[MARMAM] New publication using multi-index approach to quantify changes in humpback whale health

2024-06-21 Thread Jake Linsky
Dear MARMAMers: My co-authors and I are pleased to announce our recent publication: 'Blubber gene expression and cortisol concentrations reveal changing physiological stress in a Southern ocean sentinel species' published in Marine Environmental Research. Our article is available open acce

[MARMAM] New Publication: Seasonal changes in humpback whale gene expression

2023-12-04 Thread jake linsky
Hi MARMAMers, On behalf of my co-authors I am pleased to share our new publication in Molecular Ecology: A novel RT-qPCR health assay reveals differential expression of stress and immunoregulatory genes between the seasonal migrations of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Open access is

[MARMAM] New publication on a mammalian mRNA sex determination method

2022-08-25 Thread jake linsky
Dear Colleagues, My co-authors and I are happy to share our new paper "A mammalian messenger RNA sex determination method from humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) blubber biopsies" in The Royal Society Open Science. Our paper presents a functional blubber mRNA extraction protocol and a meth

[MARMAM] New publication available: The scale of the whale: using video-tag data to evaluate sea-surface ice concentration from the perspective of individual Antarctic minke whales

2020-10-13 Thread jake linsky
Dear Marmamers, I'm pleased to share a recent publication from our research group. Linsky, J.M.J., Wilson, N., Cade, D.E., Goldbogen, J.A, Johnston D.W., and Friedlaender, A.S. The scale of the whale: using video-tag data to evaluate sea-surface ice concentration from the perspective of individual