Melanie GallantPhD Candidate
Toxicology Graduate Program Office: 4C06 Agriculture building Email: [email protected] Hometown: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Educational Background |
B.Sc. Honours in Biology (Minor in Biochemistry)
Mount Allison University, 2013 |
Current Project |
Awards and Honours |
NuRx Non-Clinical Services Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Student Poster Competition Award - 2nd place
May 2016 University of Saskatchewan 3 Minute Thesis competition - 1st place March 2016 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS-D) September 2015 NuRx Non-Clinical Services Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Student Poster Competition Award - 2nd place May 2015 Toxicology Graduate Student's Association Best Student Seminar - 2nd place May 2015 NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-M) September 2013 Fens Prize, best biology honours presentation - 1st place April 2013 Mount Allison University Dean's list September 2011 - April 2013 BioTalent Challenge - 5th place National May 2009 BioTalent Challenge - 1st place Regional April 2009 |
Research and Teaching Experience |
Publications |
Hogan NS, Gallant MJ, and MR van den Heuvel. 2012. Exposure to the pesticide linuron affects androgen- dependent gene expression in the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 31(6):1391-1395
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Conference Presentations |
Gallant MJ and NS Hogan. 2016 Developmental expression profiles and thyroidal regulation of cytokines during metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis. North American Comparative Immunology Workshop. June 21-14, Charlottetown, PE (platform)
Gallant MJ, Baldwin N, Bilodeau J, Blais J, Pauli B and NS Hogan. 2015. Acute effects of exposure to oil sands impacted sediments on the early life stages of Xenopus laevis. Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop. Oct 4-7, Saskatoon, SK. (poster) Gallant MJ and NS Hogan. 2015. Is the development of the innate immune system in Xenopus laevis regulated by thyroid hormone? Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop. Oct 4-7, Saskatoon, SK. (platform) Gallant MJ and NS Hogan. 2015. Immune system development and benzo[a]pyrene immunotoxicity in the amphibian Xenopus laevis. Prairie Northern Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting. June 4-5, Calgary, AB. (platform) Gallant MJ and NS Hogan. 2014. Developmental expression and benzo[a]pyrene regulation of immune-related genes in early life stages of the amphibian Xenopus laevis. North American Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting. November 9-13, Vancouver, BC. (poster) Gallant, M.J., Summerby-Murray, D., LeBlanc, S., MacCormack, T., Currie, S. (2013) Thermal tolerance in Atlantic salmon and the cellular effects of thermal diel cycles. Oral presentations at (1) Canadian Society of Zoology (National), (2) Atlantic Regional Comparative Physiology Workshop (Regional), (3) Atlantic Undergraduate Biology Conference (Regional) (3) Society for Experimental Biology (International). Gallant, M.J., Chandra, K.P., Bosker, T., MacLatchy, D., Currie, S. (2012) Are mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) more susceptible to sewage effluent when exposed under different environmental conditions? Presentations at (1) Atlantic Regional Comparative Physiology Workshop (Regional, oral) and (2) Canadian Society of Zoology (National, poster). Gallant, M.J., Hogan, N.S., and van den Heuvel, M.R. (2009) Exposure to the pesticide linuron affects androgen-dependent gene expression in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeates). Presentations at the Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge (Regional and National, oral and poster). |