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.