Banting Postdoc @UofG 🇨🇦 ➤Executive Team @isappsfa🔬➤Project Manager @BeeGutProject🐝 ➤Creator https://xitter.cf/t.co/FgOIMOZ1hZ💻➤PhD Alumni‘21 @WesternU🎓
Guelph, Ontario
Joined July 2011
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Fresh off the press! 📰 Our latest study in
@naturesustainab investigates how recent antibiotic regulations💊🦠, air pollution 🚛💨💨, and climate factors 📈🌎are shaping the health of managed honeybee colonies across Canada 🇨🇦🐝Read the full article here: nature.com/articles/s41893-0…
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Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems - Canada’s reliance on imported queens is understandable, but it isn’t sustainable in the long term. theconversation.com/importin… #CdnSci #ecology #microbiology #science #SciChat
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In this month’s ISAPP-SFA blog, Manxi Huang shares how her father’s ongoing digestive struggles shaped her path into microbiome research.
Read the full blog below!
🔗 isapp-sfa.com/new-blog/2026/…
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Can bacteria remember? In this month’s ISAPP-SFA blog, Killian Scanlon explores how microbes like E. coli can store and use information over time, from gene regulation to community-level “memory.”
Read the full blog below!
🔗isapp-sfa.com/new-blog/2026/…
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Today's the day 👏 Time to submit your application for the ISAPP Gregor Reid Award for Outstanding Scholars in Developing Nations!
Join the SFA 🔗 isapp-sfa.com/member-registr…
Apply for the award 🔗 isappscience.org/about/grego…
@ISAPPscience
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Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe’s microbiome research, featured at yesterday’s Council of Ontario Universities event, shows how #UofG is advancing life sciences by uncovering how microbes influence health and resilience across species, from humans to honeybees.
ALT Emma Allen Vercoe is at the booth with two of her students, including Brendan Daisley and Christine Macpherson.
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Don't miss the latest podcast episode in our series on microbial ecology: Dr. Joao Xavier talking about microbial ecosystem management in people being treated for cancer. Listen now:
isappscience.org/resource/ep…
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In this month’s ISAPP SFA blog, PhD student Anik Khan shares his work with the EU-funded DOMINO project. His synthetic ecology approach can be used to transform by-products like fruit pulp into nutritious, plant-based fermented foods 🌱
Read more 👇
isapp-sfa.com/new-blog/2025/…
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The 2026 Gregor Reid Award for Outstanding Scholars in Developing Nations is open for applications! 🏆
The aim of this award is to recognise and support early career researchers (students and fellows) within LMICs
Deadline: November 14th, 2025.
isappscience.org/about/grego…
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In our latest ISAPP-SFA blog, David Alvarado shares how setbacks, mentorship & connection at his first ISAPP meeting shaped his path in research.
His honest take shows us that persistence, not perfection, drives science!
Read the full blog now 👇
isapp-sfa.com/new-blog/2025/…
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Our first One Health seminar of the fall is Sept. 24, 12:30, OVC ECLA 1725 or on Teams!
Dr. Korryn Bodner @OntVetCollege will speak on "Data dredging in research: Trends and consequences for inference, exploration & prediction."
Free pizza!
More info: uoguel.ph/s1osr
ALT Dr. Korryn Bodner is a Canada Research Chair in Advanced Epidemiology and Disease Modelling in the Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph. The event is organized by the One Health Institute at the University of Guelph.
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Probiotic yeast Saccharomyces boulardii is gaining attention for its unique traits and engineering potential. Could it power the next generation of therapeutic probiotics? Learn more in our latest ISAPP-SFA blog🔬
🔗isapp-sfa.com/new-blog/2025/…
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Don’t miss the Institute for LIFE Symposium!🩺
🗓️Sept. 25 at the Arboretum
Presented by @UofG_HHNS, in celebration of the launch of the Institute for Lifestyle Integration of Food and Exercise!
Free and open to all. RSVP: forms.office.com/pages/respo…
ALT Institute for LIFE symposium
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#UofG | Post-doctoral researcher Dr. Brendan Daisley speaks to The @GlobeAndMail about how reducing antibiotic use in honey bees could be resulting in higher mortality rates.
@UofGCBS @UofGResearch @AgInnovationON
Read more: theglobeandmail.com/canada/s…
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Day 3 of #ISAPP2025 begins with IAC selected talks from Maria Rodriguez-Palmero Seuma and Elaine Vaughan🙌
@ISAPPscience
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Next up, SFA highlight talks from Valentina Cattero and Kait Al 👏
#ISAPP2025
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A huge congratulations to our ISAPP SFA Poster Winners for 2025! We are delighted to present Benjamin Levine and Caroline Dricot with their awards 🏆👏
#ISAPP2025 @ISAPPscience
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Day 1 of the ISAPP Annual Meeting kicked off with introductions from our SFA attendees and some interesting group discussions! 🤝#ISAPP2025
