Former Graduate Students

Ph.D. Students:
Guo, F.C. Spironucleus spp. and experimental spironucleosis in salmonids.
Present Position: Manager (research), Aqua Health Pharmaceuticals R&D, Novartis Animal Health, Charlottetown, Canada

Ardelli, B. A chemotherapeutic strategy against salmonid cryptobiosis.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Brandon University, Canada

Zuo, X. Proteases in the haemoflagellate, Cryptobia salmositica, and their roles in salmonid cryptobiosis.
Present Position: Senior Scientist, Morphotek Inc., Exton, Philadelphia, USA

Feng, S. The role of the thymus in protection, and the identification of a protective antigen on Cryptobia salmositica.
Present Position: Senior Scientist, Technology Unit, GenSel Biotechnologies Inc., Canada

Li, S. Vaccination against salmonid cryptobiosis and the development of a species-specific DNA probe against Cryptobia salmositica.
Present Position: Production Supervisor, Technical Production, Clontech, BD Biosciences, Palo Alto, USA

Jones, S.R.M. Biology of trypanosomes from some freshwater fishes in southern Ontario.
Present Position: Research Scientist (Fish Disease), Pacific Biological Station, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

Thomas, P.T. The immunobiology of the host-parasite relationship between Salmo gairdneri Richardson and Cryptobia salmositica Katz.
Present Position: Professor & Head, Department of Zoology, Union Christain College, Aluva, India

Bower, S.M. Trypanosomes of the subgenus Schizotrypanum in bats in southern Ontario.
Present Position: Research Scientist (Parasitology), Pacific Biological Station, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

M.Sc. Students:
MacDonald, L.E. Exploring potential mechanisms mediating Cryptobia-induced anorexia in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Tan, C.W. Towards a DNA vaccine against salmonid cryptobiosis.

Currie, J.L.M. The effects of cryptobiosis on reproduction in Oncorhynchus mykiss.

Chin, A. Susceptibility and immune response of Salmo salar against the hemoflagellate, Cryptobia salmositica.

Torgerson, D.G. Genetic relationships between phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Venezuela.

Hontzeas, N. Strategies against cryptobiosis: The production of a recombinant protein for therapeutic purposes.

Verity, C.K. Production, characterization and use of a monoclonal antibody against Cryptobia salmositica.

Ardelli, B.F. Susceptibility and immune response of Salvelinus spp. to Cryptobia salmositica.

Forward, G. Mechanism of innate immunity and inheritance of resistance to Cryptobia salmositica in Salvelinus fontinalis.

Li, S. In vivo and in vitro studies on Cryptobia salmositica and effects of dietary protein on severity of cryptobiosis in Oncorhynchus mykiss.

Islam, A.K.M.N. The host parasite relationships between Carassius auratus Linnaeus and Trypanosoma danilewskyi Laveran & Mesnil.

Sharma, R.N. The biology of Trypanosoma ictaluri n.sp (Kinetoplastida) from brown bullhead (Ictalurus nebulosus) in Lake Ontario near Wolfe Island.

Jones, S.R.M. The effects of Cryptobia salmositica on the immune response in Salmo gairdneri.

Reilly, B.O. The biology of Trypanosoma spp. (Kinetoplastida) from Hyla versicolor (Anura) in southern Ontario.

Grant, D.R. Comparative studies on Giardia spp. in wild and laboratory populations of rodents in southern Ontario.

Bower, S.M. The biology of Cryptobia catostomi n.sp. (Protozoa: Cryptobiidae) from white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) in southern Ontario.

Kobayashi, A. Comparative studies on laboratory diagnoses of experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection in sheep.