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Happy holidays from the lab!
The lab had a great time celebrating a semester of hard work with a delicious (and competitive) cookie/dress-up party! Props to Thomas (Gemma's par...
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East coast ticks and mossies represented at ESC in Quebec - and way to go, Nolan!
Nolan, Gemma, Mia, and April visited the Entomological Society of Canada's meeting in Quebec in late October to present their research and network ...
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Congratulations to April on a successful Honours defence!
April has been studying the effects of microplastics on cold tolerance in mosquito larvae and gave a cracking presentation and strong defence of he...
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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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