Acadia University Hillier Lab studying relationship between odours and insect behaviour. Logo by Taylor Swanburg

Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Joined December 2019
A nice surprise from the honours students yesterday!
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Another new paper published! Granite dust supplementation impacts on CBD profiles in hemp: rdcu.be/dtCUk
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I'm transitioning my research posts to facebook facebook.com/hillierlab and instagram (below). Please check there for future updates
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More highlights of @AcadiaU stars at last week's #EntSoc22! Congratulations! @AcadiaBio @acadiaresearch
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More of last week's highlights of #acadiau at #ento22
How does a plant communicate danger signals? In response to a caterpillar bitting through its leaves, a wave of calcium travels across this plant to its furtherest parts , shown by fluorescent light. These signals may trigger defences mechanisms 1/2
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Great poster presentation from Sarah Hobbs - another @AcadiaU star at #EntSoc22! Congratulations! @HillierLab @AcadiaBio @acadiaresearch
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Transitioning from a post-doc fellowship to PI of a lab...
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Congratulations to @kaylagaudet1 to successfully defend her MSc thesis! I am a proud supervisor! @AcadiaU @AcadiaBio @acadiaresearch @HillierLab @KirkHillier
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Looking forward to teaching BIOL4113 Fish Biology & Fisheries Science again in Jan 2023! 🐟🐠🐡🦈 Psst @AcadiaU students - there are still seats left! If you don't have the listed prereqs, feel free to email me to discuss joining the course #fishsci #fisheries #fish #ecology
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Your Christmas tree is a stone-"cold" killer of ticks! Our good-news story of the powerful combination of low temperatures and balsam fir essential oils to control black-legged ticks.
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Hi Folks, this week the spot is for our collaborations with Faraone Lab and the work of @ErikaPlazasChem . Faraone and Hillier labs are working together on the chemical and neuropharmacological characterization of psychedelic alkaloids from magic mushroom extracts using..
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2/2 ...Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) as a model. This multidisciplinary research is a collaboration between academia (@AcadiaU) and private industry (Halucenex), funded by @MitacsCanada
Sometimes we collect mosquitoes in pretty interesting places! Some of the best are a 🚽toilet graveyard, ⛴ a washed-up boat, a truck 🛻, and a waterfall🌊
Interested in helping researchers at @AcadiaUniversity use eDNA technology to identify mosquito habitats across the province? @AcadiaMosquito is looking for volunteers to help collect water samples across the province this summer.
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We are all getting ready for some field work action to test new formulas on ticks! Great collaboration with our industrial partner @Atlantickspray @acadiaresearch @AcadiaU
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