Lett Symposium Schedule - Tuesday March 12, 2024
8:30 |
Doors Open |
9:00 - 9:15 |
Welcoming Remarks Opening address: Dr. Mark Johnston |
9:15 - 10:00 |
Session 1: Ecology and Evolution Chair: Dr. Erin Bertrand Judges: Dr. Patrice Côté, Shelby Clarke |
9:15 - 9:30 |
Rebecca Stevens-Green: Exploring the Microbial Communities Involved in the Biological Carbon Pump Throughout the Decline of a Large Phaeocystis Bloom in the Labrador Sea |
9:30 - 9:45 |
Leticia Magpali Moura Estevao: Molecular evolution of genes underlying toothed whale acoustic behavior |
9:45 - 10:00 |
Caitlin Bate: Using Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) to understand movements of ji’kaw (striped bass) in the Pitu’pa’q (Bras d’Or Lake) |
10:00 - 10:15 |
Morning break, snacks, and drinks |
10:15 -11:00 |
Session 2: Fisheries and Fishes Chair: Dr. Hal Whitehead Judges: Margi Cooper, Dr. Eric Ignatz |
10:15 - 10:30 |
Dylan Seidler: iKaluk: An Overview of Arctic char Fishery in Nunatsiavut to Support Inuit Food Security |
10:30 - 10:45 |
Natalie Koopman: Understanding Atlantic salmon declines in Eastern Cape Breton and determining the efficacy of Smolt-to-Adult Supplementation for the restoration of endangered populations. |
10:45 - 11:00 |
Zoya Tyabji: A century of shark fisheries and trade in India |
11:00 - 12:00 |
Keynote Address: Dr. Nancy Shackell, DFO "Times of Crisis, Times of Change: Science for Accelerating Transformations to Sustainable Development", The Global Sustainable Development Report 2023 |
12:00 - 12:45 |
Lunch Break |
12:45 - 1:30 |
Poster Session Judges: Dr. Manon Sorais, Dr. Fred Whoriskey, Sonja Rose, Dr. Lisette Delgado, Jasmine Talvez Posters: Kestrel Adams Unger Nicole Harrington Shannon Myles Ekaterina Kabanova Katherine Haché Isabel Ross Katie Ryder Madeleine Platt Julia Packer |
1:30 - 1:45 |
Afternoon break #1 |
1:45 - 2:45 |
Session 3: Physiology Chair: Dr. Elis Jones Judges: Ellie Weise, Ana Eguiguren |
1:45 - 2:00 |
Jasmine Talevi: The physiological and behavioural response of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and soft shell clams (Mya arenaria) to a concurrent heatwave and hypoxia event |
2:00 - 2:15 |
Jeffrey Locke: Machine Learning in Visual Electrodiagnostics and Resting State Electroretinograms (ERGs) in Humans and Rodent Models of Ocular Disease |
2:15 - 2:30 |
Emily Yeung: Salinity and the Atlantic Whitefish: A Case Study in the Conservation Physiology of a Rare Fish |
2:30 - 2:45 |
Afternoon break #2 (snacks and drinks) |
2:45 - 3:45 |
Session 4: Marine Microbes Chair: Dr. Alastair Simpson Judges: Dr. Gillian Gass, James Kho |
2:45 - 3:00 |
Martha Segura Guzmàn: Quantitative gene expression of the Greenland Sea microbial community through the construction of a metatranscriptomic database. |
3:00 - 3:15 |
Scott Pollara: Proteomic insights into Phaeocystis in the Labrador Sea: Consequences for Export |
3:15 - 3:30 |
Catherine Bannon: Measuring the Ocean's Vitamins |
3:30 - 3:45 |
Patrick L. White: Resolving the impact of glacier-derived nutrients on marine phytoplankton using both observational and experimental approaches |
3:45 |
Closing remarks and awards Lett Symposium Coordinators Sophie Tattrie and Sammy Crowley |