John Olson

Education:

• A.B. Stanford University, Stanford, CA 1977
• M.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1983
• Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1990
• Post-Doctoral Northeastern University, Boston, MA 1990-2

Publications:

• Olson, J.M., C. Kearney, G. Rivera. 2013. Antioxidant enzymes: Acute and chronic responses to exercise-induced oxidative stress in gastrocnemius muscle of mice. Integr. Comp. Biol. (2013) 53 (suppl 1): e346.
• Olson, J.M., K. Allport, P. Kealey, S McWilliams, and U. Bauschinger. 2011.Effect of Diet and Training on Ketone Body Metabolism in Starlings. Integr. Comp. Biol. (2011) 51 (suppl 1): e103.
• Olson, J.M., A. Caragiulo, B. Czerwinski-Shields, and D. Soucier. 2010. Prolonged Cold Exposure in Young Quail: avUCP, Ultrastructure and Catabolic Capacities in Skeletal Muscle. Integr. Comp. Biol. (2010) 50 (suppl 1): e128.
• Shea, RE., J.M. Olson, and R.E. Ricklefs. 2007. Growth rate, protein accumulation, and catabolic enzyme activity of skeletal muscles of Galliform birds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80(3):306-316.
• Dawson, W.R. and J.M. Olson. 2003. Thermogenic capacity and enzymatic activities in the winter-acclimatized dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) in press, Journal of Thermal Biology
• Olson, J.M. 2001. Ontogeny of catabolic and morphological properties of skeletal muscle of the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). J. Comp. Physiol. 171(7):527-542.
• Krijgsveld, K.L., J.M. Olson, and R.E. Ricklefs. 2001. Catabolic capacity of the muscles of shorebird chicks: maturation of function in relation to body size. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 74:250-260
• Olson, J.M., F.M.A. McNabb, M.S. Jablonski, and D.V. Ferris. 1999. Thyroid development in relation to the development of endothermy in the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Gen Comp. Endocrinol. 1999. 116:204-212
• Olson, J.M. and R.L. Marsh. 1998. Activation patterns and length changes in hindlimb muscles of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) during jumping. J. Exp. Biol. 201:2763-2777.
• McNabb, F.M.A. and J.M. Olson. 1996. Development of thermoregulation and its hormonal control in precocial and altricial birds. Poultry and Avian Biology Reviews 7:111-125.
• Marsh, R.L. and J.M. Olson. 1994. Power output of scallop adductor muscle during contractions replicating the in vivo mechanical cycle. J. Exp. Biol. 193:139-156.
• Olson, J.M. 1994. The ontogeny of shivering thermogenesis in the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). J. Exp. Biol. 191:59-88.
• Marsh, R.L., J.M. Olson, and S.K. Guzik. 1992. Mechanical performance of scallop adductor muscle during swimming. Nature 357:411-413.
• Olson, J.M. and R.L. Marsh. 1993. Contractile properties of the striated adductor muscle in the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians at several temperatures. J. Exp. Bio. 176:175-193.
• Olson, J.M. 1992. Growth, the development of endothermy, and the allocation of energy in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) during the nestling period. Physiol. Zool. 65:124-152.
• Olson, J.M. 1991. Thermal relations of nestling red-winged blackbirds in southeastern Michigan. Auk 108:711-716.
• Marsh, R.L., W.R. Dawson, J.J. Camilliere, and J.M. Olson. 1990. Regulation of glycolysis in the pectoralis muscles of seasonally acclimatized American goldfinches exposed to cold. Am. J. Physiol. 258 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 27):R711-R717
• Olson, J.M. and K.M. Crawford. 1989. Seasonal changes in buffering capacities and the activity of LDH in the heart and skeletal muscle of a vertebrate facultative anaerobe. J. Exp. Biol. 145:471-476.
• Olson, J.M., W.R. Dawson, and J.J. Camilliere. 1988. Fat from Black-capped Chickadees: avian brown adipose tissue? The Condor 90:529-537
• Dawson, T.J. and J.M. Olson. 1988. Thermogenic capabilities of the opossum, Monodelphis domestica when warm and cold acclimated: similarities between American and Australian marsupials. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 89A:85-91.
• Undergraduate student

Research:

Metabolic and muscle physiology, ecophysiology. I am currently engaged in two primary areas of research. The first investigates the functional maturation of the effector tissues for thermogenesis and substrate mobilization in birds and mammals. The second major area investigates the mechanical performance of muscles during locomotion in both invertebrate and vertebrate species.

Ongoing studies include investigations of the role of the thyroid gland in thermogenesis, measurements of length and force of muscle s of scallops during swimming and of frogs during jumping in vivo, and development of methods to simulate locomotor movements in vitro in order to measure more accurately the mechanical performance of the muscle in isolated preparations. I use a variety of techniques in my research, and attempt to integrate research at the organismal and suborganismal levels of organization.

Course List:

• Sum23-BIO-1206-025 Human Anatomy & Physiology II
• Sum23-BIO-1206-026 Human Anatomy & Physiology II