Professor Tyler Stevenson

Professor of Physiology (Physiology Ageing & Welfare)

telephone: 01413305793
email: Tyler.Stevenson@glasgow.ac.uk

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685

Biography

2006-2011 PhD The Johns Hopkins University

2011-2013 PDRA Institute for Mind and Biology University of Chicago

2013-2018 Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen

2019-present Senior Lecturer IBAHCM University of Glasgow

Research interests

My research interests focus on understanding the mechanisms underlying the internal representation of time. My scientific approach is derived from the field of ethology. The research group's experimental reasoning is based on 'strong inference' outlined by Jon Platt (Science 1964 146 347-353) and uses 'multiple working hypotheses' highlighted by William Chamberlain (Science 1965 148 754-759). The main study models are seasonal organisms for two reasons: to expand our understanding on the basic mechanisms that time annual oscillations across (in)vertebrates and 2) to take advantage of the robust and predictable variation in organismal physiology, immunology and behaviour to improve our understanding of animal health & welfare, including humans.

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 45.

2025

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Liddle, Timothy A., Meddle, Simone L., Perez, Jonathan H., Peirson, Stuart N., Foster, Russell G. and Majumdar, Gaurav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-3404 (2025) Hypotheses in light detection by vertebrate ancient opsin in the bird brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, (doi: 10.1111/jne.70020) (PMID:40090886) (Early Online Publication)

Denizli, Irem, Monteiro, Ana, Elmer, Kathryn R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9219-7001 and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2025) Photoperiod-driven testicular DNA methylation in gonadotropin and sex steroid receptor promoters in Siberian hamsters. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, (doi: 10.1007/s00359-025-01733-w) (PMID:39954063) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2024) Defining the brain control of physiological stability. Hormones and Behavior, 164, 105607. (doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105607)

Harvey-Carroll, Jessica, Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Bussière, Luc F. and Spencer, Karen A. (2024) Pre-natal exposure to glucocorticoids causes changes in developmental circadian clock gene expression and post-natal behaviour in the Japanese quail. Hormones and Behavior, 163, 105562. (doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105562) (PMID:38810363)

Kriengwatana, Buddhamas P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4258-883X, Marshall, Christopher J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5658-9817, Stevenson, Tyler ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 and Monaghan, Pat ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 (2024) Early life conditions reduce similarity between reproductive partners in HPA axis response to stress. Hormones and Behavior, 162, 105508. (doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105508) (PMID:38513527)

Waddell, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5845-4804, Zheng, X., Neyton, L., Reece, S., Stevenson, Tyler ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Bochkina, N. and Mole, D. (2024) Loss of Daily Phase Relations Identified by Multiomic Analyses in Clinical Acute Pancreatitis. 16th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Cape Town, South Africa, 15-18 May 2024. (doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2024.03.569)

Marshall, Christopher J., Blake, Alexandra, Stewart, Calum, Liddle, T. Adam, Denizli, Irem, Cuthill, Fallon, Evans, Neil P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222 and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2024) Prolactin mediates long-term, seasonal rheostatic regulation of body mass in female mammals. Endocrinology, 165(4), bqae020. (doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqae020) (PMID:38417844) (PMCID:PMC10904104)

2023

Majumdar, Gaurav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-3404, Liddle, Timothy A., Stewart, Calum, Marshall, Christopher J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5658-9817, Bain, Maureen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-5099 and Stevenson, Tyler John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2023) FSHβ links photoperiodic signalling to seasonal reproduction in Japanese quail. eLife, 12, RP87751. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.87751) (PMID:38150309) (PMCID:PMC10752586)

Waddell, Heather ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5845-4804, Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 and Mole, Damian J. (2023) The role of the circadian rhythms in critical illness with a focus on acute pancreatitis. Heliyon, 9(4), e15335. (doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15335) (PMID:37089281) (PMCID:PMC10119767)

Pérez, Jonathan H., Tolla, Elisabetta, Bishop, Valerie R., Foster, Russell G., Peirson, Stuart N., Dunn, Ian C., Meddle, Simone L. and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2023) Functional inhibition of deep brain non-visual opsins facilitates acute long day induction of reproductive recrudescence in male Japanese quail. Hormones and Behavior, 148, 105298. (doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105298) (PMID:36621293)

2022

Liddle, Timothy Adam, Stevenson, Tyler John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 and Majumdar, Gaurav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-3404 (2022) Photoperiodic regulation of avian physiology: from external coincidence to seasonal reproduction. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 337(9-10), pp. 890-901. (doi: 10.1002/jez.2604) (PMID:35535960)

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2022) An introduction to the Special Issue on seasonal rhythms in birds and mammals. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 337(9-10), pp. 871-872. (doi: 10.1002/jez.2668) (PMID:36349776)

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Peng, Katherine Y., Rouse, Melvin L., Alward, Beau A. and Ball, Gregory F. (2022) Social regulation of immediate early gene induction in gonadotropin releasing-hormone 1 neurons and singing behavior in canaries (Serinus canaria). Physiology and Behavior, 256, 113959. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.113959) (PMID:36088981)

Stewart, Calum, Liddle, Timothy A. and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2022) Abundance, efficiency, and stability of reference transcript expression in a seasonal rodent: The Siberian hamster. PLoS ONE, 17(10), e0275263. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275263) (PMID:36190976) (PMCID:PMC9529152)

Stewart, Calum, Hamilton, Graham, Marshall, Christopher J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5658-9817 and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2022) Transcriptome analyses of nine endocrine tissues identifies organism-wide transcript distribution and structure in the Siberian hamster. Scientific Reports, 12, 13552. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16731-0) (PMID:35941167) (PMCID:PMC9360046)

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Liddle, Timothy A., Stewart, Calum, Marshall, Christopher J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5658-9817 and Majumdar, Gaurav ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-3404 (2022) Neural programming of seasonal physiology in birds and mammals: a modular perspective. Hormones and Behavior, 142, 105153. (doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105153) (PMID:35325691)

2020

Tolla, Elisabetta and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2020) Sex differences and the neuroendocrine regulation of seasonal reproduction by supplementary environmental cues. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 60(6), pp. 1506-1516. (doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa096) (PMID:32869105)

Helfer, Gisela and Stevenson, Tyler ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2020) Pleiotropic effects of proopiomelanocortin and VGF nerve growth factor inducible neuropeptides for the long-term regulation of energy balance. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 514, 110876. (doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2020.110876) (PMID:32473184)

Coyle, C.S., Caso, F., Tolla, E., Barrett, P.J., Onishi, K.G., Tello, J.A. and Stevenson, T.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2020) Ovarian hormones induce de novo DNA methyltransferase expression in the Siberian hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 32(2), e12819. (doi: 10.1111/jne.12819) (PMID:31800973)

2019

Bao, Riyue, Onishi, Kenneth G., Tolla, Elisabetta, Ebling, Fran J.P., Lewis, Jo E., Anderson, Richard L., Barrett, Perry, Prendergast, Brian J. and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2019) Genome sequencing and transcriptome analyses of the Siberian hamster hypothalamus identify mechanisms for seasonal energy balance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(26), pp. 13116-13121. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1902896116) (PMID:31189592) (PMCID:PMC6600942)

Onishi, Kenneth G., Prendergast, Brian J. and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2019) Trait-specific effects of exogenous triiodothyronine on cytokine and behavioral responses to simulated systemic infection in male Siberian hamsters. Hormones and Behavior, 110, pp. 90-97. (doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.02.017) (PMID:30826308)

Perez, Jonathan H., Tolla, Elisabetta, Dunn, Ian C., Meddle, Simone L. and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2019) A comparative perspective on extra-retinal photoreception. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 30(1), pp. 39-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2018.10.005) (PMID:30522810)

Lisci, C. et al. (2019) Photoperiodic changes in adiposity increase sensitivity of female Siberian hamsters to systemic VGF derived peptide TLQP-21. PLoS ONE, 14(8), e0221517. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221517) (PMID:31465472) (PMCID:PMC6715173)

2018

Scrutton Alvarado, Nicolas and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2018) Appetitive information seeking behaviour reveals robust daily rhythmicity for Internet-based food-related keyword searches. Royal Society Open Science, 5(7), 172080. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.172080) (PMID:30109051) (PMCID:PMC6083665)

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Alward, Beau A., Ebling, Francis J. P., Fernald, Russell D., Kelly, Aubrey and Ophir, Alexander G. (2018) The value of comparative animal research: Krogh’s principle facilitates scientific discoveries. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 5(1), pp. 118-125. (doi: 10.1177/2372732217745097)

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2018) Epigenetic regulation of biological rhythms: an evolutionary ancient molecular timer. Trends in Genetics, 34(2), pp. 90-100. (doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2017.11.003) (PMID:29221677)

2017

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 and Kumar, Vinod (2017) Neural control of daily and seasonal timing of songbird migration. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 203(6-7), pp. 399-409. (doi: 10.1007/s00359-017-1193-5) (PMID:28608154)

Lynch, Eloise W.J., Coyle, Christopher S. and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2017) Photoperiodic and ovarian steroid regulation of histone deacetylase 1, 2, and 3 in Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus) reproductive tissues. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 246, pp. 194-199. (doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.12.008) (PMID:28017732)

Stevenson, T.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2017) Environmental and hormonal regulation of epigenetic enzymes in the hypothalamus. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 29(5), pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1111/jne.12471) (PMID:28370682)

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2017) Circannual and circadian rhythms of hypothalamic DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase expression in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 243, pp. 130-137. (doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.11.011) (PMID:27916575)

2016

Bakker, Kevin M., Martinez-Bakker, Micaela Elvira, Helm, Barbara and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2016) Digital epidemiology reveals global childhood disease seasonality and the effects of immunization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(24), pp. 6689-6694. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1523941113) (PMID:27247405) (PMCID:PMC4914188)

Banks, Ruth, Delibegovic, Mirela and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2016) Photoperiod- and triiodothyronine-dependent regulation of reproductive neuropeptides, proinflammatory cytokines, and peripheral physiology in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Journal of Biological Rhythms, 31(3), pp. 299-307. (doi: 10.1177/0748730416637707) (PMID:26984896)

Lynch, Eloise W.J., Coyle, Chris S., Lorgen, Marlene, Campbell, Ewan M., Bowman, Alan S. and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2016) Cyclical DNA methyltransferase 3a expression is a seasonal and estrus timer in reproductive tissues. Endocrinology, 157(6), pp. 2469-2478. (doi: 10.1210/en.2015-1988) (PMID:27105384)

2015

Prendergast, Brian J., Cable, Erin J., Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Onishi, Kenneth G., Zucker, Irving and Kay, Leslie M. (2015) Circadian disruption alters the effects of lipopolysaccharide treatment on circadian and ultradian locomotor activity and body temperature rhythms of female Siberian hamsters. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 30(6), pp. 543-556. (doi: 10.1177/0748730415609450) (PMID:26566981) (PMCID:PMC4900458)

Rouse, Melvin L., Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Fortune, Eric S. and Ball, Gregory F. (2015) Reproductive state modulates testosterone-induced singing in adult female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Hormones and Behavior, 72, pp. 78-87. (doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.04.022) (PMID:25989596) (PMCID:PMC4469036)

Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 and Prendergast, Brian J. (2015) Photoperiodic time measurement and seasonal immunological plasticity. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 37, pp. 76-88. (doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.10.002) (PMID:25456046) (PMCID:PMC4405432)

Stevenson, T.J. et al. (2015) Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 282, 20151453. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1453) (PMID:26468242) (PMCID:PMC4633868)

2014

Alward, Beau A., Mayes, Wade D., Peng, Katherine, Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Balthazart, Jacques and Ball, Gregory F. (2014) Dissociable effects of social context on song and doublecortin immunoreactivity in male canaries. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40(6), pp. 2941-2947. (doi: 10.1111/ejn.12658) (PMID:24974859) (PMCID:PMC4528916)

Stevenson, Tyler ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Onishi, K.G., Bradley, S.P. and Prendergast, B.J. (2014) Cell-autonomous iodothyronine deiodinase expression mediates seasonal plasticity in immune function. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 36, pp. 61-70. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.10.008) (PMID:24145050) (PMCID:PMC3974869)

2013

Prendergast, Brian J., Onishi, Kenneth G., Patel, Priyesh N. and Stevenson, Tyler J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2013) Circadian arrhythmia dysregulates emotional behaviors in aged Siberian hamsters. Behavioural Brain Research, 261, pp. 146-157. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.12.010) (PMID:24333374) (PMCID:PMC4343037)

Stevenson, T.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 and Prendergast, B.J. (2013) Reversible DNA methylation regulates seasonal photoperiodic time measurement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(41), pp. 16651-16656. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1310643110) (PMID:24067648) (PMCID:PMC3799317)

Prendergast, B.J., Cable, E.J., Patel, P.N., Pyter, L.M., Onishi, K.G., Stevenson, T.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685, Ruby, N.F. and Bradley, S.P. (2013) Impaired leukocyte trafficking and skin inflammatory responses in hamsters lacking a functional circadian system. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 32, pp. 94-104. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.02.007) (PMID:23474187) (PMCID:PMC3686870)

Prendergast, B.J., Stevenson, T.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 and Zucker, I. (2013) Sex differences in Siberian hamster ultradian locomotor rhythms. Physiology and Behavior, 110-11, pp. 206-212. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.01.008) (PMID:23333554) (PMCID:PMC3985607)

Prendergast, B.J., Pyter, L.M., Kampf-Lassin, A., Patel, P.N. and Stevenson, T.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 (2013) Rapid induction of hypothalamic iodothyronine deiodinase expression by photoperiod and melatonin in juvenile Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Endocrinology, 154(2), pp. 831-841. (doi: 10.1210/en.2012-1990) (PMID:23295738) (PMCID:PMC3548179)

Prendergast, B.J., Cable, E.J., Cisse, Y.M., Stevenson, T.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2644-9685 and Zucker, I. (2013) Pineal and gonadal influences on ultradian locomotor rhythms of male Siberian hamsters. Hormones and Behavior, 63(1), pp. 54-64. (doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.001) (PMID:23142326) (PMCID:PMC3660102)

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