Fall 2026 Hibernation Highlights
Excited to learn how the genome analysis of Daurian ground squirrels reveals specific lipid regulation during hibernation? Wang et al. A telomere-to-telomere genome reveals arachidonic acid as a key regulator of hepatic lipid metabolism during hibernation. Communications Biology – July 2026
Interested to discover the fine tuning of daily torpor in hamsters? Bal et al. The transcriptional cortical response to daily torpor in Phodopus sungorus. Life Science Alliance – July 2026
Check this review synthetizing the state of the art for the neural control of torpor & hibernation – Still a mystery! Griffith et al. Neural Control of Homeothermy, Torpor, and Hibernation. Annual Review of Neuroscience – July 2026
Discover the unique genomic signature from a South American hibernating marsupial coping with environmental fluctuations! Gonzalez-Ugalde et al. Frozen and Scorched: Genomic Signatures of Adaptive Divergence and Hibernation in the Living Fossil Dromiciops. Ecology & Evolution – August 2026
Learn about the exciting life of ground-dwelling squirrels from a genomic perspective! Mathgen et al. Genomic insights into fossorial transition, hibernation, and hypoxia adaptation in ground squirrels. Communications Biology – August 2026
Meet the conductor of the cardiac function during hibernation. Guo et al. NDRG2 orchestrates structural and functional adaptation for cardioprotection during mammalian hibernation. Protein & Cell – September 2026
What news for the evolutionary signature of the hibernating Tibetan brown bear? Zhao et al. Near telomere-to-telomere genome reveals the phylogenomics and hibernation-related evolution in Tibetan brown bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus). BMC Genomics – September 2026
Learn how horseshoe bats regulate gene expression in the thermogenic tissue during hibernation! Liu et al. Integrated transcriptomic analysis of mRNA and miRNA in Brown adipose tissue of the greater horseshoe bats during hibernation. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology – September 2026
Discover more on the evolutionary shift in torpor in placental mammals. Gorgios Kontopoulos et al. Lack of Evidence for Gene-Level Convergence Linked to Evolutionary Shifts in Torpor Among Placental Mammals. Genome Biology and Evolution – September 2026