Oliver Wearing
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Oliver Wearing is a UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Dr. Christopher West’s lab, affiliated with the Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC. His research aims to develop innovative surgical techniques and cutting-edge biotelemetry technologies to better understand cardiovascular function in small and large animal models of health and disease. In particular, Dr. Wearing's current work with Dr. West aims to leverage these novel methods to generate safe and effective translational therapies to restore cardiovascular function following spinal cord injury.
Research Classification
Research Interests
Cardiovascular physiology
Autonomic nervous system
Hypoxia
Surgery
Preclinical models
Translational medicine
Spinal cord injury
Research Methodology
Biotelemetry
Cardiac cannulation
Vascular cannulation
electrophysiology
Research Centres, Clusters, Institutes
Research Options
I am available and interested in collaborations (e.g. clusters, grants).
I am interested in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Publications
- Adrenergic control of the cardiovascular system in deer mice native to high altitude (2022)
Current Research in Physiology, - Genetic variation in haemoglobin is associated with evolved changes in breathing in high-altitude deer mice (2022)
Journal of Experimental Biology, 225 (2) - Commentary: Hierarchical reductionism approach to understanding adaptive variation in animal performance (2021)
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 256, 110636 - Infrared thermography as a technique to measure physiological stress in birds: Body region and image angle matter (2021)
Physiological Reports, 9 (11) - Pulmonary hypertension is attenuated and ventilation-perfusion matching is maintained during chronic hypoxia in deer mice native to high altitude (2021)
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, - The adaptive benefit of evolved increases in hemoglobin-O2 affinity is contingent on tissue O2 diffusing capacity in high-altitude deer mice (2021)
BMC Biology, - Coordinated changes across the O 2 transport pathway underlie adaptive increases in thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice (2020)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, - Extreme temperature combined with hypoxia, affects swimming performance in brown trout (Salmo trutta) (2020)
Conservation Physiology, - Embryonic hypoxia programmes postprandial cardiovascular function in adult common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) (2017)
Journal of Experimental Biology, 220 (14), 2589--2597 - Phenotypic plasticity in the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina): long-term physiological effects of chronic hypoxia during embryonic development (2016)
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, - Acute and chronic temperature effects on cardiovascular regulation in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) (2015)
Journal of Comparative Physiology B, - Limb Displays of MaleSaitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) (Araneae: Salticidae) (2014)
Arachnology,
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