Kenneth C. Welch
Associate Professor
Campus
UTSC
CSB Appointment
Full
Research Areas
Animal Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Physiology, Systems Biology
Education
Ph.D. 2007 University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A. 2005 University of California, Santa Barbara
B.Sc. 1998 Trinity University
Primary Undergraduate Department
Biological Sciences, UTSC
Graduate Programs
Cell & Systems Biology
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Research Description
I use and integrative and comparative approach to study the physiology of muscle function, fuel use, metabolism and energetics during locomotion.
Contact Information
Office Phone: 416-208-5100
Office: S521B
Lab: SW161E
Lab Phone: 416-208-5147
Email
Mailing Address
Department of Cell & Systems Biology
University of Toronto
1265 Military Trail
Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4
Canada
Publications
2015
Carbon stable-isotope tracking in breath for comparative studies of fuel use
Welch KC, Péronnet F, Hatch KA, Voigt CC, McCue MD
2015, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 25817456
2014
Sugar flux through the flight muscles of hovering vertebrate nectarivores: a review
Welch KC, Chen CC
2014, Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology, 25031038
Myosin heavy-chain isoforms in the flight and leg muscles of hummingbirds and zebra finches
Velten BP, Welch KC
2014, American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 306, R845-51, 24671242
2013
Glucose transporter expression in an avian nectarivore: the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Welch KC, Allalou A, Sehgal P, Cheng J, Ashok A
2013, PloS one, 8, e77003, 24155916
Neuromuscular control of hovering wingbeat kinematics in response to distinct flight challenges in the ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris
Mahalingam S, Welch KC
2013, The Journal of experimental biology, 216, 4161-71, 23948477
Very low force-generating ability and unusually high temperature dependency in hummingbird flight muscle fibers
Reiser PJ, Welch KC, Suarez RK, Altshuler DL
2013, The Journal of experimental biology, 216, 2247-56, 23580719
2011
The sugar oxidation cascade: aerial refueling in hummingbirds and nectar bats
Suarez RK, Herrera M LG, Welch KC
2011, The Journal of experimental biology, 214, 172-8, 21177938
2010
The power of feeder-mask respirometry as a method for examining hummingbird energetics
Welch KC
2011, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology, 158, 276-86, 20656051
Neuromuscular control of wingbeat kinematics in Anna’s hummingbirds (Calypte anna)
Altshuler DL, Welch KC, Cho BH, Welch DB, Lin AF, Dickson WB, Dickinson MH
2010, The Journal of experimental biology, 213, 2507-14, 20581280
2009
Fiber type homogeneity of the flight musculature in small birds
Welch KC, Altshuler DL
2009, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology, 152, 324-31, 19162216
2008
Dietary sugar as a direct fuel for flight in the nectarivorous bat Glossophaga soricina
Welch KC, Herrera M LG, Suarez RK
2008, The Journal of experimental biology, 211, 310-6, 18203985
2007
Oxidation rate and turnover of ingested sugar in hovering Anna’s (Calypte anna) and rufous (Selasphorus rufus) hummingbirds
Welch KC, Suarez RK
2007, The Journal of experimental biology, 210, 2154-62, 17562889
Oxygen consumption rates in hovering hummingbirds reflect substrate-dependent differences in P/O ratios: carbohydrate as a ‘premium fuel’
Welch KC, Altshuler DL, Suarez RK
2007, The Journal of experimental biology, 210, 2146-53, 17562888
2006
Hummingbirds fuel hovering flight with newly ingested sugar
Welch KC, Bakken BH, Martinez del Rio C, Suarez RK
2006, Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ, 79, 1082-7, 17041873
2005
Allometric scaling of flight energetics in Panamanian orchid bees: a comparative phylogenetic approach
Darveau CA, Hochachka PW, Welch KC, Roubik DW, Suarez RK
2005, The Journal of experimental biology, 208, 3581-91, 16155229