UTSCBiology

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 December 7 for the Winter 2026 term

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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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Watch this fascinating documentary

Congratulations to Prof. Ina Anreiter 👀⬇️

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.

(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.

Maydianne Andrade.

‘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

check out this interview with Prof. Cosima Porteus

Opinion piece by @utsc.utoronto.ca @utscbiology.bsky.social prof @jscottmacivor.bsky.social and PhD student Sisley Irwin!
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👀⬇️UTSC Biology Students ⬇️👀

Deadline to apply is August 31

Welcome new and returning students! We are looking forward to another fantastic year of learning and growing.

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

The Unique Flower Bat of Jamaica: One of Nature’s Rare and Fascinating Species YouTube video by pbcjamaica

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

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

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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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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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 ...

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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Great work by Prof. Bebhinn Treanor and her lab ⬇️⬇️

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

A fish rank showing juvenile lake white fish swimming around. Tank had a partial cover with a whole in the middle showing fish.

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 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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The newest PhD from the Welch Lab, Dr. Phil Oelbaum stands with Dr. Ken Welch after his successful defense.

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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2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fourwaves - 2025 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

10 days left to submit an abstract. Slots for oral presentations heavily dependent on date of submission, so get on with it!
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@kweiosis.bsky.social will be here at UTSC on Friday to talk about his very cool work on transposons!