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Andrew Esbaugh | The molecular biology and evolution of carbonic anhydrase in fishes | Associate professor, University of Texas, Marine Science Institute |
Matt Gollock | Stress responses in rainbow trout experiencing chronic social stress | Research scientist, Zoological Society of London |
PhD | Past research | Present position |
Jen Jeffrey | The roles of social status, maternal stress, and parental investment in modulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis function in teleost fish | PDF, University of Manitoba |
Tammy Rodela | The role of corticosteroids in nitrogen excretion of the Gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta) (with Dr. Pat Walsh) | Assistant professor, St. Francis Xavier University |
Connie O’Connor | The ecology of stress: A multidisciplinary perspective on stress in wild centrarchid fishes (with Dr. Steve Cooke) | Conservation scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada |
Kath Sloman | Environmental versus social stressors: Effects on physiological performance in fish | Professor, University of the West of Scotland |
MSc | Past research | Present position |
Brenna Wilson | Do social interactions or life on land serve as stressors to the bichir, Polypterus senegalus? | MD program |
Emma Kunert | The role of carbonic anhydrase in cardiorespiratory responses to CO2 in zebrafish (Danio rerio) (with Dr. Steve Perry) | |
Liam Tigert | Trade-offs in zebrafish (Danio rerio) associated with development in a low pH-environment | PhD student, UTSC |
Brittany Bard (FRQNT, OGS) | Chronic social stress impairs the thermal tolerance of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | PhD student, uOttawa |
Brett Culbert (Mc Master; NSERC, OGS) | Physiology of social ascension in a group-living fish (with Dr. Sigal Balshine) | PhD student, University of Guelph |
Ibragim El-Sahlki | Fluorescence-activated cell sorting as a method to isolate ionocyte populations from gill tissue (with Dr. Steve Perry) | Medical writer/researcher Thera-Business Medical Consulting |
Alex Hare (OGS, NSERC) | Developmental plasticity in zebrafish (Danio rerio): effects of early life exposure to a stressor | PhD student, University of Guelph |
Jon Tea | Social stress reduces cellular proliferation in the forebrain of zebrafish (Danio rerio) | Scientific evaluator, Health Canada |
Natalia Koudrina | The role of TASK-2 channels in CO2 sensing in zebrafish (Danio rerio) (with Dr. Steve Perry) | Dentistry |
Marie-Ève Bélair-Bambrick | Regulation of cortisol production by serotonin and negative feedback in the head kidney of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Physical scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada |
Julia Redfern (NSERC, OGS) | Effects of maternal stress and cortisol treatment on offspring anxiety behaviour and stress responses in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) | Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Health Canada |
Laurence Dionne-Wilson | Serotonin as a regulator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | National Manager, Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
Krystle Talbot | Zebrafish (Danio rerio) aquaporin 1a as a multifunctional transporter of water, CO2, and ammonia (with Dr. Steve Perry) | Teacher |
Daniel Carrie (NSERC, OGS) | Transcriptional and posttranslational regulation of cytosolic carbonic anhydrase in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and zebrafish (Danio rerio) | MD |
Joshua D’Silva | Causes of intra-specific variation in metabolic rate in zebrafish, Danio rerio | Teacher |
Sacha LeBlanc (Mount Allison) | An integrative approach to stress in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Linking behaviour, physiology and heat shock proteins (with Dr. Suzie Currie) | Technician, Department of Biology, Université de Moncton |
Mayron Moorhead | The metabolic cost of electric signalling in weakly electric fish (with Dr. John Lewis) | Research project advisor, Queen’s University |
Viktoria Mileva (McMaster) | The stress of a cooperative breeder (with Dr. Sigal Balshine) | Research Assistant, University of Stirling, UK |
Beidan Mussa | The stress of subordinance: Socially mediated differences in acid-base regulation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Instructor, Science, Math and Technology Department, Zayed University, UAE |
Kathy Kipp | The involvement of cortisol and corticosteroid receptor types in mediating the effects of a high salt diet in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (with Dr. Steve Perry) | MD |
Christina Collier | Acid-base regulation in rainbow trout: the roles of carbonic anhydrase and cortisol (with Dr. Steve Perry) | Physiotherapist |
Laura Kenney | Characterization of carbonic anhydrase isoforms, vacuolar H+ ATPase and Na+-HCO3– co-transporter in the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens (with Dr. Steve Perry) | Scientific Evaluator, Health Canada |
Matt Bell (NSERC) | Mineralocorticoid receptors and ionic regulation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Policy and Program Leader, Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
Joey DiBattista | Physiological causes and consequences of social status in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Senior Research Scientist – Curator, Australian Museum, Australia |
Tina Georgalis | The roles of cytosolic and membrane-bound carbonic anhydrase in acid-base regulation in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (with Dr. Steve Perry) | Forensics technician, RCMP |
Justin Thomas (NSERC) | The impact of chronic behavioural stress on the acute stress responses of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | Environmental assessment, Department of National Defence |
Cheryl Szebedinszky | The causes and consequences of high plasma buffering in brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) | Teacher |
Pat Desforges | Gas transfer in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): an investigation of factors controlling O2 uptake and CO2 excretion (with Dr. Steve Perry) | Lecturer, La Cité Collegiale (deceased 2009) |
Undergrads | Role in the lab | Project | After leaving the lab | |
Clare Corless | Honours project | Behavioural interactions in pairs of Polypterus senegalus | ||
![]() | Yifei Wang | NSERC USRA, Honours project | Cortisol as a determinant of thermal tolerance in rainbow trout | Dentistry |
![]() | Gracen Hashem | Honours project | Predicted effects of SERTa-KO on behaviour in zebrafish | Law school |
![]() | Emma Slobozianu | Co-op student, Honours project | Impacts on zebrafish of rearing in a low pH environment | |
![]() | Pier-Anne Ménard | Honours project | Individual variation in cortisol levels in subordinate rainbow trout | |
![]() | Kaz Shuji | Honours project | Cortisol levels in SERTa-KO zebrafish larvae | |
![]() | Michelle Hong | Honours project | Searching for CA isoforms in the rainbow trout genome | MSc |
![]() | Annette Dodge | Honours project | Effects of social status on cardiac function in rainbow trout | MSc |
![]() | Libny Pierre-Louis | Honours project | Effects of SERTa-KO on behaviour in developing zebrafish | Med school |
Kaitlyn Flear | URS, UROP | Hypoxia tolerance in HIF1 alphaknockout zebrafish | Continuing undergrad | |
Michael Tea | UROP | The serotongergic system in SERTa-KO zebrafish | Continuing undergrad | |
Joshua Lister | UROP | Effects of serta-knockout on behaviour in adult zebrafish | ||
Alex Chen | NSERC USRA | Regulation of ion uptake by 5-HT in developing zebrafish | Med school | |
Sakib Kazi | NSERC USRA | Regulation of the stress axis in Polypterus senegalus | Med school | |
![]() | Kenan Touma | Honours project | Effects of social stress on the GH-IGF system in rainbow trout | MSc |
![]() | Élise Rody | Honours project | Do rainbow trout use chemical communication in social interactions? | Employed |
![]() | Kyla Agtarap | Honours project | Effects of social stress on the anterior intestine of rainbow trout | Pharmacy |
![]() | Pearl Qiu | Honours project | Hypoxia tolerance in HIF1 alphaknockout zebrafish | Chiropody |
![]() | Sofia Zhang | Honours project | Does social buffering affect ventilatory responses to hypoxia in zebrafish? | Med school |
![]() | Kaitlin Szederkenyi | Honours project | The role of serotonin in ion regulation in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) | MSc |
![]() | Abdel Rahman (Ray) LePabic | Honours project | Effects of early life stress on ion regulation in developing zebrafish | MSc |
![]() | Anita Huang | Honours project | Effect of hypoxic exposure on behaviour in developing zebrafish – a role for HIF? | |
![]() | Katie Jennings | Work study, Honours project | Regulation of feeding in dominant vs subordinate rainbow trout | M Public Health |
![]() | Alden Morgan | NSERC USRA, UROP | Chloride uptake in larval zebrafish | Med school |
![]() | Jeff Do | Honours project | Does serotonin play a role in ionic and acid-base regulation in zebrafish? | Med school |
![]() | Jillian Boothby | Honours project | Characterization of the stress axis and stress responses in Polypterus senegalis | Physiotherapy |
![]() | Samantha McDonald | Honours project | Impacts of social interactions on neurogenesis in female zebrafish | |
![]() | Dan Kostyniuk | Co-op student, Honours project | Regulation of metabolism by miRNA during chronic social stress | MSc |
![]() | Andrea Sim | UROP | Effects of early life adversity on adult sex ratio in zebrafish | Law school |
Chris Bergin | Honours project | Regulation of carbonic anhydrase expression in PNA+ MR cells of rainbow trout | MSc | |
![]() | Brett Culbert | Co-op student, Honours project | Social status and cholesterol dynamics in rainbow trout | MSc |
![]() | Amanda Gour | Honours project | Constraints on cortisol production by the interrenal cells of subordinate rainbow trout | BEd |
![]() | Rebecca Robinson | Honours project | Social status effects on stress axis negative feedback mechanisms in rainbow trout | BEng |
![]() | Olivia Gallarino | Honours project | Souroubea extracts and stress responses in rainbow trout | Med school |
Alison Hanes | Honours project | The time course of recovery from social stress in rainbow trout | Masters in Wild Animal Biology | |
![]() | Alexandra Brown | Honours project | Cortisol as a mediator of maternal effects of social stress in zebrafish | Med school |
![]() | Jonathan Tea | Honours project | Are the impacts of maternal social stress on offspring behaviour and stress responsiveness affected by the timing of egg production post social stress? | MSc |
![]() | Joshua Emmerson | Honours project | The dependence of resting metabolic rate on stress coping style in zebrafish | MSc |
![]() | Michael Brannen | Honours project, NSERC USRA, UROP | Carbonic anhydrase expression in trout gill ionocytes | Med school |
![]() | Jimmy Ha | Honours project, NSERC USRA, UROP | Cell types involved in chloride uptake in larval zebrafish | Med school |