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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Join us this afternoon for an exciting talk by Dr. Elizabeth Clare from @yorkuniversity.bsky.social on #eDNA! #LaurierBiology All welcome!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you to Dr. Bonner for such a wonderful and varied departmental seminar!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

T♾️O♾️D♾️A♾️Y♾️!♾️!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Please join us on Friday September 25th at 2:30 for a seminar by #LaurierBiology post-doctoral scholar Dr Colin Bonner! All welcome! DM for #Zoominar registration link!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Please join us on Friday September 25th at 2:30 for a seminar by #LaurierBiology post-doctoral scholar Dr Colin Bonner! All welcome! DM for #Zoominar registration link!

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Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS @emilyschoy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thank you @thelonglab.bsky.social for the invitation! I had a wonderful time meeting everyone at @laurierbiology.bsky.social!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thank you to Dr @emilyschoy.bsky.social for an incredible research seminar!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today we welcome our first #LaurierBiology departmental seminar speaker Dr @emilyschoy.bsky.social! All welcome!

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Tristan A.F. Long @thelonglab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Teaching cart loaded up for the first #BI393 Biostatistics lecture of the semester (@ 830 am this year!)

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Kicking off the start of another amazing semester in #TheBestBiologyDepartment with a get-together of undergrads, grads, post-docs, faculty & staff, with welcome speeches from departments chair Dr. Matt Smith & grad officer Dr @wilson-jm.bsky.social

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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J. Makoto Tsuji @j-mako-tsuji.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026

Excited to join #ISME20, my first conference as a newly hired assistant professor at @laurierbiology.bsky.social ! I will give a talk on Friday at 14:30 (AS15.2, Biogeochemical cycles) on our isolation of filamentous methanotrophs >150 yr after their early observation. Check it out if interested!

The image shows the post author standing in front of the ISME20 welcome sign.

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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It was my great pleasure to share our @laurierbiology.bsky.social research with colleagues at @ulaval.ca @ulcriv.bsky.social! 😻🧬🌱 Merci beaucoup pour votre invitation, Prof. @edelplopez.bsky.social (PI of the #LeafHope project)! 🌿🌿🌿

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Dr. Emily S Choy (she/her), FRCGS @emilyschoy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you for creating such a beautiful poster @thelonglab.bsky.social! I am looking to sharing my research with @laurierbiology.bsky.social!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Congratulations to #LaurierBiology grad student Anissa Francis (pictured here with supervisor Dr Allison McDonald) on successfully defending her Integrative Biology MSc!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Congratulations to #LaurierBiology grad student Owen Jamieson (pictured here with supervisor Dr Tristan Long) on successfully defending his Integrative Biology MSc!

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Jonathan Wilson @wilson-jm.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The gang of Iwamites from the #FishStress tribute session to #GeorgeIwama (fifth from the left) at the #ICBF2026 conference in Vancouver. I joined George's lab at #UBC as an undergrad and went on to do my MSc with him. Great times. Thank you George for the best of starts.

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Jonathan Wilson @wilson-jm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Congratulations to #AidenSeguin on presenting his MSc work on HKA beta subunit crispants in #MexicanTetra at #ICBF2026 in Vancouver this month.

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Jonathan Wilson @wilson-jm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Excellent session on the Environmental Physiology of Life-History Transitions at #ICBF2026 in Vancouver to honour #SteveMcCormick (USGS) co-organized by Jason Breves, Jill Leonard, and Ciaran Shaughnessy.

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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Check out the #PlantBio2026 posters of Vanessa (#300-063) and @rossichristina.bsky.social (#700-044) to learn more about current research projects in our lab! @cspbscbv.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social @laurierbiology.bsky.social Looking forward to catching up with friends and colleagues! 🌿😻🧬

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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Catch up with our lab's students Vanessa (#300-063) at 5:30 PM and @rossichristina.bsky.social (#700-044) at 6:15 PM during the 2nd #PlantBio2026 Poster Session today! @cspbscbv.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social @laurierbiology.bsky.social 🌱🦠🧬

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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Outstanding talk by @laurierbiology.bsky.social colleague Prof. Jenn Baltzer on post-wildfire dynamics and the unexpected twist involving a deadly fungal pathogen! Excellent session chaired by Prof. @plantdrlauren.bsky.social. #PlantBio2026 @cspbscbv.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social

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Tristan A.F. Long @thelonglab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A big day in the #DrosLife lab as Owen Jamieson successfully defended his @laurierbiology.bsky.social MSc on ecological sexual dimorphism! #ScienceDoughnuts

Owen and Tristan posing. Owen is holding a painting of a pair of sooty oystercatchers

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Jonathan Wilson @wilson-jm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Environmentally Realistic Levels of Total Suspended Solids Damage Gill Structure and Compromise Swimming Performance in Some Freshwater Fish Species. Xena C. Montoya, Courtney M. Smith, W. Andrew Thompson, Jonathan M. Wilson, Mathilakath M. Vijayan Biology 2026, 15: 966; DOI: 10.3390/biology15120966

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Jonathan Wilson @wilson-jm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Our #Biology paper on the effects of #TSS (total suspended solids) on the gills and physiological performance of five resident fish species of the Bow River (Alberta) is now out. Congratulations to Xena Montoya on this work from her MSc thesis! #NSERC_Alliance #City_of_Calgary #Laurier #UCalgary

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Congratulations to #LaurierBiology's Drs. Wilson & Wilkie on being awarded NSERC Discovery Grant funding & Dr. Baltzer who was awarded a NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grant! www.wlu.ca/news/spotlig...

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Laurier researchers awarded $3.9 million in NSERC Discovery Grant funding | Wilfrid Laurier University

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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

And the main event, Dr. Jessica Ware Generations: Insect Evolution The final presidential address of #evol2026

Dr. Jessica Ware presenting Generations: Insect Evolution

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Jonathan Wilson @wilson-jm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Our #Cell&TissueResearch paper on the #extremophile Lake Magadi tilapia gill #ionocytes is now out! Life in hot (45C), salty, alkaline pH10 water. link.springer.com/article/10.1.... This work is dedicated to our long-time friend, mentor & collaborator Pierre Laurent who lives on in his papers.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"Right now, in some underfunded lab, a scientist is chasing a question that sounds pointless, and a team somewhere else is a decade into a problem that may take another decade to crack... If we stop making that bet, we will pay for it in cures no one will know to miss."

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Jill M. Love, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @jillmlove.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

🎉 PUBLISHED!!!! Out now in @newphyt.bsky.social 🎉 We found positive selection on leaf shape plasticity in a Monkeyflower species. This experiment used two big field transplants, greenhouse, AND growth chamber work. It was hard, but awesome. With @ferrisifolius.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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Phenotypic plasticity is broadly adaptive across an elevation gradient in the Cutleaf Monkeyflower

Leaf shape plasticity expression is variable in Mimulus laciniatus.

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

June 1st marks the start of #Pridemonth, a time to celebrate and support our LGBTQ+ community who continues to face oppression around the world! #LaurierLove www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10....

Cartoon heart with the Progress Pride Flag inside, displayed on a purple background

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

And Dr. Ramsay took the opportunity to pass on the world-famous #LaurierBiology pig to departmental chair Dr. Matt Smith. The pig used to belong to former chair Dr. Jane Rutherford who left it for then-chair Dr. Ramsay upon her retirement!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Also at today’s picnic we celebrated the upcoming retirements of #LaurierBiology department heroes Dr. Scott Ramsay & Dr. JimMcGeer!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Today members of the #LaurierBiology department got together for the annual departmental picnic/potluck! #BestBiologyDepartment

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Canadian Science Policy Centre @sciencepolicy.ca · 02/06/2026

Scientists -- apply by this Friday, June 5, 2026 to join Science Meets Parliament 2026! Learn more: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/science-m…

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Tristan A.F. Long @thelonglab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Tonight’s #SciArt challenge: making gingerbread cookies that look like the study organisms of my soon-to-be-retiring colleagues (rainbow trout for Jim McGeer & white-throated sparrows for Scott Ramsay) for tomorrow’s #LaurierBiology departmental picnic!

Overhead photo of two trays of gingerbread cookies decorated like fish or birds

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

June 1st marks the start of #Pridemonth, a time to celebrate and support our LGBTQ+ community who continues to face oppression around the world! #LaurierLove www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10....

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Jonathan Wilson @wilson-jm.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Congratulations to Colin Brauner for the Fry Medal at #CSZ at #Carleton! www.csz2026.ca

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Lucas Albano @lucasjalbano.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Very excited to have started as a contract teaching faculty @laurierbiology.bsky.social for 300-level Evolution this spring and looking forward to providing a creative and engaging educational experience focused on active learning!

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Jonathan Wilson @wilson-jm.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Our latest stomach acid knockout paper is out! #stomach #omeprazole #fish Check it out at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

“Methods in Environmental Monitoring” is a new course offered during intersession (May 4- June 15) that will focus on field-based approaches to assess environmental health Extensive, hands-on experiences & field trips, augmented with lectures/labs to introduce principles of measurement techniques!

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Weaponizing #Nutrition: Plants use a double strategy to fight #herbivory converting nutritionally essential fatty acids into defensive oxylipin signals Guillermo H. Jimenez-Aleman nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/ATJPIJ... #PlantScience

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Tristan A.F. Long @thelonglab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Big day in the #DrosLife lab as #BI498 honours thesis students Emily, Ahmed, Harsukman (+ #FlyLumni Yaruby) and MSc grad student Owen presented their research findings at today’s #LaurierBiology colloquium! #ProudPI

Group photo of Tristan, Haleigh, Emily Ahmed, Harsukman, Owen and Yaruby posing in front of the research colloquium poster

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Join us tomorrow for a fun-filled day of exciting research talks by students in our #BI499 Honours #LaurierBiology thesis class, our soon-to-be-defending #IntegrativeBiology MSc students, as well as doctoral candidates in our joint Chemical & Biological Sciences PhD program! All Welcome!

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LaurierBiology @laurierbiology.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Join us this Friday for our final #LaurierBiology departmental seminar if the 2015-26 school year! All Welcome! DM for #Zoominar registration info!

poster for the seminar “Ecosystem health: from molecules to landscapes” on March 27 at 230 by Andrew Tanentzap. In the Center of the image a conifer and shoreline emerge from the right a Petri dish. Streaked colonies grow on the left side of the dish. The background is a reddish-orange, and the lettering is written in a white, bold font.

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