Undergraduate Honours Students
| Name | Honours Project Title | Specialization | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damilola Adekunle | Investigating the role of the MbtH-like proteins in the Biosynthesis of the Non-Ribosomal peptide Thaxtomin A in Streptomyces scabies | Cell and Molecular Biology | Bignell/Tahlan |
| Moyinoluwa Adesanya | Transmembrane Bax inhibitor motif-containing (TMBIM) genes to enhance homeostatis in Drosophila melanogaster | Cell and Molecular Biology | Staveley |
| Raahyma Ahmad | Investigating the role of tubedown-1 on Retinal content in the eye | Cell and Molecular Biology | Volkoff |
| Ethan Armstrong | Mapping temporal changes in the spatial distributions of organic enrichment indicators at aquaculture sites | Ecology and Conservation Biiology | Dufour |
| Chelsea Bloom | Variation in Atlantic cod condition pre- and post- winter in contrasting warm and cold years | Marine Biology | Gregory/Snelgrove |
| Emily Bonnell | The effects of synthesis of cytochrome oxidase (Scox) gene on Drosophila melanogaster: a prospective model of multiple sclerosis | Biology/Psychology | Staveley |
| Rebecca Bowering | A comparison between the relevé method and the adaptive cluster sampling method to find the more efficient method of determining lichen diversity and estimating rare lichen abundance in Newfoundland, Canada | Biology | Wiersma |
| Adam Collins | Activation of secondary metabolism in Streptomyces species using the chemical elicitor N-acetylglucosamine | Cell and Molecular Biology | Bignell |
| Ryan Collins | Knockout and Overexpression of three Streptomyces clavuligerus XRE-family genes differentially expressed in bldA and bldG mutants | Cell and Molecular Biology | Tahlan |
| Mohammad Fahmy | Using microphone arrays to quantify diel and seasonal singing patterns of male Ruby-crowned Kinglets (Regulus calendula) | Ecology and Conservation | Wilson |
| Gerissa Fowler | Investigation of the MHC class II DRB and DQB and Class I DLA-88 genes in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) from Northern Quebec to determine the role of host immunogenic variablity in potential resistance to rabies | Marine Biology | Marshall |
| Stephanie Graham | Transmission of Aleutian Mink Diesease virus (AMDV) in farmed and wild American Mink (Neovison vison) in Newfoundland and Labrador | Biology | Lang |
| Gillian Lambert | How Social Networks among Transient Groups of Dogs Relate to Physiology and Personality | Biology | Walsh/Wilson |
| Clarissa McIsaac | Investigating the role of XRE- Family Transcription Regulator and DNA- binding proteins in the Biosynthesis of the B-lactam Clavulanic Acid in Streptomyces clavuligerus | Biology | Tahlan |
| Hali Moreland | Effect of physical interactions from a potential competitor on the feeding behavior of the common sea star (Asterias rubens) | Marine Biiology | Gagnon |
| Brandon Piercey | Pseudopollen in mosses | Biology | Marino |
| Chantel Rice | The role of metabolites in obesity and it’s significance in food addicted subjects | Cell and Molecular Biology | Staveley |
| James Specker | Impact of Polyethylene Glycol Microplastics in Drosophila | Cell and Molecular Biology | Staveley |
| Brittney Stuckless | Movement patterns of Cucumaria frondosa in response to food abundance, predator presence, and photoperiod | Marine Biology | Mercier |
| Emily Turpin | The role of host immune system genetics in a newfoundland wildlife disease, canine pulmonary angiostrongylosis, modeled in coyotes (Canis Latrans) | Cell and Molecular Biology | Marshall |
| Jaime Wilson | Structural and functional studies of the orf12 gene product in Streptomyces bacteria in relation to the clavulanic acid biosynthesis pathway | Biology (Co-op) | Tahlan |