Christopher Kovacs

My new watercolor painting depicts the colorful rocky shoreline of Georges Bay in Holyrood, Newfoundland. More details on my website at christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/rock…

My latest watercolour painting “Haven in the Gut” features a delightful home precariously poised on the water in Quidi Vidi Gut, part of St. John’s, #Newfoundland. christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/have… #NewfoundlandLabrador

For a change of pace from the usual #Newfoundland landscapes and seascapes that I do, my latest watercolor painting “Born to Run” features Bruce @Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, and Little Steven as they were at the Glastonbury Festival in 2009. christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/born…

My new watercolour painting “Winter at Fort Amherst” shows the lighthouse and old WWII bunkers that guard the harbour of St. John’s, #Newfoundland. The dark cliffside is etched in white and bright blue lines from the snow. christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/wint… #NewfoundlandLabrador

My latest watercolour painting “Dancing Aurora” borrows an image of the aurora borealis over #Nunavat to depict what it might have looked like over the harbour in St. John’s, #Newfoundland. christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/danc… @CityofStJohns @CBCNL #NewfoundlandLabrador

I’ve received another 5-year research grant, this one totalling >$1M, from @CIHR_IRSC. Together with its predecessor the MRC of Canada, this means my lab will have been funded from 1999 through 2030 at least… Thanks also to my students and collaborators! @asbmr @theendosociety

My first watercolour painting of 2025 is “Stonescape,” featuring a close-up view of colorful stones and trickling water on Middle Cove Beach in #Newfoundland. The stones look almost surrealistic but they’re all natural. christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/ston… @CBCNL #NewfoundlandLabrador

My final watercolour painting for 2024 is “Bob’n Around,” a colorful scene in the harbour of Bay Roberts, #Newfoundland. christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/bobn… @CBCNL @TourismintheBay #NewfoundlandLabrador

My latest watercolour painting “Rolling Mist” depicts a colourful scene of the Atlantic Ocean, the rocky #Newfoundland coastline from the #SkerwinkTrail, and a solitary person atop the cliff. christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/roll… @CBCNL #NewfoundlandLabrador

My new watercolour painting “Captured Past” depicts a colorful #ChanceCove #Newfoundland backyard scene with an overturned boat and an antique double-flywheel engine, amidst firewood and greenery. christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/capt… @CBCNL #NewfoundlandLabrador

It's not too late to register for ESE Clinical Update on Calcium and Bone. So join our excellent line up of speakers! 📅 12-14 November 2024, 16:00-18:00 each day Sign up now! #ESEClinicalUpdate #CalciumAndBone #Endocrinology ow.ly/WJfp50TmpUI

Congratulations to MSc student Alexandre Maekawa for this first-authored paper, his first such!

I’m a speaker on the third day of this event!

My latest watercolour painting “Ocean Spectacle” has three puffins preening and upstaging the humpback whales cavorting in the distance! #Newfoundland #NewfoundlandLabrador christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/ocea…

My newest watercolour painting “Towering View" features the perspective of looking up from the base of a very tall beech tree in #StanleyPark #Vancouver christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/towe…

“Carved by the Sea,” my latest watercolor painting, depicts sea stacks and rugged cliffside from the Skerwink Trail on the Bonavista Peninsila in Port Rexton or Trinity East, #Newfoundland. christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/carv… @NLtweets @CBCNL @Canadapaintings

The May issue of @JBMRPlus features a new paper from my lab with first author MSc student David Bennin on the effect that loss of 24-hydroxylase has on fetal calcium and phosphate metabolism. Congrats, David! doi.org/10.1093/jbmrpl…

“There Be Whales Here!” is my newest watercolor painting, a scene from St. Vincent’s Beach in #Newfoundland. (Spot the #StarTrek allusion?) christopherkovacs.com/portfolio/ther… @NLtweets @CBCNL @Canadapaintings