@AlexGLittle

Assistant Professor at McMaster University • Molecular Biology • Ecophysiology • Climate Change | views my own

 Toronto
little-lab.org
Joined January 2020
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Recruiting graduate students (MSc/PhD) for my new lab at @bio_mcmaster @McMasterU. Projects span mechanisms and costs of plasticity in transgenic zebrafish, sea anemones, and slime molds. Unfortunately, I can only consider domestic students at this time - Little-lab.org
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Interested in thermal biology? Join our new and growing grass roots initiative, the Thermal Ecology Alliance, initiated by Patrice Pottier. #ecophysiology Sign up here: thermalecologyalliance.org#participation Check who already signed up: thermalecologyalliance.org#community
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Ultra-processed foods are everywhere — and they’re quietly raising health risks. theconversation.com/ultra-pr… via @ConversationCA

Ultra-processed foods are everywhere — and they’re quietly raising health risks

Research shows that the effects of ultra-processed foods can accumulate over time, adding to the risk of heart attack, stroke and other serious health issues, even for healthy people.

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Hey you! Yes...you! You study early life stages? You like multiple taxa? You should consider presenting in our session: Vulnerability and adaptations of early life stages to environmental stressors (A14). 🚨Deadline : March 7th 🚨 See you at the #SEBCONFERENCE in Antwerp!✌️
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Giulia Rossi@giuliasrossi11 Feb 2025
Close your eyes and picture a scientist. What do you see? Most school children describe a white man with messy hair, glasses, and a lab coat. But how kids picture scientists changes as they grow.
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UhrigLab@LabUhrig2 Feb 2025
Come join the @LabUhrig at the University of Alberta! New PhD position in Agricultural Functional Genomics Excellent cross-disciplinary opportunities with outstanding collaborators! Applications accepted until March 1st 2025 Details can be found here: uhriglab.com/positions.html
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JEB is proud of the support we provide ECRs and in their Editorial, Patricia Wright, Michaela Handel and Craig Franklin reflect on; ECR grants, the society awards sponsored by the journal and the workshops that we hosted in 2024 journals.biologists.com/jeb/…
Winners of ECR awards sponsored by Journal of Experimental Biology. (A) Patrice Pottier (centre), winner of the 2024 Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Young Scientist Award (Animal Section), with Chair of the Animal Section, Felix Mark (left), and President (2023–2025), Tracy Lawson (right). Photo credit: Mel Maclaine, The Photo Project. (B) Michael Granatosky, recipient of the Carl Gans Young Investigator Award at the 2024 Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting. (C) Amalie Hutchinson, winner of the George F. Holeton award for the best student presentation in the Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (CPB) Section at the 2024 Canadian Society of Zoology (CSZ) meeting. Photo credit: Lauren Rego. (D) Katie Marshall, recipient of the Robert G. Boutilier New Investigator Award at the 2024 CSZ meeting.

ALT Winners of ECR awards sponsored by Journal of Experimental Biology. (A) Patrice Pottier (centre), winner of the 2024 Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Young Scientist Award (Animal Section), with Chair of the Animal Section, Felix Mark (left), and President (2023–2025), Tracy Lawson (right). Photo credit: Mel Maclaine, The Photo Project. (B) Michael Granatosky, recipient of the Carl Gans Young Investigator Award at the 2024 Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting. (C) Amalie Hutchinson, winner of the George F. Holeton award for the best student presentation in the Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (CPB) Section at the 2024 Canadian Society of Zoology (CSZ) meeting. Photo credit: Lauren Rego. (D) Katie Marshall, recipient of the Robert G. Boutilier New Investigator Award at the 2024 CSZ meeting.

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We are recruiting graduate students @LaurierBiology for projects studying sea lamprey physiology to improve lamprey control + conservation in the Great Lakes. Please like, RT, & share! DM with Qs and/or for a .pdf copy of job ad. Domestic students preferred. 1/2
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The Babonis Lab seeks to hire a Research Associate. Applications are due 15 Dec 2024. For more details and to apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j….
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m3guerres@martin3guerres28 Nov 2024
Come work with us @Scripps_Ocean and the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments (ADC-NiCE)! You can find more details and apply for this Program Research Associate position here: employment.ucsd.edu/program-… #FrontierScience
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Giulia Rossi@giuliasrossi14 Nov 2024
The Canadian Association for Girls in Science is Canada’s largest and longest-running STEM club for girls and gender-diverse youth 🧪🔬 It’s so old, in fact, that I was a member as a young girl 👇🏼 Watch the video below to see how @GirlsInScience influenced my science career!
Canadian Association for Girls in Science (CAGIS)@GirlsInScience13 Nov 2024
“My love for biology started many years ago at a CAGIS event where I dissected a cuttlefish, one of the most amazing marine animals.” Giulia Rossi is an award-winning biologist and CAGIS graduate. Listen to her story here. Over 96% of youth leave CAGIS events feeling like they could be good at STEM, and 94% of CAGIS graduates are studying or working in a STEM field today! When you support CAGIS programs, your contribution breaks barriers for girls and gender-diverse youth in STEM, all across Canada. Visit GirlsInScience.ca/Your-Help to donate. Thank you to @WAGE_FEGC for supporting this project. #GirlsInSTEM #BreakingBarriers #YouthPrograms #STEM
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Giulia Rossi@giuliasrossi7 Nov 2024
Replying to @RSocPublishing
@RSocPublishing has temporarily removed the paywall for anyone interested in downloading the full article! 🦇 royalsocietypublishing.org/d…

Vampire bats rapidly fuel running with essential or non-essential amino acids from a blood meal

Abstract. In most mammals, running is fuelled by oxidization of endogenous carbohydrates and lipids while amino acids contribute little (< 5–10%). Commo

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Giulia Rossi@giuliasrossi6 Nov 2024
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 royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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In our Special Issue, The Integrative Biology of the Heart, Jared Shaftoe and @tegillis review the cellular pathways and functional changes that occur when the vertebrate heart remodels in response to changes in hemodynamic load journals.biologists.com/jeb/…
A banner for the Special Issue of Journal of Experimental Biology entitled The Integrative Biology of the Heart. The heading on the left states 'Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of the Heart'. The guest editors William Joyce and Holly Shiels are listed below. To the right is a depiction of a heart with an electrocardiogram trace overlaying it. The Journal of Experimental Biology logo is in the bottom left.

ALT A banner for the Special Issue of Journal of Experimental Biology entitled The Integrative Biology of the Heart. The heading on the left states 'Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of the Heart'. The guest editors William Joyce and Holly Shiels are listed below. To the right is a depiction of a heart with an electrocardiogram trace overlaying it. The Journal of Experimental Biology logo is in the bottom left.

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Edify Magazine@EdifyEdmonton3 Nov 2024
Despite giving talks around the world and publishing 65 peer-reviewed papers, Tamzin Blewett is most proud of getting other people interested in water sustainability, in order to have “a larger impact than just the science I’m producing myself.” buff.ly/40twvwz #top40yeg
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Tenure track group leader position in #fishmovement ecology @LeibnizIGB in Berlin in my department. Please come to join our group of fish nerds. Applocation deadline Nov, 10 nature.com/naturecareers/job…

Tenure Track Group Leader position (f/m/x) in Fish Movement Ecology - Berlin (DE)

The Department of Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture at IGB offers a tenure track group leader position in fish movement ecology.

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Dr. Kenneth Jeffries, associate professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, recently received the Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities Merit Award 2023. Read the full article on UM Today, news.umanitoba.ca/dr-kenneth… #UMScience #UManitoba #UManitobaSci

UM Today

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We are hosting a Southern Ontario Pub Night with Tox on Tap in Kitchener on October 7! Join us for an engaging talk, some delicious food and fine brew at a unique venue. Featuring the amazing @Erin_M_Leonard! RSVP here: laurentiansetac.ca/event-det…
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We are filling two tenure track jobs @LeibnizIGB in fish #movement ecology and fish #ecophysiology. Please consider applying and spread the word to become our new colleagues in our fish and fisheries department in #berlin. karriere-igb.softgarden.io/j… and karriere-igb.softgarden.io/j…
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Marc BESSON@bessonmarc26 Sep 2024
Two 6-month Master 2 Internship positions available in our team. Get in touch in you're interested in fish ecophysiology, ecotoxicology and integrative ecology. #fishscience
Proposal number 1 on the impacts of harbour development on the larval recruitment and metamorphosis of the common two-banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris

ALT Proposal number 1 on the impacts of harbour development on the larval recruitment and metamorphosis of the common two-banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris

Proposal number 2 on the embryonic development of the spiny chromis

ALT Proposal number 2 on the embryonic development of the spiny chromis

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Paul Craig@pcraig7725 Sep 2024
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