News
New paper out! An updated inventory of NS mosquitoes
Congrats to Taylor on the publication of part of her MSc work! You can read all about our update on the mosquitoes of Nova Scotia here https://www....
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Autumn 2025 in the lab!
Never a dull moment around here - especially in the autumn! Lots of news to cover: Welcome to Jennie Mills, a new MSc student! Welcome also to our ...
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Congratulations, Nolan!
Nolan is our newly-minted MSc after a very successful thesis defence today! For the last two years Nolan has been working hard to collect and ident...
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Congratulations, Gemma!
Gemma has just done a fantastic job breezing through her MSc defence! Gemma's work (co-supervised with Dr. Dan Peach at of UGA) centered on arbovir...
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A busy spring for the lab
I've fallen a little behind on updates here - mainly because we've got so much on the go! We're welcoming a new group of amazing people into the la...
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Happy holidays from the lab!
The lab had a great time celebrating a semester of hard work with a delicious (and competitive) cookie/dress-up party! Props to Thomas (Gemma's par...
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East coast ticks and mossies represented at ESC in Quebec - and way to go, Nolan!
Nolan, Gemma, Mia, and April visited the Entomological Society of Canada's meeting in Quebec in late October to present their research and network ...
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Congratulations to April on a successful Honours defence!
April has been studying the effects of microplastics on cold tolerance in mosquito larvae and gave a cracking presentation and strong defence of he...
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The Ferguson Lab wrangles the river!
Yesterday we took a break from the busy lab and field work of the summer to ride the tidal bore on the Shubenacadie River! Complete with mud slidin...
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CSZ and summer in full swing!
It's been a busy spring and the lab is bumping! A subset of us attended the Canadian Society of Zoologists conference in early May and everyone did...
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