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Jukka-Pekka Verta @jpverta.bsky.social · 9d

One week to apply for our fully funded PhD position in Norway! This is a really exciting project in collab. with University of Helsinki and Benchmark Genetics.

Samples are ready - you do (read: learn) everything - functional genomics, bioinformatics, genotype-phenotype associations 🤩

Please RT!

Jukka-Pekka Verta @jpverta.bsky.social · Aug 21

How do regulatory genes control alternative life histories? We have an open PhD position to answer this question using functional genomics in Atlantic salmon.

Apply by October 15th through www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Please share widely! 🧬🦑🖥️

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · 2d

Very proud moment today! My first Honours student submitted her thesis for publication! A lot of hard work was put into this one and I’m very excited for her to get to share her achievements soon!

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · 27d

I am excited to have joined @canjzoology.bsky.social as an Early Career Researcher Associate Editor! I look forward to promoting high quality science and being more involved in the publishing world!

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Dalhousie Faculty Association @dalfaculty.bsky.social · Aug 25

Faculty locked out Aug 20. We have heard nothing from @dalhousieu.bsky.social - we WANT to BARGAIN, our members WANT to WORK! Where is the Board? Students start move in Aug 28. Time for the Board to take this seriously and work with us #KeepDalStrong

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Jul 21

If you cannot access the paper, use this link to download the article for free for the next 50 days!
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lTGPW5UJV...

authors.elsevier.com

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Jul 21

This research provides an excellent foundation as we develop tools to help identify mussels that will be more resilient to climate change-induced increases in ocean temperatures.

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Jul 21

In work led by Shelby Clarke, we explored differences in thermal tolerance from two sources of mussels in Atlantic Canada at a physiological, behavioural and molecular level. Very excited to have this one out!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · Jul 7

✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨

Please spread the word!

www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us

#CSEE2025

A blue poster describing opportunities to join the Bernhardt Lab -- for more information please see https://www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Jun 27

Great to see support for the oyster industry!

Genome Atlantic @genomeatlantic.bsky.social · Jun 27

A $3.1M project announced today will fast-track MSX-resistant oyster seed using genomics & selective breeding - an industry game-changer! @GenomeAtlantic.bsky.social @GenomeQuebec,bsky.social @GenomeCanada #MalletOysters @UniversiteLaval Learn more & video with Martin Mallet https://bit.ly/4eoBhAi

Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Jun 12

The Filgueira lab had an amazing time earlier this week at Aquaculture Canada 2025! So proud of the students for giving such incredible talks, particularly Jasmine Talevi for taking home the best oral presentation award!

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Genome Atlantic @genomeatlantic.bsky.social · May 27

@genomeatlantic.bsky.social is proud to be part of the collaborative push to protect Atlantic Canada's oyster industry from MSX. #MalletOysters #NewBrunswickRPC ‘Minimize the damage’: Race to study MSX heats up as deadly disease hits Maritime oysters www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...

‘Minimize the damage’: Race to study MSX heats up as deadly disease hits Maritime oysters

Researchers in Atlantic Canada are racing to try to solve a pressing problem — how to tackle a parasite that’s killing oysters and threatening the region’s multimillion-dollar industry.

www.ctvnews.ca

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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · May 25

Another aquarium-trade species found in the wild.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Invasive fish species reported in Nova Scotia for first time, DFO says | CBC News

A single egg-bearing Oriental weatherfish, also known as pond loach, was discovered in Morgans Falls last month, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

www.cbc.ca

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · May 22

Finished deploying our oyster cages across Cape Breton today with my Honours student, Elise! We will be assessing MSX-driven mortality throughout the summer and looking for genetic markers of disease resistance after!

Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · May 15

A hatchery on Prince Edward Island claims to have produced Canada's first MSX-resistant oyster seed. In an interview with CBC, I helped provide some context on how that might be hard to tell at this stage. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

P.E.I. hatchery says it's produced 1st MSX-resistant oyster seed in Canada | CBC News

A hatchery in western Prince Edward Island says it has produced the first batch of MSX-resistant oyster seed, but at least one expert says it's still too early to determine those results.

www.cbc.ca

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · May 12

Thanks so much for all of these updates! Looks like a great conference, I wish I could have gone!

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Clémence Fraslin @clemencefraslin.bsky.social · May 8

New paper alert 🧬💻🐟
We finaly got our follow up study on fine mapping of QTL associated with spontaneous malness in XX-rainbow trout out in PlosOne!
Check it out: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
It's a much improved version of the preprint (thanks to reviewers and editors and to Florence Phocas (INRAe)

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Ryan Carnegie @rbcarnegie.bsky.social · Apr 21

Our new paper highlighting the relative freedom from protozoan infection of hatchery shellfish seed, information foundational to shellfish health management in the US: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The biosecurity of bivalve seed transfers during different life stages with respect to their pathogens

The expansion of molluscan aquaculture in the United States has induced a rising demand for molluscan seed to sustain it. Out-of-state transfers of se…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Eva B. Thorstad @evathorstad.bsky.social · Apr 7

Looking for a PhD? There is an opening for a PhD-student in evolutionary ecology on phenotypic plasticity in aquatic organisms at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway – with two super-good supervisors (Sigurd Einum and Tim Burton) - highly recommended! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Mar 24

Excited to share our latest work that studied how upper thermal tolerance is regulated in farmed Atlantic salmon! We combined RNA-sequencing and GWAS results to explore how gene expression and genetic architecture may influence this important trait.

bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Application of genomic tools to study and potentially improve the upper thermal tolerance of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) - BMC Genomics

Background The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture industry must mitigate the impacts of rising ocean temperatures and the increased prevalence/severity of marine heat waves. Therefore, we inves...

bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Mar 20

Friendly reminder that the abstract submission deadline for #AC25NB is April 4! I’ll be chairing the session on ‘Shellfish Health - MSX and Dermo.’ Don’t miss out!

Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Jan 29

Save the date! Aquaculture Canada 2025 will be hosted in Fredericton, NB June 8-11! Abstract submission is open until April 4, don’t miss out! #AC25NB #AquacultureIsAgriculture

Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Mar 11

Waking up on my last day in New Orleans for #Aquaculture2025 with a manuscript acceptance! 🥳 Stay tuned for some RNA-seq and GWAS work on upper thermal tolerance in Atlantic salmon!

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Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Mar 9

Catch my talk tomorrow at 14:45 in the Genomics session in Galerie 4 at #Aquaculture2025! I’ll be presenting some new mussel population genomics work!

Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Mar 4

Cooke Aquaculture has purchased AquaBounty’s former farm sites on Prince Edward Island. I’m glad these facilities won’t go to waste! www.fishfarmingexpert.com/aquabounty-c...

Cooke buys AquaBounty Canada for hatchery facilities

We don't farm GE fish and have no plans to, stresses salmon heavyweight

www.fishfarmingexpert.com

Eric Ignatz @eignatz.bsky.social · Feb 28

Great day in the lab testing out our new respirometry system! Fun times ahead!

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Robin Leeuwis @leeuwisrobin.bsky.social · Feb 24

This was a really fun interdisciplinairy project to work on. Machine learning is such a powerful and helpful tool when working with large image datasets! Henning is also a very talented computer science student 👨‍💻👌

Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · Feb 24

Interested in automated length and morphological measurements? Check out our new app and preprint!

🧪🐟🦑
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

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