William K. Milsom

Emeritus

We study basic aspects of the control of breathing as well as the cardio-respiratory physiology of animals living in extreme environments

My lab has two main focuses. One group of studies is directed at determining the physiological adaptations that individual species possess that allow them to live in different environments. In particular we study respiratory, cardiovascular, thermoregulatory and metabolic adaptations for life in environments with low / high levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, temperature, food and water. We are particularly interested in the neural control of these processes. Another group of studies is directed at determining evolutionary trends in the control of breathing, particularly the role of different chemo and mechano-receptor groups in the control of breathing pattern.

1993 President

1993
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For Research
William K. Milsom

Canadian Society of Zoologists

1991 R. Tait McKenzie Medallion

1991
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For Research
William K. Milsom

Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine

1990 Keynote Speaker

1990
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For Research
William K. Milsom

"Control of Breathing Dinner"

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Faculty Research Fellowship

1990
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For Research
William K. Milsom

UBC

1978 Best Ph.D. Thesis of the Year

1978
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For Research
William K. Milsom

Awarded from Canadian Society of Zoologists

Bill Milsom's Google Scholar profile
Is the hypoxic ventilatory response driven by blood oxygen concentration?
Journal of Experimental Biology 220:956-958
Milsom, W.K and Wang, T.
2017
Lactate provides a strong pH independent ventilatory signal in Teleostei.
Scientific Reports
Thomsen, M., Wang, T., Milsom, W. and Bayley, M.
2017
Morphological and morphometric specialization of the lung of the Andean goose, Chloephaga melanoptera: a lifelong high altitude resident.
PLOS ONE
Maina, J.N., McCraken, K.G., Chua, B., York, J.M. and W.K. Milsom.
2017
Respiratory mechanics of eleven avian species resident at high and low altitude
Journal of Experimental Biology 220:1079-1089
York, J.M., Chua, B.A., Ivy, C.M., Alza, L., Cheek, R., Scott, G.R., McCracken, K.G., Frappell, P.B., Dawson, N.J., Laguë, S.L., and Milsom, W.K.
2017
The Kolliker-Fuse Nucleus acts as a timekeeper for late-expiratory abdominal activity
Neuroscience 348:63-72
Jenkin, S., Milsom, W.K. and Zoccal, D.
2017
Altitude matters: differences in cardiovascular and respiratory responses to hypoxia in bar-headed geese reared at high and low altitudes
Journal of Experimental Biology 219:1974-1984
Lague, S., Chua, B., Farrell, A.P. Wang, Y. and Milsom, W.K.
2016
Mitochondrial physiology in the skeletal and cardiac muscles is altered in torrent ducks, Merganetta armata, from high altitudes in the Andes
Journal of Experimental Biology 219 (23):3719-3728
Dawson, N.J. Ivy, C.M., Alza, L., Cheek, R., York, J.M., Chua, B., Milsom, W.K., McCracken, K.G. and Scott, G.R.
2016
Mitochondrial responses to prolonged anoxia in Western painted turtle brain.
Biology Letters 12:20150797
Pamenter, M.E., Gomez, C.R., Richards, J.G. and Milsom, W.K.
2016
Naked mole rats exhibit metabolic but not ventilatory plasticity following chronic sustained hypoxia
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20160216
Chung, D., Dzal, Y.A., Seow, A., Milsom, W.K. and Pamenter, M.E.
2016
Some like it hot: seasonal reproductive endothermy in tegu lizards
Science Advances 2:e150095
Tattersall, G.J., Leite, C.A.C., Sanders, C., Cadena, V., Andrade, D.V., Abe, A.S. and Milsom, W.K.
2016