Science Atlantic Aquaculture & Fisheries and Biology Conference 2019

Crandall University

March 8- March 10th, 2019

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Friday March 8th 5:00-8:00 Registration and put up posters

Stultz Hall Commons / Stultz Hall 117 (SH117) 5:30-6:30 Student pizza buffet dinner Stultz Hall Commons 7:30-8:00 Aquaculture & Fisheries and Biology Joint Dinner MH 292 8:00-9:30 Biology Meeting MH 292

Aquaculture & Fisheries Meeting MH 294 Saturday March 9th 8:00 – 8:30 Registration and last poster setup

Stultz Hall Commons / SH 117 8:30 – 8:45 Welcome Address

Brinton Auditorium 8:45-9:45 Keynote Speaker Dr. Diana Hamilton Professor, Biology Department

Mount Allison University Title: Semipalmated Sandpipers and mudflats in the upper Bay of Fundy: a tale of

a critical ecological relationship in flux Brinton Auditorium

9:45-10:15 Break and Poster Viewing

Stultz Hall Commons / SH 117 10:15-12:00 Presentations - Session 1

(A/F SH177 and Biology Brinton Auditorium) 12:00-1:00 Lunch

Murray Hall Cafeteria

1:00-2:00 Aquaculture & Fisheries Keynote Speaker Dr. Stefanie Colombo

Assistant Professor and Canada Research chair Aquaculture Nutrition Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture Dalhousie University Title: Aquaculture: "Sea-ing" it grow - Innovations in nutrition for a productive,

sustainable future Brinton Auditorium

2:00-3:30 Presentations - Session 2 (A/F SH 177 and Biology Brinton Auditorium)

3:30-4:00 Break and Poster Viewing

Stultz Hall Commons / SH117 4:00-5:15 Aquaculture & Fisheries Presentations - Session 3

SH 177

4:00-5:15 Poster Viewing (Posters will be judged at this time) 6:30-7:00 Non-Alcoholic Banquet Cocktail Hour

Murray Hall Cafeteria 7:00-9:00 Banquet

Murray Hall Cafeteria Sunday March 10th: 9:00-10:15 Presentations - Session 4

A/F SH 177 and Biology Brinton Auditorium 10:15-11:00 Break and Poster Viewing (posters may be judged at this time)

Stultz Hall Commons / SH 117 11:00-12:00 Presentations - Session 5

A/F SH 177 and Biology Brinton Auditorium 12:00-1:00 Lunch Murray Hall Cafeteria 1:00-2:00 Awards Ceremony

Brinton Auditorium

Reminders • All presenters should check their presentations prior to their session. • You must upload your presentation in your presentation room (Brinton Auditorium for

Biology and SH 177 for A&F) at least 15 minutes before your session starts. • Each talk will be a maximum of 12 minutes with 3 minutes of questions. Moderators will

strictly enforce the time limit.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS - BIOLOGY

Sessions 1-2 are on Saturday and sessions 4-5 are on Sunday.

Session Time Presenter University Title 1 10:15-10:30 Ellice Evans MtA Presence of unusual Borrelia genus

bacteria in Atlantic Canada

1 10:30-10:45 Caitlyn Gray UPEI Morphological and molecular characterization of Pricetrema zalophi in marine mammals in Atlantic Canada

1 10:45-11:00 Sarah Giles Robertson

Acadia Docosahexaenoic Acid-Acylated Phloridzin, a Novel Compound Derived from Apple Phytochemicals and Fish Oil, Inhibits the Metabolic Activity and Proliferation of Colon Cancer Cells in vitro

1 11:00-11:15 Madeleine Mangoni

UdeM Effet de la pression humaine et environnementale sur la sénescence et la reproduction des carcajous (Gulo gulo) au Nunavut

1 11:15-11:30 Hailey Wyatt Dal Using PET/MRI to evaluate HHD mice with ovarian cancer: the effects of combination immunotherapy on CD8+ T cell and dendritic cell recruitment

1 11:30-11:45 Amanda N. Nicholson

CBU The Role of Iron Chelators in Reducing Lipid Peroxidation

1 11:45-12:00 Catalina Albury Dal Effect of Vitamin B12 Starvation on Heat Resistance in Fragilariopsis cylindrus

2 2:00-2:15 Joanie Kennah UdeM Delineating the effects of climate

and abiotic factors on North American river otter winter habitat selection

2 2:15-2:30 Tyra L. Custance MUN Conservation genetics of the endangered plants, Braya longii and B. fernaldii (Brassicaceae)

2 2:30-2:45 Nicholas Zinck MSVU The Roles of the BMP and WNT Signaling Pathways in Zebrafish Cartilage Development

2 2:45-3:00 Victoria J. Ivey CBU Differential temporal and sex-linked expression of igf2b, atp1a2a, and scn4aa genes and characterization of igf2a and igf2b gene products in the electric organ of the gymnotiform fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio

2 3:00-3:15 Sonya Radvan SMU Effects of inbreeding on fitness in the North Atlantic right whale

2 3:15-3:30 Siena S. Davis MtA Migratory stopover comparison of adult and juvenile semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) in the Bay of Fundy and on the Northumberland Strait

4 9:00-9:15 Alexandra Scovil Acadia Exploring gene expression during

wound healing and limb regeneration in the common sea star, Asterias rubens

4 9:15-9:30 Breton Fourgere StFX Pharmaceutical inhibition of FAK-mediated ion transport in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) opercular epithelia

4 9:30-9:45 Evan Kotler StFX Development of a dermal protein scaffold for the treatment of full-thickness skin wounds

4 9:45-10:00 Cameron G. Dalzell

SMU Novel application method for a seaweed extract biofertilizer: A research study

4 10:00-10:15 Kristen Noel UStA Evolution of conspecific brood parasitism in Red-breasted Mergansers

5 11:00-11:15 Alexa Wilson Dal Investigation of the role of cysteine

residues within oxidative protein-folding in Streptococcus gordonii

5 11:15-11:30 Evan. J Pugh UNB-F Macrophage migration is affected by the stiffness but not porosity of the stromal collagenous matrix in vivo.

5 11:30-11:45 Clarissa Lalla UNB-F Purification and Identification of the Phycobiliproteins in

Gleochaete wittrockiana and Cyanopytche gloeocystis

5 11:45-12:00 Cailyn M. Zamora

Dal Determination of genome size, chromosome number and chromosomal ploidy in Aponogeton madagascariensis (lace plant)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS- AQUACULTURE & FISHERIES Sessions 1-3 are on Saturday and sessions 4-5 are on Sunday.

Session Time Presenter University Title 1 10:15-10:30 Emily Kraemer Dal LAMP As A Tool For Rapid

Detection Of Saprolegnia parasitica In Salmonid Farms

1 10:30-10:45 Rebecca Porter UNB-F The effect of ploidy and acclimation temperature on temperature and hypoxia tolerance in brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis)

1 10:45-11:00 Shangning Wang Dal Acanthocephala infections in Striped Bass Morone saxatilis from Shubenacadie River and Miramichi River stocks

1 11:00-11:15 Judith Bjorndahl Acadia Long-term monitoring protocol for American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) based on sampling effort simulations

1 11:15-11:30 Viviane Baldwin UdeM Identification of stress biomarkers in Chionoecetes opilio to assess snow crab quality from the fishing to the processing plant

2 2:00-2:15 Gwendolyn Ough Acadia Eyespots or No Eyespots:

Seeing is Not Believing Where Morphological Differences in Cryptic Species of Skates is Concerned

2 2:15-2:30 Emily Moore UNB-F Effects of hypoxia, normoxia, and hyperoxia on sex determination in zebrafish (Danio rerio) when observing diploid and triploid populations: A research study

2 2:30-2:45 Daniela V. Notte Dal Estimating abundance of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations using parent-offspring relationships

2 2:45-3:00 Zhe Yang Acadia Identifying and quantifying Atlantic Salmon (Salmon salar), Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), Cod (Gadus morhua), and Capelin (Mallotus villosus) in Striped Bass diets in Labrador

2 3:00-3:15 Cheng Qian Dal Determining the effects of dietary eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) level on health and growth of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

2 3:15-3:30 Sula Swart MtA The effect of diel thermal cycles on metabolism and performance in wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

3 4:00-4:15 Heather Perry Dal Selective Forces on Alternative

Reproductive Strategies of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in the Os and Flåm Rivers In Norway

3 4:15-4:30 Madeleine Killacky Acadia Movement Patterns of American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) Using PIT Tags in the Avon Estuary

3 4:30-4:45 Christopher D. Small

UNB-F Comparing tissue structure in diploid and triploid zebrafish

4 9:00-9:15 Samantha A. Feener MtA Exploring cryopreservation of

shortnose sturgeon sperm: A research study

4 9:15-9:30 Laura Vrooman UNB-SJ Is burying an overwintering strategy in the estuarine mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)?

4 9:30-9:45 Emily J. Burbidge MtA Determining the optimal embryonic stage to perform yolk swapping in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

5 11:00-11:15 Keryn Winterburn Dal Crassostrea virginica Mortality

under Anoxic Conditions:

Influence of Temperature and Exogenous Bacterial Source

5 11:15-11:30 Alexandrea Dickey UNB-F Investigating changes in resource use of fish and invertebrates as spanning a 150-meter depth profile in the inner and outer Bay of Fundy

5 11:30-11:45 Brent A. Walker MtA Seasonal distribution and network analysis of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the lower Saint John River basin

POSTER PRESENTATION-BIOLOGY Poster Number

Presenter University Title

1 Keigan Moore St FX A Location Based Objective Assessment of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Ambulatory Hemodialysis Patients

2 Rachel H. Corney SMU Extent of plasticity in the nuptial body coloration of the white ecotype of the Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

3 Ryan Miller UNB-SJ The effects of water temperature on the resting and post-exercise physiology in juvenile Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

4 Marco Lee Dal Waiting for What? Explaining Variation in the Timing of Female Reproduction

5 Danika Knight Dal Site-specific incorporation of fluorescent ncAA ANAP in KSHV small capsid protein ORF65

6 Shea McInnis MSVU The effects of increased muscle load on timing of induction and degree of mineralization of bone in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

7 Alison Gladwell Dal Acoustic monitoring of Leach's Storm-petrels (Oceanodrama leucohora) as an index of nesting density

8 Kenja O. James SMU Treatment of Nosema adaliae-infected lady beetle Adalia bipunctata with antimicrobial manuka honey

9 Bridget E. Biermann

SMU Vegetation type affects nutrient concentrations in green roof runoff

10 Zachary Visser Acadia Gene Expression Profiles of Potential 6-(4-Hydroxypiperidino) naphthalen-2-ol-based Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators in Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanous)

11 Nathan T. McEwen CU Bat diet analysis using insect cuticular markers

12 Caitlin McGowan MtA Borrelia burgdorferi Prevalence in Three Northwestern Nova Scotia Counties

13 Svetlana Tirbhowan

SMU Stability of clonal lineages of killifish hybrids over time: A research study

14 Larissa Carr UPEI Evaluation of stress in horses during therapeutic riding sessions

15 Maggie A.J. McEwen

CU Faecal lipid analyses show that white-tailed deer primarily consume deciduous browse

16 Kaitlin Casey UNB-SJ Using development functions to predict the development of American lobster (Homarus americanus) embryos in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

17 Victoria R. Field CBU An Examination of the Impact of the Freshwater Mussel Elliptio complanata Has on Water Quality

18 Keira M. Durnin Dal Genomic insights into Nephromyces, a novel lineage of the Apicomplexa

19 Shae Scully MtA A comparative analysis of pathway signaling cytokine spätzle in multiple crustaceans

20 Jack Guthrie Acadia The Effects of Handling Stress on Cannabinoid Receptors in Killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus

21 Allyson Cook UNB-SJ The effects of fasting on aspects of thermal tolerance (CTmax) in juvenile shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)

22 Megan D. Warren MUN The reproductive biology of the deep-sea hairy snail, Alviniconcha hessleri

23 Jacqueline Stevens Acadia Anti cancer peptide Mastoparan and its derivatives demonstrate heightened toxicity towards HCT-116 colon cancer cells

24 Kristena Daley MtA Examining Genetic Differential Expression of the Atlantic Deep-Sea Scallop in the Northumberland Strait

25 Sydney J. Silver StFX Salinity tolerance of Halocladius variabilis (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae from the rocky intertidal zone of Nova Scotia, Canada

26 Adelaide M. von Kursell

SMU Is claudin 10 expression associated with hyper-salinity tolerance in Killifish (Fundulus spp.)?

27 Julia Elizabeth Cameron

CBU Development of a Habitat Suitability Index to Identify New Populations of the Brook Floater Mussel (Alasmidonta varicosa) in Cape Breton

Many Thanks to our generous sponsors CU VP of Academic Science Atlantic CU Biology Faculty NSCC

Benson Aquaculture Agricultural Alliance of NB

Canadian Botanical Association City of Moncton

Agricultural Alliance of NB Aquaculture Association of Canada

Fisheries & Marine Institute, MUN Miramichi Striper Club

Ocean Frontier Institute Cooke Aquaculture Inc.

Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association Coastal Zones Research Institute Inc.

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