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Congratulations to Chris who successfully defended his MSc on July 25, 2023!!
New papers on thermal tolerance from our lab : 1. F.M. Penny, WS Bugg, JD Kieffer, KM Jeffries and SA Pavey Atlantic sturgeon and shortnose sturgeon exhibit highly divergent transcriptomic responses to acute heat stress, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D …, 2023 2. J.D. Kieffer and B. Bard (2022) Critical thermal maximum and minimum of juvenile shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) acclimated to 12 and 18°C. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 38 (5), 526-530 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jai.14349
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May 2023- Emily presented her research at the CSZ in Saskatoon. title: Seasonal Changes in the Temperature Tolerance, Sensitivity, and Regulation of Cardiac Function in Fishes. Co-Authors: M. Gilbert, JD Kieffer and B. Speers-Roesch.
March 2023- Chris presented his research at the Science Atlantic conference (Saint John). co-authors: Kieffer and Benfey (UNB F) title: The effect of dietary supplementation of Astaxanthin on acute hypoxia and Temperature tolerance in triploid and triploid brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis.
February 2022- Kaela presented her MSc research at the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research in Vancouver. Co-Authors: Kieffer and Speers-Roesch. Title: The effects of cold on activity and feeding in Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon.
October 2021- Kaela presented her MSc research at North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society. Co-Authors: Kieffer and Speers-Roesch.
May 2021- Kaela presented her MSc research at CSZ in Hamilton Ontario (virtual conference). Co-Authors: Kieffer and Speers-Roesch.
May 2020: Emma Traynor graduated from UNB (BSc honours, Marine Biology)- she now is working on her MSC with Dr. Caleb Hasler in Winnipeg
2020: NEW PAPER from the lab: Lindsay May and Jim Kieffer published their work on repeat swim performance in shortnose sturgeon.
Jan 2020- Welcome to Patrick who joined our lab Jan 2020. He will be working on thermal tolerance in shortnose sturgeon.
Sept. 2020- Welcome to Kaela who joined our lab (supervised with Ben Speers-Roesch and Kieffer). She is working on temperature effects on behaviour and feeding in Atlantic and Shortnose sturgeon.
Fall 2019- Welcome to Emma who joined our lab Jan 2020. She will be working on thermal tolerance in brook charr.
July 2019- NEW PAPER from the lab: Penny, F.M. and J.D. Kieffer (2019) Lack of change in swimming capacity (Ucrit) following acute salinity exposure in juvenile shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum). Fish Physiol Biochem (2019) 45:1167–1175. see it here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10695-019-00629-2
May 2019- Ally and Ryan graduated today (May 31) from their Undergraduate degrees. Well done!!!
May 2019- Lauren Rowsey, Ben Speers-Roesch and I presented the following paper at the Canadian Society of Zoologists Annual Meeting in Windsor, Ontario. "Behavioural thermoregulation and metabolic recovery after exhaustive exercise in brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis).". This is the first non-sturgeon work I have done in years!
March 2019- Ryan and Ally presented their honours research at Science Atlantic held at Crandall University (Moncton)
March. 2019- Faith published a paper from her MSc research in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry- "Lack of change in swimming capacity (Ucrit) following acute salinity exposure in juvenile Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)" see it here: https://rdcu.be/bq8qe
Dec. 2018- Brittany published her undergraduate thesis work in the Canadian Journal of Zoology.
July 2018- Jim started as the Associate Dean of Graduate studies at UNB Saint John.
May 2018- Jim presented a paper at the International Congress for Biology of Fishes in Calgary on repeat swimming in shortnose sturgeon.
May 2018- Jim and his colleague, Ally Brown, recently published a paper in the Journal of Applied Icthyology- see it here: https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13743
May 2018- Jim presented a paper at the Canadian Society of Zoologists annual meeting in St. John's Newfoundland. This work was part of a larger project on the swimming behaviour of shortnose sturgeon.
April 2018- Brittany has accepted a MSc position at the University of Ottawa!
April 2018- Brittany and Miranda both successfully defend their BSc theses!
March 2018- Brittany presented her honours research at Science Atlantic held at Memorial University at Newfoundland.
January 2018- Adam published his research on salinity tolerance and temperature of shortnose sturgeon in Canadian Journal of Zoology- "The Impact of Acute Salinity Exposure and Temperature on the Survival, Osmoregulation, and Hematology of Juvenile Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)" Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2018, 96(8): 913-919. This work was in collaboration with Hannah Wallace and Samantha Taylor who both did their honours research projects in the MADSAM fish lab.
September 2017- Lindsay has been offered a technician position at UNB!
September 2017- Hannah started her Master of Science degree at Memorial University.
May 2017- Adam published his research on swimming performance in shortnose sturgeon which will appear in Conservation Physiology.
May 2017- Lindsay has accepted a part-time position in our lab! Welcome back!
April 2017- Hannah has been selected to be the Valedictorian of her graduating class!!
March 2023- Chris presented his research at the Science Atlantic conference (Saint John). co-authors: Kieffer and Benfey (UNB F) title: The effect of dietary supplementation of Astaxanthin on acute hypoxia and Temperature tolerance in triploid and triploid brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis.
February 2022- Kaela presented her MSc research at the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research in Vancouver. Co-Authors: Kieffer and Speers-Roesch. Title: The effects of cold on activity and feeding in Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon.
October 2021- Kaela presented her MSc research at North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society. Co-Authors: Kieffer and Speers-Roesch.
May 2021- Kaela presented her MSc research at CSZ in Hamilton Ontario (virtual conference). Co-Authors: Kieffer and Speers-Roesch.
May 2020: Emma Traynor graduated from UNB (BSc honours, Marine Biology)- she now is working on her MSC with Dr. Caleb Hasler in Winnipeg
2020: NEW PAPER from the lab: Lindsay May and Jim Kieffer published their work on repeat swim performance in shortnose sturgeon.
Jan 2020- Welcome to Patrick who joined our lab Jan 2020. He will be working on thermal tolerance in shortnose sturgeon.
Sept. 2020- Welcome to Kaela who joined our lab (supervised with Ben Speers-Roesch and Kieffer). She is working on temperature effects on behaviour and feeding in Atlantic and Shortnose sturgeon.
Fall 2019- Welcome to Emma who joined our lab Jan 2020. She will be working on thermal tolerance in brook charr.
July 2019- NEW PAPER from the lab: Penny, F.M. and J.D. Kieffer (2019) Lack of change in swimming capacity (Ucrit) following acute salinity exposure in juvenile shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum). Fish Physiol Biochem (2019) 45:1167–1175. see it here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10695-019-00629-2
May 2019- Ally and Ryan graduated today (May 31) from their Undergraduate degrees. Well done!!!
May 2019- Lauren Rowsey, Ben Speers-Roesch and I presented the following paper at the Canadian Society of Zoologists Annual Meeting in Windsor, Ontario. "Behavioural thermoregulation and metabolic recovery after exhaustive exercise in brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis).". This is the first non-sturgeon work I have done in years!
March 2019- Ryan and Ally presented their honours research at Science Atlantic held at Crandall University (Moncton)
March. 2019- Faith published a paper from her MSc research in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry- "Lack of change in swimming capacity (Ucrit) following acute salinity exposure in juvenile Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)" see it here: https://rdcu.be/bq8qe
Dec. 2018- Brittany published her undergraduate thesis work in the Canadian Journal of Zoology.
July 2018- Jim started as the Associate Dean of Graduate studies at UNB Saint John.
May 2018- Jim presented a paper at the International Congress for Biology of Fishes in Calgary on repeat swimming in shortnose sturgeon.
May 2018- Jim and his colleague, Ally Brown, recently published a paper in the Journal of Applied Icthyology- see it here: https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13743
May 2018- Jim presented a paper at the Canadian Society of Zoologists annual meeting in St. John's Newfoundland. This work was part of a larger project on the swimming behaviour of shortnose sturgeon.
April 2018- Brittany has accepted a MSc position at the University of Ottawa!
April 2018- Brittany and Miranda both successfully defend their BSc theses!
March 2018- Brittany presented her honours research at Science Atlantic held at Memorial University at Newfoundland.
January 2018- Adam published his research on salinity tolerance and temperature of shortnose sturgeon in Canadian Journal of Zoology- "The Impact of Acute Salinity Exposure and Temperature on the Survival, Osmoregulation, and Hematology of Juvenile Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)" Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2018, 96(8): 913-919. This work was in collaboration with Hannah Wallace and Samantha Taylor who both did their honours research projects in the MADSAM fish lab.
September 2017- Lindsay has been offered a technician position at UNB!
September 2017- Hannah started her Master of Science degree at Memorial University.
May 2017- Adam published his research on swimming performance in shortnose sturgeon which will appear in Conservation Physiology.
May 2017- Lindsay has accepted a part-time position in our lab! Welcome back!
April 2017- Hannah has been selected to be the Valedictorian of her graduating class!!
