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Selected Publications

We've listed some of our favorite work here and where ever possible we've included a link to the PDF. 

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Circular Library

Key Publications available in open access

Global gene expression responses of Atlantic salmon skin to Moritella viscosa

K Eslamloo, S Kumar, X Xue, KS Parrish, SL Purcell, MD Fast, ML Rise

Scientific Reports 12 (1), 4622, 2022

Applying genetic technologies to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture

NA Robinson, D Robledo, L Sveen, RR Daniels, A Krasnov, A Coates, ...

Reviews in Aquaculture, 2022

Interacting Effects of Sea Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) Infection and Formalin-Killed Aeromonas salmonicida on Atlantic Salmon Skin Transcriptome

A Caballero-Solares, N Umasuthan, X Xue, T Katan, S Kumar, ...

Frontiers in Immunology 13, 2022

Transcriptome Analysis of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Skin in Response to Sea Lice and Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus Co-Infection Under Different …

W Cai, S Kumar, U Navaneethaiyer, A Caballero-Solares, LA Carvalho, ...

Frontiers in Immunology 12, 787033, 2022

Expression of immune markers of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) during Veronaea botryosa infection at different temperatures

E Soto, MD Fast, SL Purcell, DD Coleman, Z Yazdi, K Kenelty, S Yun, ...

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 41 …, 2022

Analysis of the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) immune response during immunostimulation and Veronaea botryosa infection

E Soto, D Coleman, Z Yazdi, SL Purcell, A Camus, MD Fast

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 40 …, 2021

Hydrogen peroxide treatment and its impacts on Lepeophtheirus salmonis originating from the Bay of Fundy, Canada

CR VanIderstine, JD Poley, SK Whyte, SL Purcell, MD Fast

Journal of Fish Diseases 44 (6), 757-769, 2021

Warming temperatures and ectoparasitic sea lice impair internal organs in juvenile Atlantic salmon

KE Medcalf, JA Hutchings, MD Fast, A Kuparinen, SC Godwin

Marine Ecology Progress Series 660, 161-169, 2021

Impact of co‐infection with Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Moritella viscosa on inflammatory and immune responses of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

LA Carvalho, SK Whyte, LM Braden, SL Purcell, AJ Manning, A Muckle, ...

Journal of fish diseases 43 (4), 459-473, 2020

Identification of critical enzymes in the salmon louse chitin synthesis pathway as revealed by RNA interference-mediated abrogation of infectivity

L Braden, D Michaud, OO Igboeli, M Dondrup, L Hamre, S Dalvin, ...

International Journal for Parasitology 50 (10-11), 873-889, 2020

Transcriptomic profiling in fins of Atlantic salmon parasitized with sea lice: evidence for an early imbalance between chalimus-induced immunomodulation and the host’s defense …

N Umasuthan, X Xue, A Caballero-Solares, S Kumar, JD Westcott, Z Chen, ...

International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (7), 2417, 2020

Increasing temperatures accentuate negative fitness consequences of a marine parasite

SC Godwin, MD Fast, A Kuparinen, KE Medcalf, JA Hutchings

Scientific reports 10 (1), 18467, 2020

Sex-biased gene expression and evolution of candidate reproductive transcripts in adult stages of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)

DR Michaud, JD Poley, MD Fast

Facets 4 (1), 254-274, 2019

A genetic linkage map for the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis): evidence for high male:female and inter-familial recombination rate differences

RG Danzmann, JD Norman, EB Rondeau, AM Messmer, MP Kent, S Lien, ...

Molecular Genetics and Genomics 294, 343-363, 2019

Atlantic salmon challenged with extracellular products from Moritella viscosa

B MacKinnon, D Groman, MD Fast, AJ Manning, P Jones, S St-Hilaire

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 133 (2), 119-125, 2019

Evaluating the potential for sea lice to evolve freshwater tolerance as a consequence of freshwater treatments in salmon aquaculture

ML Groner, E Laurin, M Stormoen, J Sanchez, MD Fast, CW Revie

Aquaculture Environment Interactions 11, 507-519, 2019

Dietary Immunostimulant CpG Modulates MicroRNA Biomarkers Associated with Immune Responses in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

X Xue, NT Woldemariam, A Caballero-Solares, N Umasuthan, MD Fast, ...

Cells 8 (12), 1592, 2019

Sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837), infected Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) are more susceptible to infectious salmon anemia virus

SE Barker, IR Bricknell, J Covello, S Purcell, MD Fast, W Wolters, ...

PloS one 14 (1), e0209178, 2019

Vaccine-induced protection against furunculosis involves pre-emptive priming of humoral immunity in Arctic charr

LM Braden, SK Whyte, ABJ Brown, CV Iderstine, C Letendre, D Groman, ...

Frontiers in immunology 10, 120, 2019

 

Acquired Protective Immunity in Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar against the Myxozoan Kudoa thyrsites Involves Induction of MHIIβ+ CD83+ Antigen-Presenting Cells

LM Braden, KJ Rasmussen, SL Purcell, L Ellis, A Mahony, S Cho, ...

Infection and immunity 86 (1), e00556-17, 2018

UVicSPACE: Research & Learning Repository

JD Poley, LM Braden, AM Messmer, OO Igboeli, SK Whyte, A Macdonald, ...

International Journal for Parasitology 8 (2), 174-188, 2018

Consequences of captive breeding: fitness implications for wild-origin, hatchery-spawned Atlantic salmon kelts upon their return to the wild

X Bordeleau, BG Hatcher, S Denny, MD Fast, FG Whoriskey, ...

Biological Conservation 225, 144-153, 2018

High level efficacy of lufenuron against sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) linked to rapid impact on moulting processes

JD Poley, LM Braden, AM Messmer, OO Igboeli, SK Whyte, A Macdonald, ...

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance 8 (2), 174-188, 2018

Host–parasite transcriptomics during immunostimulant-enhanced rejection of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

BJG Sutherland, JM Covello, SE Friend, JD Poley, KW Koczka, SL Purcell, ...

Facets 2 (1), 477-495, 2017

Effects of the vertically transmitted microsporidian Facilispora margolisi and the parasiticide emamectin benzoate on salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)

JD Poley, BJG Sutherland, MD Fast, BF Koop, SRM Jones

BMC genomics 18 (1), 1-15, 2017

Sex-biased gene expression and sequence conservation in Atlantic and Pacific salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis)

JD Poley, BJG Sutherland, SRM Jones, BF Koop, MD Fast

BMC genomics 17 (1), 1-16, 2016

Managing aquatic parasites for reduced drug resistance: lessons from the land

GF McEwan, ML Groner, DL Burnett, MD Fast, CW Revie

Journal of the Royal Society Interface 13 (125), 20160830, 2016

Stress, nutrition and parental care in a teleost fish: exploring mechanisms with supplemental feeding and cortisol manipulation

AJ Zolderdo, DA Algera, MJ Lawrence, KM Gilmour, MD Fast, ...

Journal of Experimental Biology 219 (8), 1237-1248, 2016

Towards a consensus: Multiple experiments provide evidence for constitutive expression differences among sexes and populations of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) related to …

JD Poley, OO Igboeli, MD Fast

Aquaculture 448, 445-450, 2015

Using agent-based modelling to predict the role of wild refugia in the evolution of resistance of sea lice to chemotherapeutants 

GF McEwan, ML Groner, MD Fast, G Gettinby, CW Revie

PLoS One 10 (10), e0139128, 2015

Mandates: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Alterations in mitochondrial electron transport system activity in response to warm acclimation, hypoxia-reoxygenation and copper in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

R Sappal, M MacDougald, M Fast, D Stevens, F Kibenge, A Siah, ...

Aquatic Toxicology 165, 51-63, 2015

Transcriptomic responses to emamectin benzoate in Pacific and Atlantic Canada salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis with differing levels of drug resistance

BJG Sutherland, JD Poley, OO Igboeli, JR Jantzen, MD Fast, BF Koop, ...

Evolutionary Applications 8 (2), 133-148, 2015

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