Biology and Applied Aquatic Sciences Joint Conference
2024 Applied Aquatic Sciences Award Winners
The 2024 Biology and Applied Aquatic Sciences (BAAS) joint conference was held March 8 to 10. It was co-hosted By Saint Mary’s University and Dalhousie University, and held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Review the conference program and abstracts.
Science Atlantic Undergraduate Research Award
First Place
Kat Kabanova
Dalhousie University
Effects of temperature and food availability on feeding behaviour and metabolism in the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondose
Second Place
Anna Gleason
Dalhousie University
Metabolomic insights into cobalamin deprivation in the Scotian Shelf diatom Bacterosira constricta
Third Place
Hannah MacIntosh
Mount Allison University
The Effects of Chronic Hypoxia on the Lipid Metabolism of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Fourth Place
Rebecca Ralph
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Development of machine learning methods to estimate local fluid flow environments surrounding marine pelagic organisms
Best Graduate Presentation Award
First Place
Emil Senathirajah
University of New Brunswick, Saint John
Assessing the interactive effects of copper and phenanthrene on ionoregulation in mummichogs
Second Place
Marco Turner
Acadia University
Characterizing offshore lobster movement and distribution patterns within LFA 33 and 34 through a tagging program
Science Atlantic Science Communication Award
Oral
Radka Sevcik
Mount Allison University
Taurine supports the cardiovascular response to hypoxia in marine fish
Undergraduate Research Award
Poster
Julia Smyth
Mount Allison University
Increasing Metabolic Analytic Accessibility: Cryogenic Preservation of Tissue