Halvtidsseminarium: “Thermal acclimation across biological scales: Understanding ectotherm responses to rapid warming”

Mafalda Tomás håller sitt halvtidsseminarium, där hon kommer att prata om hur till exempel fiskar kan anpassa fysiologin när temperaturförhållandena varierar, se mer nedan.
Opponent vid seminariet är Erik Sandblom, och examinator Joachim Sturve, båda från institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap. Mafaldas huvudhandledare är Fredrik Jutfelt (BioEnv) med Albin Gräns (SLU) och Zara-Louise Cowan (BioEnv) som bihandledare. 

Kort sammanfattning
Climate warming is increasing both the average and variability of environmental temperatures, exposing organisms to more frequent and intense extreme events. These changes are particularly important for ectotherms, whose body temperatures, and therefore key biological processes, are tightly linked to their environment. One important mechanism by which ectotherms cope with changing thermal conditions is physiological acclimation, a form of reversible phenotypic plasticity that allows short-term adjustments in thermal tolerance. My PhD focuses on understanding how thermal acclimation operates across multiple levels of biological organisation, from whole organisms and communities to individual cells. By integrating these scales, my research aims to identify where acclimation is effective, where its limits lie, and how it shapes the resilience of ectothermic species to rapid climate warming.