Lab Web Links

Research Links

The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology: CeMEB
Literature:
Sequence tools: NCBI Blast Server
Fish Genomes at Ensembl:
- Zebrafish
- Medaka
- Fugu
- Stickleback
Other Genomes of interest:
- Capitella teleta
- Hydra
Primer design links: Primer 3 and UNAFold
Genomics Resource Links:
- Sequence massager
- Bioinformatics Resources/Tools at Expasy
- Joint Genome Institute (JGI)
- I-TASSER Server (Protein Folding)
- MUSCLE Server (MSA tool)
Phylogenetic Links:
- Clustal Online Server at EMBL
- ProtTest 3.0 on GitHub
- CIPRES Science Gateway for RAXML, MrBayes and other
P450 Homepage
Fish resources: ZFIN, FishBase, Zebrafish Anatomy Atlases
Grant links:
- CIHR Online Applications and Application Instructions
- NSERC Online Services and Professor Program Guides
- Common CV

McMaster University Links

Department of Biology
- Home Page
- Graduate Guide
- Undergraduate Courses
- Room Bookings (must be on Cisco Secure Client if using from off campus)
- Departmental Health and Safety
- Departmental Event Calendar
- Graduate courses in Biology and the f ull graduate calendar (from School of Graduate Studies)
McMaster University Email System
Faculty and Staff Directory
Library login for remote access and homepage
Safety: EOHSS and FHS Safety Office
ROADS
Facilities Services
Animal Research Ethics Board
CAF
Titles
On campus food services Location and Hours

Ordering

General Suppliers:
Fish Supplies:
- AHAB spare parts at Pentair
- Hagen
- Fish Farm Supplies
- Big Al’s

Conferences

Local:
- Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Workshop at Elmhirst Resort, Last weekend in January
National:
- CSZ in Moncton, New Brunswick May 9-13, 2022
- CEW in Winnipeg, Manitoba Oct 2-5, 2022
North American:
- SETAC is in Pittsburgh PA Nov 13-17, 2022
- SOT in San Diego, CA USA March 27-31, 2022
International:
- International Conference on Cytochrome P450s in Washington DC USA June 17-21, 2022
- ISSX International meeting is in Seattle Washington Sept 11-14, 2022
- P450 Biodiversity and Biotechnology is on hold due to COVID
- PRIMO in Gothenburg, Sweden May 15-18 2022; Nantes France will be next

A giant congratulations to Max Hendershot for the publication of his undergraduate research in the WilsonToxLab! Max worked in the lab in summer after his 3rd year and did his 4th year thesis in the lab, before starting his MSc. Max’s research was with former PhD student Andrea Murillo Ramos and in collaboration with former PDF Andrew Thompson. Together, Andrea and Andrew designed a locomotory behavioural assay for our polychaete worms. Max’s project focused on extending this assay from adults into juveniles, which was needed if we were going to use this assay in the long run. Adult worms are large, so the original assay was in petri dishes, and our colony is really female biased, so trying to generate enough males to look at sex effects is super challenging. Instead, we moved the assay to juveniles in a plate based assay, which allows higher throughput.

Max’s project focused on trying to understand what neurochemical modulation could alter locomotion, using modulators of the dopamine, serotonin, GABA and acetylcholine pathways. This sets the stage for the lab to consider the impact of environmental contaminants that might alter these pathways. Check out his study “The marine worm Capitella teleta is sensitive to neurochemical manipulation, as revealed via a novel behavioural tool” in the Canadian Journal of Zoology. Its open access!

Wilson Tox Lab – Aquatic Toxicology, Cytochrome P450 Enzymes

Welcome to the laboratory of Dr. Joanna Wilson, Professor in Environmental Physiology, Department of Biology, McMaster University.

Recent Posts

New Capitella paper out!