Much has changed over the past year or so for Dr. Deb MacLatchy. Having recently moved provinces to take up the position of Dean of Science at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, there was much to be done to get a new lab up and running!
Since June of 2008 Dr. MacLatchy and her lab have been setting up a wet lab, dry lab, and office, not to mention getting to know each other as everyone was new to the lab.
Since receiving the first batch of “Ontario” mummichog (with thanks to Deb’s UNBSJ students for sending them our way) we have run various exposures and are well on our way to establishing another successful productive lab!
Deborah MacLatchy has very recently been appointed as Vice-President Academic and Provost at Wilfrid Laurier University (starting date 01 March 2009).
Deborah MacLatchy has been appointed to the Committee for Research Partnerships at NSERC. This is a three-year appointment (2008-2011). This committee oversees the Partnership programs at NSERC (including the Collaborative Research and Development, Strategic, etc. programs).
A three-year Strategic grant has been awarded to CRI Fellows D. MacLatchy and K. Munkittrick (with collaborators S. Currie, M. Servos, M. Hewitt and C. Wood), entitled "Improving regulatory assessments of endocrine disrupting contaminants in Canadian marine environments".
Thijs Bosker won 1st place in the Student Platform competition at the Aquatic Toxicology Workshop (ATW) in Saskatoon, SK in October 2008 for his presentation titled: Reducing variance and increasing power of reproductive bioassays by understanding spawning behaviour.
