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Dr. Amber Schlater (PhD CSU Fort Collins)
Position: PostDoc
Skeletal muscle adaptations to hypoxic and cold environments
Currently Associate Prof. @ College of St. Scholastica, MN
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Dr. Kevin Tate (PhD U North Texas)
Position: PostDoc (jointly with G. Scott)
Mechanisms and evolution of thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice
Currently Assistant Prof. @ Texas Lutheran U
Tate, K.B., Wearing, O.H., Ivy, C.M., Cheviron, Z.A., Storz, J.F., McClelland, G.B., and Scott, G.R. (2020). Coordinated changes across the O2 cascade underlie adaptive increases in thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 287: 20192750.
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Dr. Chris Le Moine (PhD Queens U)
Position: PostDoc
Hypoxic muscle remodelling
Currently Prof. @ Brandon U
Le Moine, C.M.R., Morash, A.J., and McClelland, G.B. (2011) Role of HIF-1α and pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphorylation in exercise blood lactate changes with the transition from acute to chronic hypoxia. Am. J. Physiol. 301:R1098-R1104.
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Dr. Makiko Kajimura (PhD)
Position: PostDoc
Regulation of fat oxidation with environmental stress
Currently Asst. Prof. Wakayama Univ., Japan
Morash, A.J., Kajimura, M., and McClelland, G.B. (2008) Intertissue regulation of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPTI): Mitochondrial membrane properties and gene expression in rainbow trout (Oncorhychus mykiss). BBA-Biomembranes 1778:1382-1389.
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Dr. Cayleih Robertson (BSc Mount Allison, MSc Guelph U)
Position: PhD
Developmental plasticity of thermogenesis in deer mice
Currently Postdoc at McMaster U
Robertson, C.E., Tattersall, G.J., and McClelland, G.B. (2019). Development of homeothermic endothermy is delayed in high altitude native deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus Proc. R. Soc. B 286: 20190841. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0841286
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Dr. Sajeni Mahalingam (BSc, MSc UofT)
Position: PhD (jointly with G. Scott)
Oxygen and fuel supply pathways in high altitude deer mice
Currently Undergraduate Coordinator level 1 courses, McMaster Biology
Mahalingam, S., Cheviron, Z.A., Storz, J.F., McClelland, G.B., and Scott, G.R. (2020). Chronic cold exposure induces mitochondrial plasticity in deer mice native to high altitudes. J. Physiol. 598(23): 5411-5426. DOI:10.1113/JP280298.
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Dr. Paul Craig (BSc, MSc Guelph U)
Position: PhD
The Genomic & Physiological Effects of Waterborne Copper Exposure in Zebrafish, Danio rerio
Currently Associate Prof. U Waterloo, previously NSERC PDF @ uOttawa
Craig, P.M., Wood, C.M., and McClelland, G.B. (2010) Water Chemistry alters gene expression and physiological endpoints of chronic waterborne copper exposure in zebrafish, Danio rerio. Environ. Sci. Tech. 44(6): 2156-2162
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Dr. Marie-Pierre Schippers (BSc Guelph U)
Position: PhD
Muscle and exercise adaptations to high altitude in Andean mice
Currently Team Leader at Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Schippers, M.-P., Ramirez, O., Arana, M., Bernal, P.P., and McClelland, G.B. (2012) Increase in carbohydrate utilization in high-altitude Andean mice. Current Biology. 22 (24):2350–2354.
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Dr. Andrea Morash (BSc Mount Allison)
Position: PhD
The Evolution of Genomic and Non-Genomic Regulatory Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Lipid Oxidation in Fishes
Currently Assistant Prof Mount Allison U
Morash, A.J., Le Moine, C.M.R., and McClelland, G.B. (2010) Genome duplication events have lead to a diversification in the CPT I gene family in fish. Am. J. Physiol. 299: R579 - R589.
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Soren Coulson (BSc McMaster U)
Position: MSc
Changes in metabolic regulation of the carbohydrate oxidative pathway in exercising high altitude deer mice
Currently PhD student Western U
Coulson, S.Z., Robertson, C.E., Mahalingam, S., and McClelland, G.B. (2021) Plasticity of non-shivering thermogenesis and brown adipose tissue in high-altitude deer mice. J. Exp. Biol., 224, jeb242279. doi:10.1242/jeb.242279.
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Taylor Brooks (BSc Mount Allison U)
Position: MSc
Influence of the transition from acute to chronic hypoxia on Pyruvate Kinase 1 and lactate accumulation in C2C12 cells
Currently R&D Integricare Animal Health
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Nastashya Wall (BSc Winnipeg)
Position: MSc
Cold and hypoxia acclimation in high altitude deer mice
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Sheridan Baker (BSc McMaster U)
Position: MSc
Copper induced gill remodeling and chemosensing
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Alex Connaty (BSc WLU)
Position: MSc
The effects of acute and chronic hypoxia on muscle metabolism in mice
Currently Manufacturing Supervisor, Johnson and Johnson
Cheviron, Z.A., Bachman, G.C., Connaty, A.D., McClelland, G.B., Storz, J.F. (2012) Regulatory changes contribute to the adaptive enhancement of thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA., 109(22):8635-40.
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Victoria Ransberry (BSc Western U)
Position: MSc
Oxidative stress and metabolic responses to acute Cu exposure and hypoxia in killifish
Currently: Environmental consultant in Calgary
Ransberry, V.E., Blewett, T., and McClelland, G.B. (2016) The oxidative stress response in freshwater-adapted killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus to acute copper and hypoxia exposure. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 179:11-18.
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Nicole Templeman (BSc Mt Allison; MSc McMaster)
Position: MSc
Diversity in the Regulation of Metabolic Fuel Use in Mice Selected for High Locomotor Activity
Currently Assistant Prof and Tier 2 CRC, U Victoria
Templeman, N.M., Schultz, H., Garland, T., and McClelland, G.B. (2012) Do mice selectively bred for high locomotor activity have a greater reliance on lipids to power submaximal aerobic exercise? Am. J. Physiol. 303:R101-R111.
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Jacqueline Beaudry (BSc and MSc McMaster U)
Position: MSc
Conflict between cold and hypoxia acclimation
Currently Assistant Prof, U of Toronto, Nutritional Sciences
Beaudry, J.L., and McClelland, G.B. (2010) Thermogenic responses in CD-1 mice after combined chronic hypoxia and cold acclimation. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B. 157:301-309.
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Kristina Murphy (BSc Queen's, MSc McMaster)
Position: MSc
Fuel Selection in Genetically Selected Endurance Running Rats at Submaximal Exercise Intensities
Currently Personal Trainer
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Marie-Pierre Schippers (BSc Guelph U, transferred to PhD)
Position: MSc (jointly with R. Dukas, PNB)
Cast and lifetime changes in muscle biochemistry in honeybees
Schippers, M.-P., Dukas, R., and McClelland, G.B. (2010) Lifetime changes in flight metabolic rate and muscle biochemistry of honeybees, Apis mellifera. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 180(1):45-55.
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Madison Zitoli
Position: BSc researcher
Evolution of serum albumin for fatty acid transport in highland taxa
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Ben Fabello
Position: BSc researcher
Regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase with exercise in highland deer mice
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Brianna Mortillaro
Position: BSc researcher
Plasticity of thermoneutral zones with cold acclimation in deer mice
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Karen Sobiesiak
Position: BSc researcher
Ontogeny and plasticity of calcium handling in high altitude deer mice
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Wafa Khoja
Position: BSc researcher
The liver as a hub for thermogenesis and exercise at high altitude
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Katarina Djuric
Position: BSc researcher
Plasticity of brown adipose tissue to cold and hypoxia in high altitude deer mice
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Srikripa Krishna Prasad
Position: BSc researcher
Skeletal muscle phenotypes for locomotion and thermogenesis
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Leah Hayward
Position: BSc researcher
Changes in thermal conductance with cold acclimation in deer mice
Hayward, L, Robertson, C.E., and McClelland, G.B. (2022) Phenotypic plasticity to chronic cold exposure in two species of Peromyscus from different environments. J. Comp. Physiol. B. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-021-01423-4
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Leanne Zubowski
Position: BSc researcher
Ontogeny of skeletal muscle fiber-type in high and low altitude deer mice
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Vicky Lai
Position: BSc researcher
Ontogeny of brown adipose tissue of high and low altitude deer mice
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Soren Coulson
Position: BSc researcher
Mitochondrial metabolism of brown adipose tissue from low and high-altitude deer mice
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Kwasi Nkansah
Position: BSc researcher
Ontogeny of shivering thermogenesis of low and high-altitude deer mice
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Debbie Chan
Position: BSc researcher
The effects of cold adaptation on the developmental regulation of Sarcolipin in deer mice
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Victoria Geropoulos
Position: BSc researcher
Membrane transport limitations for lipid metabolism in highland deer mice
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Adam Kulesza
Position: BSc researcher
Energetics of copper exposed killifish
Kulesza, A., Leonard, E.M., and McClelland, G.B. (2020) Influence of 96h sub-lethal copper exposure on aerobic scope and recovery from exhaustive exercise in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). Aquatic Toxicology. 218:105373
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Taylor Valee
Position: BSc researcher
Brown adipose tissue plasticity with cold and hypoxia acclimation in deer mice |
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Sheridan Baker (BSc McMaster)
Position: BSc Honours research
Stimulation of respiration in Cu-exposed killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus).
Currently: PhD at Guelph U
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Andrea Lam (BSc McMaster)
Position: BSc Honours research
Effect of cold acclimation on locomotory metabolism in high altitude deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) |
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Narina Jabari (BSc McMaster)
Position: BSc Honours research
Oxygen-dependent gene and protein expression under copper, hypoxia and combined copper and hypoxia exposure in the common Killifish, Fundulus Heteroclitus |
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Daphne Lau (BSc McMaster)
Position: BSc Honours research
Effect Of Hypoxia Acclimation On The Fuel Use Patterns Of Highland Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) During Exercise
Currently: Optometrist
Lau, D., Mahalingam, S., Connaty, A.D., Wall, N., Cheviron, Z.A., Storz, J.F., Scott, G.R., and McClelland, G.B. (2017) Acclimation to hypoxia increases carbohydrate use during exercise in high-altitude deer mice. Am. J. Physiol, Am. J. Physiol. 312: R400–R411.
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Hamid Mousavi (BSc McMaster)
Position: BSc Honours research
Muscle Metabolism with Exercise in High and Low Altitude Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) |
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Janine Wong
Position: BSc honours research (jointly with S. Balshine, PNB)
The Effects of Contamination in Hamilton Harbour on Swimming Performance and Liver Glycogen Content in Round Gobies
Currently teaching in Korea
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Daniel Li
Position: BSc honours research
The effects of acute hypoxia and copper exposure on gill morphometry and gene expression in the common killifish
Currently MSc at U of T
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Sharon Nadarajah
Position: BSc honours research
Muscle signalling with exercise intensity
Currently: Physician
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Mark Vanderveken
Position: BSc honours research
Changes in the machinery associated with aerobic metabolism in response to exercise in trout
Currently: Lawyer
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Wilson Yu
Position: BSc Honours research
Regulatory Mechanism of Fat Metabolism in Migratory Spawning Sockeye Salmon: Expression of PPARa in Red Muscle Tissue
Currently: Thermo Fisher
Morash, A.J., Le Moine, C.M.R., Yu, W., Hill, J. A., Patterson, D.A., Farrell, A.P., and McClelland, G.B. Genomic and metabolic preparation in sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) for spawning migration. Physiol. Biochem. Zool.
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Daniel Wheeler
Position: BSc Honours research
Acclimation of mice to hypoxia: inducing the lactate paradox
Currently: Memorial Med School, NFLD
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Julie Kim
Position: BSc Honours research
Exercise induced remodelling of skeletal muscle in adult zebrafish
Currently: ER Physician
Le Moine, C.M.R., Craig, P.M., Dhekney, K., Kim, J.J., and McClelland, G.B. (2010) Temporal and spatial patterns of gene expression in skeletal muscles in response to swim training in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). J. Comp. Physiol. B. 180(1):151-60.
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Mike Galus
Position: BSc Honours research
Effect of dietary iron on water-borne Cu toxicity in zebrafish
Currently: Science Advisor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Craig, P.M., Galus, M., Wood, C.M., and McClelland, G.B. (2009) Dietary iron alters waterborne-copper induced gene expression in softwater acclimated zebrafish (Danio rerio). Am. J. Physiol. 296:R362-R373.
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Lara Janitens
Position: BSc honours research
Genetic and enzymatic changes in mitochondrial fat oxidation in muscle of sockeye salmon through the course of migration
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Kristina Arvai
Position: BSc honours research
The effects of aquatic-to-aerial transition on gill morphology and blood metabolite levels in the plainfin midshipman
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Emma Stewart
Position: BSc Honours research
Divalent metal transporter expression in Cu exposed zebrafish
Currently: teaching in Japan? |
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Jack Beaudry
Position: BSc Honours research
Differences in plasma and muscle lipids between high and low aerobic capacity rats
Currently: Assistant Prof U of Toronto
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Kalindi Dhekney
Position: BSc Honours research
Spacial muscle remodelling in zebrafish
Currently: Medical doctor
Le Moine, C.M.R., Craig, P.M., Dhekney, K., Kim, J.J., and McClelland, G.B. (2010) Temporal and spatial patterns of gene expression in skeletal muscles in response to swim training in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). J. Comp. Physiol. B. 180(1):151-60.
McClelland, G.B., Craig, P.M., Dhekney, K and Dipardo, S. (2006) Temperature- and exercise-induced gene expression and metabolic enzyme changes in skeletal muscle of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). J. Physiol. (London), 577(2):739-751.
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Deanne Malenfant
Position: Summer research assistant
Exercise fuel use in rats selectively bred for running capacity
Currently: Medical doctor
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Kinga Smolen (U Waterloo)
Position: BSc COOP research
Changes in Honeybee muscle proteome with foraging experience
Currently: Harvard Medical School
Schippers, M.-P., Dukas, R., Smith, R.W., Wang, J., Smolen, K. and McClelland, G.B. (2006) Lifetime performance in foraging honey bees: behaviour and physiology J. Exp. Biol. 209: 3828-3836.
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Ayaz Hyder
Position: BSc Honours research (jointly with Jon Stone)
Modelling Ucrit in fish
Currently: PDF Yale U |
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Shawn Dipardo
Position: BSc Honours research
Exercise- and Cold-induced muscle remodelling in zebrafish
Currently: Dietician
McClelland, G.B., Craig, P.M., Dhekney, K and Dipardo, S. (2006) Temperature- and exercise-induced gene expression and metabolic enzyme changes in skeletal muscle of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). J. Physiol. (London), 577(2):739-751.
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Pam Leggatt
Position: BSc Honours research
CPTI gene expression in trout
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Fathima Ishna Iftikar (MSc McMaster U)
Position: Research Assistant
lipoprotein metabolism in dogfish
Currently PhD candidate Univ. of Auckland, NZ
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