Upcoming oral examinations
| Student | Supervisor | Schedule & Location | Title |
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Pavitra Chundekkad MSc |
Gautam Awatramani |
Dec 12 1:00PM CLE B017 |
AMPA and NMDA receptor localization and recruitment in a central circuit of the mammalian retina |
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Niloufar Mokariasl PhD |
John Taylor |
Dec 17 10:00AM CLE B007 |
Quantification of Melanopsin Gene Expression During Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) Development and Spatial Mapping of Opn4m Proteins on a Newly Established Brain Atlas |
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Nathan Sykes MSc |
Greg Owens |
Dec 06 2:00PM CLE B007 |
Introgression and subtle population structure in threatened Pacific rockfishes |
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Shea Wyatt PhD |
Diana Varela |
Dec 18 10:00AM CLE B017 |
Nutrient Physiology of Siliceous Phytoplankton Under Warming and Acidification in Arctic and Subtropical Oceans |
2024 Fall
- Daisuke Yamakawa(MSc, Barbara Hawkins) Proanthocyanidins in Poplar Roots - Effects on Mycorrhizal Colonization and Nitrogen Uptake
2024 Summer
- Emily May(PhD, Rana El-Sabaawi) Improving our understanding of vertebrates in nutrient recycling and ecological stoichiometry
- Julianne Radford(MSc, Steve Perlman) Male fitness and the persistence of a selfish X chromosome in Drosophila testacea
- Kaitlyn Zerr(MSc, Julia Baum) Oceanic Atoll provides refuge for elasmobranchs amidst global declines and promotes opportunities to finance conservation
2024 Spring
- Rebecca Crawford(MSc, Diana Varela & Ryan Gawryluk) Spatial and Seasonal Variability in Eukaryotic Phytoplankton Composition in the Arctic Ocean Revealed with Metabarcoding Analysis
- Geoffrey deRosenroll(PhD, Gautam Awatramanil) Neuronal computations supporting direction selectivity in the mouse retina
- Emma Hayward(MSc, Juergen Ehlting) Swiss Needle Cast and the Foliar Mycobiome of Coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Michael Livingston(PhD, Diana Varela) Transparent Exopolymer Particles and Phytoplankton Nutrient Physiology in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans
- Olivia Melville(MSc, Diana Varela) The role of siliceous Rhizaria in the silicon cycle in the Northeast Subarctic Pacific Ocean
- Kelsie Murchy(PhD, Francis Juanes) Impacts of marine shipping on the underwater soundscape and Chinook salmon behaviour
2023 Fall
- Katie Innes(MSc, Francis Juanes) Feeding and bioenergetics of Chinook Salmon during the first winter at sea
- Eerik Piirtola(PhD, Peter Constabel) Chemistry and biochemistry of Populus leaf bud resin
- Mackenzie Woods(MSc, Francis Juanes) The effects of anthropogenic noise on the behaviour and vocalizations of plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus
2023 Summer
- Chris Anderson(MSc, Bob Chow) Post-transcriptional regulation of Vsx1 in the developing mouse retina
- Kaede Hirabayashi(MSc, Gregory Owens) Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) species origin and subspecies divergence through genome sequencing and assembly
2023 Spring
- Claire McPolin(MSc, Barbara Hawkins) Ectomycorrhizal fungal endemism and rainforest nutrition in Pacific Northeast
- Prathyusha Ravi Chander(MSc, Gatuam Awatramani) Orientation selectivity in the population of ON-OFF direction-selective ganglion cells in the mouse retina
- Penny Young(MSc, Raad Nashmi) Investigating the Role of the Lateral Nigrostriatal Pathway in Modulating Voluntary Movement
2022 Fall
- Harley Gordon(PhD, Peter Constabel) Unexpected Connections: Salicinoid Biosynthesis in Poplar
- Rhonda Reidy(PhD, Francis Juanes/ Laura Cowann) Fine-scale Prey and Foraging Behaviour of Humpback Whales in Southern British Columbia
2022 Summer
- Hayley Barnes(MSc, John Taylor) A deep dive into the sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) opsin repertoire: insight into melanopsin expression, localization and function in an unlikely demersal model
- Lise Nehring(MSc, Barbara Hawkins) Assessing the contribution of Red Alder (Alnus rubra) to forest stand nitrogen budgets
- Alberto Ruiz de Chavez Ginzo(MSc, Bob Chow) The mechanism underlying bipolar cell subtype specificationThe mechanism underlying bipolar cell subtype specification
2022 Spring
- Lia Chalifour(PhD, Julia Baum) Nearshore habitat use, estuarine residency, and conservation priorities for Pacific Salmon in the Fraser River, British Columbia
- Camille Giuliano(MSc, Terri Lacourse) Holocene Fire Frequency and Links to Climate and Vegetation History on Pender Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Laura Hanson(PhD, Gautam Awatramani) Mechanisms and circuitry underlying direction selectivity in the mouse retina
- Yalin Liu(MSc, Peter Constabel) CRISPR/Cas9 Mutation of MYB134 and MYB115 To Study Regulation and Functions of Proanthocyanidins in Poplar Roots
2021 Fall
- Kieran Cox(PhD, Francis Juanes) Intertidal Resource Cultivation Over Millennia Structures Coastal Biodiversity
2021 Summer
- Dominique Maucieri(MSc, Julia Baum) Impacts of local and global disturbances on coral biodiversity
2021 Spring
- Kevin Bruce(MSc, Julia Baum) Application of structure-from-motion photogrammetry to quantify coral reef structural complexity change following a mass mortality event
- Jillian Campbell(MSc, Francis Juanes) Examining the Influence of Depth and Tidal Current on Nearshore Fish Communities Using Scientific and Citizen Science Data
- Garth Covernton(PhD, John Dower/ Sarah Dudas ) Microplastics in Coastal Marine Ecosystems: Some Methodological, Anthropogenic, and Ecological Considerations
- Ainsley Fraser(MSc, Rana El-Sabaawi) Characterizing Phenotypic Diversity in Marine Populations of Threespine Sticklebacks
- Audrey McPherson(MSc, Steve Perlman/ Paul Abram) Factors influencing the intriguing persistence of a Wolbachia symbiont in spotted wing Drosophila
- Nicholas Planidin(MSc, Thomas Reimchen) Asymmetry in the lateral line of threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus: ecology, evolution and behaviour
- Candice Powell(MSc, Steve Perlman) Fitness and transmission of a selfish X chromosome in female Drosophila testacea
2020 Fall
- Gerry Gourlay(PhD, Peter Constabel/ Barbara Hawkins) Condensed tannins as in vivo antioxidants in Populus tremula x tremuloides
- Hollie Johnson(MSc, Ben Koop) Northern Pike of North America: Population Genomics and Sex Determination
- David Ma(PhD, Peter Constabel) Functional Characterization of Flavonoid R2R3-MYB Activators and Repressors Transcriptional Regulators in Poplar
- Jenny Smith(MSc, Julia Baum) Herbivorous coral reef fish responses to local and global stressorsHerbivorous coral reef fish responses to local and global stressors
- Kristina Tietjen(MSc, Julia Baum) Implications of heat stress and local human disturbance on early life stage corals
- Marie Vance(PhD, Barbara Hawkins/ Patrick von Aderkas) Population genomics of a timberline conifer, subalpine larch (Larix lyallii Parl.)
2020 Summer
- Andrea Coulter(PhD, Patrick von Aderkas) Condensed tannins as in vivo antioxidants in Populus tremula x tremuloides
- Hollie Johnson(MSc, Ben Koop) Northern Pike of North America: Population Genomics and Sex Determination
- David Ma(PhD, Peter Constabel) Functional Characterization of Flavonoid R2R3-MYB Activators and Repressors Transcriptional Regulators in Poplar
2020 Spring
- Yuriko Carrington(PhD, Juergen Ehlting) Biochemistry and evolution of the shikimate dehydrogenase/quinate dehydrogenase gene family in plants
- Geoffrey Osgood(PhD, Julia Baum) Chondrichthyan conservation in marine protected areas: Elucidating species associations in two chondrichthyan hotspots using non-invasive techniques
2019 Fall
- Gerry Gourlay(PhD, Peter Constabel/ Barbara Hawkins) Condensed tannins as in vivo antioxidants in Populus tremula x tremuloides
- Hollie Johnson(MSc, Ben Koop) Northern Pike of North America: Population Genomics and Sex Determination
- David Ma(PhD, Peter Constabel) Functional Characterization of Flavonoid R2R3-MYB Activators and Repressors Transcriptional Regulators in Poplar
- Jenny Smith(MSc, Julia Baum) Herbivorous coral reef fish responses to local and global stressorsHerbivorous coral reef fish responses to local and global stressors
- Kristina Tietjen(MSc, Julia Baum) Implications of heat stress and local human disturbance on early life stage corals
- Marie Vance(PhD, Barbara Hawkins/ Patrick von Aderkas) Population genomics of a timberline conifer, subalpine larch (Larix lyallii Parl.)
2019 Summer
- Rhea Ashmead(MSc, Francis Choy) Purification of Human Recombinant Naglu from Sf9 cells and Uptake Studies with MPS IIIB Fibroblasts
- Emily Campbell(MSc, Francis Juanes & Travis Gerwing) Passive Restoration and Non-Invasive Monitoring of Soft-Sediment Ecosystems on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada
- Therese Frauendorf(PhD, Rana El-Sabaawi) The effects of climate change and introduced species on tropical island streams
- Kathrina Harms(MSc, Louise Page) Surprise in a small package: foregut metamorphosis in the marine ectoparasitic snail Odostomia tenuisculpta (Family Pyramidellidae)
- Rande Kannne(MSc, Geraldine Allen & Barbabra Hawkins) Phylogeographic patterns and migration history of Garry oak (Quercus garryana)
- Piata Marques(PhD, Rana El-Sabaawi) Characterizing the effects of urbanization on stream biota using a trait-based approach
2019 Spring
- Jacob Weil(MSc, Francis Juanes) Variability in the energy density of prey and its consequences for growth in juvenile Chinook Salmon
- Kennedy Boateng(PhD, Drs. Barbara Hawkins & Peter Constabel) Red alder (Alnus rubra) defense mechanisms against western tent caterpillar (Malacosoma californicum) defoliation
2018 Fall
- Matthew Adeleye(MSc, Terri Lacourse) A Multi-proxy Paleoecological Study of Anderson Fen, Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Danielle Claar(PhD, Dr. Julia Baum) Coral Symbioses Under Stress: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Coral-Symbiodinium Interactions
- Caitlin Curtis(MSc, Dr. Steve Perlman) Genetics and ecology of an unusual sex ratio distorter in the booklouse Liposcelis sp.
- Jennifer Magel(MSc, Dr. Julia Baum) Effects of heat stress and local human disturbance on the structure of coral reef ecosystems at multiple scales of biological organization
- Monique Raap(MSc, Drs. Ben Koop & Helen Gurney-Smith) Anthropogenic modifications and their impacts on shellfish physiology
2018 Summer
- Juan Aldana(PhD, Drs. Barbara Hawkins & John Russell) Resistance mechanisms to Didymascella thujina (Durand) Maire in Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don, Thuja standishii (Gord.) Carrière and Thuja standishii × plicata
- Nova Hanson(MSc, Dr. Louise Page) Developmental modularity in the adult feeding structures of the predatory gastropod, Amphissa columbiana (Neogastropoda; Columbellidae)
- Lucianne Marshall(MSc, Dr. Diana Varela) Progression of Marine Phytoplankton Blooms and Environmental Dynamics from Sea- Ice Coverage to Open Waters in the coastal Arctic: Comparing experimental data with continuous cabled observations
- Jillian McAllister(MSc, Dr. Patrick Gregory) Natural History of Common Gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) in East-Central British Columbia
2018 Spring
- Kyle Beer(MSc, Dr. Terri Lacourse) Holocene Ecosystem Dynamics of a Central Vancouver Island Wetland: Development, Vegetation Change, and Carbon Accumulation
- Mauricio Carrasquilla(PhD, Dr. Francis Juanes) Ecological importance of nearshore habitats to sustain small-scale fisheries
- Graeme Keais(MSc, Dr. Steve Perlman) X Chromosome Drive in Drosophila testacea
- Anastasia Litke(MSc, Dr. Bob Chow) Investigating the pathogenicity of missense mutations in VSX1 and their association with corneal dystrophies
- Amanda McLaughlin(PhD, Dr. John Taylor) Na+ channels enhance low contrast signalling in the superior-coding direction-selective circuit
- David Minkley(MSc, Dr. Ben Koop) Transposable Elements in the Salmonid Genome
- Michael Minkley(MSc, Drs. Raad Nashmi & Patrick Walter) Ironing out the Pathophysiology of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA) - Clinical Investigations and Disease Modelling Yield Novel Evidence of Systemic Dysfunction and Provide a Robust and Accurate Disease Model of NBIA
- Amy Teffer(PhD, Dr. Francis Juanes) Impacts of cumulative thermal and fishery stressors and infection development on the health and survival of adult Pacific salmon during freshwater residence
2017 Fall
- Aaron Eger(MSc, Dr. Julia Baum) The role of predators and species diversity in structuring marine ecosystems
- Cameron Freshwater(PhD, Drs. Francis Juanes & Marc Trudel) Ecological drivers of variation in juvenile sockeye salmon marine migrations
- Eric Rondeau(PhD, Dr. Ben Koop) Conserved synteny in the genomes of teleost fish aids in the rapid development of genomic tools to query fundamental biological and evolutionary questions
- Debra Wertman(Msc, Drs. Steve Perlman & Kathy Bleiker)The light at the end of the tunnel: Photosensitivity in developing mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)
2017 Summer
- Erin Hornell(MSc, Dr. Brad Anholt) Diet dependent sex ratios in Tigriopus californicus: Evidence for environmental sex determination in a system with polygenic sex determination
- Ramnique Ubhi(MSc, Dr. Barbara Hawkins) Nitrogen Form Uptake Capacities by Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Ectomycorrhizae
- Di Wu(MSc, Dr. Robert Chow) The role of Hh signaling in mouse retinal bipolar cell subtype development
2017 Spring
- Jasem Estakr(MSc, Dr. Raad Nashmi) Cholinergic neurotransmission in different subregions of the substantia nigra differentially controls DA neuronal excitability and locomotion
- Jamie McDevitt-Irwin(MSc, Dr. Julia Baum) The unseen world of coral reefs: impact of local and global stressors on coral microbiome community structure
- Angeleen Olson(MSc, Drs. Francis Juanes & Margot Hessing-Lewis) Seagrass meadows as seascape nurseries for rockfish (Sebastes spp.): habitat adjacency impacts on recruitment and food webs
- James Robinson(PhD, Dr. Julia Baum) Disentangling human degradation from environmental constraints: macroecological insights into the structure of coral reef fish and benthic communities
- Anne Shaffer(PhD, Dr. Francis Juanes) Nearshore Restoration Associated with Large Dam Removal and Implications for Ecosystem Recovery and Conservation of Northeast Pacific Fish: Lessons Learned from the Elwha Dam Removal
2016 Fall
- Annette Alber(PhD, Drs. Juergen Ehlting & Daniele Werck)
Phenolic 3-hydroxylases in land plants: biochemical diversity and molecular evolution - Daniel Durston(MSc, Dr. Rana El-Sabaawi)
How the evolution of bony traits influences resource interactions in threespine stickleback - Laura Kennedy(MSc, Drs. Rana El-Sabaawi & Francis Juanes)
Eelgrass habitat as near-shore foraging grounds for juvenile Pacific salmon - Giulia Rossi(MSc, Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe)
The reproductive and physiological condition of a deep-sea mussel (Bathymodiolus septemdierum Hashimoto & Okutani 1994) living in extremely acidic conditions - Philip-Edouard Shay(PhD, Drs. Peter Constabel & John A. Trofymow)
The effects of condensed tannins, nitrogen and climate on decay, nitrogen mineralisation and microbial communities in forest tree leaf litter
2016 Summer
- Brenna Collicutt(MSc, Drs. Francis Juanes & Sarah Dudas)
The anthropogenic influence of shellfish aquaculture and microplastics on juvenile Pacific salmon on the east coast of Vancouver Island - Aharon Fleury (MSc, Dr. Francis Juanes)
Reproductive biology and ecology of Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) and Black hagfish (Eptatretus deani) off the coast of Vancouver Island, BC - Eric Hertz (PhD, Dr. Asit Mazumder)
The drivers and implications of spatial and temporal variation in the feeding ecology of juvenile Chinook Salmon - Alex Hoggarth (MSc, Dr. Gautam Awatramani)
Multiple Layers of Inhibition in the Direction Coding Circuit in Mouse Retina - Jessica Holden (MSc, Dr. Francis Juanes)
Beach-cast deposition, food provision, and commercial harvesting of a non-indigenous seaweed, Mazzaella japonica, in Baynes Sound, British Columbia - Thomas Iwanicki (MSc, Dr. John Taylor)
The visual opsins of the starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus), a new model for studying the physiological and molecular basis of fish vision and light sensitivity - Kim Kennedy (MSc, Dr. Rana El-Sabaawi)
Exotic vs. Native: Global and urban investigations of leaf litter decay in streams - Jillian Lemmen (MSc, Dr. Terri Lacourse)
Using Fossil Midges from Saltspring Island, British Columbia to Infer Changes in Temperature Over the Last 14,000 Years - Mary Toews (MSc, Dr. Francis Juanes)
Managing human footprint with respect to its effects on large mammals: Implications of spatial scale, divergent responses and ecological thresholds
2016 Spring
- Jackson Chu (PhD, Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe)
Influence of Seasonally Variable Hypoxia on Epibenthic Communities in a Coastal Ecosystem, British Columbia, Canada - Justin Suraci (PhD, Drs. Michael Clinchy & Brad Anholt)
Fear in Wildlife Food Webs: Large Carnivore Predation Risk Mediates the Impacts of a Mammalian Mesopredator
2015 Fall
- Robert Bourdon (MSc, Drs. Sarah Dudas & Francis Juanes)
The interactions of fish communities and shellfish aquaculture in Baynes Sound, British Columbia - Geoffrey de Rosenroll (MSc, Dr. Kerry Delaney)
Low-frequency Stimulation Inducible Long-term Potentiation at the Accessory Olfactory Bulb to Medial Amygdala Synapse of the American Bullfrog - Phineas (Finn) Hamilton (PhD, Dr. Steve Perlman)
Defensive symbiosis in Drosophila: from multiple infections to mechanism of defense - Mark Hanson (MSc, Dr. Steve Perlman)
Immune evolution in the Immigrans-Tripunctata clade of Drosophila - Christina Hodson (MSc, Dr. Steve Perlman)
Genomic conflict over reproduction in a booklouse (Psocodea: Liposcelis): consequences of a maternally transmitted reproductive manipulator on host ecology and genetics - Lisa Rodgers (MSc, Dr. Asit Mazumder)
Synthesis of Water Quality Data and Modeling Non-Point Loading in Four Coastal B.C. Watersheds: Implications for Lake and Watershed Health and Management - Hannah Westlake (MSc, Dr. Louise Page)
A Comparative Immunohistochemical Study of the Neuromuscular Organization of Haliclystus ‘sanjuanensis’ and Manania handi (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) - Rebecca Westley (MSc, Drs. Peter Constabel & Barbara Hawkins)
Investigating potential physiological roles of condensed tannins in roots of Populus: Localization and distribution in relation to nutrient ion uptake
2015 Summer
- Kathleen Donaleshen (MSc, Drs. Patrick von Aderkas & Juergen Ehlting)
Interaction Between the Seed-Chalcid Wasp, Megastigmus spermotrophus and its Host, Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) - Erika Dort (MSc, Dr. Will Hintz)
Reprogramming the expression of the double-stranded RNA mitovirus OnuMV1c from the mitochondria to the cytoplasm in the fungal pathogen Ophiostoma novo-ulmi - Samuel Ferguson (MSc, Dr. Louise Page)
Ontogenetic Correlation Between Muscle and Nervous System Novelties in a Neritimorph Gastropod - Marcos Lagunas (MSc, Dr. Diana Varela)
Expression and Activity of the Enzyme Nitrate Reductase in the Marine Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana: Light and Nutrient Effects - Jennifer Long (MSc, Dr. Diana Varela)
Shining a Light on Silica Production in the Oceans: Using a Fluorescent Tracer to Measure Silica Deposition in Marine Diatoms - Geoffrey Morris (MSc, Dr. Francis Choy)
Purification and Uptake Studies of Recombinant Human N-α-D-Acetylglucosaminidase from Sf9 Insect Cells - Alicia Rippington (MSc, Drs. Sarah Dudas & Louise Page)
Effects of temperature, salinity and food stress on larval growth and development in Olympia oysters, Ostrea lurida
2015 Spring
- Laura Braden (PhD, Dr. Ben Koop and Simon Jones)
Investigating the Molecular Basis for Resistance of the Sea Louse, Lepseophtheirus Salmonis, among Salmonids - Russell Chedgy (PhD, Dr. Peter Constabel)
The role of BAHD acyltransferases in poplar (Populus spp.) secondary metabolism and synthesis of salicinoid phenolic glycosides - Lu Guan (PhD,Dr. John Dower)
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Larval Fish Assemblages in the Strait of Georgia - Daniel Bevan (MSc, Dr. John Dower)
Spatiotemporal Variability in Fatty Acid Profiles of the Copepod Calanus Marshallae off the West Coast of Vancouver Island