EPISODE · May 5, 2021 · 29 MIN
324 | Sleepy Squirrels and the Metabolics of Hibernation
from GradCast · host Ariel Frame, Gavin Tolometti, Gregory Robinson, Laura Munoz, Nicholas Handfield-Jones, Nikol Posnov, Rhys Paterson, Viki Tellios, Yimin Chen, Yousuf Hasan, Liam Clifford, Elizabeth Mohler
We often think of hibernation as simply going to sleep in the wintertime, but hibernating animals aren't actually sleeping at all! It's really a special type of dormancy or torpor. This week, hosts Yimin Chen and Laura Baena speak to Masters of Biology student Amalie Hutchinson about what the cute little thirteen-lined ground squirrel of Manitoba can teach us about the cellular processes that occur while these animals are snoozing under the snow. Recorded on April 27, 2021 Produced by Laura Munoz Baena Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
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We often think of hibernation as simply going to sleep in the wintertime, but hibernating animals aren't actually sleeping at all! It's really a special type of dormancy or torpor. This week, hosts Yimin Chen and Laura Baena speak to Masters of Biology student Amalie Hutchinson about what the cute little thirteen-lined ground squirrel of Manitoba can teach us about the cellular processes that occur while these animals are snoozing under the snow. Recorded on April 27, 2021 Produced by Laura Munoz Baena Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
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324 | Sleepy Squirrels and the Metabolics of Hibernation
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