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Charlotte Bourbon

@charlottebrbn.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at University of Calgary 🇨🇦 🦌🦠🧬 - caribou conservation - genomics - microbiome - ecology MSc and BSc at University of Lyon I 🇫🇷

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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Exciting news🤲 My PhD thesis, "Conservation genomics and metagenomics of caribou", has officially been accepted and published by the University of Calgary! Read the thesis here: hdl.handle.net/1880/126146
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🦌💩🦠 PhD opportunity! I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible. Please share!
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New paper from my PhD is now published in @evolappjournal.bsky.social !!! We investigated inbreeding and demographic history (Ne) in caribou across western Canada using a genome-wide SNP array, covering 45 subpopulations and >750 individuals. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/eva....
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Caribou poop pancake is a must. Better freezing cold, with a pinch of snow ❄️ #CSEE2026 #CSEEinFocus
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Samantha Barrette @sambarrette.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Some caribou fieldwork photos for #CSEEinFocus ! 🦌 @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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Margaret Hughes @margaretthughes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This caribou definitely pledged allegiance to Isengard 😎. A very unique individual we were lucky to observe in Northern BC this season for #CSEEinFocus @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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Margaret Hughes @margaretthughes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Early morning squirrelling = lots of great photo opportunities 🦊🐿️ Fieldwork entry for #CSEEinFocus @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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Jasmine Veitch @jsmveitch.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Check out the Poissant Lab (and friends) at #CSEE2026 next week! Looking forward to cool science and great chats with good people 🤓 And thanks to the talented @charlottebrbn.bsky.social for putting together this amazing graphic @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social
Infographic of talks given by members of Poissant lab. Visual shows profile photos and talk information (date/time, talk titles).
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Excited to share our new preprint! 🧬🦌 We investigated inbreeding and demographic history of caribou across western Canada using genome-wide SNP data, covering 45 subpopulations grouped into 6 metapopulations. Take a look 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Such an exciting conference! Thanks to the Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society to provide this opportunity to present one of my PhD chapter #ACTWS2026
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
First time the lab was well represented at the Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society Conference. It was a great meeting and experience. We will definetely be back!
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Congrats to Samantha Barrette for publishing her honours thesis! 🎉👏 While are many ways to get host DNA from fecal pellets, the effectiveness of different approaches is rarely compared. We tackled this in caribou using a full factorial design and a new qPCR assay: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A comparison of protocols for isolating and extracting host DNA from caribou (Rangifer tarandus) fecal pellets - Conservation Genetics Resources
Conservation Genetics Resources - Fecal samples are valuable for wildlife genetic studies where invasive tissue sampling is difficult, expensive, or negatively impacts welfare. However, fecal DNA...
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SWEEET @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Call for Donations to Support the SWEEET/CSEE Equity Fund 🌱🧬🎓 Help remove financial barriers by supporting grad students & postdocs attending #CSEE2026 in Toronto through donating to the Equity Fund. Support access to science by donating / sharing! @csee-scee.bsky.social #EcoEvo gofund.me/cca1d39af
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Very happy to share Sina Mohtasebi’s 2nd PhD publication. This one compares strongyle community composition inferred from morphological identification of adult worms and nemabiome data in horses from northern Iran beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Both ESEB posters done - conservation genomics and gut microbiome of iconic woodland caribou 🦌. Such a pleasure meeting peers from across the Atlantic 🌞, now to enjoy the last days of the conference in Barcelona and soak up even more cool science! #ESEB2025
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Had a great time at the BioNet conference in Calgary! I was excited to share part of my PhD project on the caribou gut microbiome 🦠. It was a pleasure connecting with folks in genomics, metagenomics, and bioinformatics :) thanks for the great discussions! @bionetcanada.bsky.social
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Congratulations to @sinamohtasebi.bsky.social for his 1st PhD publication 👏: A phylogenetic analysis of a rare equine strongyle and re-analysis of public nemabiome datasets to learn more about the distribution of the species doi.org/10.1017/S002...
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‘First record of Hsiungia pekingensis (Nematoda: Strongylidae) in North America: Morphological and molecular identification of a rare equine strongyle | Journal of Helminthology | Cambridge Core
‘First record of Hsiungia pekingensis (Nematoda: Strongylidae) in North America: Morphological and molecular identification of a rare equine strongyle - Volume 99
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Take a look 👀 • An important paper that use behavior as a tool to delineate conservation units of caribou in Western Canada • Well play Margaret for your first paper 🦌
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Adam Ford @adamtford.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
New #WiRELab/ @biodivpathways.bsky.social paper just out, led by Dr. Michelle McLellan. We learned that fewer wolves are removed during caribou recovery efforts if primary prey - ie moose - are also managed. /1 wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Habitat alteration is causing woodland caribou populations to decline owing to increased predation by wolves, which benefit from the increased abundance of their primary prey, moose. Management strat...
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great work by PhD student Micky Ahn 🎉! Make sure to check this one out if interested in equine or wildlife parasitology, and/or DNA metabarcoding of mixed parasitic infections aka #nemabiome 🐴🪱👇🏻
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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hello! I'm Micky, a PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary studying the ecology and evolution of parasites in Sable Island horses using DNA metabarcoding. I spent 3 summers on a deserted island as a glorified poop picker and amateur horse photographer.
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Victoria ☕️ @victoriacrozier.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I guess I should reintroduce myself! I’m a PhD candidate on the @sihorses.bsky.social project at @usask.bsky.social, and did my MSc on the Ram Mountain bighorn sheep project at @usherbrooke.bsky.social Currently working on density-dependent carry-over effects on SI horse life history traits
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Sina Mohtasebi @sinamohtasebi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Hi everyone! I'm Sina, a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary. My research focuses on equine gastrointestinal strongyle parasites, examining their molecular diversity and characterizing them using advanced techniques like nemabiome metabarcoding alongside traditional morphology.
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Samantha Barrette @sambarrette.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hi, I’m Samantha! I’m a master’s student at @ucalgary.bsky.social studying the genetics of caribou 🦌 in the Chilcotin Mountains of BC, with a focus on using fine-scale population structure to inform conservation 🧬 #ConservationGenetics #WildlifeScience
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Jasmine Veitch @jsmveitch.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🌟 Hi everyone, excited to join the BlueSky community! I am a wildlife biologist interested in the little things that run the world (in this case, macroparasites, viruses, microbes). I am currently working on my PhD at the University of Calgary to investigate the gut microbiome of bighorn sheep 🐏
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Margaret Hughes @margaretthughes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Allow me to re-introduce myself! I'm a PhD candidate @ U Calgary working on caribou ecology, focusing on evaluating movement behaviour and habitat selection using GPS collar data in Western Canada. My general interests include applied conservation, animal behaviour, & taking sub-par wildlife photos
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hi Bluesky 🔵 Glad to appear in this new social zone! I'm Charlotte, working as a 3rd year Ph.D candidate at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in University of Calgary on woodland caribou genomics and microbiome in Western Canada. I'm interested about wildlife conservation and population ecology.
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Philippe Hénault @philhenault.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Hey ! I'm Phil, a PhD student studying lake whitefish genomics in Great Slave Lake. I like looking at animals (especially birds) and taking picture of them. Also into quiz , politics and rock music.
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