Jean-Sébastien Moore
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Anne Beemelmans - postdoctoral fellowI am an evolutionary ecologist with a passion for marine life. During my Ph.D. and first postdoc, I studied how climate change-related challenges (high temperature, hypoxia) and/or biotic stressors (pathogen exposure) affect physiological stress and immune responses in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) and Pipefish (Syngnathus typhle). I conducted multi-stressor and trans-generational experiments with these fish species and explored epigenetic mechanism to get a better understanding about their phenotypic plasticity and potential to acclimatize and adapt to new environmental conditions. My current second postdoctoral position with Jean-Sébastien gives me the great opportunity to broaden my research scope and study population genomics of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), a fish species that is culturally and socio-economically important for Inuit fisheries and communities in the Arctic. I am part of the FISHES project ("Fostering Indigenous Small-scale fisheries for Health, Economy, and food Security") in which we aim to develop and provide genomic tools to northern Indigenous Peoples important to manage their local community fisheries. I am keen on developing genomic monitoring tools that can be used to explore the population structure of wild and hatchery Arctic Char populations and will help us to better maintain food security in the northern regions. In my free time, I enjoy outdoor activities to be close to nature and wildlife such as hiking, cycling, kayaking, and snorkelling. I am part of "Girls Who Fish", a woman association for traditional and recreational fishing.
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Xavier Dallaire - PhD student
During my bachelor’s degree at Université de Sherbrooke, I worked on the impacts of genetic introgression on parasitism in Brook Char (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the Garant Lab. This first contact with population genetics led me to pursue graduate studies in this field. My MSc project will focus on documenting genetic structure of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) in Nunavik, Québec. This species is of great cultural and subsistence importance for local communities. My study is the first of its kind in the region, which raises the interest and promote participation of residents and regional government, without whom the sampling campaign would be impossible. A secondary objective of the project will be to investigate local adaptations in Nunavik Arctic char, due to contrasting oceanographic features. These analyses will rely on data collected during missions of the icebreaker Amundsen, as part of the BriGHT project (Bridging Global change, Inuit Health and the Transforming Arctic Ocean).
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Yoan Awashish Soucy - MSc student
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Sara Bolduc - MSc student
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Louis-Philippe Collin - MSc Student
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Nathan Benoît - Undergrad studentI am a final year student in the BSc program in biology at Laval University. Growing up by the sea, I have always had an interest in marine biology, which is why doing a research project on an aquatic species interested me greatly. The goal of my research project is to determine whether environmental factors, the date of the ice melt, temperature and precipitation, are affecting the condition of Arctic Char in the Cambridge Bay area. With these results, it will be possible to create models, thus facilitating the management of fish stocks, which is important for the local Inuit populations.
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Laurie Dufour - Undergrad student
I am currently completing the final year of my bachelor’s degree in biology at Laval University and am lucky enough to get a taste of what completing an actual research project mostly by myself is like before graduate studies. I am very interested in evolutionary biology and applied ecology, which makes the Moore lab a perfect fit to deepen those interests. The goal of my project is to determine, using acoustic telemetry, if oceanic habitat use of Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) in the Cambridge Bay area, Nunavut, has changed in response to warming temperatures and changing sea ice melt dates. I will determine if individuals have a tendency to move further away from the shore as the temperature rises.
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