Acadia University Hillier Lab studying relationship between odours and insect behaviour. Logo by Taylor Swanburg
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Joined December 2019
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New article on Heliothine hairpencils from Sandunika mullegama, recent Hillier Lab alumni:
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How does a plant communicate danger signals?
In response to a caterpillar bitting through its leaves, a wave of calcium travels across this plant to its furtherest parts , shown by fluorescent light. These signals may trigger defences mechanisms 1/2
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Congratulations to @kaylagaudet1 to successfully defend her MSc thesis! I am a proud supervisor! @AcadiaU @AcadiaBio @acadiaresearch @HillierLab @KirkHillier
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Looking forward to teaching BIOL4113 Fish Biology & Fisheries Science again in Jan 2023!
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Psst @AcadiaU students - there are still seats left! If you don't have the listed prereqs, feel free to email me to discuss joining the course
#fishsci #fisheries #fish #ecology
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Three useful online tools!
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1-chemix.org/
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3-molview.org/
#AcademicTwitter #PhD #Bioinformatics #datascience #Biology #neuroscience #AI #phdchat #postdoc #methodology #Journals #OpenAccess #science #phdlife #research
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Your Christmas tree is a stone-"cold" killer of ticks! Our good-news story of the powerful combination of low temperatures and balsam fir essential oils to control black-legged ticks.
Paper is out! Another great collaboration with the Adamo lab and @LVFerguson on the power of essential oils and the effect of temperature at killing ticks! @acadiaresearch @DalhousieU @AcadiaU
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Paper is out! Another great collaboration with the Adamo lab and @LVFerguson on the power of essential oils and the effect of temperature at killing ticks! @acadiaresearch @DalhousieU @AcadiaU
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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Sometimes we collect mosquitoes in pretty interesting places! Some of the best are a 🚽toilet graveyard, ⛴ a washed-up boat, a truck 🛻, and a waterfall🌊
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Interested in helping researchers at @AcadiaUniversity use eDNA technology to identify mosquito habitats across the province? @AcadiaMosquito is looking for volunteers to help collect water samples across the province this summer.
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We are all getting ready for some field work action to test new formulas on ticks! Great collaboration with our industrial partner @Atlantickspray @acadiaresearch @AcadiaU
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Excited to participate in this series and talk about our #mosquito surveillance in #novascotia! @AcadiaMosquito @acadiaresearch @HillierLab @Hepatozoon12 @EasyLabAcadia
Upcoming Webinar | CPHA is hosting “Maritime Mosquito Monitoring: Tracking range expansion and mosquito populations in Nova Scotia” with Dr. Laura Ferguson @LVFerguson from Acadia University | Register: ow.ly/4YaX50JbvOH
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Every month we attempt to sample from each county in Nova Scotia. We focus on sampling from every ecozone present in the province. Did you know we have 9 unique Eco-districts found within our province? We have over 300 sites we sample from each month!
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Faraone and Hillier Labs together to celebrate visiting PhD student @Taqwa_Tunisia last week at @AcadiaU! It was great to have you here! @HillierLab @acadiaresearch
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Nice chat about ticks!
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Did you know that NS has an invasive mosquito from Asia? During our surveillance at potential mosquito larvae sites, we make sure to stop and sample as many tires as we can to look for the container-loving species, Aedes japonicus (pictured here).
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Live in #NovaScotia? Interested in helping us track #mosquito populations? Let's look for mosquito DNA together! Follow @AcadiaMosquito for more info
[2/2] This summer we are looking for volunteers to help us collect water samples from across the province to help catalogue where these species live. Interested in helping out? Contact [email protected].
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[1/2] Did you know that there are over 20 species of mosquitoes in Nova Scotia? Using traces of DNA in the environment, we can target and identify which mosquito larvae are present in a body of water, such as ponds, roadside ditches, and tires.
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"The tick’s territory is expanding, thanks in part to global warming, say scientists"
“It feels like you’re on fire, and then it feels like you slept with a cactus,” said one person afflicted with alpha-gal. “The itching is unbearable.” nyti.ms/3ldm2PG
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year: tick collection! My two research assistants @kaylagaudet1 and @laura_pickett7 are sampling black legged ticks and American dog ticks in the Annapolis Valley! Exciting experiments ahead! @AcadiaICE @acadiaresearch @AcadiaU @HillierLab
