Our research focuses on understanding how small mammals overcome challenges related to diet and disease using both ecological and molecular approaches.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Joined November 2018
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Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Congratulations!🏅@DearingLab Distinguished Prof of #Biology @UUtah @uofu_science and Director of Division of Integrative Organismal Systems at the National Science Foundation since 2022 awarded #Utah Governor’s Medal—Science and Technology.
Story: bit.ly/4deTaBa
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Warm temps and woodrats have remarkable resistance to snake venom, but that changes when temps cool!
@DearingLab in collaboration with U of Michigan and U of Nevada Reno
@UUtah @uofu_science attheu.utah.edu/research/woo…
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Desert woodrats survive on a toxic diet of creosote seeds. @UUtah researchers uncover clues how the rodent rapidly evolved tolerance as the poisonous bush proliferated across the Southwest after the last Ice Age. attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff… @UofUBiology
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Cool new research reveals plant pathogens' viral warfare tactics! 🦠@UofUBiology assistant professor Talia Karasov and Prof. Burbano (UCL) lead study on potential antibiotic alternatives, recently published in @ScienceMagazine bit.ly/3KUtk7Z
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
@UofUBiology Wow!! bacteria co-opt weapons from phage to reduce competition science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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“Research on Capitol Hill”. Exciting to see seniors from biology presenting! @UUtah and @USUAggies students talked research with legislators.
View posters/event details: our.utah.edu/education-event…
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@uofu_science @DearingLab @sophiejccaron
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
A little delayed on posting this due to the holidays, but my 2nd dissertation chapter is officially published! We found that one of two common antiparasitics we tested changed the mouse gut microbiota. Check out the full paper: academic.oup.com/jid/advance…
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
You have #squirrel questions & we've got answers! Check out our latest blog post to find answers to the top squirrel questions asked of the Museum: bit.ly/3SZxEbp. And remember, Squirrel Fest runs Dec. 2–10 & we want your help in this statewide data collection effort!
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Giving Tuesday @UUtah
Scholarships impact student success, so our goal is to provide some form of support to every undergrad. Also, today Grad Student Program donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar!
Support Biology students with a gift at giving.utah.edu/biology
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Postdocs and grad students #ASHG23, the @ChowLab is hiring postdocs to work on all aspects of our work. Pay is well above min postdoc pay. Below are examples of projects in the lab. Check out our talks and posters! DM me for more info! #ashgtrainee
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Maggie (@mdoolin23) uses rodent systems to study parasite-microbiome interactions and is advised by Professor Denise Dearing (@Dearinglab).
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Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
New research by #UofU biologists demonstrates how female zebrafish produce a sunblocking compound called gadusol and apply it to their eggs, providing embryonic fish protection from ultraviolet radiation.
attheu.utah.edu/science-tech…
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
We are looking for a lab technician to help build and maintain a biorepository as well as perform basic laboratory experiments. If you're interested to learn more and to apply, please use the link below!
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Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Sampling a pika's pantry: Temporal shifts in nutritional quality and winter preservation of American pika food caches - Varner - 2023 - Ecosphere - Wiley Online Library @DearingLab @UofUBiology phenolics doubled, protein decreased! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Way to go Lissy!!! 🍾😀well done!!! @DearingLab
Congratulations to Lissy Coley on her election today as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Yahoo! @uofubiology #gcscaffiliate
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Toxic creosote bushes = nutrition for wood rats;
how is this possible? 🧪🐁
@DearingLab @MDeniseDearing @uofu_science @UUtah @UUGradSchool @UofUResearch #ecology
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Are you a fan of "The Last of Us"?
Mycology, mushrooms, and insights into an under appreciated group of organisms!
@NHMU @KeatonTremble @uofu_science @UUtah
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#mycology #mushrooms #science
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Read about hybrid success in woodrats, p-element invasion in Drosophila melanogaster, aphid wing polymorphisms, and more in the latest issue of Evolution:
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@ouplifesciences @OxUniPress @OUPAcademic
Dearing Lab – University of Utah retweeted
Congratulations Dylan Klure @DearingLab @UUtah recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from @uofu_science “I have deep interest in desert animals and understanding what adaptations facilitate their persistence in some of the harshest environments on Earth”
