying.

[UNCW Comparative Physiology Lab @uncwtiftlab]

It's very concerning to hear about how bad the sea ice conditions are this year from a captain that has been coming down to #Antarctica for the last 30 years, Data supports what they and we are seeing. The impacts from #climatechange are already here. #weneedtodobetter

[Dr. Blake Ushijima @VibrioSoup]

Thank you @ASMicrobiology for the excellent article! I appreciate the spotlight on my lab's research and on the excellent advice I was originally given by @momedinamunoz about finding your support network. Read the Spotlight: https://t.co/6F2vVxZYWG #AAPIHeritageMonth

[UNCW Marine Mammal Stranding Program @UNCW_MMSP]

We are very excited to share that the Marine Mammal Stranding Program received the UNCW Research Collaboration Award for academic year 2023!