Greetings current, past, and possibly future lab members!
I just wanted to write a short blog post about my adventures since leaving the O’Connor Lab and UBC. For those of you that don’t know my name is Stephanie and I was a volunteer and undergraduate student researcher with the O’Connor Lab from June 2011 to December 2012. Shortly after finishing my Bachelor’s in Marine Biology I accepted a graduate position with the Baird Lab at the Canadian Rivers Institute at the University of New Brunswick. I am now living in Fredericton and working towards my Master’s degree in biology (specifically aquatic ecology). I am currently working on a biomonitoring project associated with Environment Canada’s Integrated Monitoring Plan for the oil sands and Genome Canada’s Biomonitoring 2.0 [links below if you are interested]. I am looking to standardize a protocol for sampling periphyton in macrophyte-dominated wetlands and integrate the use of next-generation sequencing DNA analysis technology in environmental monitoring. After starting at UNB in May 2013 I was lucky enough to start a preliminary field season that summer. I spent 2 months in beautiful Fort Smith, NWT sampling in Wood Buffalo National Park. During my time in NWT I encountered black bears, wood buffalo, pelicans, sandhill cranes, and even a member of the elusive ‘Wolves of Wood Buffalo.’ It was definitely a change from encountering the usual culprits of sea stars, mussels, and barnacles on the West Coast. On the horizon I have the presentation of my research proposal, the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting this May in Portland, and another field season. I am certainly looking forward to spending some more time in the Northwest Territories as well as adding some sites in the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Hopefully, you all are having your own grand science adventures. Thank you to Mary and all the O’Connor lab members circa 2012 – I wouldn’t be where I am now without your support!
Biomonitoring 2.0: http://www.biomonitoring2.org/
Steff
I just wanted to write a short blog post about my adventures since leaving the O’Connor Lab and UBC. For those of you that don’t know my name is Stephanie and I was a volunteer and undergraduate student researcher with the O’Connor Lab from June 2011 to December 2012. Shortly after finishing my Bachelor’s in Marine Biology I accepted a graduate position with the Baird Lab at the Canadian Rivers Institute at the University of New Brunswick. I am now living in Fredericton and working towards my Master’s degree in biology (specifically aquatic ecology). I am currently working on a biomonitoring project associated with Environment Canada’s Integrated Monitoring Plan for the oil sands and Genome Canada’s Biomonitoring 2.0 [links below if you are interested]. I am looking to standardize a protocol for sampling periphyton in macrophyte-dominated wetlands and integrate the use of next-generation sequencing DNA analysis technology in environmental monitoring. After starting at UNB in May 2013 I was lucky enough to start a preliminary field season that summer. I spent 2 months in beautiful Fort Smith, NWT sampling in Wood Buffalo National Park. During my time in NWT I encountered black bears, wood buffalo, pelicans, sandhill cranes, and even a member of the elusive ‘Wolves of Wood Buffalo.’ It was definitely a change from encountering the usual culprits of sea stars, mussels, and barnacles on the West Coast. On the horizon I have the presentation of my research proposal, the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting this May in Portland, and another field season. I am certainly looking forward to spending some more time in the Northwest Territories as well as adding some sites in the Peace-Athabasca Delta. Hopefully, you all are having your own grand science adventures. Thank you to Mary and all the O’Connor lab members circa 2012 – I wouldn’t be where I am now without your support!
Biomonitoring 2.0: http://www.biomonitoring2.org/
Steff
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