Biology and Applied Aquatic Sciences Joint Conference
2025 Biology Award Winners
The 2025 Biology and Applied Aquatic Sciences (BAAS) joint conference was held March 7 to 9. It was hosted by Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
Science Atlantic Undergraduate Research Award
Oral Presentation
Gabrielle Fenwick
Mount Saint Vincent University
Impact of Assembly factor for Spindle Microtubules (ASPM) expression on cell cycle timing in a cancer cell line.
Poster Presentation
Heather MacTavish
Mount Allison University
Past, Present, and Prevention: A Century of Communicable Diseases in Atlantic Canada
Science Atlantic Science Communication Award
Oral Presentation
KC Collings
Dalhousie University
Does the brain remain the same: measuring seasonal neurogenesis in wild Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)
Poster Presentation
Madeleine Kurtz
Dalhousie University
Spatial Ecology of the Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) in the Halifax Backlands
The Canadian Botanical Association Botany Award
Oral Presentation
Jada Ripley
Mount Allison University
Pollinator importance of a specialist bee, Macropis nuda, versus other generalist visitors to a New Brunswick population of Lysimachia terrestris
Poster Presentation
Rowan Kernaghan
Saint Mary's University
Distribution patterns of bryophytes on Nova Scotian farmland
People's Choice Award
Oral Presentation
James Murphy
Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Meaning of Structural Variation in the Chick-a-dee Calls of Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)
Poster Presentation
Emily Rushton
Mount Allison University
The effect of cholecystokinin and leptin on glutamate signalling in the rat dorsomedial hypothalamus.
Previous Award Winners
2024 Biology Award Winners
The 2024 Biology and Applied Aquatic Sciences (BAAS) joint conference was held March 8 to 10, at the Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2023 Biology Award Winners
The 2023 Aquaculture & Fisheries and Biology Conference was held March 3 through 5, at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John
Biology 2023 Award Winners
The 2023 Aquaculture & Fisheries and Biology Conference was held March 3 through 5, at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John
Thank you to our generous conference sponsors!
Science Atlantic Undergraduate Research Award
Oral Presentation
Mia Lauzon
Acadia University
Impacts of pathogen infection on the winter behaviour and physiology of the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis
Poster Presentation
Jack Nason
University of New Brunswick, Saint John
An Assessment of Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Spawning Success in Fundy National Park
Science Atlantic Science Communication Award
Oral Presentation
Max Spiess
St. Francis Xavier University
The Acquisition of Symbiotic Green Algae in the Egg Masses of the Spotted Salamander
Poster Presentation
Makayla Butorac
St. Francis Xavier University
Body and Tentacle Movement Patterns of Lymnaea stagnalis in Different Environmental Conditions
Botany Award, sponsored by the Canadian Botanical Association
Oral Presentation
Ben Caron
University of Prince Edward Island
The Temporal and Physiological Dynamics of the Heterophyllous Transition in Myriophyllum aquaticum
Poster Presentation
Courtney Strugnell
Mount Saint Vincent University
Does methane regulate growth and physiological processes of heat-stressed canola plants?
People's Choice Award
Oral Presentation
Taryn Muldoon
Acadia University
A spatiotemporal analysis of the causative agent of white-nose syndrome and intestinal macroparasites based on DNA from Nova Scotia bat guano
Poster Presentation
Makatendeka Biton
Saint Mary's University
Developing a Localized Surface Plasmon Aptasensor For The Early Detection of Acute Myocardial Infarction