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The Ferguson Lab wrangles the river!
Yesterday we took a break from the busy lab and field work of the summer to ride the tidal bore on the Shubenacadie River! Complete with mud slidin...
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CSZ and summer in full swing!
It's been a busy spring and the lab is bumping! A subset of us attended the Canadian Society of Zoologists conference in early May and everyone did...
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Congratulations on a successful defence, Emily!
Emily has been tracking the presence of heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis in mosquitoes in the Maritimes and successfully defended her Honours thesis ...
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Luis secures funding to investigate the suitability of an entomopathogenic fungi for tick control
Nice work, Luis! Luis found a species of fungus killing our local dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) and will now be working to determine how best ...
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Mia defended her Honours with flying colours!
Congratulations to Mia who successfully defended her Honours thesis on the winter behaviour and physiology of blacklegged ticks! We're thrilled to ...
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Our weekend with the parasites
The Ferguson lab (minus our fabulous Research Topics students) attended the annual Atlantic Canada Association of Parasitologists meeting in Pictou...
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Taylor passes her MSc defence with flying colours!
We are thrilled that Taylor has passed her MSc defence with minor revisions and has been nominated for the Acadia Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award...
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Bioblitzin' at the Harrison Lewis Centre
Some of our team (plus Luis from Dr. Faraone's lab and Carys from Dr. Hillier's lab) had a chance to join multiple labs from Dalhousie University a...
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Summer crew 2023
Finally had a chance to gather everyone together during our busy summer (plus Allison and Melanie!) About half are spending the majority of the sum...
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Our first MSc graduate!
We're a little behind in posting some of our important news so this one is from the archives! Our first MSc graduate, Emma Rand, passed her thesis ...
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