Current and Former Students:
Doctoral:
|
Name |
Project |
Where
are they now? (Follow the Links) |
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Dr. Sophie Breton |
Unusual
mode of mitochondrial DNA transmission in the blue mussel Mytilus: an
animal model for studying cytonuclear co-evolution
and mtDNA heteroplasmy |
NSERC Post-doctoral
fellowship at Kent State with Dr. Randy Hoeh |
Masters:
|
Name |
Project |
Where
are they now? (Follow the Links) |
|
Dr.
Stephen Petersen ’04 |
Phylogeography and
conservation genetics of the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys
volans) in |
Postdoctoral Fellow with
Steve Ferguson at Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Winnipeg |
|
Stephanie
Chaisson, MSc.,
’04 |
Molecular
characterization of pesticide resistance in diamondback moths, Plutella xylostella |
DNA
sequencing technician, Calgary |
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Habitat
characterization and population genetic structure of the maritime shrew, Sorex maritimensis |
|
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Aaron
Shafer, MSc., ‘07 |
Taxonomic
status of Sorex dispar and S. gaspensis, two of Atlantic
Canada’s rarest shrews |
|
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Mamta Jha, MSc., ‘07 |
Sperm motility comparisons
in Mytilus edulis in relation to mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms |
Technician |
|
Lily
Stanton, MSc., ‘08 |
Taxonomy and phylogeography of Pyganodon
mussels in Atlantic Canada |
Technician,
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Victoria, B.C. |
|
Howie
Huynh |
Taxonomic studies of Perimyotis subflavus |
In
progress |
Honours:
|
Name |
Project |
Where
are they now? (Follow the Links) |
|
Dr.
Valerie Brousseau '00 |
Molecular
evolution of gender-associated mitochondrial DNA lineages of bivalves. |
Medicine at McGill (Completed) |
|
Dr.
Nicholas Wong '01 |
Role
reversals of gender-associated mitochondrial DNA and speciation events in
mussels (Mytilus trossulus) |
Medicine at
Dalhousie (Completed) |
|
Anne
Dalziel '01 |
Tissue
specific expression of gender-associated mitochondrial DNA in Mytilus
edulis. |
MSc.
at Queen’s with Chris Moyes (Completed); PhD
in Zoology at UBC with Patricia Schulte |
|
Dr.
Iain MacPherson '01 |
Unique
dipeptidase allele in masked shrews of |
PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at UBC with Michael Murphy.
(Completed) Post-doctoral
Studies, Liz Hedstrom Lab, Brandeis University |
|
Nichole
McMullen '02 |
Sex
determination in Mytilus mussels. |
MSc. in Pharmacology, Dalhousie University with Kishore Pasumarthi.
(Completed) |
|
Julia
Carr '02 |
Identification
of extra-pair fertilizations in tree swallows using microsatellites |
Fieldwork
volunteer |
|
Laura
Butler '02 |
Development
of molecular markers for metapopulation analysis in
forked fungus beetles |
Molecular
Genetics Technician, Nova Scotia |
|
Joseph
Muise '03 |
Paternity
and parasite loads in tree swallows |
|
|
Dr.
Erin Demmings'03 |
Mitochondrial
DNA polymorphisms and sperm motility in Mytilus edulis |
Medicine
at Ottawa (Completed) |
|
Dr.
Erin Knock'03 |
Differential
gene expression between two male mitochondrial genetic types in blue mussels
(Mytilus edulis) |
PhD
in Human Genetics with Rima Rozen at
McGill University (Completed). Now at the Wellcome
Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research,
University of Cambridge |
|
Robyn
Cullen '06 |
Testing
for positive selection in lysin, a sperm associated protein, in marine
mussels (Family Mytilidae) |
MSc.
in Pathology, Dalhousie University |
|
Aron Roxin '06 |
Molecular
characterization of a unique digestive enzyme in shrews |
MSc.
in Chemistry, Acadia University (completed) |
|
Krystyna
Cowan '06 |
Prevalence
and fitness effects of parasites of masked shrews on |
MSc.
in Immunology, Dalhousie University (Completed) |
|
Lauren
McCarville ‘07 |
Genetic
divergence in eastern pipistrelles |
Medicine,
Dalhousie University (as of September 2010) |
|
Samantha
Sanford ‘09 |
Salivary
neurotoxins in Sorex shrews |
Vet
School, UPEI (as of September 2010) |
|
Cameron
McAlpine ‘09 |
Molecular
characterization of peptidase A in Sorex cinereus |
|
|
Karen
Landry ’09 (with Mike Dadswell & Anna Redden) |
Population
genetic structure of striped bass in the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia |
|
|
Lauren
Del Bel ‘10 |
Doubly
uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in Modiolus mussels |
MSc. in Molecular Genetics,
University of Toronto (starting September 2010) |
|
Elise
Hébert ‘11 |
Genetic
structuring of local and migratory striped bass in the Minas Basin |
Summer Students:
|
Name |
Project |
Where
are they now? (Follow the Links) |
|
Mathieu Grégoire & Thomas Grégoire |
Where
are our wetland shrews? (funded by Ducks Unlimited-Acadia University
Partnership and an Acadia University Research Fund award) |
Stewart
Lab - Summer 2010 |
|
Chelsea Hammer |
Amplification
of male transmitted mitochondrial DNA from spawned mussel sperm |
Stewart
Lab - Summer 2010 |
Last modified 15 June 2010