Had such a great time working on this mission. Hard to say goodbye to such a great team!

Several mammal species live in cold-water environments thanks to adaptations like blubber & large size. A notable exception is the sea otter—so how does it stay warm? A 2021 Science study found an answer: skeletal muscle thermogenesis. scim.ag/64G #WorldWildlifeDay

Next month, my lab and I will be participating in Niagara’s Walk and Roll for Muscular Dystrophy. If you can, please consider supporting our team! MPHD Lab - 2024 Walk & Roll for MDC muscle.akaraisin.com/ui/WalkRollMDC…

Honoured to have been recognized with this award! The GSM program in Niagara is something I’m very proud of - if you’re interested in getting involved (we have chapters across Canada!) please don’t hesitate to reach out!

Very excited to present some of my recent work regarding skeletal muscle calcium handling in murine muscle following spaceflight 🐭🚀! It's an exciting lineup of talks (May 1 & 2) - if you're interested, the link to register is here 👇 osdr.nasa.gov/bio/news/artic…

Online Now: Intermittent fasting influences immunity and metabolism dlvr.it/T6bC38 #trends #endocrinology #metabolism

Fantastic experience as always with Chris Rand and Aurora Scientific. Grateful to get to share our experience and very excited to get our data out in the near future 😁

Always so rewarding to give back to the community! Great time as always at the walk & roll for Muscular Dystrophy Canada ☀️ #walkandroll2024

It’s been a year since we lost brother Craig Bowman to a courageous battle with occupational illness. His presence will always be with our members every single day. Craig’s sacrifice sparked massive changes to firefighter latency periods for esophageal cancer & led to Bill 149

In this work, driven by amazing postdoc in our team Andrea Irazoki, we found that adaptations to cancer in mice critically depend on housing temperature. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Sitting on the fence or just forgot (like myself) to register for OEP 2024? The registration deadline has been extended for Ontario Exercise Physiology 2024. Register by June 10th 11:59 pm EDT oep2024.weebly.com Includes meals, socials, and a packed scientific program

Had a wonderful time at #IBEC2024 in Limerick! Now straight off to Busan for COSPAR - who says science isn’t fun?!

Hello #COSPAR2024! For those of you around, I’m presenting data collected in collaboration with the RR-18 mission tomorrow morning at 9am alongside a fantastic lineup - hope to see you there!

In case you missed my talk COSPAR , the work I presented was just published in NPJ Microgravity! Read about it in the thread below ⬇️🧵

PLAYING FOR GOLD 🥇 Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson defeat the Swiss duo and will play for a gold medal in beach volleyball 👏 Watch #Paris2024 on CBC Gem | CBC Olympics

As🐭are housed below their thermoneutral zone while💁are at thermoneutrality, we studied how housing temperature affects adaptations to exercise & obesity in🐭with Jessica Braun, Carlos Henríquez-Olguin Mona Ali Lisbeth L. V. Møller Zach Gerhart-Hines Val A. Fajardo, PhD Erik A. Richter 🙏🔥

We are excited to see lab alum Ciara Barry's paper selected as an "Editor's Choice" article. This work was co-authored by PDF Sarah Rouhana & done in collaboration with Jessica Braun, Mia Geromella, & Val A. Fajardo, PhD, with funding from Heart & Stroke. 🔗mdpi.com/2218-273X/14/6…

On May 10th, our lab will participate in the Niagara Walk and Roll for Muscular Dystrophy. Please consider supporting our team - every dollar counts! muscle.akaraisin.com/ui/WalkRollMDC…

GDF15 links adipose tissue lipolysis with anxiety go.nature.com/42McVw6

PhD is officially done! Couldn’t have done it without the support from friends, family, and my incredible coworkers and mentors Brock University ! So honoured to have also received the Spirit of Brock award, I’ll always cherish my time as a Badger 🦡